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{{short description|DOS file format}}
The '''JAM Message Base Format''' was one of the most popular file formats of message bases on [[DOS]]-based [[Bulletin board system|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dissent612.com/development/JAMAPI/JAM.DOC |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928100818/http://dissent612.com/development/JAMAPI/JAM.DOC |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 (programming language)|Pascal]] which also saw its initial release in 1993.<ref>Filename [http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files2/PROGLIB/MKSM106.ZIP MKSM106.ZIP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930011907/http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files2/PROGLIB/MKSM106.ZIP |date=2007-09-30 }} (may be found in [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]], [[LHA (file format)|LZH]] or [[ARJ]] archive formats)</ref>


== BBS software ==
*[[EleBBS]]
*Ezycom
*[[LoraBBS]]
*[[MBSE]]
*[[Mystic BBS]]
*[[Nexus BBS]]
*[[RemoteAccess]]
*[[ProBoard]]
*[[TAG (BBS)]]
*[[TCRA32]]
*[[Telegard]]
*[[Tornado BBS]]

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== Mail import/export software ==

* [[AllFix]] - File Tosser (can read control messages from and post messages into a JAM messagebase)
* [[Altair (FTN message processor)|Altair]] - FTN tosser
* Crashmail II<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billingware.org/crashmail.html |title=de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=billingware.org |date= |accessdate=2013-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708210415/http://www.billingware.org/crashmail.html |archive-date=2014-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> - 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
* [[SHUT UP AND RUN THE MAIL]] - QWK Mail Tosser
* [[WaterGate]]
* [[xMail 1.00]] - FTN tosser

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== Mail reading/editing software ==
* [[FrontDoor|FrontDoor FM]] - Sysop's local access reader/editor from FrontDoor package
* [[FrontDoor|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]]

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== Offline QWK/Bluewave software ==
* Bluewave
* [[Jc-QWK]]
* [[OffLine Message System (OLMS2000)]]

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== 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]]

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== Statistics tools ==
(this software gathers statistical information)
* [[JAMStat]] - statistics bulletin generator
* [[MyMail]]
* [[QRatio]]
* [[ReadDetect]]
* [[Traffic v1.10]]

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== 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]]

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== 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 (software)|AMC]]
* [[Fidonet Awk Utility]]
* [[FMACopy]]
* [[MailBox 1.05]]
* [[MessageBase Reporter]]
* [[MSGRA]]
* [[MSGRead 2.20]]
* [[OM and OMlite]]
* [[RACD]]
* [[VPJAM]]
* [[XSH (software)|XSH]]

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== Other JAM capable software ==
* JamNNTPd<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billingware.org/jamnntpd.html |title=de beste bron van informatie over billing ware. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=billingware.org |date= |accessdate=2013-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928210809/http://www.billingware.org/jamnntpd.html |archive-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> - Jam based NNTP server, uses the JAM message format
* Message Base Spy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvitek.com/fido/mbs.htm |title=Message Base Spy |language=ru |publisher=Kvitek.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-13}}</ref> - message base research, troubleshooting and development tool

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== See also ==
*[[Squish (FidoNet)|Squish]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://archives.thebbs.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?thefile=ra53C.htm&text=%22JAM%22 JAM Compatible software] from the BBS Archives
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205194816/http://www.billingware.org/jamlib.html JAMLib v1.3 C library] - branch split from SourceForge - maintained by Johan Billing
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jamlib/ JAMLib v1.4 C library] - shared library version - maintained by Sir Raorn
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928100824/http://dissent612.com/development/ dissent612.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924093418/http://www.bsdg.org/SWAG/MAIL/0031.PAS.html bsdg.org]

[[Category:Bulletin board system software]]
[[Category:DOS software]]
[[Category:FidoNet]]

JAM Message Base Format - Revision history

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