Is there a way to make mutil post a text file to an entire message group
rather than have to put in the lines for each individual echo?

-Dallas Vinson

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On 09/03/18, Lupine Furmen pondered and said...

Is there a way to make mutil post a text file to an entire message group rather than have to put in the lines for each individual echo?

Not that I know of Dallas... you need to define the message base ID for each base you want to post to.

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Dang, that's a lot of echos to define then. I was wanting a quick way to post the monthly echo rules for SFnet. Would be so simple if we could just define
to post to a specific group as well as to individual echo's.

G00R00, is this something that could be added to a future build?

-Dallas Vinson

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* An ongoing debate between Lupine Furmen and All rages on ...

Is there a way to make mutil post a text file to an entire message
group rather than have to put in the lines for each individual echo?

I generate several mutil ini files to auto-post text info using a compiled Basic program. I don't know what the limits are for max posts per run, but if the ONLY difference is the message base index (ALL other info the same) it would be fairly easy to generate a program to read a list of indices and generate the ini(s) for mutil to post. You would have to manually key in the index list into a config file for the program to use. I doubt Mystic will do so

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ok, was told that this cludge group would work but it only posted to the
first echo, but not any of the others:

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 61
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 62
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 63
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

What did I do wrong?

-Dallas Vinson

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On 09/03/18, Lupine Furmen said the following...

ok, was told that this cludge group would work but it only posted to the first echo, but not any of the others:

file1_name = EchoRules.txt

First thing to check, is the line in the 'mutil.ini' file which states:

totalfiles = #

where '#' is the number of postings you want done.

Then, you may want to change the numbers in the setup.

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 61
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

file2_name = EchoRules.txt
file2_baseidx = 62
file2_from = Sysop
file2_to = All
file2_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file2_addr = 42:1/1
file2_delfile = false

file3_name = EchoRules.txt
file3_baseidx = 63
file3_from = Sysop
file3_to = All
file3_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file3_addr = 42:1/1
file3_delfile = false

... and so on. I've had one .ini file posting to about 20 message areas, so
you shouldn't have any problems. :)


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Thanks BP, the comments in the mutil.ini say "Files", and I'm only posting 1 file, just to multiple echoes, hence my confusion.

-Dallas Vinson

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On 09-03-18 21:32, Lupine Furmen wrote to All <=-

ok, was told that this cludge group would work but it only posted to
the first echo, but not any of the others:

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 61
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 62
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

file1_name = EchoRules.txt
file1_baseidx = 63
file1_from = Sysop
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Echo Rules, Monthly Post
file1_addr = 42:1/1
file1_delfile = false

What did I do wrong?

Did you specify that there were 3 messages to post further up the ini file?

Here's my bot posting ini file. Note the "totalfiles = 4" line. Your example would need "totalfiles = 3" there.

[PostTextFiles]

; Total number of text files to be posted. For each file there needs
o
; be a file definition as show below.

totalfiles = 4

; This defines one file which will be posted to the message base. Each
; file should be prefixed with file# where # is a number from 1 to
; totalfiles.
;
; The delfile option (if true) will remove the filename after the message
; is posted. The baseidx is the permanent index of the message base to
; post the message into (shown as Index at the top of the message base
; editor in Mystic's configuration. Address is the echomail
estination
; address

file1_name = vkradio.txt
file1_baseidx = 32
file1_from = vk3jed
file1_to = All
file1_subj = Join VKRadio
file1_addr = 21:1/143
file1_delfile = false

file2_name = vkradio.txt
file2_baseidx = 36
file2_from = vk3jed
file2_to = All
file2_subj = Join VKRadio
file2_addr = 801:1/9
file2_delfile = false

file3_name = vkradio.txt
file3_baseidx = 15
file3_from = vk3jed
file3_to = All
file3_subj = Join VKRadio
file3_addr = 80:774/6
file3_delfile = false

file4_name = vkradio.txt
file4_baseidx = 90
file4_from = Tony Langdon
file4_to = All
file4_subj = Join VKRadio
file4_addr = 3:633/410.1
file4_delfile = false

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I had not because it asks for the number files I was posting, and I was only posting 1 file, just to multiple groups. Poor phrasing and explanation in the comments. It has since been fixed and works fine now.

-Dallas Vinson

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On 09-05-18 00:28, Lupine Furmen wrote to Vk3jed <=-

I had not because it asks for the number files I was posting, and I was only posting 1 file, just to multiple groups. Poor phrasing and explanation in the comments. It has since been fixed and works fine
now.

If you look at my example, you'll see the number refers to the total number of file postings.


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I had not because it asks for the number files I was posting, and I w only posting 1 file, just to multiple groups. Poor phrasing and explanation in the comments. It has since been fixed and works fine now.

If you look at my example, you'll see the number refers to the total number of file postings.

I know that now, but that is not the way that the comments in the mutil.ini file read. :P

-Dallas Vinson

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On 09-05-18 07:31, Lupine Furmen wrote to Vk3jed <=-

If you look at my example, you'll see the number refers to the total number of file postings.

I know that now, but that is not the way that the comments in the mutil.ini file read. :P

I can see what you're saying, though I'm usually the one that makes those alternative interpretations. :)


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