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                          (C)  1994-96  Robert Hofmann





 1. Introduction
 ===============

  1.1 Legal stuff
  ---------------

   MM_SendMsg is a simple tool  for Mail Manager by  Pino Aliberti to send a msg
   in a certain area. This is usefull e.g. for  system-deamons which will notify
   system or something like that.

   The programs and files in this distribution are freely distributable, but are
   also Copyright (c) Robert Hofmann.  They may be freely distributed as long as
   no more than a nominal fee is charged to cover time and copying costs.

   No commercial usage is  permitted without  written permission from the author
   Everything in this distribution must be kept together, in original unmodified
   form.


   MM_SendMsg  is  mailware :-). This  means if  you use it,  please  write me a
   short mail. You know,  it is frustrating  to write programs  and there are no
   responses from the users if they like it or not...


   Accepting these few points is the only condition for using MM_SendMsg...



   =============================================================================
   The author is not responsible for any  problems caused by using this program!
   =============================================================================



  1.2 General stuff
  -----------------

   I am not the best in  writing doc, but quiet good  in coding I think :-) This
   docs are a bit  short I have to  appolognize, but I hope you'll understand it
   anyway... Especially my English and the typo's ;-)


   If there is  anybody out there  who is able to &  wants translate the docs to
   his own language, please do so and send them to me! I'll add them to the next
   release. Also translators always will get the newest betas! ;-)

   Unfortunatly I don't have the will & time to translate my docs even to German
   - my time is better used for coding :-)





  1.3 Author
  ----------

   If  you  have  suggestions  or remarks about this program, or if you find any
   bugs, please let me know.


   Contacting the author:

     Internet .. :  robert@next.amistep.osn.de (soon!)
     FidoNet ... :  2:2490/1015.0   (may change soon!)
     AmigaNet .. :  39:171/101.0

     Snail-mail  :  Robert Hofmann
                    Volkmannstr. 35
                    D-90443 Nürnberg
                    Tel. +49-(0)-911-9941680 (18-20h German time only!!!)
                    Germany

     Bank-Account:  Account-holder:  Robert Hofmann
                    Account-number:  67920
                    Bank-ID ..... :  76090000
                    S.W.I.F.T.code:  GENO DE MV 760
                    Bank-name ... :  Volksbank Nuernberg e.G.





 2. Features
 ===========

  MM_SendMsg...

     ... is able to send/post msgs in any area
     ... is able to automatically split msgs if a certain size is reached





 3. Installation
 ===============

  Just copy the files to the corresponding MM:*/-directories.





 4. Usage
 ========

  [RX] MM_SendMsg[.rexx] AREA/A,MSGFILE/A,SUBJECT/A,FROMNAME/K,FROMADDR/K,
                         TONAME/K,TOADDR/K,FLAGS/K/M,ORIGIN/K,DELETE/S,EXPORT/S,
                         QUEUE/S,SPLIT/K/N


  AREA       The destination area of the msg

  MSGFILE    The file containing the msgtext

  SUBJECT    The subject

  FROMNAME   The name of the  sender. If no  one is given,  MM_SendMsg  tries to
             guess the name by the (area) address.

  FROMADDR   One of your Akas. If you use this, MM_SendMsg will use this address
             instead of the area-address.

  TONAME     The name of the  destionation. If no one is given, MM_SendMsg tries
             to guess the name by the address.

             If no from- or to  names are given  MM_SendMsg will try to find the
             names with MM_GetNodelistNode.

  TOADDR     The destination-address. Only needed for netmails.

  FLAGS      Flags for the msg. See MM.doc/MM_WriteMsg  for infos about possible
             flags

  ORIGIN     The origin of the msg. If no one is given, MM will choose it itself.

  DELETE     Delete the MSGFILE after sending the msg.

  EXPORT     Export the area after posting

  QUEUE      Add the area to the queue of MM_ExportPlus

  SPLIT      Split the masg if the MSGFILE > the given limit in kB.




  Example:
  --------

   rx MM:Rexx/MM_SendMsg !AmiSTEP_TEST Tmp:Test.txt "Test subject"
                         TONAME "Joe User" ORIGIN "Test origin" SPLIT 10





 5. Acknowledgements
 ===================

  Pino Aliberti     For his EXCELLENT Mail Manager! For implementing nearly all
                    I wanted (this was much work I think and delayed the
                    release of MM for some month ;-)) For our hard but fair
                    fights in MMBETA and at least for the nice note about me in
                    the docs 8^))))


  Andreas Netscher  For some bugreports









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