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█ D'Bridge EMAIL System █
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.

VERSION 3.99 - SERVICE RELEASE 25 - MAY 1 2018 ----------------------------------------------

This is a very minor update, but is important for those of you who are
using D'Bridge with somewhat-elaborate batch files, scripts or running the mailer in modes such as UNPACK or using the *X variables.

When D'Bridge is ran on an operating system that you have set to execute
tasks in the background, and lets say a task needs to shutdown D'Bridge
for some reason, you should ALWAYS create the shutdown semaphore and then
check to see that it is in fact, shutdown, by checking that no DBLINE semaphores exist.

For example, this DOS batch file will tell D'Bridge to shutdown, and not proceed further until it has in fact, shutdown cleanly. When D'Bridge
shuts down, it will exit with Errorlevel 200 and also delete the DBLINE semaphore. Note the use of the SLEEP command. SLEEP is just a command-line utility to wait X amount of seconds.

CD \DB
ECHO > DBEXIT.200
:CHECKER
IF EXIST DBLINE.* SLEEP 3
IF EXIST DBLINE.* GOTO CHECKER

- A new dummy/semaphore file, DBRIDGE.AQD, if created, will always tell
D'Bridge to engage in QuickDial mode; overriding the timing-specific
settings of the current Mail event. When the Queue is either empty or
no other entries can be "called", the mailer returns to IDLE status.

- Creating a DBEXIT semaphore now correctly deletes the DBLINE semaphore.

- Using the FUNCTION GATEWAY in EMSI/WaZOO sessions and using the "*X"
parameter to exit is a bit more graceful now and deletes the DBLINE
semaphore.

- The *X parameter deletes the DBLINE semaphore.

- TECHSPEC.TXT has been updated.

Nick Andre
www.net229.org

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Hi! Nick,

On 01 May 18 19:45, you wrote to All:

VERSION 3.99 - SERVICE RELEASE 25 - MAY 1 2018

CD \DB
ECHO > DBEXIT.200
:CHECKER
IF EXIST DBLINE.* SLEEP 3
IF EXIST DBLINE.* GOTO CHECKER

For such a procedure stub, I would recommend that the :CHECKER label should be one line higher. I,e,, just under the CD doover. So, the BATch keeps slamming
the sucker till it complies. It's not a request to maybe exit; it's a command!
:-)

Cheers,
Paul.

... Run! Run for safety, foolish pedestrians!
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