There's a rumour going around over on FIDOTEST that you may have a
way of adding a TZUTC kludge on older BBS/Mailers?

Well yes and no.... I make the addition after the message is edited and before its read back into the BBS. Probably only going to work for software that uses MSGTMP or something very similar.

I keep a short file with the UTC kludge in it, and simply use redirections to rebuild the MSGTMP before re-entry to the BBS.

Soo...

mv msgtmp msgtmp.new
type kludge.txt > MSGTMP
type msgtmp.new >> MSGTMP
exit

you have to be able to call the message editor from a batchfile rather than have it called directly as a .exe without command.com. What I use should work with any QuickBBS clone, so QBBS, old RA, SuperBBS, Celerity, and others.

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TYPE C:\TELEGARD\TEMP%1\MSGTMP.NEW >> C:\TELEGARD\TEMP%1\MSGTMP DEL C:\TELEGARD\TEMP%1\MSGTMP.NEW

Strictly speaking you don't need the del, type or echo > filename will remove the old contents. I did have it, I eventually removed it for some reason I don't remember right now.

Now I just have to finangle a way of updating that KLUDGE.TXT file

Kludge always gave me a bit of grief. I had to edit it for starters in thedraw, it was the only thing that would add the ctl-a for me, s'pose I could've hexedited it. In the end I just run at standard time and ignore DST for the BBS.

Thanks so much, that's very clever and helpful. I never would have thought of adding it that way.

Not sure how else you'd do it, unless you want to start editing your message base. Its the only point there is access to the message contents. Can't argue with success eh :)

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--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
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