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Changes for PCBoard 15.0 that effect callers: (03/27/93)
ADDED A brand new chat module! The CHAT # and NODE # commands no longer
work. The user must now go into CHAT G and from there use the
CALL command to call a user into chat.
ADDED The (P)rotocol selection at the prompt that PCBoard issues just
before a file transfer begins. This will let the caller easily
change the protocol before beginning the file transfer.
ADDED Immediate detection, after an upload, of the existence of a
FILE_ID.DIZ file within a .ZIP or .EXE file. If a FILE_ID.DIZ
file is found AND the sysop has configured the system to verify
uploads, the user will *not* be asked for a description.
CHANGED The upload process will now allow you to type H to hangup before
the upload testing process begins. Also, any unannounced files
that need to be described will be recognized immediately after the
upload is finished and the user will be prompted to describe all
of them before any testing begins.
CHANGED Messages can now be uploaded into the message editor using any
available protocol. ANSI files, with lines longer than 79
characters, may be uploaded into the message editor and saved -
but cannot be edited online.
ADDED The ability to immediately read your mail whenever there is new
mail waiting for you. This is set by answering YES to "Prompt to
Read Mail when Mail Waiting" in Configuration Options : Messages.
PCBoard will prompt the caller like this:
New messages found in conference XYZ...
Read your personal mail now: (Y)es, (N)o, (A)ll new mail
If you answer Y or A, PCBoard will scan all conferences that have
the "Mail waiting flag" turned on. These conferences NEED NOT BE
selected - as in the R A S command.
If you select Y then PCBoard will display new messages, which are
addressed to you, in each of the conferences that were listed as
having new personal mail. NOTE: Last Message Read pointers will
NOT be updated.
If you select A then ALL new messages, your personal mail or not,
in each of the conferences that were listed as having new personal
mail, will be displayed. PCBoard will keep track of and update
your Last Message Read pointers while reading the mail.
One more thing: the mail waiting flags have been made much more
reliable! It is still possible for the flags to NOT be set, due
to the message having been posted by software that does not
support the mail waiting flags. But you should now NEVER see a
pop-up "You have mail waiting in conference XYZ" message *except*
when you really DO have mail waiting for you there. PCBoard also
no longer clears the flags just because you were reading mail (on
the assumption that you *might* have read the new mail) since it
can now verify whether or not new mail actually exists.
ADDED New message base commands:
TO read messages addressed TO a specific user
FROM read messages FROM a specific user
N read messages NEW since a specific date
WAIT read all conferences where the mail waiting flags are set.
LONG view long message headers
SHORT view short message headers
FLAG flag a file for download while reading messages
V view a file while reading messages
QWK creates a QWK packet (can be combined with any other valid
read commands .. i.e. R 1+ QWK, or R A QWK, or R A Y QWK
or TS blah QWK, etc).
C,D,Z These commands can now be used while reading messages to
capture and download the current message.
ADDED The message base has new capabilities including:
- File attachments (1 per message).
- A Return Receipt message can be requested when writing a private
message in a conference where Return Receipts are enabled.
Return Receipts are visible only to the user who requested them
and, optionally, anyone (presumably a sysop) who has a security
level high enough to see them. The sysop can, therefore, avoid
seeing the return receipts by setting the security level for that
feature to something higher than his or her security level.
PCBSetup allows you to determine which users, by security, can
request return receipts on a conference-by-conference basis.
CHANGED All users may now use the Read-(O)nly message command now
regardless of their security level. The "R O" command has been
change so that all it does is avoid setting the Last Message Read
pointers. The sysop may still assign a security level to that
command. The question in PCBSetup now asks: "Level Needed to NOT
Update Msg Read Status (R O cmd)". If a user has that level or
greater than the "R O" command not only avoids setting Last
Message Read pointers, but it also avoids updating the "Message
Read Status" when reading personal mail.
ADDED The ability to FLAG or (V)iew a file while reading messages. This
can be a file attachment that is being flagged or viewed, or it
can be any file found in the current conference download path.
CHANGED At an input prompt you can now press ESC to abort what you have
typed so far and re-enter the information.
ADDED Built-in support for QWK packets. That is, the ability to create
a QWK packet and send it to the caller, plus the ability to
receive a reply packet and integrate the messages. New commands
are as follows:
QWK D (p) (bye)
QWK U (p) (bye)
After either of the two QWK commands you can optionally stack the
letter of the protocol to use and/or the word BYE to logoff when
done.
While the QWK D command is simplistic, performing nothing more
than an R;A;S command (scan all conference for new mail) and
turning it into a QWK packet, the full power of PCBoard's message
reading capabilities can still be used in an alternate form. Like
this:
R (...) QWK where (...) is any valid Read Command
Example:
R A TO JANE DOE FROM JOHN DOE TS THIS | THAT 1+ QWK
NOTE: None of the more advance features of QWK-mail doors will be
implemented here. This feature is simply an "easy to use" method
of obtaining QWK packets which can be performed on any v15.0 BBS.
CHANGED Increased the timeout when starting a file transfer from 60
seconds to 90 seconds. Should give those slow modem users a
little more time to get the ball rolling before the system calls
it quits.
CHANGED (L)ocate command has been enhanced so that if the user types a
multi-word search criteria PCBoard will split it up and put
ampersands (&) in between each word. Since a command such as "L
RECOVER DATA" is invalid, we might as well do what we can to help
the caller find what he's looking for. In v14.5a PCBoard turned
"L RECOVER DATA" into "Z RECOVER DATA". For v15.0 we'll take it a
step further and turn it into "Z RECOVER & DATA".
CHANGED PCBoard now remembers across sessions how your Chat Status is set.
If you make yourself unavailable for chat and later logoff, on
your next call you will be unavailable for chat. Likewise, making
yourself available for chat will be remembered the next time you
log in.