Subj : pgp
To   : August Abolins
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sat Jan 04 2020 10:59 pm

Hi August.

02 Jan 20 22:41:00, you wrote to allfix:

A quote from the allfix.doc:

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       3.2    Mail transfer and the FileFind system

       The  FileFind system offers people the ability  to search for files
       via  echomail by writing  messages addressed to  the name "ALLFIX",
       without  quotes.  The  files,  file  specifications,  and  keywords
       (preceded  by a '/')  are placed on  the subject  line. The message
       body may be left empty.

       ALLFIX  will  scan the  configured  message areas  and  process all
       FileFind  requests. It  will scan  the BBS  file  areas and  if any
       matches are found, it will write a reply in the appropriate area.

       Since  the FileFind requests are sent via echomail, one request may
       receive  multiple replies. One problem with this system is that the
       flow  of mail may easily  get out of  hand. ALLFIX has  a number of
       features  to reduce  the amount  of mail.  First,  no more  than 15
       files  will be included in  a reply. Second, it  has the ability to
       ignore  any  local  FileFind  requests.    Third,  ALLFIX will  not
       process  FileFind requests  that contain  less than  4 non-wildcard
       characters  (ie. characters other than the  '?' and '*' wildcards).
       Lastly,  ALLFIX has  the ability  to ignore FileFind  requests that
       are older than the configured number of days.

       To  facilitate searching for files,  ALLFIX supports two elementary
       boolean  operators; AND and OR. These operators may be used between
       filespecs and keywords.
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Please note the "ALLFIX will not process FileFind requests that contain less 
than 4 non-wildcard characters" part.

'Tommi

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