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to: DANIEL PATH
from: ROBERT WOLFE
date: 2021-02-28 10:49:00
subject: Install

-> Hello Rick. 
 
-> 09 Feb 21 08:37, you wrote to all: 
 
->  RS> Getting around to looking at max/squish os2.  Is there a utility 
->  RS> available or included in max that will import areas from squish or is 
->  RS> it all manual enter each area? 
 
-> maxsync2.zip : 
 
-> -    MaxSync V2.0 Message Areas    - 
-> -+- Syncronizer by Greg Matheson--- 
-> For OS/2 systems, at last a program to 
-> syncronize Squish and Maximus. Creates 
-> msgarea.ctl areas from Squish.cfg  Creates 
-> Squish.cfg from msgarea.ctl Supports 
-> msgdivisions and Seal, reports on max areas 
-> with no squish entry and squish areas with no 
-> max entry. Now your BBS will be updated when 
-> new Squish areas arrive, no more dead message 
-> areas if they have been dropped by Squish. 
 
-> =============================================== 
 
-> i used it back in the days, but now i've cheated and 
-> wrote a bash script which uses ftp to log in to the os/2 
-> grabs the squish.cfg and then uses ftp to log back and 
-> pushes the new msgarea.ctl :) 
 
-> regards, 
-> Daniel 
 
-> --- GoldED+/EMX 1.1.4.7 
  
This is one reason I enjoyed using FastEcho with Max/2.  Whenever new 
mssage areas were auto-created, it updated the msgarea.ctl file 
automatically so all you needed to to was a siltp max :) 
 
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