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*-*-*-* Silver Xpress Mail System *-*-*-*
(c) copyright 1988-1994 by Santronics Software
This file contains a summary of changes made since version 5.00 of Silver
Xpress. It contains all changes across all systems. Unless specifically
stated, all changes are generic to each BBS.
┌─[ LEGEND ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ FIX: - means a bug or problem in logic was corrected. │
│ NEW: - New feature added │
│ ENH: - Stable feature was enhanced for whatever reasons. │
│ CHK: - Bug report check. Checked Out with no results. │
│ CHG: - Something was renamed, or changed. │
│ ISS: - Issue. Design consideration. │
│ DOC: - Information which will be added to the documentation. │
│ │
│ Unless otherwise stipulated, a RMODE or PMODE keyword will be used │
│ to indicate REAL MODE ONLY or PROTECTED MODE only. │
│ │
│ * - IF ANY OF THE LEGENDS HAVE THIS, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
5.01 & 5.02
CHK: Someone reported Xpress was not telling Maximus that mail was
uploaded. Upon further checking, I saw no provision in Maximus to
tell it from an outside source that mail was uploaded. Systems
having this concept are OPUS 1.7x, RA, PCBOARD and QBBS.
FIX: Fixed a problem where keywords starting with D,L,Q (the commands
Delete, List and Quit) were allowed.
FIX: Fixed Critical Error 3, location = 0131:0EBF production
location = 0131:0F08 debug version
problem: User does a DL then a UL, PKZIP 2.04 -M is removing the
work directory.
Remove -m option from the PKZIP 2.04g definition in XPARCH.CTL
Fixed in 5.01. 5.01 will now double check the directory.
FIX: Fixed a bug in XPADM.EXE where it was mixing the RIP menu mode with
the RIP Local Echo option. Changing one also changed the other.
ENH: Changed/added keywords in the PCBOARD Xpress and RBBS Xpress area
control "XPAREAS.CTL".
VOLUMEID removed
DOMAIN removed
MATRIX removed, see address
ADDRESS FidoNet Address, domain can be part of address
NETWORK Network conference belongs too
POSTCCMAIL PCBOARD: security required to post carbon copies
POSTRECREQ PCBOARD: security required to post a return request
LONGTONAME PCBOARD: Long names allowed in ToWhom Field
REGFLAGS PCBOARD: Registration requirement flags for conference
FATPATH PCBOARD: Location of File attach directory
NEW: Added Windows 3.1 and OS/2 time splicing.
NEW: Updated support for PCBOARD 15.1 structures.
ENH: Enhanced the output of the newfiles scan.
NEW: Added new switches to XPADM.
-R force a reread of areas, files information from BBS
-RC force a reread of areas information only from BBS
-RF force a reread of files information only from BBS
These switches are equivalent to deleting the XPAREAS.* files or
the XPFILES.* files and doing an XPADM to force a reread of the
BBS area and/or file configuration files. The switches simply
delete the files for you.
NEW: Added new local console hotkey ALT S to display "Change Xpress
Security" window. This will allow you to change the current user's
Xpress security. Keep in mind, this is a permanent change.
FIX: Possible fix for a problem where some people claimed some
non-Xpress QWK readers were burping on SX QWK packets. I was not
setting the CONFHIGH byte for the QWK msg header. Just the ConfNum
(lo byte). No popular QWK reader had a problem.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed a bug for PCBOARD Xpress where resetting the last
read pointer from within Xpress did not always change the value
permanently for PCboard's Users record.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed FOSSIL RTS problem.
FIX: JAM: JAM Tossing setting Echomail as NetMail. QWK tossed mail
into JAM area was not getting LOCAL bit set.
FIX: PCBOARD: File scan not turning off if File Request Limit is Zero.
ENH: Check Carrier Detect during file scanning.
FIX: XPADM: GroupName Global change did not allow numbers.
FIX: XPADM: User Edit Dialog did not display F2 for GROUP NAMES.
ENH: PCBOARD: New support for PCBOARD's 15.1 Index files for DIRxxx.
files. Major Enhancement on the Xpress new file scanner.
Tremendous speed enhancement!
FIX: XPADM: GroupName Global Change was adding group to everyone.
Xpress FAT attachments for Groups were not being copied over.
ENH: PCBOARD/WILDCAT!: Xpress Selected Areas Switch.
/MBC± Match BBS Conferences "Selected Areas" (default OFF)
If ON, Xpress will use the BBS selected areas for the Xpress
selected areas.
ENH: PCBOARD: Added Support for PCBOARD environment variables for
irregular com ports. The following environment string(s) and
options are now supported:
SET PCB=/COM[number]:
/IRQ:[number]
/BASE:[hex address]
The environment string will override any other port sources for this
information.
Also, there seems to be many door applications which use a standard
method to define port base and irq information. Xpress will now
support the following (these will override the PCB enviroment string):
SET BASE=hex address
SET IRQ=number
NOTE: For irregular com ports in Xpress, you can also edit the
XMT.CFG file included in the package. However, the environment
strings will override this file.
(Brad Dameron, Al Charpentier) from TCSNET):
ENH: PCBOARD: Added -J support for local mode operations. Xpress will
now allow you to do vacation mail, prepacking of QWK networks, or
simple local mode sysop usage. Note: The -J switch can take a
record number or a name:
-J[number] i.e., -J10
-J["Name"] i.e., -J"Alan Bennett"
Keep in mind, PCBOARD uses a BASE 1 record number for the user base.
That means a -J, -J0 and -J1 is the same as record #1. Xpress will
not accept 0 and automatically make it 1.
(Alan Bennett)
DOC: PCBOARD: Xpress now only supports PCBOARD 14.5 or better. 14.2
support dropped. For 14.2 support use, SX 4.00.
ENH: PCBOARD: Support for 32 bit message numbers. This should take
care of the problem where large PCBOARD sysops do not renumber
message bases.
FIX: There was no way to delete ALL the keywords. One keyword always
remained.
FIX: Group File Attachments were being sent over and over again. To
solve this, new logic was added:
If a user wishes to upload a file for a group, he must send it
to @GROUP XXXX, where XXXX is the group name.
Upon upload, the new logic will create direct file attachments for
each member of the group.
With this new logic, the old GROUP file attachment check at the
download side was removed.
Xpress already has the logic to delete direct file attachments.
FIX: XPADM: Optional Netfiles Path was being REQUIRED for input.
FIX: PCBOARD/RBBS: Fixed the Assistant Sysop Access of Private Mail.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed Tossing Bug for areas over 999 in QWK mode.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed Tossing Bug for Max Lines supported.
ENH: PCBOARD: Major enhancement for the File Request Search section in
Large File Systems. Duplicate dlpath files are skipped.
FIX: Fixed bug with new EXEC SWAPPING with WINDOW when using XPSHELL.BAT
file.
ENH: PCBOARD/RBBS: If area is an ECHO, the SYSOP name conversion is
skipped.
NEW: New XPLIMITS.CTL file allows for new baud rate settings from new
V.FAST modems such as the HAYES modem. The XPLIMITS.CTL must be in
the same directory as XPMAIL.EXE.
ENH: Shorten XPRESSxx.log name to XLOGxxx.LOG in XPADM.
Shorten XPNODExx.log name to XNODExxx.$$$ in XPADM.
Shorten XPSTATxx.log name to XSTATxxx.DAT in XPADM.
This should allow large networks with 100 plus nodes to use Xpress
file names correctly.
FIX: PCBOARD: Corrected a file sharing problem with the new pcboard
message index files.
FIX: Fixed a long standing, non-critical problem where Xpress was not
properly changing back to the original directory if the switching
occured between two different drives.
FIX: HMS ONLY: QWK netmail zone was getting set to zero on conversion to
HMS message. This was due to an Xpress Reader compatibility check.
The check was removed since it only applies to Xpress Readers
version 2.26 or below and the door now works with any QWK reader.
NEW: QWK UUCP mail host address was not set (all zero). To fix this for
QWK mail readers, a new field in XPADM is now available:
UUCP HOST ADDRESS: <zone:net/node>
FIX: QWK NETMAIL: If the destination is ZERO, the message is deleted.
A message is shown to the user.
DOC: Incoming Mail Processers can delete the message it is working on if
it wants Xpress to not toss the message.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed file sharing bug during the file scanner. If another
node was viewing a DIR listing, the scanner aborted with a 163 error
code.
FIX: Fixed long, outstanding bug where logic for "truncate SeenBy" option
was reverse.
FIX: Fixed /K keyboard macro command line switch.
FIX: Fixed menu bug. The action code security system in XPMENU.CTL was
simply not respected. Now they are. Now you truly have security at
the:
1) Menu Display Level, and
2) At the Action (to be taken) Level
So basically, what this means is that you can DISPLAY the options
and still restrict access to options. Before, the restriction came
at the display level. If an option could not be displayed, the user
did not have access.
ENH: Improved menu system suppresses the display of the macro characters
during hotkey mode.
FIX: PCBOARD: While adding WildCat's fido netmail support, I noticed a
potential bug of setting last read pointers in the wrong index for
PCBOARD areas.
ENH: PCBOARD/WILDCAT!: Added new control options
Acknowledge Receipt: Tell User a Receipt for a message he read.
Also enabled with /ARR switch.
You may want to tell users a RECEIPT was
generated for mail he read (downloaded).
Match BBS Conference: If enabled, Xpress will use the conferences
selected for scanning from the BBS user
record. If off, the selection of conferences
is maintained by Xpress. However, there are
two conditions where the conference will be
selected automatically:
1) If user has mail waiting in conference.
2) the conference was "sysop selected".
Note: This can be candidate for a USER
option in the future.
To enable this option, use the /MBC switch.
NEW: New vvc command for detecting return codes from a [dnloadmail]
command.
[if_mail_err] - macro for detecting return codes for
[downloadmail]
0 - successful scan and download
1 - successful scan and download and hangup
2 - successful scan, no mail
3 - successful scan, user skipped mail
4 - successful scan, packing error
5 - successful scan, downloading error
6 - scan aborted (user hit escape)
So a simple vcc script like this will do the trick of downloading
all the mail for multiple packets where a limit is imposed.
[:top][more_off]
[dnloadmail]
[if_mail_err]0[jump]top
ENH: Hitting Q in FLEX ASSISTANT will stop the assistant during the
current mail scan.
ENH: Vacation Saver: Added the ability to delete the packet or remove
the packet from the download list.
FIX: Fixed scanning security bug for HMS and JAM systems.
FIX: Fixed Stripping of Fido kludge lines for QWK packet creating. Only
HMS, FIDO, WildCat!, RBBS, PCBOARD 15.1 are expected to possibly have
Fido Kludges.
ENH: Added automatic date detection for FIDO mail with zero dates. This
means the /FBD "Fix Bug Date" switch is no longer required. However,
using the /FBD now means to "Force Bug Date" fix.
ENH: Noticed that some frontends and tossers put a bad byte in the fido
date 19th offset. Xpress will now force a NULL character.
FIX: Changed the internal protocols to open the file in read-only mode
when transmitting files. This allows for read-only files to be sent
and for the same file to be shared with another transfer session
taking place on another node.
ENH: PCBOARD: Xpress will now detect a corrupted message. This required
the reading of the PCBOARD 15.x IDX message files during the
scanning process. Hence this version NO LONGER supports PCBOARD
14.2. Slight slowdown because of the extra overhead. Will be
improved in a future version.
ENH: Xpress now FORCES sysop selected conferences PERMANENTLY. Not just
upon startup. This include stopping users from deselecting the area
at the Flex Prompt.
ENH: WILDCAT!: Enhanced the Mail Scanner and Packing Time. Increases
scanning and packing time by almost 1000%. To get the enhanced
speeds, the switches can be used:
/SRO+ SCAN: Open Mail Database in READONLY MODE
/SRO- SCAN: Open Mail Database in READWRITE MODE
/PRO+ PACK: Open Mail Database in READONLY MODE
/PRO- PACK: Open Mail Database in READWRITE MODE (DEFAULT)
/FRO+ FILE: Open Mail Database in READONLY MODE
/FRO- FILE: Open Mail Database in READWRITE MODE (DEFAULT)
Please READ this!! Very Important!
Whats does this means to the WildCat Sysop using the Xpress Mail
Door in a multi-node environment?
Typically, within multinode environments, there has to be file
sharing logic of the mail bases controlling who has access to the
files when another person is using them.
The WildCat! file system uses a product from Turbo Power called
Btree Filer. It is very secured and reliable and allows strict
control of the databases in MULTI-ACCESS enviroments. This is very
good for ON-LINE activity where users do not have the databases
OPEN for a very long time. Strict control options can be employed.
However, with the advent of off-line mailer systems like Silver
Xpress, these systems often take up quite alot of resources and
time to scan the message or file bases. This means the database is
OPEN for a very long time during a scanning or packing process.
This is not a problem with BTREE Filer. But when considering mail
scanning speeds, there is dramatic SPEED improvement if the scanner
can tell the world:
"Hold Up World. I'm scanning the mail database and I'm not going
to waste time doing database integrity checks. However, please do
not modify the mail database. Wait until I am finished."
To achieve this tremendous speed improvement, Xpress can open the
database for scanning purposes in one of two modes: READONLY or
READWRITE mode.
In READWRITE mode, which is the default mode, you can safely share
the databases even if Xpress is scanning them. This means another
node can add mail to a database while Xpress is scanning. This
would seem to be the ideal situation, however, in this mode, the
scan performance degrades severely, due to the overhead in database
integrity checks.
In READONLY mode, no other node on the network can WRITE to the
mail base currently being scanned or packed by Xpress. This gives
Xpress a tremendous boost in enhanced speeds since it does not have
to worry about checking for updates or the integrity of the
database.
So why not simply do this and not bother with optional open mode
switches?
There is one major problem, and I believe this is the fault of the
BTREE FILER system, not WildCat!. If Xpress opens the files in
READONLY mode, there is NO WAY to inform another node to WAIT.
If another node is entering a message, BTREE filer will allow it!
Or, rather, BTREE Filer is not telling WildCat! or a mail tosser to
"Hold Up, Someone is doing a READONLY mail scan".
Until the Turbo Power people can fix this BTREE Filer problem, we
cannot guarantee total integrity if you use the READONLY mode
option.
We recommend to use the READONLY mode to get the best Xpress
scanning and packing performance only when you are SURE no other
node is WRITING to the databases.
ENH: New information passed in 5.01 OPX mail Packets (BRDINFO.DAT),
and in QWK/X packets.
- UUCP HOST Address.
- Proper DOOR Model Number. Reader adjusted so that it will
allow ctrl-a lines in PCBOARD-based messages (P1).
FIX: PCBOARD: Added a correction for a known bug in PCBOARD for 115200
lock baud operations. PCBOARD truncates one zero, sends 11520 to
doors.
ENH: Changed local snoop switch to /LS+-
ENH: PCBOARD/RBBS: Defaulted to using the X1 nodelist.
ENH: Renamed XMT.CFG to IRRPORT.CTL. Xpress will now read this file
instead.
5.03
ENH: Added task sharing to Internal Chatter. Improves DV and OS/2
multitasking.
ENH: PCBOARD: Changed the way tossing mail works for alias areas. For
alias areas, the message FROM field is compared with the user's
Alias and the user's real name. If neither, the alias is forced.
Although, this may not be what the user wanted, we have no choice
since PCBOARD does not tell doors which areas the user wants
aliasing turned on.
NEW: Added "Intelligent" DigiBoard Card support. To activate, the
/DIGI switch must be used. The XIDOS2.SYS DigiBoard Device Driver
required.
NEW: Added direct support for PROBOARD 2.00. XPADM.EXE and XPMAIL.EXE
recompiled. SXMENU.PB menu file created. PROBOARD 2.00 is almost
the same as before except it now uses the RA 2.00 user database and
the new EXITINFO.BBS file.
FIX: Fixed XPLANG statement #88 missing %s.
ENH: Incoming Mail Processor is not processed if Xpress kills the mail
based on a bad address. Now, Xpress passes the "DUMP BAD NETMAIL"
option (Under XPADM NetMail/Echo Information) to the QWK mail
converter. If you have an upload mail processor and do not wish for
Xpress to delete badly formatted QWK NetMail, dump this option
OFF.
FIX: UUCP address input bug in XPADM.
ENH: Add Point Support for QWK Netmail.
ENH: Added point support to UUCP address. This is for systems which
use a FAKE point address in their UUCP Gateway program.
FIX: H1: It was only putting specific Origin lines in HMS mail.
NEW: If user has ANSI mode enabled, the new files scanner will produce a
ANSI listing. In the future, we will make this a user option at
the door. The Reader will need to have an ANSI FILTER if it wants
to print the new files listing. Since other QWK doors do create
ANSI listings, this is necessary regardless of the SX mail door.
FIX: RA Netmail accounting was always returning 1.
ENH: The -NC switch says to completely IGNORE NodeList Accounting.
Before it was used to not adjust the user's record, but it still
tried to find the nodelist anyway.
ENH: Cleaned up the netmail costing logic.
FIX: Xpress was intermittently displaying a "FILES LEFT OPEN" statement
at the end of the program. Further investigation showed that the
logic used to determine how many files were open in the DOS SESSION
is faulty and not reliable. An alternative method is used to
calculate the number of remaining files in the DOS SESSION. I
think this new method will be more reliable and get rid of the
FILES LEFT OPEN statement.
FIX: Fixed a midnight rollover problem. It is quite possible to skip
midnight events. New timing routines should fix it. Take note;
time remaining display will show the lowest nearest minute.
ENH: RIP Enhancements
- XRIP503.DOC file fixed up and made ready for release.
- Removed the XPLANG.CTL statements 002 and 003 and replaced it
with a BADPWD.VCC/RIP file.
- Deleted REGISTER.VCC/XPV. Not used anymore.
- New files (Not necessarily created yet).
DOORPWD.RIP shown to user when checking for door password.
BADPWD.RIP shown to user when door password not correctly entered.
SETDPWD.RIP shown to user to define the door password.
SETRPWD.RIP shown to user to define the reader password.
INITFREQ.RIP shown to user prior to file requesting.
ABORT.RIP shown to user when aborting Xpress.
CRITICAL.RIP shown to user when critical error occurs.
MACROLST.RIP shown to user when displaying macro list
RETRYDL.RIP shown to user if retrying a bad download
UPDATELR.RIP shown to user if aborting download after scan
NOAREAS.RIP shown to user if no areas selected
ENH: Xpress CHAT system was enhanced to allow for local and remote
screen restoration. If RIP is enabled, ANSI screen restoration is
disabled.
NEW: New Switches:
/8K Enables ZModem 8K block transfer. Automatically
sets the Receive and Transmit buffers to 16K. The
internal ZMODEM /8 option is still required. This
/8K switch simply prepares the buffers. Note, if
this switch is used, you should not use the /TB
or /RB without much testing first.
/RB BufferSize Set size of Receive buffer (default 2148)
/TB BufferSize Set size of Transmit buffer (default 4096)
ENH: XPLANG.CTL, cleaned up stuff related to the netmail costing.
ENH: If FIDO Netmail is bounced, the dupe recording does not take place.
This allows the user to UPLOAD the netmail again once credit is
established.
ENH: Added some new FILE SCAN and FILE REQUESTING options to allow you
to determine whether an area is scannable or freqable. The options
are there but XPADM is not ready. This means the system's a little
more ready for more flexible new file scan options. I have to
study this more to see how it works for all the models.
FIX: Input field for nodelist version not taking numbers in XPADM.
FIX: JAM ONLY: Possible lock ups when working with large JAM tokens.
ENH: Added option to Disable RIP upon exiting in XPADM RIP options.
ENH: JAM ONLY: Added JAM file corruption test in the JAM scanning and
JAM to OPX and JAM to QWK packer routines. Apparently some
utilities are screwing up JAM token blocks. I believe the
JAMUTIL.EXE can cause the problem.
FIX: WILDCAT!: Fixed bug where file areas had wrong area #.
NEW: New flags added to Door passed to the reader. Help cleaned up.
NEW: RoboFX: Will now read DOOR.SYS by default.
FIX: PCBOARD: File requests did not work on second files in the same
areas. Remove Dupe checker.
FIX: DigiBoard Usage requires software flow control to be OFF. The
default is now off.
ENH: Wildcat!: If 3.90I version number detected, DIGIBoard communications
will be used. Default flow control is HW enabled, SW disabled.
ENH: Cleaned up some command line switches and mixups with environment
strings. Some BBSes will use environment strings to define the
COM PORT # or the NODE #. This will be used if available. HOWEVER,
if command line switches are used in XPMAIL, they will OVERRIDE
whatever environment strings found. For example:
SET WCNODEID=10 <---------- Specific for Wildcat! but will
picked up by Xpress.
SET NODE=10 <---------- Generic Node String for Xpress
if found, overrides WCNODEID.
XPMAIL <---------- Node 10 will be used
XPMAIL -T2 <---------- Node 2 will be used
This was done to comform to the documentation. Switches override
everything else and some BBSes use the NODE string for other
meanings, ie., NODELIST directory.
FIX: WILDCAT!: Wildcat! already accounts for time used in a door. Xpress
was writing back the time remaining, thus causing double taxation.
Xpress will now adjust the time by adding the time used up in the
door.
FIX: Time Checker. Fixed and enhanced an old problem.
If the user was somehow left in a prompt and the sysop turned off
keyboard response, and the user dropped carrier, but the MODEM
carrier was still UP, Xpress could stay in the prompt forever,
and the time remaining clock was never checked. It was never really
a problem because the keyboard response will catch the lack of
inactivity and exit the system.
Now, Xpress can check for time remaining at all input prompts.
We are not sure how this new behavior will work so it is OFF by
default. To enable, use the /TC switch.
NEW: Maximus: Dropped support for AREA.IDX since Max 3.0 is not
supporting this file anymore. Using AREA.NDX file instead.
ENH: Maximus: Stripping seen-bys is now default.
ENH: Added ANSI restore Logic to OS/2 Version.
FIX: Fixed a bug for the Linklist string deletion system in Xpress.
It shows up under OS/2 when deleting the FIRST or LAST item of a
list. This could explain some DPMI bugs in the Reader and in the
keyword deletion in the DOOR.
NEW: New switch /XNET will set the user as a QWK Network sysop for the
download. This is a quick way to download ALL new mail for the QWK
network sysop including private mail and excluding bulletins/
newfiles.
FIX: RBBS: ERROR 200 06F8:0ED7 Size of some USER files was zero.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed a bug where Xpress was blanking out subject lines
for longer than 25 character subject lines imported.
FIX: OPUS 1.73: Fixed problem introduced in 5.01/2 where vacation
saver user name was not being picked up by Silver Xpress.
Thanks Bill Swisher.
NEW: XPADM now allows the sysop to define the different type of
semaphores that will be created by Xpress.
See XPADM->File Semaphores
FIX: I think once and for all, I finally fixed the long outstanding
infamous 204 error bug in XPADM in the user editor. While
implementing the new semaphore option box, I was able to find the
bug.
NEW: Sysops can now force netmail attributes on all uploaded netmail.
Not all possible attributes are available, only those strictly
for FTSC, type 2 messages. See XPADM, NetMail/Echo Information.
FIX: RBBS: On download of mail, SYSOP name was not being converted.
ENH: Enhanced the language system by allowing for YES/NO questions to
be in language independent. There are still some items such as
internal commands in the Area Selection System and Flex system
which are still specific to ENGLISH. This will be addressed in
a future version. For now, make the appropriate statement prompt
changes using the command keys in english.
FIX: WILDCAT!: Some adjustments to the netmail credit calculations.
ENH: QWK ONLY: Change the meaning of "Capitalize Message Header" to
"Message Header Case". There are three options now for the case:
Leave As Is
Capitalize Words
UpperCase All
This should help improve readability in the eyes of the beholder
while dealing with QWK packets. Should this become a OPX option
as well?
FIX: JAM ONLY: Xpress was putting -1 (Not 0) for the date received and
date processed when adding new messages. This could explain why
some people reported the "BBS Mail Checker was not finding Xpress
Created Mail."
NEW: ONLY FOR THE NEW DOOR AND READER COMBINATION. OPX ONLY. NOT QWK.
Xpress now supports direct Internet mail as opposed to Fido UUCP
Netmail Internet.
What this means is that you don't need to use the FIDO UUCP Netmail
method to offer Internet to your users. If you have a direct or
Slip Connection to Internet, and you are using the Merlin System
UUCP Gateway programs, you can define a NON-NETMAIL area for
your Internet email. Programs such as RoboBOARD and soon Remote
Access now provide support for direct Internet addressing using JAM
mail bases. Xpress will understand this.
The new Reader will comprehend this new method and present a nice
INPUT dialog for creating and responding to Internet mail.
For the reader, it will all work the same (the Internet Input
Screen) across all BBS systems. But to initiate the logic, it
depends on the BBS:
JAM BASE: Xpress will support the Merlin System RoboUUCP and
RAUUCP. Maybe one day we will write a similar program.
You will need to use XPADM and TOGGLE the INTERNET
option for the conference. It must not be a NETMAIL
conference. Xpress will set this automatically for
RoboBoard and, as soon as Remote Access with Internet
support is released, Xpress will understand it too.
For all others mail bases, you need to manually toggle the INTERNET
option for the conference. The Xpress Reader will put the
following new fido kludges lines in the message bases:
^aINETORIG Originating internet address. Not always.
^aINETDEST Destination internet address.
This allows message bases to keep the SENDER and RECEIVER names
intact while still offering true internet addressing.
NOTE: This new direct Internet option assumes you are a DOMAIN on
the Internet. If you have software which will convert your
Internet mail back and forth into a BBS non-netmail conference,
then you may use this. Otherwise use the FIDO-UUCP Netmail method.
NOTE: It is quite possible for a developer to write an incoming
mail processor to convert an incoming mail processor to create
a FIDO UUCP message out of the direct internet message using the
new Xpress INETDEST/INETORIG kludge lines.
NEW: Added PCBOARD support for the new Xpress Internet System. This
will convert the INETDEST/INETORIG to PCboard Extended Lines and
vice versa, if the area is labeled as an INTERNET area in Xpress.
FIX: PCBOARD: Fixed some miscelleneous mites in displaying large message
numbers and in the QWK word wrapping features. NOTE: The word
wrapping feature is not necessary for QWK in PCBOARD since all mail
processors or tossers must be creating text which is already word
wrapped.
FIX: RBBS: Xpress was not converting sysop to real name.
NEW: XPADM: MATCH BBS CONFERENCE option is now in Xpress Sysop Options.
NOTE: This is only good (useful) for PCBOARD and WildCat!.
ENH: Improved Newfiles scanner for H1 Model. Extended the length of
Remote Access File Descriptions to 512 characters max for the new
files scanner.
FIX: Off-line configuration was saving an old packet counter.
NEW: Added XPADM support for TAG 2.7 (current 2.6F5).
Notes:
- The QWK Conference number will not be USED. It will confuse
matters.
- The QWK conference name will be used if the FIDO echo tag is
not defined.
FIX: Fixed JAM Tossing cosmetic bug where Xpress was adding extra blank
lines at the top. Only happened in OPX mail packets, not QWK.
FIX: ROBOFX: Fixed Security Bug in New Files Scanner
ROBOFX: Fixed Security Bug in File Requestor
FIX: JAM: Fixed a situation where Xpress was leaving *.JHR files open.
This happen when the SYSOP deleted the individual JAM files for
whatever reason leaving a few files behind.
FIX: MAXIMUS: Some sysops used the alternative FILES.BBS path for the
file section.
ENH: Added support for the following environment strings:
COMBASE=<hex base>
COMIRQ=irq #
PORT=com #
FIX: Fixed RA 2.0 New files Date printout.
ENH: Added Keyword editing to User Editor in XPADM.
FIX: H1 MODEL ONLY: Fixed Overriding Access bug in the DOOR.
FIX: TAG 2.7 only. Fixed recognition of JAM area base name in XPADM.
DOC: TAG 2.7 sysops will have to remember that in the Message editor
option (4) Private Msgs: Should be set to follow Flag/Force
Private Restricted for E-MAIL.
They must also remember to go to option (9) Mail Flags: And toggle
the private flag when upgrading from 2.6F to 2.7 of T.A.G.
DOC: A bug was found in the May 7, 1994 released of Squish 1.10.
Silver Xpress can correct for this bug, by using the /SQ110
switch. If you get grunged AREA: lines by Squish 1.10, then
use need to get an updated Squish or use the /SQ110 switch.
FIX: RA and Proboard (probably any BBS supporting JAM) writes the users
CRC (lower case) as the User's ID in the JAM last read file record.
Xpress was not doing this, hence there were some circumstances
where it was possible where Xpress was picking up the wrong user
last pointer record as compared to RA and PROBOARD.
NEW: New Packet Name Feature.
If the switch /PNxxxxxxxx is passed to XPMAIL or if a PKTNAME.xxx
file is found in the Xpress directory, the packet name defined in
the first line is used for the eventual file name the user will
download. The extension is still controlled by Silver Xpress.
This new feature will allow some sysops who wish to control the
packet name (by area group) sent to users without conflicting with
registration system in Silver Xpress.
example:
XPMAIL .............. /Parea200
or
--PKTNAME.1--
AREA200
Xpmail will read the first line and append the user's calculated
file extention to it to produce a packet name. i.e., AREA200.OPX
We see this as a brand you feature which will grow in future
versions once we see the true value behind it.
Thanks Larry Smith