The Online World resources handbook

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Limitations
Auto learn programs can create a script file that let you "drive the same route." For
some applications this is enough. For others, it's just part of the way. You have to refine
the script manually to get what you want.
Example:
If you some bulletin boards with an auto learned script made yesterday,
chances are that everything works well. If you call twice on the same day,
however, you may be in for a surprise as the board may greet you
differently on your second visit. If this is the case, then your script must
take this into account.
On most online services, many things can happen at each "junction of your road." At
one point in one of my scripts, up to twenty things may happen. Each event needs its
own "routing."
Twenty possible events are an extreme, but three to four options at each system
prompt is not unusual. All of them need to be handled by your script, if you want it to
visit online services unattended while asleep.
It is quicker and simpler to use other people's scripts and programs, although this
might force you to use a different program for each service.
Personally, I prefer offline readers on services where they can do the job. On other
services, I usually depend on my own tailor made scripts.
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