ml> here's a copy of my 4DOS coded .BAT... mind the line break in
 ml> the "set dest=" line... there's three sections that pull a
 ml> word each and they are all on one line...

 GH>  Ummm, is there any way of doing that say with a regular DOS bat
 GH> file and or windows? 

not unless you have a tool that can read the details of the output file to
grab the TO: person's name and stuff it into an environment variable for
the .BAT file to use...

there may be something in BATPOWER than can do this... it seems that either
4DOS or BATPOWER came up with the kool function and the other developed or
figured out a way to do the same thing...

FWIW: i found 4DOS way back when it was first introduced and have never
looked back... i also use 4OS2 and on a few of my NT type boxen, 4NT ;) :P

one might even write a dedicated li'l program that parses the lines in the
output file and spits out the necessary file(s) and shell commands to post
the message with their personal favorite tool... there are numerous ways to
skin this critter :P

)\/(ark