crashmail - A Fidonet *.JAM and MSG tosser
Contents
Bugs
Win32
If you want to use an old reader that only can handle 8+3 filenames, you have to use %8 in the path of
your DEFAULT area if you are using the auto-add feature. This creates an 8 digit serial number to use as
the path for the area. Note that if CrashMail is run twice in a short period of time (a few seconds), it
might create duplicate paths. Avoid %8 if it is at all possible.
Linux
Don't use the ~ character in paths. Such paths are expanded to point to your home directory by the shell
and not by the i/o functions in the system. They will not work in CrashMail.
In *.msg areas, make sure that all files are named *.msg and not *.MSG! If they are not named in
lowercase, CrashMail will not export them.
As an extra bonus, the Linux version of CrashMail can use the syslog instead of using its own log file.
Just use "syslog" as the name of your log file.
If the precompiled binaries in the CrashMail archive don't work on your system, you will have to compile
your own. See src/ReadMe.txt for more information about this.
Description
Welcome to CrashMail II! CrashMail II is basically a more portable version of CrashMail, my tosser for
Amiga computers. Users of the old Amiga version will probably find some things familiar while some
features are gone such as the ARexx port (for obvious reasons!) and the GUI configuration editor. The
only feature that CrashMail II has and the old CrashMail hasn't is support for JAM messagebases.
Files
crashmail.prefs
Name
crashmail - A Fidonet *.JAM and MSG tosser
Options
SCAN Scan all areas for messages to export.
TOSS Toss all .pkt files and bundles in inbound directory.
TOSSFILEfilename
Toss the specified file.
TOSSDIRdirectory
Toss all files in the specified directory.
SCANAREAarea
Scan the specified area.
SCANLISTfilename
Scan all areas listed in the specified file.
RESCANareaRESCANNODEnodeRESCANMAXmax
Rescans the specified area for the specified node. If RESCANMAX is specified, it sets the maximum
number of messages to rescan.
SENDQUERYaddress
Send a list of linked areas to the REMOTESYSOP of the specified node.
SENDLISTaddress
Send a list of available areas to the REMOTESYSTEOP of specified node.
SENDUNLINKEDaddress
Send a list of unlinked areas to the REMOTESYSOP of the specified node.
SENDHELPaddress
Send Areafix help file to the REMOTESYSOP on the specified node.
SENDINFOaddress
Send Areafix information (password, group access) to the REMOTESYSOP on the specified node.
SETTINGSfilename
Use this configuration file instead of the default.You can use the environment variable
CMCONFIGFILE to set the default configuration file.
VERSION
Show version information about CrashMail.
LOCK Locks CrashMail's configuration file and then exits. CrashMail has a simple locking mechanism to
ensure that two instances of CrashMail never use the same configuration file at the same time. You
can use this if you want to temporarily want to stop CrashMail from running, e.g. when updating
the nodelist.
UNLOCK Removes the lock on CrashMail's configuration file. Only use this when the configuration file
previously has been locked with LOCK, otherwise terrible things might happen.
NOSECURITY
Process all packets without security checks. This is intended to be used mainly with
TOSSDIR/TOSSFILE and with packets created by CrashWrite.
See Also
crashexport(1), crashgetnode(1), crashlist(1), crashlistout(1), crashmaint(1), crashstats(1) crashwrite(1),
Synopsis
crashmail [SETTINGS filename] [SCAN] [TOSS] [TOSSFILE filename] [TOSSDIR directory] [SCANAREA area]
[SCANLIST filename] [SENDLIST address] [SENDQUERY address] [SENDUNLINKED address] [SENDHELP address]
[SENDINFO address] [REMOVE address] [RESCAN area RESCANNODE node [RESCANMAX max]] [VERSION] [LOCK]
[UNLOCK] [NOSECURITY]
