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  1. Press Release                                                   Wed, Jan 20, 93
  2.  
  3.  
  4. PCB-UUCP
  5.  
  6. Merlin Systems has started its beta-testing program for its newest software
  7. product, PCB-UUCP.  Finally, a full-featured PCBoard-UUCP gateway has been
  8. created!
  9.  
  10. PCB-UUCP will allow Pcboard BBS software to exchange mail with UUCP / RFC822 /
  11. RFC1036 based systems.  Thus allowing PCBoard users access to mail from the
  12. Internet and USENET.
  13.  
  14. Some of its more outstanding features are:
  15.  
  16.   private e-mail
  17.     - mail waiting flag set (optional)
  18.     - attached files (optional)
  19.     - seamless replies (You dont have to enter a To: line in the text of your
  20.       reply!)
  21.     - automatic convertion of 'postmaster' and 'root' to sysop's name
  22.     - routing of private mail to other systems
  23.  
  24.   newsgroups
  25.     - automatically uncompresses & unbatches
  26.     - batches & compresses outgoing newsgroups (optionally)
  27.     - moderated newsgroups
  28.     - read-only newsgroups
  29.     - distribution of newsgroups to other systems (even your own newsgroups)
  30.     - 'Areafix' function for allowing your USENET neighbours to add/delete
  31.       newsgroups
  32.     - Archiving of newsgroup messages and/or attached files.  Automatically
  33.       creates an entry in your PCBoard DIR file listings.
  34.  
  35.   Bitnet mailing lists
  36.     - optional hosting of a mailing list
  37.     - automatic LISTSERV function (for people subscribing to your mailing
  38.       lists)
  39.  
  40.  
  41. PCB-UUCP includes install and setup programs that are mouseable and contain
  42. online context-sensitive help.  They were designed to be 'goof-proof'.
  43.  
  44. Accompaning this file, there should be ANSI screen shots of the Setup program
  45. entitled SETUP1.ANS, SETUP2.ANS, and SETUP3.ANS.
  46.  
  47.  
  48.                                Comparison Guide
  49.                                ----------------
  50.                                                     PCB-UUCP (v1.0)
  51. Newsgroups:
  52.                             Compressed & Batched          yes
  53.                                        Moderated          yes
  54.                                        Read-Only          yes
  55.                                   Start your own          yes
  56.               Maximum Number of Batched Messages       unlimited
  57.                      Distribute to Other Systems          yes
  58.                                  JUNK Conference          yes
  59.               Compress & Batch Outgoing Articles          yes
  60.                             'AreaFix' feature(1)          yes
  61.                 Cooperate with Other Gateways(2)          yes
  62.                                        Archiving          yes
  63.  
  64. Mailing Lists:
  65.                                        Supported          yes
  66.                                   Start your own          yes
  67.                                        Moderated          yes
  68.                                        Read-Only          yes
  69.                              LISTSERV feature(3)          yes
  70.  
  71. Private E-Mail:
  72.            Optional Setting of Mail-Waiting Flag          yes
  73.                                 File Attachments          yes
  74.                Blocking of Messages Addressed to          yes
  75.                   LISTSERV or any other names(4)
  76.                              Seamless Replies(5)          yes
  77.     Change 'postmaster' & 'root' to Sysop's Name          yes
  78.  
  79. Setup:
  80.                                      Conferences       setup.exe
  81.                               Configuration File       setup.exe
  82.                                        Mouseable          yes
  83.                                     Text Windows          yes
  84.                                     On-Line Help          yes
  85.             Allow editing of PCBoard CNAMES Data          yes
  86.  
  87. Install:
  88.                                         Supplied          yes
  89.                                        Mouseable          yes
  90.                                     Text Windows          yes
  91.                                     On-Line Help          yes
  92.  
  93. Logging:
  94.                                Incoming Internet       Date,Time,
  95.                                                    Conf#,Msg#,To,From
  96.                                Outgoing Internet       Date,Time,
  97.                                                    Conf#,Msg#,To,From
  98.                                   Incoming USNET       Date,Time,
  99.                                                    Conf#,Msg#,To,From
  100.                                  Outgoing USENET       Date,Time,
  101.                                                    Conf#,Msg#,To,From
  102.                                           Errors    Date,Time,Error
  103.                                             Junk  Date,Time,Newsgroup
  104.                                          Routing   Date, Time,Host,To
  105.  
  106. Miscellaneous:
  107.                Route incoming mail/newsgroups to          yes
  108.                                   neighbour host
  109.              Number of Options per Conference(6)           24
  110.           PCBoard User Name Changed According to          yes
  111.                             the RFC1137 Standard
  112.  LISTSERV GET, LIST & HELP commands supported(7)          yes
  113.  
  114.         1    AreaFix is a FidoNet term that is used here to mean the
  115.              same thing.  Basically, one of your neighbour systems can
  116.              drop/add newsgroups, distributed to them by you,
  117.              automatically without human intervention.
  118.  
  119.         2    By optionally setting an incoming messages Echo Flag, it
  120.              is possible to cross-post messages from one network into
  121.              another.  (ie. USENET <-> FidoNet/QWK/Pcrelay)
  122.  
  123.         3    The LISTSERV feature enables a system to receive messages
  124.              addressed to listserv (a standard among Mailing Lists).
  125.              The feature will add/drop users from Mailing Lists that
  126.              are sourced locally.
  127.  
  128.         4    This is nessecary to block users from subscribing to
  129.              mailling lists that can increase a systems Internet mail
  130.              volume dramatically.
  131.  
  132.         5    With uuPCB, the user must enter the destination person's
  133.              address in his/her reply.  PCB-UUCP handles the original
  134.              message's source address and message ID automatically for
  135.              replies.
  136.  
  137.         6    Not including options found in PCBoard.
  138.  
  139.         7    Anyone on the internet can send an email to LISTSERV at your
  140.              systems and ask for a list of files from one conference.  They
  141.              can also ask for that file to be attached to a return message.
  142.              This is totaly optional and configurable.
  143.  
  144.  
  145. For more information, please contact us at:
  146.  
  147. Roy Pereira
  148. Merlin Systems, Inc.
  149. PO Box 3043, Station C
  150.  
  151. Ottawa, Ontario
  152. K1Y 4J3 Canada
  153.  
  154. 613-236-1138
  155. 613-236-1481 (Fax & BBS)
  156.  
  157. Internet: roy.pereira@merlin-systems.on.ca
  158.     UUCP: uunet!mersys!roy.pereira
  159.      MHS: rpereira @ merlin
  160.  FidoNet: Roy Pereira 1:163/509
  161.  
  162. --------
  163.   Scheduled Release Date:  Feb. 28, 1993
  164.  Price List Release Date:  Feb. 1, 1993
  165.