Hi, i have written a program which writes a message to a JAM Base. I tested it and it works fine locally. The app executes and then the JAM base has the new msg and Mystic can read it, as normal.

The problem is that i can't figure out how to send this msg to the network. I tried mutil with an exportechomail stanza, but no luck. Is there another way? or am i doing something wrong?

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The problem is that i can't figure out how to send this msg to the network. I tried mutil with an exportechomail stanza, but no luck. Is there another way? or am i doing something wrong?

In theory when you do this in mystic it would create an echomail.out
semaphore then events would run to export the message which MUTIL can see is new... so is it that the event needs to be triggered or do you think it's something more to do with a flag or setting in the JAM base to ensure MUTIL (when it runs) can see something new to export out as a packet?

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Xqtr,

You are aware MUTIL already has the ability to import a text file with one of the stanzas in the INI file?

Beery

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You are aware MUTIL already has the ability to import a text file with
one of the stanzas in the INI file?
Beery

Yes I do... but i want to bypass MUTIL and do it from my program, without any external apps/utils. :)

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In theory when you do this in mystic it would create an echomail.out semaphore then events would run to export the message which MUTIL can
see is new... so is it that the event needs to be triggered or do you think it's something more to do with a flag or setting in the JAM base
to ensure MUTIL (when it runs) can see something new to export out as a packet?

I thought that you just write a msg to the files of the JAM base and after MUTIL or the appropriate utility of other BBSes, would see that new message
and send it. :? But now i am confused.

I am trying to find a universal way to uploading/posting to JAM bases,
directly from an app, without the need of MUTIL or other apps.

I will try to do some more debugging... maybe something i miss or do it in a wrong way. I will be posting some test messages to the BOT area. If you see something, that is from me and has garbled chars inside, just tell me. :)

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On 06/28/18, xqtr pondered and said...

I thought that you just write a msg to the files of the JAM base and
after MUTIL or the appropriate utility of other BBSes, would see that
new message and send it. :? But now i am confused.

I'm not sure what flag is set in a new message posted in a JAM base that
MUTIL looks for when exporting it out to a PKT

But what I was trying to share is that MUTIL won't go looking for it unless
you run the export manually or trigger it with an event using a semaphore.

So at the moment if you use your util to post a test message direct in to a
JAM base then run the mutil export function - does it not find anything?

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Re: Re: Post Msg from JAM base
By: Avon to xqtr on Fri Jun 29 2018 08:50 am

I thought that you just write a msg to the files of the JAM base and
after MUTIL or the appropriate utility of other BBSes, would see
that new message and send it. :? But now i am confused.

I'm not sure what flag is set in a new message posted in a JAM base that MUTIL looks for when exporting it out to a PKT

I'm not certain either but I think it is the local flag.

I can remember using timed or golded in times past and localy posted message would have "Local" in the status field and when I scanned the message base those messages would be sent to the appropriate links.

I'm reaching a bit here so.. a grain of salt.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al


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On 06/28/18, Al pondered and said...

I'm reaching a bit here so.. a grain of salt.. :)

At least you know the flag to look for / grasp. I wouldn't know it if it came up and whacked me around the head ;-p

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But what I was trying to share is that MUTIL won't go looking for it unless you run the export manually or trigger it with an event using a semaphore.
So at the moment if you use your util to post a test message direct in
to a JAM base then run the mutil export function - does it not find anything?

I did try and executed MUTIL after writing to the JAM Base... but nothing happened. So there are two possibilities.. 1) MUTIL needs some "special" flag to post msgs 2) My program is doing something wrong.

The problem is that i can't figure out, which of these two happens, or even both of them. Also, if i have to use MUTIL to upload the posts/msgs, then my program has no use :(

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On 06/30/18, xqtr pondered and said...

I did try and executed MUTIL after writing to the JAM Base... but nothing happened. So there are two possibilities.. 1) MUTIL needs some "special" flag to post msgs 2) My program is doing something wrong.
The problem is that i can't figure out, which of these two happens, or even both of them. Also, if i have to use MUTIL to upload the
posts/msgs, then my program has no use :(

I think Al may be onto something with a 'local' flag needing to be set?

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