
Update information for version 2.20a - June 27, 1993
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  Version 2.20a updates three files:

    FD.EXE              Mailer executable
    FD.OVR              Mailer overlay file
    FDSETUP.EXE         FrontDoor configuration utility

  This patch update kit will not work properly if you do not currently
  have FrontDoor 2.20 installed. If you are still running FrontDoor
  2.10, you must either obtain a new set of original disks with 2.20,
  or the patch update kit from version 2.10 to 2.20 available from an
  authorized FrontDoor dealer or distributor.


  To update to 2.20a, follow these instructions:

    1.  Make a copy of the directory where your FrontDoor binaries
        (executables) are permanently stored. This is for safety
        reasons in case the PATCH program fails to restore the original
        files in the event of a problem.

    2.  Place FD220A.RTP and PATCH.EXE in the directory where FD.OVR is
        permanently stored.

    3.  Issue the following command from the DOS command-line:

          PATCH FD220A.RTP<Enter>

    4.  Replace your existing FD.EXE and FDSETUP.EXE files with the
        corresponding files supplied with this update.

    Note that if you are using another disk or directory to
    temporarily store FD.EXE, FD.OVR, and/or FDSETUP.EXE, you must
    copy the new files to that disk or directory as well.


  The following fixes and changes between 2.20 and 2.20a apply:

  FDSETUP
    - The status (help) information for the "Users" menu option in
      the Folder Manager (edit mode) was displaying an incorrect
      help string.

    - Added support to configure the automatic fax print function.

    - Various other cosmetic fixes.

  MAILER
    - Swapping to disk was broken.

    - During certain conditions, the Mailer wouldn't detect an out-of-
      memory condition when an external request processor was used to
      handle file requests.

    - Some of the paths and filenames that were supposed to support
      the $TASK$ macro did not do so properly.

    - Added ability to automatically print received faxes after the
      session has completed. This is only supported if you also use
      the internal fax receive function.

    - The mailer could not successfully execute keyboard macros that
      were stacked and included a "CD" DOS command. E.g.

        CD \JUNK;JUNKPROG

      because the program restored the original directory between
      each executed command. The mailer now restores the original
      path after the whole macro sequence has been executed.

    - The NOYOOHOO, NOZAP, and NODZA parameters were only recognized
      if specified in the FDOPT environment variable, but not if they
      were specified on the command-line.

    - Two new macros, =I  (remote system's phone number) and =J
      (remote system's nodelist flags), were added to the external
      request processor (ERP) and Service Request interface.

    - The Mailer did not scan the secure inbound file directory for
      mail packets upon startup.


  Distribution notice:

  This file and all other parts of the FrontDoor 2.20a patch update kit,
  may not be distributed by any other party than authorized FrontDoor
  dealers and distributors.

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                           Absolute Solutions

         Copyright 1993 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.

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