AutoPost New In version 4.7 (8/21/97) I had a report that autoposted messages to internet conferences were being marked as 8-bit mime when sent out and this caused ptoblems with AOL (figures ). Anyway, I believe the cause may have been in the "timestamp" tag that is added since it contained an ASCII 254 (þ) character. I've changed this character to a plain asterisk, which will hopefully clear the problem. I've also added two new features as an alternate attempt to solve the same problem; both are registered only features. First, in the AUTOPOST.LST file, in addition to TOP and BOTTOM for line 2 (where to place the timestamp tag), I've added a third option: NONE. (Unregistered gets changed to BOTTOM). This will prevent any timestamp from being added. Note: this will also make the message extremely vulnerable to Dupe Killers. Second, AUTOPOST.PPE can take one parameter, the name of an alternate list file to use (Unregistered is forced to AUTOPOST.LST). See the docs for a command line example. Using this in combination with the previous feature, you can configure separate autopost lists with different tag locations (or lack of). To be effective, you should run autopost once daily with each list defined. Note: The parameter feature has NOT been tested here. I have no need for it, but it's there if you want to try it. If you find a bug, let me know and I'll fix it :) New In Version 4.6 (7/18/97) Fixed A problem with CUSTOM interval posts, which prevented them from posting to more than the first conference if multiple conferences were listed. New In Version 4.5 New Registration Code Routines added. Your old registration numbers are no longer valid. You will need to get a new KEY file. The information on how to obtain it is in the NEWKEY.TXT file. It is free to all existing registered sysops. The AUTOPOST.CNF File is no longer used. Little bit of code tweaking. All Intelec Software is now owned by John Young Support and Programming now done by Herbert Bushong ===================================================================================== New In Version 4.4 Beta (10-15-95) Recompiled under PPLC v3.2 for PCBoard 15.22 New In Version 4.3 (07-02-95) Added a CUSTOM feature which will allow you to define any number of days between posts, such as every 3 days, or bi-weekly or every 3rd week etc. Fixed a rare bug where WEEKLY is added right after the AutoPost tagline. New In Version 4.2 Recompile. New Reg Codes Needed - See NEW-REG.NUM file. You must add either TOP or BOTTOM on line 2 of the AUTOPOST.LST file. It determines if the tag goes at the top or bottom of the post. It seems some software only checks the first few lines of a post to determine if it is a duplicate. This way, with the AutoPost tagline at the top, posts will not be viewed as duplicates. This line does not "replace" the blank line that WAS line 2, now that blank line is line 3. New In Version 4.1 Minor code tweaking and recompile under PPLC 3.1 for PCBoard v15.21 New In Version 4.0 Added capability to place multiple conference numbers on the config line so you can post the same message in multiple conferences without having to have a separate entry for each conference for an identical message. Separate conference numbers with spaces, see AUTOPOST.DOC for details. Also, to accomplish this, AutoPost is no longer able to check for messages already sent in a particular day. To make sure you only send a message or messages ONCE, only run AutoPost ONCE a day during your event processing. The tags are still used to make sure no message is truly identical but we had to add the "seconds" to the time, as in changing it from "21:15" to 21:15:45". We do this to make sure messages are not killed off as duplicates. New In Version 3.9 Minor code optimization. New In Version 3.8 Fixed a mistake in these docs where it left out a blank line that was to be on line 2 of the AUTOPOST.LST file. If you tried AutoPost in the past and it did not work, this will fix that. Apologies for the error. New In Version 3.7 Fixed a problem where it would hang at a PCBoard prompt if you were using @user@ macros as the "To: Name". Thanks to David Terry for his suggestion in getting that to work.