Hi Richard -- on Apr 29 2008 at 17:14, you wrote:

RW> mask *, *, boatfinder, 1:116/901.0, *, *

RW> Action runexternal h-search [repfile] [subject]
RW> Action delete

RW> Illegal mask format in line 1 of what file?  Obviously nmgr runs

This is a Netmgr type of complaint, so I'm thinking it's netmgr that's grumbling!

RW> WHat am I missing?

It looks to me as though you need to use the actual name rather than the
token. I.e. instead of [repfile] [subject] it should say

[myreply.txt] [simple_subject]

There is also a mention that you need to tell it where to write the body:

_ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _
      O \
 Before running the external program, NetMgr will write the body of the
 message to a file. This file (and other files) will be created in the
 directory where NetMgr found it's config file. The path+name of this file
 is available through the variable [file]. It will be:
 "\netmsg.msg".
_ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _
      O \

I hope this helps a bit - I have the full docs here if you need them!



Cheers... Dallas

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