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to: mark lewis
from: Thom LaCosta
date: 1995-12-04 21:32:12
subject: December Echolist FaQ

mark lewis wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 TL> I'll look into that...thanks

 ml> thank you! it is one of those areas of contention that had me
 ml> confused on how to format rules files for submission in a
 ml> message...

Looking into it and making a change are tow dofferent animals.

 TL> Yes, it's a DOS based program.

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

 ml> too bad we don't have a way of telling the 'bot what the name of
 ml> the file is to be when it extracts the rules text from the message
 ml> body... maybe something like 

 ml> RFName: PAS_LESS.RUL

 ml> for the PASCAL_LESSONS echo rules file...

 ml> >

The robot is too stupid to understand winks and nods....might be easier for
the wise humans to change (Real Big Wink).

cya,
thom
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