[comp.sys.mac.misc] Files from non-Tabby Systems

Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Spencer) (01/27/91)

Adam Frix writes in a message to Scott Christensen

TA> If that doesn't work, why doesn't someone write a Tabby
TA> (Copernicus)-compatible
TA> application that would run between TabbyNet and ARCmail Extract 
TA> to copy any received files to another folder before ARCmail Extract 
TA> gets a chance to hose the file?
SC>  There is such a thing, but I believe it requires "hard" names 
SC> to copy - it won't do wildcards.
AF>  aren't these specific names put into a text file so that AME 
AF> knows what to operate on? 

Yea.  AME operates on the files that are listed in a text file named Extract Mail in the Common Folder.  Most of us never see it as AME deletes it when it is done.  If you were copying files, it wouldn't not be tricky to write the Extract Mail file at the same time.
 

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