TID: InterEcho 1.19 6E030205


MSGID: 1:19/33.0 2b906db9 
Todd,

TY> DS>   On the autoposts, I do have a few questions:

TY> DS> 1) I set the top statement of PostTextFiles to TRUE; the rest are false

TY>Okay.

  That "common control file" makes it easier.

TY> DS> 2) totalfiles = # -- is there a limit on how many to have, as long as
TY> DS> there are appropriate items (#3) below??

TY>Not that I've seen.

  The number of posts per echoes varies each day.

TY> DS> 3) With file#_name, file#_baseidx, file#from, file#to, file#sub,
TY> DS> file#addr, and file#_delfile, is the # for the post number (1 for post
TY> DS> 1, 2 for post 2, etc.)??

TY>These are my first two to give you an example:

TY>    file1_name    = tbbs_advert.ans
TY>    file1_baseidx = 7
TY>    file1_from    = maskreet
TY>    file1_to      = All
TY>    file1_subj    = Throwback BBS
TY>    file1_addr    = 1:142/799
TY>    file1_delfile = false

TY>    file2_name    = tbbs_advert.ans
TY>    file2_baseidx = 63
TY>    file2_from    = maskreet
TY>    file2_to      = All
TY>    file2_subj    = Throwback BBS
TY>    file2_addr    = 1:142/799
TY>    file2_delfile = false

TY>File name to post can be the same file with the same name if you want.

  OK, that works.

TY> DS> 4) On file#_name, can I give a full path for it, such as
TY> DS> c:\smarttxt\filename.txt?? Or does it have to be in c:\mystic??

TY>You can, but if it resides in the same directory as Mystic, then no, just th
TY>file name (see above)

  Well, my c:\mystic directory is filling up, so I likely will go with the
listing of the path statement.

TY> DS> 6) On file#_from, can I use my name instead of Sysop??

TY>You can use whatever name you want, and it's case-sensitive, so it'll displa
TY>it exactly as you put it.

  I've seen some messsages in echoes with the name in ALL CAPS, and others in
mixed case.

TY> DS> 7) On file#_to, I normally will have that set to ALL.

TY>That's fine, again, can set it to anything you want.

  It's rare I'll use it for an individual message, unless it's for netmail.

TY> DS> 8) On file#_subject, that'll be the subject. Is there a max length to t
TY> DS> subject??

TY>I don't think so, but subjects usually need to be short and sweet anyway, as
TY>most BBSes limit the character length. Since they're all different, you'd
TY>probably want something short and sweet as well.

  I've seen some areas with a subject like "Re: Subject Was: Former
Subject"...you get the idea. OLX (my QWK reader) has a limit on displaying
subject length.


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