ClueBot


This is a program for dispensing "clues".  Simply pipe a mail or news
message thing to the cluebot, optionally telling it which of a series
of canned responses you want to use, and it'll reply to the message
with a canned reply.

What might you use it for?  Take a look at the examples directory for
inspiration.  Usually I use it for reminders on the mailing lists I
run, telling people when their messages are off-topic etc.


INSTALLING
==========

After unzipping and untarring the distribution directory, you install
the ClueBot by running these commands:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

Then copy cluerc.example to .cluerc in your home directory, the
comments in it will tell you how to edit it.


USE
===

In most character-based mail and newsreaders you can pipe the current
message to a program just by typing the | character.  So to use the
default clue simply type:
   |clue<enter>
or to use a specific clue from you clue directory, type
   |clue <clue to use><enter>


OTHER STUFF
===========

I can be contact at <bekj@netizen.com.au>

Much of my code is available on the web, look for the latest release
of things in my Netizen code repository at:
   http://www.netizen.com.au/~bekj/code/


LEGAL STUFF
===========

Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Bek Oberin. All rights reserved. 

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.