THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE. IF YOU USE IT FOR MORE THAT 30 DAYS, YOU ARE
EXPECTED TO REGISTER IT. REGISTRATION COST $5.00 SO WHY NOT JUST DO IT?

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FULLY FUNCTIONAL, IT'S JUST THE BARE MINIMAL SO YOU
GET THE IDEA OF HOW IT WORKS AND IF YOU WANT IT ON YOUR SYSTEM. THE 
REGISTERED VERISON HAS MORE FUNCTIONALITY IN IT.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU MAY INCURE
IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM!

ARCHIE by Email is only 1 in a series of PCBoard PPE's I have
written. The purpose of these PPE's is to give a Sysop who can't
afford a direct internet connection, a way to supply his or her
users with some internet services. Right now I have 3 PPE's in the
series. World Wide Web by Email, FTP by Email and ARCHIE by Email.

Installing the ppe is easy. 

Step 1:

Create a directory and unzip ARCHIE.ZIP
example
md c:\pcb\ppe\archie
cd c:\pcb\ppe\archie
pkunzip archie.zip

Step 2:

Install the file archie.ppe as a command in PCBoards CMD.LST file!

Load the PCBoard Setup Program

Choose option B, File Locations

Choose option B, Configuration Files

The 8th file down is CMD.LST file, press F2 to edit it.

You now are in the CMD.LST Editor

Insert a new command line by pressint ALT-I

Add the command as such:
                          Charges per   PPE/MNU File specification -or-
    Command        Sec  Minute    Use    KeystrokeSubstitution
    ══════════════ ═══ ═════════════════ ═════════════════════════════════
    ARCHIE         0        0       0    C:\PCB\PPE\ARCHIE\ARCHIE.PPE

Step 3:

Using either PCBEDIT or DOS EDIT, Edit the file called "ARCHIE.CFG"
This file contains the number of your internet email conference.
For example my internet email conference is 5, so my ARCHIE.CFG file
contains the number 5 in it.
                      
Step 4:

Edit your menu file to reflect that a new command has been added.

That's it! Your users may now start entering URL's. 


How does it work?

It's simple. A user enters a SEARCH STRING like "toy". A email request is 
sent to an ARCHIE Email server. Then when your next UUCP event occurs, the 
email is sent to the server. By the time your next UUCP event occurs, the 
user should have an email response with the HOST NAMES, UNIX DIRECTORY, AND 
FILE NAME telling them where files exist that contain the string "toy".
(Using this information, and the FTP PPE, it's just plug it into the FTP
By Email and you will actually get the file!) 

To register this PPE, please send a check for $5.00 to:

Nicholas Schiano
P.O. Box 41
Holbrook, New York 11741

Features in the registered product:

(1) Your BBS name and your Sysop name in the Program.
(2) You will an option of which server you want to use. There are
    a few of them, and in the shareware version, only one of them
    is hardcoded into the software
(3) You will have the option of searching with for an exact match, not
    just a sub-string.
(4) You will be able to set how many "HITS" will be returned, the default
    is 25.
(5) No unregistered screens, no shareware pauses, free software updates,
    free support on my BBS, Nick's World, the home of NicksWare