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WaterGate
Mailprocessor for Fidonet & Usenet
Future plans
(c) Copyright 1993-1996 WaterLine Software Development
All Rights Reserved
May 30th, 1996
This document explains the future plans for WaterGate. I have
compiled it for few reasons: to show people to potential of
WaterGate in the near future, start discussions, allow people
to tell me what they want fixed first and to stop people from
asking me for the todo/wish list, which contains over 400 items
and happens to be in Dutch anyway ;)
Future plans for WaterGate development, in no specific order.
Mailing List
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Fix distribution of file attaches
Allow receive-only / digest / distribution lists
Allow custom headers added to distributed messages
Allow selection of contents for From: Sender: Reply-To: headers
Automatically send "yes and want to stay on" msgs every two weeks or so
Make list of connected user publicly available (option)
Fix the distribution bugs, especially complex combinations
Forward subscribe requests to administrator (private lists)
Rewrite the message as if it was sent by the server (option)
Put multilpe recipient addresses on rmail line
Use REPLY kludge in reply
AreaFix/Newsfix
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Build in %rescan
Build in %unlinked
Make Areafix auto-forwarding write netmails
Send log to admin
Use REPLY kludge in reply
Kill processed requests
Archive processed request
Pre-check requests by admin
Send logs to admin
Dupe checking
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Redo the whole thing
Separate Fido and UUCP databases
Allow for more dupes (?, see next)
Make it on a per-area basis
Integrate database with transparent MSDID<->Message-ID gating
Integrate database with possible NNTP client
Proper logging
WtrConf
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Quick setup
Improve keys lines
Update / extend import formats
Path browser / ask to create path
.TXT file editor
ROUTE.TDB file editor
WtrStat
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Forms with tokens instead of limited options
Command line args to filter users, days, etc.
Binary history database
Other items
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Build in proper zone gating
Properly handling SEEN-BYs for multiple zones
Report newly created newsgroups to admin
More customized requests through .txt files
Allow file tokens in .txt files
Semaphore files
Check / fix statistics reporting
Accounting
Abort tossen when running low on disk space
In-process file renaming / recovering after crash
Improve toss/scan screens
(de)compress in a window
Copy headers per user / group / areas
Carbon / Blind copy
Directly support KA9Q / Changi / TIMS / others?
More groups & changes groups/user groups/area storage
Full, multiple international characterset support
Protect the gateway from the UUCP side
Adding posting ability to WtrUtil to post in any area
Separate netmail area for file attaches
Move sent netmail to history area (wtrutil)
signature@system domain to send new sig to
MIME support, possibly creation of MIME messages
Log msgbase I/O
Limit number of users in route.tdb and bounce for the rest
Message base locking (JAM)
Log exported messages
Percentage-hack support ramon%wsd@wline.se
Support control messages (?)
Path for new area in newnamesfilter file
Allow packets from system AKA without having to create a user
Extended file server robot (multi-part reply, auto encoding, etc)
ScanBad
Scan JAM netmail area
Max archive length
Post newly created areas in an echo
Auto-connect some users to newly created areas
Stop encoded attach files without 8-bit data
Decode files for users
File routing
Properly calculate split parts when extracting file
Notice, this list is far from complete. It is a comprehensive list
of most that needs to be done. My personal todo/wish list is a lot
more clear, contains loads of details on each item, dates, etc.
So don't worry if your item(s) are not in this list.
Ramon ramon@wsd.wline.se