JunkSpot - By Anthony Brice --------------------------- Junk Spot is an arexx script to run in conjunction with Spot to automate many of the mundane tasks you have to do every day while reading your mail. The program is fully configurable via a seperate config file, and is about as easy to use as it can get... Features: Random Hatemail - Use this when Mat Bettinson gets you anoyed, or someone else in the anoying Fidonet circle.. Stab a couple of keys and the person who sent that message gets Hate mail left right and centre.. To avoid possible Moderator conflicts this will naturally only send via Netmail. Preset text - I use JunkSpot here every day for sending out Network adds for Barnet to anyone who I read a message from who I think may be interested in the Net. I also use it to blast out a BBS add on a hot key if requested, or into the BBS adds echo every so often. Send file - Hit this gadget and you can send any text file you like direct into a message in reply to something you read. A small doc file, FAQ sheet. Version history etc etc.. Moderate - This button will send out a moderate message in either net or Echo mail - Your choice - which adds the lines you have configured before and after the message text and sends it to the poster. You can also use it as a way of posting a list of conference rules too via one of the default send gadgets specified in the config file.. I use it to moderate a conference in Barnet myself. But I wouldn't advise trying to moderate someone unless you actually are the moderator for obvious reasons :-) Then again it's a good way of getting some ammunition to test out the random HateMail option.. Note disclaimer in this doc file though please :-) No doubt there are many more uses that can be applied to this script but I'm just covering a few ideas which I use it for, and which I wrote it for in the first place. Requirments:- ------------- You'll need to be running a registered Spot of course.. The rexxsupport library and the RexxReqTools library will also be needed. Everyone has these anyway these days so I didn't see the need to include them within the archive. Erm also an Amiga may help :-) Usage:- ------- Just plug it into your Arexx menu within Spot - preferably on a hot-key, and then just whack the key when you need to blast out some junkmail. The Script will fall back with a requestor unless it's in the message window, so you don't need to worry about shagging your system with this :-) From then on it's just a matter of following the options. Peice of cake. Disclaimer:- ------------ This script is totally freeware - all I require is a netmail saying thanks, some comments, suggestions maybe, or anything like that.. Hell you can even test out the HateMail option on me if you like, although you'll get some pretty varied replies :-) 2:254/255.0 - fidonet, or anthony@backyard.demon.co.uk - Internet I take no liability for how people use this script, as some of the options you can perform with it may be shall we say risque, and may not make people too popular with Midnight lines, Sysops, and other people that have to carry all the junk mail flying around that this script can generate.. I merely ask that you use this in a sensible manner and don't go to overboard with 40 megs worth of hatemail to your mate Fred because he posted a BBS advert in AmigaUK or something.. I believe HateMail to Mat bettinson may be turned a blind eye to by lots of Fido hubs so naturally you can send as much as you like to 2:254/205.0 :-) I EXPRESSLY give Nico Francois permission to include this script and doc file in a future Spot distribution as my way of thanks for writing such a great Point mail reader. He's more than welcome to use this as he wishes. Future:- -------- I had toyed with the idea of combining this little script with a lot of other custom scripts I have written to use with Spot, to enable it to do all kinds of other stuff as well as just junkmail etc. Like adding a file to a .FLO file, Blasting out your PGP keyfile etc etc. Maybe on the cards but this is the last version of JunkSpot I will release. Any further work on it will be carried over into a larger, more multi-purpose script, to do other functions as well.. Please netmail me if you would like me to work on something like that in the near future.. This Arexx lark is becoming a lot of fun :-) Thanks:- -------- Could put a huge list here but it really isn't nescessary. I'll stick with the essentials who've motivated - annoyed - me etc with this stuff. Mat Bettinson - How could I not thank this irritating Australian for all the arexx help, Flame Wars, techy advise etc this guy has passed onto me. He's an arsehole, but I quiet like him :) Stephen pearson - It was some of his spot stuff I originally started playing with when I first got into Arexx so blame him if you don't like JunkSpot :) Cheers, Steve! Robert Dale - He's my boss feed, and constantly slams my code.. I ought to Say cheers anyway or he'll snip my mail or something :( The Zeus Authors - Without Zeus I'd still be messing about with piddly little Arexx functions and not really learning the full power of what Arexx can actually do with a bit of knowledge. Zeus will be out soon so you can all wonder at arexx menus on a BBS and the power it gives you, but cheers Alex and Nick for letting me Betatest it in the first place :-) And 'Hello' to all the Bastards in Barnet. Love you all.. Not! History:- --------- V1.0 first release - 4th December 1994 -------------------------------------- My first ever arexx script. Especially for Spot. Just to send out the odd Advert here and there. Boy was I proud of it :-) V1.1 update:- 8th December 1994 ------------------------------- Added multiple subjects as defaults as well as an option to select new subject and post any text file via file requestor. Put in multiple origin lines and optional paths. Option to post to netmail, echo or all. Don't know why I never put that in last time. Netmail now does a write rather than reply to make it tidier. V1.2 update:- 10th December 1994 -------------------------------- Will now read a config file with the path to it specified in the first line of the script. Setup of the config is self explanatory. V1.3 update:- 22nd February 1995 -------------------------------- Updated to fix lots of Upper case titles and spaces in message headers etc.. Looked real shit ;( Also took out some stupid little bugs here and there too ... ;) Added Support for random hatemail Enhanced.. I'd use this via netmail only unless you really want to annoy people. I don't take any responsibility for peoples use of this script of course ! Put in the Moderate header, along with quoted message.. Yeah JunkSpot will let you moderate now, should you actually moderate an echo... I wouldn't try moderating in one if you don't though ;) You can edit the moderating lines text at the start of the script. Added new configpath line at begining of the script and changed the script around so that it will look for all text files used as options within JunkSpot in this path. Config file checking should be a lot more forgiving now.. Fixed silly mistake where I tried to open a RexxReqTools window to report an error when it couldn't find the library to open one to start with :-) Will allow up to 5 predefined Settings for text files to send on a Button now. Naturally you can still send a text file manually if there's one you haven't configured up. At the moment it is forced set to use exactlly 5 - no more or less - but I may fiddle this to use a minimum maximum one day when I have more time. 20th September 1995 - Quick update to the doc to include my internet address to upload it onto the aminet.