From: 	Fido Software
To: 	All
On: 	1:125/111
Option:	Private
Subj:	automail.exe automail.doc

	You just got a copy of FidoMail (previously named
"AutoMail"), an automatic way to enter FidoNet messages. FidoMail
generates one or more FidoNet messages from text files you
generate yourself, using your favorite (or least favorite, I dont
care) text editor or word processor.

	The FidoMail documentation, FIDOMAIL.DOC, is itself a
script FidoMail can use to generate Fidonet messages. The format
of an FidoMail script is quite simple; four lines of message
header, followed by text of any length or format.

		OPERATION

	Run FidoMail from the default Fido directory. MAIL.SYS is
read to determine the Fidonet message area, and the node number
of the originating system. The nodelist (NODELIST.SYS and
NODELIST.IDX) is used to enter the messages.

	FIDOMAIL [script-file-name(s)]

	The script file name can be a single file, many files
using wild cards, or a directory name. Each file found is
processed as described below. Each script file can generate one
or more FidoNet messages.

	FidoMail displays status information on the local
console, and also appends it to the MAILER.LOG file, where Fido
keeps FidoNet status.

	FidoMail returns ERRORLEVEL 1 if there is no script file
or the disk is full. No error is returned if a system specified
to mail to is not in the node list.


	ENTERING AUTOMATIC MESSAGES

	The lines in the header are what defines the FidoNet
message. 

	from:
	to:
	on: 	one or more FidoNet nodes to send to

	(only one of the following)

	subj:	message subject
	file:	one or more files for file attach
	files:	same as file:

	(optionally one or more of the following)

	option: (list of options)
	options: (list of options)

	These four lines can appear in any order, and may have
blank lines between them, and may have leading spaces. They can
be in upper or lower case (FROM:, from: and From: are all OK) but
the colon: MUST be there. 

	Put at least one space (tab, comma, etc) after each
keyword, so FidoMail can find them.


	The From: and To: fields are what you think they are.
Lines too long will be truncated to fit the FidoNet message
format.

	The On: line is the list of FidoNet systems to send this
message to. You can specify any number of nodes here, as long as
it fits on a line. The usual kinds of numbers can be entered:

	1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 99		nodes in your net

	125/2 77/88 1/0			specific net/node

	3:1/345				a node in Australia

	Only one Subj:, File: and Files: line can be used in one
message. Use Subj: for most ordinary messages. File: and Files:
are used to do FidoNet File Attaches. FidoMail will not stop you
from entering a Subj: line followed by a File: line, or vice
versa, but please realize that things may not work as you plan.
You cannot have both. File: following Subj: will be as if Subj:
was never entered, but Subj: following File: will replace the
list of attached filenames with the contents of the Subj: line.

	The Option: line is how certain FidoNet message options
are entered. There can be any number of option lines, and each
can contain one or more option words:

	Kill	means	(KILL/SENT)
	Private means	(PRIVATE)

	These can be abbreviated to their first letter.
