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┌───────┬────────────────────────────┐
│ 15.30 │ Major release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Fixed a bug where MTA 15.20 and 15.21 would not recognize ZOO files
in the correct way;
■ Cleaned the archive detection for some archive types. Could result
in strange files (16meg) to be converted;
■ Fixed a bug in recursive ARC/HYP usage. This could result in invalid
actions (under rare conditions);
■ Fixed a bug in extended testing. This would occur when files with
special attributes were extracted from the archive;
■ Fixed a bug where MTA 15.02 and up would go wild when files with the
READONLY, HIDDEN and/or SYSTEM attribute were inside any archive;
■ Fixed a bug where /ATL WAS used in the primary MTA but any child of
MTA (arc-in-arc) would not notice the /ALT option;
■ Fixed a bug in the CARRYCOMMENT logic (type 2). Comments would not
be taken from FILES.BBS and would result in wrong descriptions in
the new archive (double headers and so on);
■ Fixed a bug in the ReportInvalidFiles option. 'Device files' with an
extension did not match but DOS still allows them as deviced. This
is now fixed. The extension is stripped before the test;
■ Under rare conditions, MTA would leave the *.MTA file in the working
directory (most noticeable with MTA /?). This is fixed;
■ Under some multi-tasking programs and on some 80486 machines, MTA
would countdown to slow or to fast. Fixed;
■ Touching of GIF files still didn't work. This is now fixed forever;
■ The calling sequence of PKZIP would not allow the compress of any
READONLY file. This is fixed;
■ One archive program (for the risk of getting boring, again it is
another 'as designed' feature which can not be overruled in this
program) will not allow READONLY/HIDDEN/SYSTEM files to be moved
into the target archive. This is fixed with a special trap;
■ The documentation (15.21 and lower) would suggest that the SHAREWAIT
option could be used without a parameter. In fact it was marked as
an error. MTA will now ignore the SHAREWAIT parameter when there is
no parameter coded;
■ Some items in the log-file (mostly errors) could not be related to
any file. This is fixed;
■ Fixed a bug where MTA would truncate files-counters in an incorrect
manner. '[00]' would be stripped but '[ ]' wouldn't where [ovrlay]
would be stripped again (where it should stay inside the comment);
■ Fixed a problem where MTA would go crazy if you used TAB's in the
MTA.CTL file. Only spaces were allowed but MTA will now also deTAB
any TAB-character;
■ Fixed a problem with AV'ed files where the AV bit was set but no AV
code was present in the archive. Pervious versions of MTA would keep
the AV code (without looking at the Include/ExcludeAVFile), this
version will drop the AV code;
■ Fixed a problem with ZIP files and the AUTODESCRIPTION option. This
could result in help-screens and questions from the target archive
program;
■ Enhanced the REPROTSPECIALATTRIBUTES option, so MTA can either reset
the attributes to normal (no extra parameter) or skip the archive
(SKIP parameter coded);
■ Enhanced the VIRUSSCANNER option. There is now a new parameter that
must contain a short description of the type of scanner. It will be
displayed in the MTA log-file and remote, when MTA is running under
FileDoor <tm> (or alike programs). You MUST CONVERT THESE OPTIONS
IF YOU UPGRADE FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION !
■ Added the FIXEDCONVERSION option to force one or more files to a
fixed target-system, independent of the current target-system
setting. Also added the /NFC command-line parameter to toggle this
option off;
■ Added the FILESCOUNTER option to tell MTA which type of counters
(if any) are used in your FILES.BBS-alike files;
■ Added the UpdateMSGFiles option which will convert archive names in
netmail messages (TICK/FES support) much faster (compared to the
UpdateUntypedFiles option) when there are a large number of messages
to be processed;
■ Added the UpdateMSGFull and UpdateUntypedFull options. When present,
MTA will check both filename AND directoryname for a match, BEFORE
any updating is done on the untyped or MGS file;
■ Added the LeadingSpace option to convert comments from FILE_ID.DIZ t,
(and alike) files to a format that can be used by some FILES.BBS
list-programs;
■ The virus-check programs will now be recorded in the MTA.LOG as well
as the resulting errorlevel. You can now check WHICH virus-checker
marked the file as infected. On the remote side, the user can that
various virus-checkers are called;
■ Added the ExcludeAVFile option to make the selection of archives of
AV's must be kept more easy. Also bogus AV-codes can now result in
removal of files or placement in the error-directory;
■ Added the ExcludeFriendlyMark to make it possible to skip files from
BBS's who use marking and already have done to the archive what you
would normally do yourself;
■ Added SkipNewfiles option to tell MTA not to touch files before a
certain number of days have passed);
■ Added the /NUU, /NUM, /NUT and /NUF command-line parameters to
toggle the UpdateUntypedFiles, UpdateMSGFiles, UpdateTICKFiles or
UpdateFESFiles to off;
■ You can now code the optional parameter SUB on the EXCLUDEFILE
option to let MTA also delete all matched files in sub-directories
of the archive;
■ Added the DefFilesBBSDesc option to change the default description
for new files and files without any comment. Descriptions can be
different, based on the filename;
■ Added the LogThreshold option to let MTA return an errorlevel 100 or
116 when the log-file has grown above a certain threshold;
■ Added the /NOOWNMARK command-line parameter that can be used when
MTA is running under FileDoor <tm>. It will remove any (uploaded)
file that has your own mark-string at the end (obvious the file was
obtained from your BBS and will be a duplicate with a bogus name);
■ If AddFILESBBS is on, MTA will also try to find comments in any
DESCRIPT.ION (4Dos <tm>) comment files or ????????.I?? files which
come from FileDoor <tm>;
■ Added the MakeArc and MakeArcExclude options to convert non-archive
files into archives when MTA is converting other archives in the
same run. /NMA(-) and /NME(-) can be used to swith either or both
the MakeArc and MakeArcExclude option to off;
■ Added an example of the calls for the virus scanner F-PROT.EXE in
the example for MTA.CTL;
■ Added a default configuration file (MTA_EASY.CTL) that can be used
as a starting point for non-BBS usage of MTA;
■ Changed the SUBST.TEC file;
■ Changed the COMMENTS.TEC file;
■ Added the ATTRIBUT.TEC file;