Short: Creates scripts for Aminet auto-download Author: rcohen@flinet.com Uploader: guyver eyesoftime com Type: comm/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos AmiMessenger is copyright 1996, Robert Cohen. It is FREEWARE, which means that no money is allowed to be charged for it. AmiMessenger may be included on your PD or Shareware compilations. It would simply be against the grain of what Aminet is all about to restrict the distribution, or charge for this utility. AmiMessenger is a script generator for the retrieval of Aminet files via ftpmail. You need an email account (obviously), a UUencoder (UUxt included in this archive), and a recent Aminet Index (you can get one as part AmiMessengers' function) to take advantage of this system. Complete details are under the "About" gadget from the main panel. One note, not covered in the "About" info. There will be some lag time in clearing the buffers, mainly when loading other than your first Index file, and when quitting the program, which may seem like hung or stuck code. Full Aminet Index files are currently 1.7+ megs, and this takes some system resources. Depending on the system you are trying to run this on, this lag time may be substantial. Be patient. Also, if you have less than 2.25 megs of ram, you should not try to use this utility, at least not with full aminet index files. While the program itself only takes about 250K, the data cache required by a full Index may over tax your ram. And even if you have a full PPP or SLIP connection, you may find ftpmail retrieval a time saver. No waiting for logon, or FTP lag times. I hope this program proves to be a convenience to a few of you... Enjoy