Subj : Re: Message to all
To   : Robert Wolfe
From : ib joe
Date : Sat Jul 18 2020 08:40:46

On 17 Jul 2020, Robert Wolfe said the following...
 
 RW> -> RW> "All" usually sends the message to "All."
 RW> ->
 RW> -> Nope, it doesn't.  Writing a message to All in WINServer is like
 RW> -> write a message to ALL in a FidoNET echo.  a cc is not sent out to
 RW> -> all your users. Most BBS packages have this feature.  I left a
 RW> -> message on the WINServer listserver and what I found out is that I
 RW> -> would need to buy the wcReports package.  Santronics, or Mustang
 RW> -> Software, made a choice at some point to spread needed features over
 RW> -> 2, 3 or 4 different programs so that a SysOP was forced to buy 2, 3
 RW> -> or 4 different programs.  I have spent soooooo much  over the years
 RW> -> supporting Santronics.... I am just not going to spe other dime so
 RW> -> that I can cc a message to all my users.
 RW> 
 RW> So you are wanting to send the same message at once to every user on your
 RW> system individually?  Seems like an easy job for a wcCODE module to me. 
 RW> But, you are right.  A lot of other BBS packages do have this feature
 RW> built in.
 RW> 
 RW> 

Yes

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
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