
This readme file is going to be short and sweet.  All we're
going to talk about here is the MailScan utility and its
configuration file.  I figured you were ready for a breather
and this one is easy enough to give you a needed break.  In
fact, why don't you go get a cold one out of the fridge before
you get started?  Go ahead, I'll wait......

<delay 300>

Okay, off we go.  Remember that we only use the MailScan utility
as part of the outbound process of sending Internet email
messages from your board to the outside world.  MailScan is made
expressly for this purpose.  I'm not smart enough to figure out
why TriToss won't handle this stuff the right way but I am smart
enough to know when I'm ignorant and then I move on.  One note -
there is no "bug" in TriToss that has forced me into this.  Rather,
its inability to work with the outbound process of email messages
is probably because of the way the other utilities work.  So, I'm
not casting evil looks at TriToss, trust me.  Besides, I'm a loyal
butt-licker and I'd never say anything nasty about a Mark Goodwin
program! <g>

Let's look at the MAILSCAN.CFG that should exist in the GIGO
directory.  Here's mine:

MAILSCAN.CFG

1:328/104
1:328/1
c:\tritoss\netmail

c:\gigo\outbound\

You'll notice that there appears to be a missing line.  There
is and it's important that you leave this blank line.  Here's
a description of the lines.

Line one is "Your address" without the decimal point and zero.

Line two is the "Gateway address" without the decimal point
and zero.

Line three is where MailScan expects to find any outbound
Internet email messages.  Refer back to some of the discussion
about my directory tree.

Line four is blank.  Leave it that way.  It's supposed to be
there for something called Hudson message bases.  Personally,
I'd just prefer to believe that the line has been kidnapped
by aliens and leave well enough alone.

Line five is where MailScan will place the processed outbound
email messages once it gets through with them.

We're now through with the discussion of MailScan.  That one
was easy, huh?   HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  You ain't seen
nothing yet!  The next readme file is going to be all about the
configuration files that make up GIGO's gateway program.  I
wanted to inflict maximum physical punishment, so I saved all
of that for last!  Mwahahahahahahahaha!!

