Network Mail Status - QFront Version
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               First off I would like to thank Don Sharp who suggested this
          version.  Also to all those who  offered suggestions and comments
          on  my original Status  program. Some functions  and displays are
          the  direct result of this input. Don  Sharp was a beta tester on
          Status, StatusC and StatusQ.

               (1) Generates a network  Import mail status bulletin showing
          each conference  (full 24 characters for  conference names), 1500
          maximum, and  the total number  of messages imported  for current
          date and total  to date for  each conferences, total  conferences
          and the total messages to date for the specified network.

               (2) Generates a network  Export mail status bulletin showing
          each conference  (full 24 characters for  conference names), 1500
          maximum,  and the total  number of messages  exported for current
          date and total  to date for  each conferences, total  conferences
          and the total messages to date for the specified network.

               (3)  Generates  Last  Import bulletin  showing  last  import
          information: date,  time, total messages imported  in last import
          and total messages imported to date.

               (4)  Generates, or appends to  the end of,  a monthly totals
          bulletin  called network.TOT  with each  rollover.  This bulletin
          contains  the total  lines from  previous Import  bulletins along
          with header.

               (5) Supports multiple network Import and Export bulletins in
          addition to the regular bulletins above.

               This program  uses QFront's QSCAN.LOG(s). It  does a monthly
          rollover  of  the  LOG(s)  using  PKWare's  PKZIP.EXE  (copyright
          PKWare).

               This archive should contain the following files:

               CLEANUPQ.EXE.......... QFront log reduction program
               CLEANUPQ.DOC.......... Instructions for running CleanUpQ
               DOORS.TXT............. Current list of James Huckabey doors
               FILE_ID.DIZ........... BBS description file
               SOFTWARE.TXT.......... Information on shareware
               HUCKABEY.TXT.......... Current list of all James Huckabey
                                      software
               ARCHIVE.TXT........... This list of files
               READ.ME............... Update/changes information
               STATUSQ.EXE........... Actual Status program
               STATUSQ.DOC........... Instructions for running StatusQ
               STATUSQ.CFG........... Sample configuration file     
               STATUSQ2.CFG.......... Sample configuration file
               STATUSQ3.CFG.......... Sample configuration file
               STATUSQ.LUP........... Sample networks line up file







               Syntax is pretty straight forward:


                                 STATUSQ STATUSQ.CFG


               Full path  to STATUSQ.EXE may be  used if not in  path or in
          current  directory.  If  you do  use  a  path  statement in  your
          execution of Status (not in  current dir or in path) you  need to
          set the  environment variable  "SET STATUSQ=path  to STATUSQ.EXE"
          (SET STATUSQ=C:\UTILITY\OTHER, etc. no ending slash is needed).

               It  is  not  necessary  to  add  a  path  statement  to  the
          configuration file since the program finds itself. Of  course the
          file must  be in  location of STATUSQ.EXE.  If the  configuration
          file  is not in the same location  then use the path statement to
          it's location. 

               "STATUSQ.CFG" and can have any file name with the  following
          format. You can  use up to 8 characters of  your network name for
          the  name  of your  .CFG file  if  that helps  keep multi-network
          configurations clearer. This would  be the easiest way to  do it.
          Each  line must  be  populated  with  a  valid  entry.  Paths  to
          bulletins or logs are not needed if they are in or written to the
          current directory:

                         ( 1) Unregistered BBS
                         ( 2) 0000
                         ( 3) Network
                         ( 4) QSCAN.LOG
                         ( 5) C:\BBS\BLT1
                         ( 6) C:\BBS\BLT2
                         ( 7) C:\BBS\BLT3
                         ( 8) PCB
                         ( 9) Bright
                         (10) STATUSQ.LUP


                                     CFG line #1

               "Unregistered BBS", BBS name if registered.


                                     CFG line #2

               "0000", valid serial number if registered.


                                     CFG line #3

               "Network" should be the  name of the actual network  you are
          using,  case sensitive (Fido 666,  Fido 144, etc.). 18 characters
          max, longer names are truncated. Say you are making two different
          network mail runs  with the  same software, you  would use  those







          names here, each in it's own configuration file.

                                     CFG line #4

               "QSCAN.LOG" is the path and name of your QFront scan log .


                                     CFG line #5

               "C:\BBS\BLT1" is the path and name for your Import bulletin.


                                     CFG line #6

               "C:\BBS\BLT2" is the path and name for your Export bulletin.


                                     CFG line #7

               "C:\BBS\BLT3" is  the path  and name  for  your Last  Import
          bulletin. If you are not  using this option the file can  just be
          written out to the current directory, but it must be generated.


                                     CFG line #8

               Color  and characters  used are  setup to  give you  as much
          control over  the output as possible. Not  all users can read and
          handle IBM extended graphic characters (like sight impaired users
          and  voice  hardware). Program  can  use  either "=/-"  or  IBM's
          extended graphic characters  "Ν/Δ". Line #8  must contain one  of
          the following options:

               "PCB" use IBM extended  graphic characters and PCBoard's @X0
          colorizing codes.

               "PCB2" use no IBM  extended graphic characters and PCBoard's
          @X0 colorizing codes.

               "ANSI"   use   colorizing  and   no  IBM   extended  graphic
          characters.

               "ANSI2" use colorizing and IBM extended graphic characters.

               "ASCII"  use  no  colorizing  and no  IBM  extended  graphic
          characters.

               "ASCII2"  use no  colorizing, but  use IBM  extended graphic
          characters.


                                     CFG line #9

               Text Tone: This option  can be either Bright or  Normal. The







          default is BRIGHT. Even if you are using an ASCII option you must
          still populate this option.


                                     CFG line #10

              ** Networks option enabled with registration of StatusQ **

               ** The networks option is an  optional line in the CFG file.
          Without it StatusQ runs  just like earlier versions and  does not
          check for  a lineup  file. This  is in the  event you  are having
          problems that this option can be disabled by removing it from the
          CFG file.

               This  entry  in the  CFG  is  the  file  name for  the  Fido
          individual Network bulletins (network line ups). File name can be
          any legal DOS file name. Format as follows:

                    <position number one on each line (do not indent)

                    IMPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQIMP1     <import bulletin
                    EXPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQEXP1     <export bulletin
                    Fido 5666                  <network name
                    Adult_Issues               <conference name
                    Teen_Issues                <etc.
                    Star_Trek

               First line must contain  import bulletin, second line export
          bulletin and third line  network name. These are followed  by the
          conferences belonging to that  individual network. You repeat the
          process for each additional network:
           
                    <position number one on each line (do not indent)

                    IMPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQIMP1     <import bulletin
                    EXPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQEXP1     <export bulletin
                    Fido 5666                  <network name
                    Adult_Issues               <conference name
                    Teen_Issues                <etc.
                    IMPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQIMP2
                    EXPORT:C:\PCB\BLTQEXP2
                    Fido 7684
                    Men_Only
                    Women_Only
                    Teens_Only
                    For_Sale

               IMPORT  and EXPORT  must be  uppercase and  use a  colon. NO
          SPACE AFTER THE COLON. Borland's Turbo Pascal is unable to open a
          file with a leading space, unlike DOS. The individual conferences
          are  written out  in  sorted order  regardless  of how  they  are
          entered in the  list. BUT they  must match existing  conferences.
          There  is  a  maximum  of 500  conferences  for  each  individual
          network. The network name has the same  18 character limit as the







          standard bulletins.  No Last Import bulletins  are generated. See
          sample STATUSQ.LUP for additional information on format.

               It  is now possible to generate all manner of bulletins. You
          can  have  like  minded  conferences in  different  networks  and
          combine them into one bulletin. Say you have adult conferences in
          several  Fido networks, now you can combine them together to make
          "Fido  Adult" bulletins.  Say you  have genealogy  conferences in
          several networks,  now  you can  combine  them together  to  make
          "Genealogy" bulletins. There are endless possibilities.

               All networks  can be run from  separate configuration files,
          but this means that StatusQ has to process all data each time. It
          is faster, less wear and tare on hard drives, it all network data
          is in one configuration file. If you want different formats, then
          generate additional  configuration files to  generate the formats
          desired.  Two  different  formats   require  only  two  different
          configuration  files   (example:  STATUSQ.CFG/STATUSQ2.CFG).  The
          networks file  (example: STATUSQ.LUP) also has  to have different
          bulletin  names  in  it  or  it  will  overwrite  the  previously
          generated bulletins.


                                STATUSQ TOTAL FILE(s)

               This  file,  StatusQ  Totals,  is  written  to  the  current
          directory only. Current directory is the directory where you call
          STATUSQ.EXE from.  The file name is the  first eight alphabetical
          characters  of  your network  name. This  way  if you  are making
          multiple network mail runs each network will have it's own totals
          file. The extension is always "TOT".

               Please  make  note  that if  your  copy  of  StatusQ is  not
          registered that the  total file will  have "Unregistered BBS"  in
          the BBS line  of the bulletin. If you keep  the file and register
          StatusQ  you will have  to edit the  top line of  the bulletin or
          erase the file(s) and start over.

               This file/bulletin has  unlimited possibilities. If  you are
          making  more  than  one  StatusQ  execution,  say  for  different
          formats, only the first  one will be executed with  the rollover.
          So this file will only contain  that color format. It is complete
          with  whatever color codes existed  in the original bulletin. The
          colors can be removed  or replaced with whatever colors  you want
          manually using a text editor.

               The file has  a three  line header when  first created,  (1)
          line with BBS name in it, (2) an explanation of what it is, (3) a
          header  termination line.  It then  has one  line for  Import and
          Export  totals   followed  by  a  blank   separation  line.  Each
          successive  appendage  is two  lines  total.  A  year's worth  of
          information would have a total of thirty-nine lines.

               What you do with this information is up to you. Just another







          friendly option added to the program. If you are going  to use it
          as an  active bulletin it can  be copied anywhere  you want. Just
          make sure  that if you want the next rollover appended to the end
          that you keep the file in the current directory for the execution
          of StatusQ. If you change  this directory make sure you move  the
          total bulletin(s) to your new directory.
                   Special Bulletins Showing Totals Each Conference

               It  is  possible  to  make  a  "Previous  Month's"  activity
          bulletin out of the  rolled over log(s). At least the  data would
          be all  there and compacted  if you have  used CleanUpQ.  All you
          have to  do is make a  special STATUSQ.CFG file with  the name of
          the  bulletins for these special bulletins. You could do one each
          month  for the previous month.  The bulletin for  the Last Import
          could just be written to the  current directory and not used. For
          a  full month the Bulletins would have something like 01-01-95 to
          01-31-95 for the time period as this  would be the dates in a log
          for January 1995.

               Of  course the  above would  work even  if you  did not  run
          CleanUpQ.

               It should be noted that when you start using StatusQ for the
          first time  that if your QFront  log(s) are not  just the current
          month's log(s) that the log does not roll over until the month in
          the log  equals your  system's current  month. The  first archive
          will  contain everything to last  day of previous  month. The new
          log will start at the first current month's date StatusQ finds in
          the   current  month's   log.  Bulletins   generated  will   show
          information only for  the current  month and from  this point  on
          each roll over  archive will  contain only  the previous  month's
          log.


                                        Errors

               Errors are written to the same directory as STATUSQ.EXE in a
          file called  STATUSQ.ERR. If  the file already  exists additional
          errors  are appended to  the end of  the file. It  may be deleted
          after you  have made note  of any errors.  It's existence it  not
          required by the program.

               During  the  start  up   procedures  that  program  displays
          "Searching!"/"Configuring!" while it is reading in and  verifying
          all  information in the configuration file. These are to show you
          what the program  is doing should  lockups occur. Normally  these
          two  displays should  be very  quick and unreadable  depending on
          system speed and StatusQ's configuration.

               The  program confirms  each item  in the  configuration file
          before it  does  anything else.  Program  aborts if  each  option
          cannot be confirmed.

               If the program has any problems with  your log(s) such as no







          conferences found or log not found, bulletins (Import and Export)
          are generated showing "No  data found" and the error  information
          is written to STATUSQ.ERR.







                              Making Different Bulletins

               Perhaps you want to  make a bulletin with the  PCBoard color
          codes  and one using straight  ASCII codes and  yet another using
          ANSI codes, Bright  or Normal  Text Tones. The  .CFG files  would
          contain the bulletin names and the form setting (#9):

               STATUSQ STATUSQ.CFG
               (.CFG with PCB, uses PCBoard color codes and IBM extended
                graphic characters and normal text tone)

               STATUSQ STATUSQ2.CFG
               (.CFG with ASCII, ASCII and no IBM extended graphic
                characters and normal text tone [must be populated])

               STATUSQ STATUSQ3.CFG
               (.CFG with ANSI, ANSI colors and no IBM extended graphic
                characters and bright text tone)

               You just call STATUSQ as many  times as needed, with as many
          configuration files  as needed  to generate whatever  formats you
          want. On my 486DX4 100  it takes less than ten seconds to run the
          program on a 16,500 line test log.







                        PKZIP.EXE used by the StatusQ Program

               "PKZIP.EXE" must be somewhere in your path or in the current
          directory. When  the month  changes in the  export/import.log the
          program  archives the  current log  into a  file using  'SQ'+ the
          current date  (SQ010195.ZIP, etc.). It also  includes the current
          logs and all  bulletins. It  creates this in  the directory  that
          contains the log file(s). The program then rewrites the log using
          only the  current new month's  data. This  way there is  only one
          month's log data in your QFront log(s).

               The  bulletins  are  added  to   the  archive  so  the  last
          information posted on the BBS before rollover is available should
          this information be required by you.

               If you do not want the previous month's log(s) simply delete
          the archive from your hard drive. In your calling batch  file you
          can  add "IF EXIST SQ*.ZIP DEL SQ*.ZIP" and this will auto-delete
          the archive.

               There must  be at least one  meg of free disk  space for the
          archive to be executed. I have no idea the possible  sizes and if
          anyone has problems with the archive with one meg as the  minimum
          please let me know and I will increase the size of the free space
          required. 







                                 The StatusQ Program

               If you don't like the program please write to me and explain
          why. Send me any suggestions you  might have. If they enhance the
          overall program I will try to incorporate part, some, all, in the
          next release.

                This program package represents  many hours of programming,
          testing, updating and LD telephone calls  to get it tested and to
          distribute the beta and release copies. Please support my efforts
          and  register your  copy. Registration  enables CleanUpQ  and the
          Networks option.


                                 StatusQ Registration

               Please  supply name  of BBS to  be added  to program,  up to
          sixty  characters. Anything  longer  than this  is truncated,  no
          exceptions. This is to be on one line of code and must be legible
          since the  serial number is  based on  exact syntax. I  cannot be
          responsible for unreadable data. Please print. Case sensitive! 

               For  those who  do  not understand  "case sensitive"  I will
          explain since  some people do not  seem to know the  term. If you
          send me  your BBS name in  all capital letters that  is what your
          serial number matches. If you send  me your BBS name in all lower
          case letters your this is what your serial number matches. If you
          send  me your BBS name in capital  and lower case letters that is
          what your serial number matches. Writing small capital letters is
          not the same as lower case. I have gotten registrations where the
          first letter of words were in  large capital letters and the rest
          of  the letters  in  that  word  in  small  capital  letters.  My
          interpretation is  that this is all  uppercase (capital) letters.
          By match means that your configuration file must contain the same
          format your serial number is based on: (1) all uppercase, (2) all
          lower case, (3) mixed case.

          Example:  "Jim's Graphic  BBS". In  StatusQ it  comes out  as the
          following in all bulletins generated:

               ==================(Jim's Graphic BBS)==================







                              StatusQ Registration Form


           [-------------------------------------------------------------]

                                 (put BBS name above)

               Send BBS information and one of the following in U.S.$

               (1) Registration via mail.............................$15
                   (outside U.S./Canada please add $2)

               (2) Update from version 1 or 2 via mail only..........$3

               (3) Registration and latest version via mail......... $17
                   (outside U.S./Canada please add $4) Include diskette
                   size.

               (4) Registration and latest copy of all James Huckabey
                   software (BBS and regular PC).....................$18 
                   (outside U.S./Canada please add $4) Include diskette
                   size.

                        Option: 1: [ ]     2: [ ]     3: [ ]     4: [ ]

               Diskette Size: 360: [ ]   1.2: [ ]   720: [ ]  1.44: [ ]

               Your current version number: [     ]

          FROM: 
                  Name: 
                       ---------------------------------------------------
               Address:  
                       ---------------------------------------------------
                  City: 
                       ---------------------------------------------------
           State & Zip: 
                       ---------------------------------------------------
              BBS Name:
                       ---------------------------------------------------
          Phone(voice):                       (data)
                       ----------------------        ---------------------


               Your registration  number and  any diskettes,  if requesting
          current version or other software, are sent by return mail.

                      James Huckabey
                      3621-A Fraser Street
                      Bellingham, Washington 98226-2473 U.S.A.
                      (360) 671-2868 (voice, Pacific)