Subj : Re: MIS POLL
To   : Warpslide
From : paulie420
Date : Thu Nov 12 2020 18:14:25

 Wa> A semaphore is a file created in the mystic/semaphore directory.  When
 Wa> echomailis received by the bink server Mystic will create an echomail.in
 Wa> file in thesemaphore directory.  Likewise when you post a message in a
 Wa> message base Mysticwill create an echomail.out file.
 Wa> 
 Wa> If you have an event monitor for these semaphores (I believe Mystic
 Wa> checks thedirectory once a minute) then you can have things run more
 Wa> often, almost inreal time.
 Wa> 
 Wa> e.g.
 Wa> 
 Wa> You post a message here in this message base.  Mystic creates
 Wa> mystic/semaphore/echomail.out
 Wa> 
 Wa> You have an event looking for echomail.out which runs:
 Wa> mutil mailout.ini|mis poll send
 Wa> 
 Wa> The kill after line deletes that semaphore so the event won't run
 Wa> continuously.
 Wa> 
 Wa> So the way I have Mystic setup, each time I post a message it's sent out
 Wa> usually within a minute, rather than waiting for an event to run every
 Wa> so oftento collect mail and send it out.
 Wa> 
 Wa> Jay

Great explanation - copied to my mystic_txt folder.



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