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echo: bbs_carnival
to: Sean Dennis
from: Mark Hofmann
date: 2011-08-09 16:36:52
subject: Re: Door Idea - SysOp Checklist?

SD> Concerning the BBS, over the years, I've developed a small series of
SD> batch
SD> files that run the entire BBS.  Using a program called SCHEDULE, a
SD> PM-based
SD> "cron" program, I just run the batch files to do what I want.  The
SD> nightly
SD> event is controlled by Telegard itself since all of the nodes need to be
SD> shut down to rebuild the program's indices but the main BBS itself is run
SD> from a single batch file.

In order for me to force mail out immediately once I post a message, I had
to set AutoMate up to monitor a particular directory for "new
files".  Seconds after a new file is added to that directory, I have
my batch file run that kicks off my network mail tossing, including
WWIVTOSS, which then writes it to D'Bridge's directory for it to go out
immediate.  

My messages are sent out within a minute of me posting them using this
method. I would have to send them out on a schedule if I didn't have
something to "monitor" a directory like that.

- Mark

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