On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:16:43 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> With a bit more work I could probably skip Arachne entirely
> and interface it directly with epppd...
> Arachne needs all that tedious clicking of keys and mouse buttons.
> When I get up each morning I flick the power switch of my PC on my
> way through to the kitchen for the first caffeine infusion.
> By the time I've made my coffee and returned to the computer all
> my email and NG posts are downloaded and sorted into folders and
> the screen-saver is making gentle patterns... a nudge of the mouse
> and I'm reading my emails from my good friend Ms Best in the Arachne
> List.
> Can Glenn make Arachne do that?
Yep,
Glenn has been doing that for over a year now.<g>
---autoexec.bat---
:OpenDOSBEG
@echo off
PROMPT [OPENDOS 7.01] $P$G
SET PATH=\;C:\1BATCH;C:\1COMMON;C:\;C:\OPENDOS;C:\1ZIP;C:\QEMM;c:\borlandc\bin;c:\nde
rem ;C:\TC;C:\TC\BIN;C:\1ZIPER;C:\DSK2
rem ;c:\povray31
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
IF NOT DIREXIST %TEMP% MD %TEMP%
SET OPENDOSCFG=C:\OPENDOS
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D3 T4
c:\aztpnp.exe /a:on
c:\1common\comports.com
c:\opendos\drmouse.com /R22
c:\opendos\nwcache.exe 7670 1024 /lend=on /delay=on
c:\1common\spindown.exe d 1
if exist c:\wc3\swapfile.* del c:\wc3\swapfile.*
rem call \1run\onerun.exe
rem MEMMAX -L
rem VERIFY ON
C:\1BATCH\ARR.BAT 167e7 pop3://:110 /y
:OpenDOSEND
__________________
---arr.bat---
@echo off
IF "%ARA%"=="" GOTO ARANO
if "%1"=="" goto err
GOTO ARAYES
:ARANO
CD\1RECON
!ARA
:ARAYES
C:
CD\
CALL \EMSDSK\XMSDSK 64000 l: /c1 %3
copy c:\command.com l:\
IF NOT EXIST l:\command.com goto delmail
set comspec=l:\command.com
md l:\temp
set temp=l:\temp
IF NOT EXIST l:\ARACHNE\ARACHNE.BAT PKUNZIP -d e:\ARACHNE\!AR%1.ZIP l:\
PKUNZIP -d -o e:\ARACHNE\MAIL\!AR!MDIR.ZIP l:\
if "%1"=="mail" PKUNZIP -d -o E:\ARACHNE\MAIL\!AR!MAIL.ZIP l:\
D:
CD\AUDIO\CNDMIDI
LH SBMIDI
SBSIM
CD\
l:
CD \ARACHNE
md c:\arachne
md c:\arachne\mail
xcopy c:\arachne\mail\*.* l:\arachne\mail\ /s
IF EXIST PPP.LOG CALL ARACHNE.BAT -r %2
IF NOT EXIST PPP.LOG CALL ARACHNE.BAT %2
C:
:delmail
? del l:\arachne\!*.*
call deltree.bat c:\arachne\mail
xcopy l:\arachne\mail\*.* c:\arachne\mail\ /s
D:
CD\AUDIO\CNDMIDI
SBSIM /u
SBMIDI /u
CD\
C:
set comspec=c:\command.com
set temp=c:\temp
goto end
:err
echo To run !ar150b2.zip --- arrm 150b2(enter)
pause
dir e:\arachne\!ar*.zip /p
pause
:end
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---clipped from arachne.cfg---
;AfterPOP3 smtp:
AfterPOP3 arachne:exit
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(this kicks me out of Arachne and copies the eMail over onto drive C:)
--
Glenn
(your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd)
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
