It's been fun participaing in the FreeDOS development, but I think it's time for me to retire from the mailing lists, and also sending the monthly reminder emails.
Attached is the script I use to send the reminder, run by a cron job on my Linux server. The error message (only sent if it can't download the reminder message) is in the same vain as my main website's error message at https://gcfl.net/missing.html (but much shorter). I thought it was funny at the time. Use it, or don't. I suggest that whomever wants to take this over coordinate with Jim Hall first. Last thing he (or anyone really) wants is 15-20 reminder emails a month, right? It's been fun! Remember, Don't Panic! So long, and thanks for all the fish! John Price jp_free...@gcfl.net linuxg...@gcfl.net jp31415...@gmail.com ----------------------- #!/bin/bash FROM=jp_free...@gcfl.net TO=freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net TEXT=http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freedos/lists/remind.txt cd ~/temp rm -f remind.txt errors.txt wget -O remind.txt $TEXT &> errors.txt ( echo "From: John Price <$FROM> Subject: New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder To: FreeDOS User Mailing List <$TO> " if [ -s remind.txt ]; then cat remind.txt echo " /* This is an automated message sent out to the mailing list at the first of each month. It is automagically downloaded from $TEXT Feel free to contact John Price if necessary by replying to this message. */ "; else echo "OOPS! The remind file could not be downloaded! Here I am, brain the size of the universe, trying to send you a simple email, but wouldn't you know it, the file doesn't even exist! Where does that leave me?! I'm sure it would say something about FreeDOS, or Jim Hall, or some mailing list or other, but what do I care. *sigh* Humans." if [ -s errors.txt ]; then echo " In case you think you can fix this, here is the log: " cat errors.txt else echo " To make things worse, there was no error log produced. Good luck!" fi fi ) | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f$FROM ----------------------- -- If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it. Have a great day and don't forget to laugh! http://www.gcfl.net (The Good, Clean Funnies List): Good, clean daily funnies you can safely tell your Mom! _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
