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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

2565.0. "Send ASCII Text on a selective basis?" by GANTRY::HULL (Digital Services Delivery - Motown) Wed Apr 14 1993 17:15

We have the WPS-PLUS translate logical OA$MTI_TRNS set to 0 (don't
translate) so all outbound mail goes native .WPL-mode.  However, we have 1 MR
mailbox address that needs to only have ASCII text sent to it, as it chokes
big time on .WPL files.

Short of writing a Gateway using MRIF (which means it'll never get
written!), etc, is there any way in A1 code to intercept such addresses and
somehow send a converted copy of the message?

Regards,

	Al
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2565.1Use MCM, or MrGateIOSG::SHOVEDave Shove -- REO2-G/M6Wed Apr 14 1993 19:1823
    Two solutions to this:
    
    1. Use the Mailbus Conversion Manager (I think it's now called) - see
    conference TAMDNO::MSG_SOLUTIONS (I'll add a pointer to this note shen
    I've finished it). MCM can convert lots of different formats - it
    exists as a mailbox on the Mailbus, so you just route your mail through
    it to get it converted.
    
    2. ("Cheat's approach") - route via MrGate. MrGate knows how to convert
    WPS-PLUS to ASCII. You'll need to go through it twice, to get back to
    Mailbus.
    
    So instead of sending to
    
    	fred @mbx @node
    
    you'd send to
    
    	fred @mx @node @mrgate @mrgate
    
    or some similar syntax!
    
    Dave.