Subj : Re: Message to all
To : Robert Wolfe
From : ib joe
Date : Sat Jul 18 2020 08:40 am
On 17 Jul 2020, Robert Wolfe said the following...
RW> -> RW> "All" usually sends the message to "All."
RW> ->
RW> -> Nope, it doesn't. Writing a message to All in WINServer is like
RW> -> write a message to ALL in a FidoNET echo. a cc is not sent out to
RW> -> all your users. Most BBS packages have this feature. I left a
RW> -> message on the WINServer listserver and what I found out is that I
RW> -> would need to buy the wcReports package. Santronics, or Mustang
RW> -> Software, made a choice at some point to spread needed features over
RW> -> 2, 3 or 4 different programs so that a SysOP was forced to buy 2, 3
RW> -> or 4 different programs. I have spent soooooo much over the years
RW> -> supporting Santronics.... I am just not going to spe other dime so
RW> -> that I can cc a message to all my users.
RW>
RW> So you are wanting to send the same message at once to every user on your
RW> system individually? Seems like an easy job for a wcCODE module to me.
RW> But, you are right. A lot of other BBS packages do have this feature
RW> built in.
RW>
RW>
Yes
IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
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