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 Message 112 
 Daryl Stout to Kurt Weiske 
 BBS batch files, anyone? 
 17 Dec 13 10:45:54 
 
Kurt...

 KW@> Is anyone here? I'd love to see your BBS batch files, if your
 KW@> BBS/mailer/utils are batch file driven. I have a Windows-based BBS, and
 KW@> don't have to pass calls from a mailer to a BBS to a utility. I'm
 KW@> looking at setting up a "retro" bbs environment and will need to drive
 KW@> everything from a batch file with errorlevels, etc.

  I run everything under one file, nightly maintenance, when it comes to
tossing echoes. I use Internet Rex, then VFIDO under Virtual Advanced
software. That way, no one is online when the doors, file areas, and
message areas are updated...so as to not corrupt the databases.

Daryl

... "640K of RAM should be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
                                 
--- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS 
 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)

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