This is my attempt to create Filefix for ifmail and Linux (*). It is
written in perl 5.xxx.

It is supplied "as is", and I even would not guarantee that it will
borrow any place on your disk, since there is an "rm" command ;)

All you should do is execute "make" and edit files config, Areas and
Users, reading comments in them. Correct config path at the top of
filefix.pl.

Run it as "filefix -t" for processing received files. It will find all
tic files in protected inbound and will move the files into their
areas. 

To hatch file into fileecho, it is enough to place it to corresponting
directory and to create <filename>.desc, or else "Decription missing"
will be it's description.

"filefix -s" invokation will send the files to your links.

Those commands are run with permissinos of the same user and group, to
which ifmail belongs.

aliases line `filefix: "| areaqueue /var/spool/ifmail/filefix"' will
force it to read the letter from stdin and do the actions correspondingly.
Since sendmail will start filefix as nobody user, Users file should be
open for write access.

Try it.
For me (at 2:5020/20) it works since the end of August, 1995...

Wishes and ideas are certainly welcomed.

The fresh versions can be found:
	ftp://oskin.macomnet.ru/pub/linux/fido/filefix-*.tar.gz


Credits:

	Perl author for cool language.:)
	
	Alex Tutubalin (2:5020/96), Alex Ksnyakin (2:5020/118) and
	Andrew Kolchoogin (2:5020/118.22) for their Areafix, used by
	me as a manual and library of algorithms.:) 

	Boris Tobotras (2:5020/510) for valuable advices and delivery
	of Tic-files, revealing a heap of bugs.;)

	Points of 2:5020/20, on whom initial debugging was made.;))

	Andrew Isakov (2:5002/16) for detected bugs and useful ideas.

(*) Note: rumors say, filefix works and under FreeBSD, but I have not
	checked .:)

			 Serg Oskin 2:5020/20[.10], serg@oskin.msk.ru

