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    From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to Dreamer on Mon Jan 20 10:52:12 2014
    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long, but is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?

    I remember that I used to be able to do so, with WWIV, but since running Synchronet, I have no clue...


    I have a friend who set up a bbs, and he has a few adds that he would like to make it around..

    Thanks in advanced for the help!

    Arcade Master

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Charon on Mon Jan 20 22:47:44 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Charon to Dreamer on Mon Jan 20 2014 11:52 am

    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long, but is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?

    I remember that I used to be able to do so, with WWIV, but since running Synchronet, I have no clue...

    In Synchronet, you hit Ctrl-Z to enable raw input mode, then post a message and
    use the "ASCII upload" feature of your terminal program to send the file.

    digital man

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  • From Access Denied@VERT/PHARCYDE to Charon on Tue Jan 21 11:41:36 2014
    Hello Charon,

    On 20 Jan 14 11:52, Charon wrote to Dreamer:

    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long,
    but is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?

    I remember that I used to be able to do so, with WWIV, but since
    running Synchronet, I have no clue...

    As well as what Digital Man said, you can also use the 'smbutil' feature to post text files to your message base. Take a look at the wiki or just run 'smbutil' in the exec folder for options and other execution details.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox to Charon on Tue Jan 21 19:29:41 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Charon to Dreamer on Mon Jan 20 2014 11:52:12

    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long, but is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?

    Upload to where?

    With Synchronet, you can make a script that will read a text ad and post the ad in message areas, but if you want to upload your ad to a certain section of a BBS, you might need to be more specific in your question. Depending on where you want your ad to go, I'm sure some amount of scripting could be made to handle it. Perhaps if you make a file area for BBS ads and let people upload ads there, you could make a script that will copy the ads to some section on your BBS - if that's what you're looking for.

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to Access Denied on Tue Jan 21 19:30:45 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Access Denied to Charon on Tue Jan 21 2014 12:41:36

    As well as what Digital Man said, you can also use the 'smbutil' feature to post text files to your message base. Take a look at the wiki or just run 'smbutil' in the exec folder for options and other execution details.

    That might be better than my solution of using a custom JavaScript script to post BBS ads to various message areas.. Built-in tools FTW. ;)

    Nightfox
  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Charon on Tue Jan 21 21:29:12 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Charon to Dreamer on Mon Jan 20 2014 11:52 am

    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long, but is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?


    yeah you can do it with smbutil


    smbutil -i -c -fNAMEITSFROM -sSUBJECT ...etc

    check out the help for smbutil

    OH, i was thinking about automatic posting.

    yes, you can do it via smbutil or entering raw mode.

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  • From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to Nightfox on Wed Jan 22 15:05:13 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Nightfox to Charon on Tue Jan 21 2014 20:29:41

    Re: Updates
    By: Charon to Dreamer on Mon Jan 20 2014 11:52:12

    This is a silly questions, since I have been out of bbs'ing so long, bu is there a way to upload a bbs ad that is already made?

    Upload to where?

    With Synchronet, you can make a script that will read a text ad and post the in message areas, but if you want to upload your ad to a certain section of BBS, you might need to be more specific in your question. Depending on wher you want your ad to go, I'm sure some amount of scripting could be made to handle it. Perhaps if you make a file area for BBS ads and let people uploa ads there, you could make a script that will copy the ads to some section on your BBS - if that's what you're looking for.

    Nightfox

    I am just wanting to post a BBS ad, via message bases. So, instead of constantly typing the AD, I would just upload it.

    Thanks,

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Charon on Thu Jan 23 00:40:31 2014
    Re: Updates
    By: Charon to Nightfox on Wed Jan 22 2014 04:05 pm


    I am just wanting to post a BBS ad, via message bases. So, instead of constantly typing the AD, I would just upload it.

    Thanks,

    Charon


    use smbutil

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