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  1. Version 1.1   4/01/93   Added Netmail support. See VALENCE.DOC for
  2.                         details.
  3.  
  4.                         Added automatic scanning for ZMODEM.EXE,
  5.                         GSZ.EXE, DSZ.COM and DSZ.EXE for "internal"
  6.                         protocols. INTPROT.CFG should now be less
  7.                         necessary.
  8.  
  9.                         Added full pathnames to packets for downloads.
  10.                         Should fix operation with some unusual protocol
  11.                         setups.
  12.  
  13.                         Some reader programs didn't like the way Valence
  14.                         made its CONTROL.DAT. Fixed. Thanks to Rick
  15.                         Godby for first reporting this.
  16.                         
  17.                         Improved high-speed download time estimation
  18.                         (for Searchlight 3.0+ only).
  19.  
  20.                         Made cosmetic changes to the Options screen.
  21.  
  22.                         Version 1.04 introduced a cosmetic bug in the
  23.                         bulletin header printing - the numbers were
  24.                         being printed as "Msg# xx of yy" instead of
  25.                         "Msg# xx". Fixed.
  26.  
  27.                         Those who had a "light" color as their Inverse
  28.                         Background in Searchlight would get flashing in
  29.                         Valence. Fixed.
  30.  
  31.                         Added scanning of UPLOADS.BBS for uploaded .REP
  32.                         and .PTR files. This should fix any problems
  33.                         with bidirectional protocols.
  34.  
  35.                         If an unextractable .REP packet was uploaded,
  36.                         Valence would go into an infinite loop. Fixed.
  37.  
  38.                         If someone received mail while in Valence, after
  39.                         the MAIL subboard was scanned but before the
  40.                         pointers were updated, it could be deleted
  41.                         unread. Fixed.
  42.  
  43.                         SubList "High message" lower limit and "Join"
  44.                         default high message were one too high. Fixed.
  45.  
  46.                         It seems most reader programs don't like ANSI
  47.                         codes in NEWFILES.DAT, so I reluctantly changed
  48.                         the default for "Color the filelist" to No.
  49.  
  50.                         Changed the default scan mode from "manynum" to
  51.                         "wordy".
  52.  
  53.                         Added the new QWK-format fields for total number
  54.                         of messages and netmail conference number in
  55.                         CONTROL.DAT and logical message numbers in
  56.                         MESSAGES.DAT.
  57.  
  58.                         Added more details to the log file.
  59.  
  60.                         Added "U" (for "Update") parameter to Install.
  61.                         See READ.ME for details.
  62.  
  63.                         Added elaboration of several points to the
  64.                         documentation.
  65.  
  66. Version 1.04  3/20/93   Rewrote the bulletin scanning again. The way I
  67.                         had it in 1.03, subboard attribute bytes could
  68.                         drift to the wrong subboards.
  69.  
  70. Version 1.03  3/19/93   Major bug: The elusive "LOCK Error 33" finally
  71.                         nailed down. If a user didn't have access to the
  72.                         BULLETIN subboard, sometimes this error would
  73.                         appear; other times, bulletin scanning would
  74.                         simply be skipped. This turned out to be due to
  75.                         my misunderstanding the way the SLTPU "opensub"
  76.                         function worked; I was removing the BULLETIN
  77.                         entry from the subboard list while it was still
  78.                         needed there. Fixed. Thanks to Skip Sanders for
  79.                         starting me in the right direction on this one.
  80.  
  81.                         Scanning for new messages to ALL was broken.
  82.                         This worked before 1.0, ironically, but while
  83.                         writing the manual, I realized that messages to
  84.                         anyone named "Allan" would also be marked. I
  85.                         "fixed" this, by scanning for "ALL ", but this
  86.                         ignored "ALL<CR>". Fixed for real now.
  87.  
  88.                         Added automatic joining to MAIL subboard if not
  89.                         joined.
  90.  
  91.                         Removed inclusion of "Destination:" messages.
  92.                         There was no informational content there.
  93.  
  94.                         Added comments on ZMODEM.EXE to READ.ME. Please
  95.                         read this, it's important.
  96.  
  97. Version 1.02  3/16/93   Argh! In removing <CR> and <LF> characters from
  98.                         the translate table in 1.01 (an undocumented
  99.                         change), I moved the translate table up one, so
  100.                         uploaded messages would be scrambled. Fixed.
  101.  
  102. Version 1.01  3/16/93   Oops, looks like I blew it with that one.
  103.  
  104.                         Major bug: Local uploads of .REP and .PTR files
  105.                         thwarted by truncation of the pathname. Fixed.
  106.                         Thanks to Joe Tailleur for first reporting this
  107.                         error.
  108.  
  109.                         Install bugs: Install put the new menu one
  110.                         command off from where it was supposed to.
  111.                         Fixed. Exclude preference attributes were not
  112.                         zeroed out. Fixed. Also Install will now prompt
  113.                         for overwrite if it finds the Valence menu
  114.                         already in place.
  115.  
  116.                         Added monochrome mode colors.
  117.  
  118.                         Made the Subboard List Editor more forgiving.
  119.                         You can now abort the Join/Unjoin/High commands.
  120.  
  121.                         Added display of first and last messages to
  122.                         Subboard Attribute screen.
  123.  
  124.                         Made tiny additions to VALENCE.DOC.
  125.  
  126. Version 1.0   3/14/93   First release
  127.