Monster Media 1996 #14/Monster Media No. 14 (April 1996) (Monster Media, Inc.).ISO/bbs_misc/los241b2.zip/README

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                       Lora Bulletin Board System and
                         Electronic Mail Interface

                           Version 2.41 (beta 2)

                Copyright (c) 1989-1996 by Marco Maccaferri
                            All rights reserved



    How to upgrade
    =====================================================================

    Here is the right procedure to upgrade Lora in your system:

    1. Change to your system directory (normally called C:\LORA) and
       uncompress inside it the original archive, LOD241B2.ZIP (or
       LOS241B2.ZIP for the OS/2 release).

    2. Run LOD241B2.EXE (or LOS241B2.EXE for the OS/2 version).

    3. Run LSETUP for every configuration file created (by default
       it reads CONFIG.DAT only) and save after checking that everything
       is ok.

    The program will upgrade the files that are changed with this
    release.

    You can find the author at the following e-mail addresses:

    FidoNet   : 2:332/402
    Internet  : [e-mail]
    Mail      : Marco Maccaferri
                via Ferrara, 9
                40139 Bologna, Italy


    Lora Support Team
    =====================================================================

    Following is the up to date list of the support nodes for LoraBBS.
    You can contact one of them to receive more informations about the
    Lora Support Team.

    System Operator      Fidonet Address  Internet Address
    -------------------- ---------------- ------------------------------
    Gary Butters         1:124/2342
    Martin Davies        2:442/617        [e-mail]
      (22:00 - 07:30 GMT ONLY)
    Rick Ford            1:3625/433
    Elliott Goodman      1:102/1319       [e-mail]
    Lloyd Hatley         1:3813/304       [e-mail]
    Bob Madden           1:202/921
    Michael Mccarty      1:110/860
    Ryan Mendenhall      1:3813/305       [e-mail]
    Steve Proctor        1:203/529        [e-mail]
    Pete Stan            1:110/870


    Registration sites
    =====================================================================

    Following is the up to date list of the registration sites for
    LoraBBS.

    Austria:
                 Christian Kvasny
                 The Fright Night BBS
                 [phone] (00:00-24:00)
                 FidoNet : 2:313/16
                 AdultNet: 690:3956/1000

    Australia:
                 Darren Ward
                 PO Box 469, Glenroy 3046, VIC Australia.
                 The Warlords Domain
                 [phone]
                 FidoNet:  3:635/602
                 InterNet: [e-mail]

    Germany:
                 Martin Sickel
                 NEWS-BBS-LORA Registration
                 [phone]
                 FidoNet:  2:246/2345

    United Kingdom:
                 Steve Stacher
                 The Snow Cave
                 [phone]
                 FidoNet:  2:443/888

    United States:
                 David Huges
                 PO Box 6592
                 Colorado Springs, CO USA
                                   80934-6592
                 Goldmill BBS
                 [phone]
                 FidoNet : 1:128/67
                 Internet: [e-mail]

    Italy and other country:
                 Marco Maccaferri
                 via Ferrara, 9 - 40139 Bologna, Italy
                 Arci Computer Club BBS
                 [phone]
                 FidoNet : 2:332/402
                 AmigaNet: 39:102/304
                 VirNET  : 9:391/105
                 Internet: [e-mail]


    Legend:     ! Bugfix
                + Addition
                * Changes
                - Removed


    Changes made with beta 2
    =====================================================================

    *  WARNING : if you are using password locking in lsetup, you *must*
       turn off this option by inserting an empty string, before upgrading
       lsetup. After this, you can reinsert the password.

    !  Now lora tries put the correct aka in Via kludge.

    !  Now Know and normal inbound files are managed correctly.

    !  Small fix to avoid null zone netmail.

    !  Added log indication of the number of dupes and bad messages found
       in imported packets.

    !  Modified dupe checking method. Now the msgid field is used, if
       found. This can be slow down the import process, if the system is
       too slow please tell me something. It's a good thing to delete the
       old dupes.[dat,idx].

    !  Modified kludges managing (intl, msgid, ecc..)

    !  Fixed errors in internal msgtrack.

    !  Fixed DEL and CTRL-Y keys in FS editor.

    !  Modified generation of msgid for internal written messages (offline
       & users message editor). This to avoid the bug cause of different
       messages with the same msgid (i.e. Bluewave reply packets)

    *  Now kill/sent flag is stripped during import of netmail messages.

    +  Added log indication of packet (.PKT) with wrong password.

    *  Now the *.tic created by lora have the format LBxxxxxx.tic

    !  Modified the tic processor. Now all the akas of the tic zone are
       written in tic seenby.

    +  Added MSGINF file creation for external editor.

    !  Now TIC processor removes the To line if present in incoming .tic
       files

    !  Fixed "NOTIME" bug in files download.

    +  Added indication of the name of the actual event.

    !  Fixed the report message for raid command "%+ALL"

    !  Changed screen clearing routine for TCP/IP connections.

    !  Fixed system hangs that sometimes happens using menu types 60,53,89
       with squish messge bases.

    *  Added some debug lines in log file, related to emsi handshake.

    !  Fixed the -LF switch bug.

    !  Added some infos in the mailer screen.

    !  Changed the routine that generates 4d point mail packet names to
       avoid packets with same name in different zones.

    !  Fixed wrong log indication of FROM field of EMSI data packet.

    !  Changed aka selection in raid reply messages.

    !  Fixed alias handling in IEMSI logins.

    !  Rewritten the DAT packet section in EMSI handsake, added crc check.

    +  Added indication of active multitasker/os environment.

    !  Fixed seen-by and From fields managing in tic files.

    +  Increased space for forwards in echo and tic areas.

    +  Added V34+ speed support (33600 & 31200).

    !  Now Lora updates QWK/BW lastread even if hangup after download is
       selected

    !  Fixed a bug in password field of mail packet.

    !  Fixed a wrong download time bug.

    +  Added DORINFO1.DEF (*DI) and DORINFOx.DEF (*DJ) generation

    +  Added temp HD swapping for CDROM files download.

    +  Changed a bit the door exit file generation, now the position of *A
       parameter is not significative.

    !  LMSG: Fixed bug in squish linking section.

    !  LMSG: Fixed some aesthetical bugs.

    !  LMSG: Now lmsg continues packing even if golbase or hudson base are
       not present.

    !  LMSG: Fixed wrong message "can't open *.sql file"

    +  LSETUP: Added automatic key reading in Lsetup. If the file
       LORAKEY.TXT is found in the same directory of Lsetup and no
       registration key is present in the Lsetup field, Lsetup will read
       the key ad fill the proper field.

    !  LSETUP: Changed aka input for echomail and tic. Removed DEFAULT
       entry.

    +  LSETUP: Modified Messages and Files menus, the forward field is
       bigger.

    +  LSETUP: Added help line for password locking option.

    +  LSETUP: Added password locking of Lsetup.


    Changes made with beta 1
    =====================================================================

    !  Fixed the management of the areachange keys ( []? ).

    !  If a lock baud rate is not used, Lora doesn't set the connection
       speed to the speed found in the nodelist entry when polling a
       node.

    +  Added the creation of a file named newarea.txt when a downlink
       requests an area to areafix that is not currently present. The file
       has the format <node> <tag>. It should be used coupled with LoraMant
       A32 (by Marcello Ardini, 2:332/402.2). The file is created in the
       system directory.

    !  Fixed a bug in with the deletion of Quick-base messages.

    !  Fixed malfunctions found with the use of the Gold-base message base.

    +  Added the exit with errorlevel when the modem doesn't answer OK to
       the initialization string. If this errorlevel is set to 0 the answer
       is not checked (previous behaviour).

    !  Fixed a wrong reading of the cursor position by the LRPN manager.

    !  Fixed the managin of the INTL kludge, now it should not cause
       any more problems with netmails outside the default zone.

    !  Now the MSGID and REPLY are not read if the address field doesn't
       include a / (slash) character (it means that it is not a fido-style
       address).

    !  Fixed the areafix and raid management when receiving messages
       addressed to a system with the same net and node as one of our akas
       but with different zones. This bug may have affected the mail
       delivery in similar situations.

    !  Fixed a bug with the multiply of the LRPN manager.

    +  Added the E command to LRPN, it terminates the command execution and
       moves the pointer to the next character.

    !  Fixed the ratio and kb limits check when tagging files.

    !  Fixed the download limits check when using the Global Download
       command.

    !  Changed the management of the tranx number in mail sessions.

    !  Time limits are now checked before the start of a download a QWK or
       Bluewave mail packet. As before, the KB limit is not checked, you
       should limit the number of messages per packet with LSETUP.

    +  Added a check on the connection speed for the outgoing calls.
       If the connection speed is lesser than what defined, the call is
       terminated immediatly. The minimum connection speed is defined in
       LSETUP/Nodes.

    !  Fixed a wrong export of echomail messages when the destination name
       is the sysop of one node defined in LSETUP/Nodes.

    !  Fixed a bug on the squish message base that caused system hangs when
       someone aborts the writing of a message and then retries to write
       another message. This occurred when the user tried to save the
       second message and the Lora session or system hung forcing a
       restart.

    !  Fixed a bug that allows a user to tag files in the Lora system
       directory.

    !  Fixed a bug with the duplicate packet names when the last digit of
       the extension reached the 9 (th0..th9).

    !  When importing mail the FLAGS kludge is translated to FLUGS to avoid
       problems with messages marked direct and immediate. If the kludge
       doesn't contains IMM or DIR it will not touched.

    !  Fixed the aka matching algorithm for the netmail areas.

    !  Fixed message truncation if a single message was longer than 16kb.

    !  Now the failed connects counter is updated before the file transfer
       is initiated. Before sometimes the counter was not correctly
       updated causing unwanted calls.

    +  It is possible to link areas using areafix in private mode (P
       flag). It is sufficient to append a P to the line that contains
       the area tag to link. For example: LORA.ITA P (or +LORA.ITA P).

    +  Areafix now correctly supports < and > flags when a node links an
       area.

    !  Fixed a bug with the export of the squish message bases that
       sometimes failed.

    +  Now Areafix writes to the report (%list, %query and %unlinked) if
       the area is private or not.

    *  How to use the < > P and ! flags:
       Each flag should be set in the configuration for each area in the
       forward lines, immediately preceding the affected node (for example:
       P2:332/414). It is possible to use the short form for the nodes:
       2:332/414 P402 >.1.

       > - Denies the node from writing in an echomail area. The messages are
           sent to the system but if it tries to write a message it will be
           moved to the bad messages.

       < - Denies a node from receiving echomail. The node can write messages
           but no messages will be exported to that node.

       P - (Case insensitive). A message will be sent to a node if the
           destination field of the message is the same as the sysop name
           field of that node. Otherwise the message is not exported.

    !  Fixed a bug in the change user alias (handle) command. Now is
       possible to change the alias and go back to the previous in the same
       session.

    !  Fixed the purge function for the Quick and Gold message bases.

    !  Fixed an aesthetic bug when displaying the squish areas when they
       are purged. (The overwrite bug..)

    !  Fixed a bug that caused the squish message bases to be completely
       erased during maintenance, when using LMSG.

The following fixes/additions have been made to LSETUP.

    +  Added the No init answer field in the Modem/Hardware setup. It can
       be used to specify an errorlevel number with which exit to DOS if
       the modem doesn't answer with an OK to the init string.

    +  Added additional Yes/No verifications to certain operations within
       LSETUP.

    +  Added the chance to specify a minimum connection speed for the
       outgoing calls. It is part of the Manager/Nodes setup.

    !  Fixed an aesthetic bug with the screen when selecting the L option
       in the nodes menu.

    +  Added Send only and receive only flags in BBS/Messages. Send only
       means that the nodes linked to that area can only send messages but
       they can't receive messages (< flag). Receive only means that no
       messages are imported from those nodes (> flag).

    +  Added nodes Copy in Manager/Nodes. The copy function will create
       a new record with the same values as the original. The edit mode
       is automatically selected.

    !  Now import areas.bbs option no longer messes up the flags > < P in
       the forward lines.



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