Subj : Re: Message to all
To   : RON PETERS
From : ib joe
Date : Fri Jul 17 2020 10:27:05

On 17 Jul 2020, RON PETERS said the following...
 
 RP> Hi Joe
 RP> 
 RP> This is a cut and paste of the reply sent to you in the Santronics List:
 RP> 
 RP> It would probably be best to follow it up there should you need to do
 RP> so.
 RP> 
 RP> ---- Cut from SSI ----
 RP> 
 RP> Messages to ALL are not permitted in Conference: #0 via the
 RP> ANSI/Terminal interface.
 RP> 
 RP> Conference 0 is intended for Private EMail and To "ALL" Opens up the
 RP> risks of SPAM and Private Messages accidentally being sent to ALL.
 RP> 
 RP> The Capitalized "ALL" can be used in other Conferences as a valid Public
 RP> "TO ALL" message Address.
 RP> 
 RP> If you have a small user base you can create a Group Distribution List
 RP> and use it in association with Any Conference.
 RP> 
 RP> For Example:
 RP> 
 RP> A plain text file Group List:
 RP> 
 RP>  \wcat\disp\group1.lst
 RP> 
 RP> comprising a name on each line
 RP> 
 RP>  Bob Brown
 RP>  Jane Doe
 RP>  John Smith
 RP> 
 RP> Can then be used to Address a Message TO: GROUP 1
 RP> 
 RP> Which would send a CC Copy to users in the Distribution List Group 1
 RP> 
 RP> wcBASIC and the wcBASIC PLUS pack can if desired be used to completely
 RP> customize the behavior of the ANSI Mail Interface.
 RP> 

Tried it again... and a message to ALL in a local area, not area 0, is
nothing more than a message addressed to ALL. 

BBS software that hasn't been worked on since the early 90's had that
feature...

I know that the terminal side of WINServer is a little lite on features,
unless you knoqw how to program in wcBasic, se're stuck.  WINServer should
have a message to "ALL" built into it and as well an ability to let the users
have a signature file... on the terminal side.

I got my ass kicked on 2 projects... adding the ssl certificates to the web
server... not hard if you knew what to do... and as well I had issues with
fTelnet

Anyway, that's behind me...

:)

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
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