mark lewis wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 TL>     RULEText Rules for area the_tag_name
 TL>     RULEText more of the rule text,
 TL>              each line starts with keyword RULEText

 TL>     NOTE: The ECHOMOD application produces the MOD RUL
 TL> messages in the proper format.

 ml> shouldn't this be fixed to reflect reality? RULEText is /not/
 ml> necessary to be at the beginning of each line...

I'll look into that...thanks

 ml> i also have a question about submitting rules files in this
 ml> manner... how are we to tell the name of the rules file? i've
 ml> noticed a dramatic change to the name of some of the rules files i
 ml> send... it seems that the robot is wanting to name the file the
 ml> same as the echo tag and that is incorrect in many instances... 

Poor stupid Robot...I guess it assumes too many things since it lives in an
8.3 DOS world.

 ml> it
 ml> also cuts the names off in the postings when they are longer than
 ml> the 8.3 field...

Yes, it's a DOS based program.

Some moderators, realizing the limitations, modify how they name files (g).

cya,
thom
baltimoremd{at}baltimoremd.com
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 

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