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VENDOR: HACKSAW Internet Tool for OS/2 from InnoVal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Porter)
Sat May 24 18:17:37 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 24 May 1997 22:05:09 GMT
From: innoval@ibm.net (Dan Porter)
Reply-To: innoval@ibm.net
Reply-to: innoval@ibm.net
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File-URLs: http://www.innoval.com/
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InnoVal Systems Solutions is pleased to announce HACKSAW (TM), a new Internet
tool for everyone who maintains a web site, sends email to mailing lists, or
downloads files.
HACKSAW takes FTP to a new level of simplicity and sophistication. If you
maintain a web site, you need this tool! Imagine updating your site with a
single command. HACKSAW is a very useful command line tool for people who
want something more than the existing FTP tools. But HACKSAW is much more.
It can retrieve web pages and other web-based files using the HTTP protocol,
or it can retrieve just their headers. It can send email messages to a single
email address or to an entire mailing list through an SMTP server. It can
retrieve, count, and/or delete any or all messages waiting for you on a POP3
mail server.
Rich FTP Functions:
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HACKSAW supports the traditional FTP commands such as DIR, RENAME, DELETE,
SEND and GET as well as SITE commands. Additionally, it implements SENDALL
and GETALL which can be used to send or retrieve all the files in the
specified directory. SENDALL and GETALL support wildcard character patterns
such as *.HTM or S*.* and can also work only on files with a date stamp more
recent than a specified one. SYNCHOST and SYNCLOCAL send all the files from
the one location to the other, which exist on the source but not on the
target, or have a later date stamp on the source than the matching file on the
target. SENDALL and SYNCHOST let you specify whether you want the files sent
with uppercase filenames, lowercase filenames, or using the same filenames as
they exist on the local drive. All six of these Send/Get commands can
automatically perform a specified SITE command against the host file(s) after
the file transfer(s)!
Flexible Control File, Command Line or Prompted Operation:
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You can use control files to perform the same or similar FTP function on a
whole list of filename specifications at once, retrieve HTTP-based files,
retrieve mail from multiple POP3 accounts at once, or send mail via SMTP.
HACKSAW can also take its instructions from the command line, from its
configuration (INI) file, or any combination of these without any user
interaction at runtime. This way, it can perform functions during off-peak
hours by means of a task scheduler or alarm program such as InnoVal's
WebSched. (WebSched provides support for the Windows 95 and Windows NT
dialers without waiting for a user to click on a dialog button before
dialing.) An optional batch file or other program running HACKSAW can
determine what HACKSAW did, because HACKSAW returns errorlevel codes to tell
such a program whether it ran into any errors, or how many pieces of mail it
found waiting on a POP3 server, etc.
Whatever instructions you don't feed to HACKSAW via the command line, a
control file, or the configuration file, it will prompt you for at run time.
So if you like, you can just tell it the main function you want it to execute,
and it will ask you for all the other information it needs to perform that
function, a piece at a time. You can run it that way if you prefer to have
the program remind you of what it needs to know, so you don't have to think of
everything in advance.
OS/2 and Windows 95/NT Versions Available:
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The OS/2 and Windows 95/NT versions are compiled from the exact same source
code, so the two versions are identical and released concurrently. You can
even share one configuration file between the two versions, if you use both
operating systems.
The OS/2 version comes with two REXX programs, one of which is a very
configurable Spam Filter (or Twit Filter) which will delete unwanted messages
from your POP3 server before your regular email program clutters your mailbox
with them.
Order HACKSAW on our secure order form at http://www.innoval.com and we will
send you an email with instructions for downloading the product along with a
license number and details on obtaining technical support. Please note that
all InnoVal products come with a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are not
satisfied for any reason whatsoever, remove the product from your system and
contact us to obtain a full refund.
Site, quantity, and reseller prices are available on request. For more
information, contact Marianne Roderus, InnoVal Customer Support, at
innoval@ibm.net or . . .
Web: http://www.innoval.com
Email: innoval@ibm.net
Voice: 914-835-3838 (8:30am to 6:00pm, M-F, New York time)
Fax: 914-835-3857
Mail: InnoVal Systems Solutions
600 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, NY 10528 USA
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