Hi Sean,

 SD> Does anyone know of a netmail bot that will attach 
 SD> files to messages that it processes?  I've got NetMgr 
 SD> here but I can't seem to figure out how to attach files 
 SD> to messages.  I'm trying to set up a netmail bot to 
 SD> send out infopacks for my mail network.

There are a number of ways you can do this, it all depends on what S/W you
are using and what you really wish to do -

  1. Maximus does this natively at the user level. Within the Message
Editor, enable the File ATTACH attribute and the Subject: line then changes
to a File: line for the Drive:\Path\Filename entry. Note that the Drive and
Path details are stripped from the Subject: field in the output message,
they are only used for the input of the file into the message itself.

  2. Squish can send files directly from the command line -
   Squishp send Drive:\Path\Filename zone:net/Node hold 
The file is then queued in the .FLO file for that node. Just watch out for
any Routing changes on its path!!!

  3. Or you can use a utility such as Mpost (Mpost121.Zip, I think its tied
in with Husky somehow). I use Mpost to post externally generated plain text
messages to Netmail or Echomail areas and as it can set flags (such as
ATTACH) on a message I think it also allows files to be attached as well,
but I have not used that specific function. IIRC Mpost uses an external
control file, not everything can be done from the commandline.

I use both 2 & 3 on a regular basis here to automate Nodelist Updating.

In ALL cases, YOU must ensure the target system, is expecting the file so
they can handle it appropriately when it arrives, AND also note that fiels
sent as attachments to messages are rarely able to pass through systems
without some specific setup, because inbound path info is stripped from the
message at the source system and only the filename is passed between
systems.

Cheers.........pk.


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