JAM Message Base Format

The JAM Message Base Format was one of the most popular file formats of message bases on DOS-based BBSes in the 1990s. JAM stands for "Joaquim-Andrew-Mats" after the original authors of the API, Joaquim Homrighausen, Andrew Milner, Mats Birch, and Mats Wallin.^[1] Joaquim was the author of FrontDoor, a DOS-based FidoNet-compatible mailer. Andrew was the author of RemoteAccess, a popular DOS-based Bulletin Board System. JAM was originally released in 1993 in C, however the most popular implementation was Mark May's "MK Source for Msg Access" written in Pascal which also saw its initial release in 1993.^[2]

BBS software

Mail import/export software

AllFix - File Tosser (can read control messages from and post messages into a JAM messagebase)
Altair - FTN tosser
Crashmail II^[3] - A portable FidoNet tosser for JAM messagebases
FastEcho - FTN tosser
FMail - FTN tosser
GEcho - FTN tosser
HPT (Fidonet) - FTN tosser
IMail - FTN tosser
Mystic BBS - BBS software with built in JAM import/export
Partoss (Parma tosser) - FTN tosser
Regina-Tosser/2
TosScan - FTN tosser
WaterGate
xMail 1.00 - FTN tosser

Mail reading/editing software

FrontDoor FM - Sysop's local access reader/editor from FrontDoor package
FrontDoor APX - Integrated reader/editor from FrontDoor APX package
GoldED - Sysop's local access reader/editor
Hector/DOS
RAVIP
ReadMsg - BBS door that replaces builtin message base option
TheReader v4.50 - BBS door that replaces builtin message base option
TimED - Sysop's local access reader/editor
WebJammer

Mail posting tools

(this software posts ASCII text files to JAM bases as messages)

ChargePost
JPost
MPost
PostIt - posts text files to local, netmail, and echomail areas
RemoteAccess Automated Message System (RAMS) - posts welcome, thanks for the upload, and similar automated messages to users
WriteJAM

Statistics tools

(this software gathers statistical information)

JAMStat - statistics bulletin generator
MyMail
QRatio
ReadDetect
Traffic v1.10

Maintenance tools

Automatic Maintenance Pro
CVTMSG10
Ftrack and RNtrack - netmail tracker (netmail manager)
Itrack - netmail tracker (netmail manager)
MK Message Utilities - convert between JAM and other message base formats
MNTrack - netmail tracker (netmail manager)
NetMgr 1.00 - netmail manager
The NetMail Importer (NetImp)
Y2Ktool - Fido Year 2000 Tools Rel. 6

Mail tools and utility software

(this software fills some other utilitarian need not covered in another category listing) (some of this software is listed here because it hasn't been categorized)

AMC
Fidonet Awk Utility
FMACopy
MailBox 1.05
MessageBase Reporter
MSGRA
MSGRead 2.20
OM and OMlite
RACD
SHUT UP AND RUN THE MAIL
VPJAM
XSH

Other JAM capable software

JamNNTPd^[4] - Jam based NNTP server, uses the JAM message format
Message Base Spy^[5] - message base research, troubleshooting and development tool

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Filename MKSM106.ZIP Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (may be found in ZIP, LZH or ARJ archive formats)
^ "de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop!". billingware.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
^ "de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop!". billingware.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
^ "Message Base Spy" (in Russian). Kvitek.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

External links

JAM Compatible software from the BBS Archives
JAMLib v1.3 C library - branch split from SourceForge - maintained by Johan Billing
JAMLib v1.4 C library - shared library version - maintained by Sir Raorn
dissent612.com
bsdg.org

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Filename MKSM106.ZIP Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (may be found in ZIP, LZH or ARJ archive formats)

[3] "de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop!". billingware.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

[4] "de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop!". billingware.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

[5] "Message Base Spy" (in Russian). Kvitek.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

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