.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. :: :: .-= :: SAD-MESSAGEBASE DEFRAG v1.o :: =---[%] ©1996 fLi7e / SAD [%]-------. | :: :: | | ·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::· | | | `-----------------------------------------[%] English Documentation [%]---' What is this for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Messagebase Defrag (MBD from now on) will clean up ALL your message bases from old messages and attached files. You can tell MBD for how many days you wanna store messages before killing them just like in filedir mover tools. How to use ~~~~~~~~~~ If you use MBD the first time it`ll create a configfile S:MSGBDEFRAG.cfg in which all your conference locations are stored! The configfile looks like this: NUM=4 LOC.1=bbs:amiga/msgbase LOC.2=bbs:aminet/msgbase LOC.3=bbs:pc/msgbase LOC.4=bbs:aetools/msgbase If you want to not delete messages in special conferences just open this file and remove the conferences you don`t wan`t to use! Be sure that the numbering of LOC.x is from 1-x without missing number and enter the highest LOC. number at the top keyword NUM=. If you changed anything in your bbs, eg. you removed/added a conference you can start MBD with the -C keyword. -C = Create Configfile. >>> SAD-MBD.exe -C After the new NEW configfile has been created MDB will quit and NOT process the MAIL DELETE as you may want to change some conferences by your own! If you run MBD to DELETE mails the command parsing is like this: >>> SAD-MBD.exe e.g.: SAD-MBD.exe 28 - will delete all messages beeing older 28 days in ALL conferences specified in the Configfile in S:. Known bugs ~~~~~~~~~~ As i tested this small tool for about 1 1/2 months now i surely can report NO bugs at all. But as i`m not god, maybe you`ll find sum .. dunno ... If summit`ll went wrong with it ... just post me a fast email stateing the bug and i`ll try to fix it! Technical Properties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As MBD is a 100% arexx code you may find it slow! But lemme say that i use librarys to enhance some speed and file deleting can`t be done faster as i use the DELETE commands from the DOS_ routines and mainly NOT the DELETE command from C: ... Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rexxtricks.library Rexxsupport.library A running bbs Some MSGBASE directorys Lotsa old mails to be deleted! What to come in future versions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEEP SCAN: This option will go through the HEADERFILE of each msgbase and will check for the RECEIVED flag set. So if the msg is not that old but has been received but the user did not delete it, MBD will do the job for you. As this option will take lotsa time on HUGHE msgbases it`s recomned that you use this just once a month! MAILSTORE: This option will let you PACK the messages to be deleted. This Option is also a TIME EATING one as i read out the MESSAGE DATAS like SENDER / RECEIVER / MESSAGE SUBJECT ... and put these datas as HEADERFILES to the msg itself before packing them. All MSG`s concerning the same receiver will be seperately packed as LZX or LHA and send as MSG (haha) to the user to DL. This message will have a subject MBD will check for in DEEP SCAN and will delete it without re-packing it again. You see .. a heavy one which may take a while .. But this will keep all clean and your user(s) may become motivated to DELETE their messages if received! History ~~~~~~~ {vo.1} - Able to scan one conference and DETECT old mails. {vo.3} - Fixed a DATE CALCULATING problem which bugged somehow sometimes. Added DELETE MSGS instead of only DETECT old messages. {vo.5} - Added the CONFIGURATION file for multi conf usage. {v1.o} - Added the -C option to RE-CONFIGURE MBD automatically. Added a VIEWABLE output. -= FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE =-