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JCQWK 1.00 June '93 - QWK door for Remote Access 2.0 and 1.1.
(c) Copyright 1993 Johan Corstjens - JC-TOOLS All Rights Reserved.
Docs by Kief Morris.
=========================================================
TABLE OF CONTENTS
------------------------------------
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 License
1.2 Disclaimer
1.3 Features
1.4 Files
1.5 What's New
2.0 INSTALLATION
2.1 Files
2.2 Important Note
2.3 Language Files
2.4 Menu Files
2.5 Remote Access Menu
2.6 Logging
3.0 JCQSETUP
3.1 System Details
3.2 Path Names
3.3 User Details
3.4 Exit
4.0 NOTES
4.1 Offline Adding/Dropping Areas
4.2 Limitations
4.3 Support
4.4 Acknowledgements
4.5 Future Plans
4.6 Registration
4.7 Epilog
4.8 Latest Versions
======================
1.0 LICENSE, ETC.
-----------------
1.1 LICENSE
This document and the associated files may be freely copied provided
that:
1) All of the files are copied as a group (such as in a
single archive). See below for a list of files.
2) The files are not modified in any way (including
removal or alteration of copyright notices or this
license)
3) No charge beyond a cost-recovery fee not to exceed
$5, or a general telecommunications connection fee,
is made.
4) After a month of evaluation the product must be
registered.
This package may not be incorporated into programs or other products
which are distributed or sold to others without the authors
permission.
-----------------
1.2 DISCLAIMER
Although both others and I have tested this program, it is
entirely possible that JCQWK may malfunction in environments or
under circumstances in which it has not been tested. The author
disclaims any and all responsibility for damages (both
consequential and incidental) resulting from the use or misuse of
JCQWK. Sole responsibility for determining the suitability of the
program rests with the user.
-----------------
1.3 FEATURES
o Downloading/uploading of QWK compatible mail packets
o Numbering of downloaded packets up to 99 - e.g. BBS.Q01
(optional)
o Modify pointers by message area
o Select a number of messages instead of a lastread pointer (eg -
last 50 messages in each area, rather than message number 7,492)
o Optional sending of index files (*.NDX)
o Send an ASCII list of new files without online scan (optional)
o Selecting/deselecting complete message groups
o Change flags by area
o Filters to receive only messages addressed to All, only personal
messages, and those written by the user.
o Sysop controlled network status per area
o Running on RA 2.00, RA 1.1x, and any other system using the
DOOR.SYS file
o Supports Hudson style messagebase (and will support JAM!)
o Multi language support - uses its own language files
o Hotkeys changeable by sysop (per language file)
o Single or double list displays of message areas
o Flexible user editor
o Areas can be added/dropped by writing a letter to JC QWK
(check your offline mailreader about this!)
o Simple installation - Just install as a type 7 with no
parameters other than *M (needed to run some archive programs)
o Define separate message number limits for each connect
speed.
o Multinode/network aware
-----------------
1.4 FILES
The disk or archive you received should contain the following
files:
JCQWK01N.ZIP contains:
======================
!README.NOW Last minute note's
JCQWK.DOC This file - documentation
REGISTER.DOC How to register this program
JCQWK.EXE The door program itself
JCQSETUP.EXE Setup program
ENGLISH.ZIP English menu files (ASCII ANSI and AVATAR)
DUTCH.ZIP Dutch menu files
LANGUAGE.ZIP English and Dutch language files
CONFIG.ZIP Sample config files for download protocols and
Compression tools
--------------
ENGLISH.ZIP and DUTCH.ZIP contains:
===================================
JCQ1TIME.ANS Initial welcome screen
JCQ1TIME.ASC
JCQ1TIME.AVT
JCQHELP.ANS User help screen
JCQHELP.ASC
JCQHELP.AVT
JCQMENU.ASC Main menu screen
JCQMENU.AVT
JCQMENU.ANS
JCQWELC.ANS Welcome screen
JCQWELC.ASC
JCQWELC.AVT
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CONFIG.ZIP contains:
====================
JCQPACK.CFG Demo setup for compression programs
JCQPROT.CFG Demo setup for download protocols
-----------
-----------------
1.5 WHAT'S NEW
Since this is the initial release you probably won't find
any new stuff.
======================
2.0 INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION for RA 2.00 and RA 1.11
-----------------
2.1 FILES
Create a directory to run JCQWK from and copy the JCQWK.EXE,
JCQSETUP.EXE files to it, along with the language (*.JCQ) and
configuration (*.CFG) files. The directory should look something
like this:
Directory of Z:\BBS\JCQWK
DUTCH JCQ 10348 05-23-93 10:32a
ENGLISH JCQ 10348 05-23-93 10:32a
JCQPACK CFG 1840 05-17-93 11:57p
JCQPROT CFG 1030 05-17-93 11:56p
JCQSETUP EXE 155568 05-23-93 10:22a
JCQUSERS DAT 16281 05-23-93 10:32a
JCQWK EXE 75074 05-23-93 10:30a
9 file(s) 404969 bytes
You can put these files anywhere, as long as they are together!
(see file list if you can't find them.)
You can create/edit both *.JCQ and JCQUSERS.DAT with JCQSETUP.EXE
- see the section about the setup program below.
----------------
2.2 *** IMPORTANT NOTE ***
Both JCQWK as JCQSETUP will look for the configuration files in
the same directory they are located in, regardless of which
directory you execute them from. So if you run the door as a type
7 in RA and you specify C:\BBS\JCQWK\JCQWK.EXE *M, it will find
the config files fine if they are in that directory. The setup
program must be in that same directory, or else you will be
updating the wrong files when you run it! Check the main screen
of the setup program (under the Copyright info) to see what
directory the configs you are working on are in. (You can guess
what will happen if there are several copies of the setup program
lying around!)
----------------
2.3 LANGUAGE FILES
JCQWK uses its own language files, with a separate file for each
language named *.JCQ. JCQWK decides which language file to use by
checking what is being used in RA itself when the door is run.
So, for each .RAL files you have available in RA you should have
an identical .JCQ files, with the same base name - eg if you have
a GERMAN.RAL file, you should also have a GERMAN.JCQ file. You
should find ENGLISH.JCQ and DUTCH.JCQ files included with this
package. If you have other languages in Remote Access, either
copy other .JCQ files over to match the name, or use JCQSETUP to
create your own language file. See the section on JCQSETUP below
for more information.
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2.4 MENU FILES
JCQWK will first look for its menu files (.ANS .AVT or .ASC) in
the directory pointed to by the active language record for Remote
Access. If the proper files aren't found there, JCQWK will then
search its own directory. It expects files named like the ones in
ENGLISH.ZIP and DUTCH.ZIP. These files are just like the ones
used with Remote Access - you can even use all of the special RA
textfile codes!
-------------
2.5 REMOTE ACCESS MENU
Installing JCQWK in RA is very simple. Just make a menu command
entry for the QWK door and define it as a type 7 exit. The
optional parameter should be the full path and name of JCQWK.EXE
ending with *M. Swapping should not be needed for JCQWK, but will
probably be needed by some archiving programs who need a lot of
memory (ARJ, for example!)
It will look something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
;
z:\bbs\jcqwk\jcqwk.exe *m
Action Execute sub-program (Type 7)
Display
OptData
HotKey Q
AutoExec No
Color Color example
MinSec 7 TimeUsed 0 FlatCost 0
MaxSec 61000 TimeLeft 0 TimeCost 0
A flags -------- Age 0 Terminal Any
B flags -------- MinSpeed 0 Nodes
C flags -------- MaxSpeed 0 Groups
D flags -------- Credit 0 DayTimes
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
2.6 LOGGING
Logging will take place in the logfile RA is writing to. If
anything goes wrong, check this logfile first before asking for
advice! Set logging on DEBUG MODE in JCQSETUP -> BBS setup to get more
info if things go wrong. This option will write more information in
the log file. If there is a Runtime Error there will be a seperate file
in the node direcory (RUNERROR.LOG) containing the Runtime Error
information.
=======================
3.0 JCQSETUP
You can use JCQSETUP to edit all of the files needed: language
files, user records, and configuration files. I strongly advise
that you go through all items to make sure they are properly set
for your system.
Firing up jcqsetup brings the following screen:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
System details Path names User details Exit
═════════════════════════════╕══════════════════════════════════════════════
▒│ Personal details │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ BBS setup │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Packetnumbering is on now │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Download protocols │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Compress tools │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Limits │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Language definition │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Columns (double now) │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
▒│ Forced areas │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
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▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Setup program for JC-QWK verion 1.0 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
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▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Copyright (c) Johan Corstjens / JC-Tools 1993 ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
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▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Using config files in D:\PROGRAMS\BP\UNITS\ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Menu for name, location and registration code
Things to remember when you use this programs. are:
o Check the line stating the directory of the config files (in
the middle of the screen)
o The last line gives you brief, context sensitive help on the
currently highlighted item (throughout the whole program) - in
this case telling you that the "Personal Details" option
will give you a menu to enter your name, location and
registration code.
-----------------
3.1 SYSTEM DETAILS
o Personal details
Displays the personal details menu (see below)
o BBS Setup
Displays the BBS setup menu (see below)
o Use packet numbering
This item will toggle between using or not using the packet
number feature. This feature numbers the outgoing packets
for each user For example, the first time Mike Ehlert
downloads a packet it will be named BBSNAME.Q00 - his second
packet will be BBSNAME.Q01, up through BBSNAME.Q99. After he
reaches .Q99 it will start over at .Q00 again. This number
is kept in the userfile for each user separately, and will
be increased when a download is successful. It will only
affect the extension of the packet. If disabled, packets
will be named BBSNAME.QWK every time.
o Download protocols displays the protocol editor, so you
can define file transfer protocols available for users to
download from the QWK door. (see below)
o Compress tools displays the compression tools editor, so you
can define archivers available for compressing and
decompressing mail packets. (see below)
o Limits displays the Limits setup menu, so you can set the
maximum number of messages users may download according to
their modem speed. (see below)
o Language definition brings up a menu with .JCQ language
files (if any) to choose from. You can press DEL or INS to
delete or create one. Selecting a language brings you to the
language editor (see below)
o Columns will toggle between double and single display, to
determine whether available message areas and groups will be
displayed in one or two columns. If double is selected,
areas will be truncated at position 25
o Forced areas enables you to select areas a your is forced to
read
----------------
Personal details menu
╒═══════════════════════════════════════ Personal Details ╕
│ Your name: Johan Corstjens │
│ Your location: Delft, The Netherlands │
│ Registration Code: │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
Fill in your name, Location and (if you have one) a registration
key code.
----------------
BBS Setup
╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════ BBS Details ╕
│ BBS name : The 1st Dutch MIDI BBS node 2 │
│ BBS code : MIDIBBS2 │
│ BBS type : RA 2.00 │
│ Swap to : Try best method │
│ Log mode : Normal logging │
│ News file : NEWS │
│ Newfile list : Z:\BBS\RA\NEW.FLS │
│ Welcome file : WELCOME │
│ Goodbye file : GOODBYE │
╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
Fill in the name of your BBS, and the base filename to use for
the up/download packets (no extensions!) Toggle the BBS type so
it reflects your setup (RA 2.00, RA 1.1? or other).
'Swap to' can be toggled to force it to swap to disk, EMS, XMS and
Extended memmory. Try best method will just look for the best way.
Log mode toggles between normal and debugging mode.
Enter the base filename of the files you want displayed to the
offline reader for news, welcome, and goodbye. As with the menu
screens, JCQWK will look in the text path directory pointed to by
the language record in use on RA. If the user uses ANSI or Avatar
it will search for those extensions, if not it will look for
.ASC. If the appropriate file isn't found the JCQWK directory
will then be searched. Don't supply the path!
If you have not registered JCQWK it will ignore the News entry
and generate its own file with a nice message to the user.
The New Files list must be an ASCII textfile, which you can
generate with one of the available file utilities, such as the
RAFILE program which comes with RA 2.x. This is makes JCQWK much
faster than it would be if it did an online scan of the file
directories every time a caller downloaded a new packet! Make sure
you include the drive and path to the file too!
----------------
Download protocols will present a selection screen to you from
which you can add, delete or select a file transfer protocol
available to users to download and upload their packets.
When you select a protocol, a screen will appear:
╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Fill in ╕
│ │
│ Name: ZModem │
│ Download cmd: z:\bbs\ra\dsz.exe port *P pB4096 sz -Z -k -m│
│ Upload cmd: z:\bbs\ra\dsz.exe port *P rz │
│ │
╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
The first line is the name of the protocol as it appears to the
user. Download and Upload cmd are the commands to fire up the
external protocol drivers. It has to be supplied with full
pathname!
CHECK THIS BEFORE MAKING THE DOOR AVAILABLE!
----------------
Compress tools:
This is the same story as with the down/upload protocols,
bringing up a selection screen with add, delete and select
capabilities.
╒════════════════════════════════════════════════ Fill in ╕
│ │
│ Name: ZIP │
│ Expand cmd: f:\system\dosutl\pkunzip.exe -o │
│ Compress cmd: f:\system\dosutl\pkzip.exe -ex │
│ │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
Again the same story, the Name is what will appear to the user,
Expand/Compression commands must include the full and correct path
names!
----------------
Limits
This allows you to choose the maximum number of messages a user
at each modem speed can download in a single packet.
╒════════════════Choose╕
│ 300 │
│ 1200 │
│ 2400 │
│ 9600 │
│ 14k4 │
│ Faster │
╘══════════════════════╛
╔═════════════════════════════╗
║ Maximum for 14k4 BPS : 600 ║
╚═════════════════════════════╝
Selecting a bps rate will pop up the screen below, in which you
can control the maximum amount of messages present in one QWK
packet. This allows you to permit those users with faster modems
to download more messages, since they won't take up as much time
as slower users.
-------------------
Language definition
There has to be a valid *.JCQ file for each language you
define in RACONFIG!
╒═ Pick a file ╕
│ ENGLISH.JCQ │
│ DUTCH.JCQ │
╘══════════════╛
This will be displayed when you first install JCQWK. If you want
to create your own language file, press insert. You will be
prompted for a language name. BE SURE IT IS THE SAME NAME THAT IS
DEFINED IN RACONFIG!
When selecting (or creating a new one) you will get next
screen:
▒╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════ Language ╕
▒│ EDIT MENU HOTKEYS │
▒│ Press ? to get help on area flags │
▒│ <S>elect ALL, <D>eselect ALL, <C>hange flags │
▒│ Help on flags used in area selection screen │
▒│ Message area selected │
▒│ Receive only those messages addressed to you │
▒│ Receive only those messages addressed to ALL │
▒│ Receive messages written by yourself │
▒│ When you have a QWK network │
▒╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ More ╞═╛
▒▒╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗▒▒
▒▒║Press ? to get help on area flags ║▒▒
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝▒▒
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Press ? to get help on flags
Selecting the second item on this menu allows you to edit the
description in the box below. At the bottom of the screen you can
see the original description of the prompt. When creating a new
language file it will be filled with the default English prompts.
Notice the "More" indicator in the lower right - there are more
prompts than shown on this screen. There are some prompts for
which you have to provide a hotkey in addition to the line. This
is done in a separate editing box (eg the Continue (Y/n/=)
prompt). You can use all keys available, as long as the order
doesn't change!
-----------------
Edit menu hotkeys
- This brings you to another menu, from which you can define
which hotkeys are used for each action available.
╒═══════Change Select Character╕
│ MAINSCREEN │
│ <D> Download │
│ <U> Upload │
│ <R> Restore pointers │
│ <M> Modify pointers │
│ <S> Select areas │
│ <I> Indexfiles toggle │
│ <N> New files toggle │
│ <C> Compression │
│ <T> Transmission protocol │
│ <?> Help key │
│ <Q> Quit │
│ <G> Goodbye - logoff │
│ <S> Stop - interrupt process │
│ AREA SELECTION SCREEN │
│ <S> Select all │
│ <D> Deselect all │
│ <C> Change flags │
╘══════════════════════════════╛
Just fill in the key you want to use for each action.
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3.2 PATH NAMES
Selecting an item from this screen lets you enter a pathname.
Path names
╒════════════════════════╕
│ Local mail directory │
│ Work directory │
│ Path to mail directory │
╘════════════════════════╛
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ C:\TEMP\ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Local mail directory is the directory mail packets should be
placed in, and reply packets will be found in, when you run the
door locally.
Work directory is used by JCQWK for temporary files and
directories needed during processing of mail packets. This
directory will be checked, and will be created if it doesn't
already exist.
Path to mail directory is the directory where the Hudson MSG*.BBS
files are located.
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3.3 USER DETAILS
User details will present a selection screen to you listing those
users who have used the JCQWK door. If none are listed, you must
enter one manually. You can select <enter> remove <del> and add
<ins> users from this screen. When editing a user, the following
screen appears:
╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Fill in ╕
│ Number in USERS.BBS : 1 │
│ User name : Jc Qwk │
│ Protocol : ZModem │
│ Compression : ZIP │
│ Receive bulletins : NO │
│ Rcv list of new fls : NO │
│ Receive Index files : NO │
│ Messageareas : <Enter> │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
If the user is found in the RA USERS.BBS file the number of the
user is shown. You can edit the user's name and toggle their
flags. Selecting message areas will bring you to the next screen
(if you use RA 2.x)
From this selection screen you can add, delete or edit an area.
╒═══════════════════ Area: M_MAIN-BOARD ╕
│ Actual lastread pointer : 12265 │
│ Last succeeded run pointer : 10376 │
│ Receive own messages only : No │
│ Receive only to "ALL" : No │
│ Receive self written messages : No │
│ Network status : No │
╘═══════════════════════════════════════╛
Actual lastread pointer is the pointer found in LASTREAD.BBS
for this user.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO MESS UP THIS POINTER AS YOUR USERS WILL NOT
LIKE IT!
Last succeeded run pointer is the number of the highest message
in their last downloaded packet.
Receive own messages only: the user will only receive messages
addressed to them directly.
Receive only to all: Only messages to ALL will be selected.
Receive self written messages: the user gets the messages
uploaded by him with the next package.
Network status: This will enable the user to upload mail with
other names in the from field than that in their EXITINFO.BBS
file, regardless of whether the area is defined as REAL NAMES- or
HANDLES ONLY in MESSAGES.RA. Normally JCQWK checks MESSAGES.RA
and enforces the use of the user's real name or handle if that is
the restriction on the area, only allowing other names in PICK AN
ALIAS areas. Netstatus allows that user to upload messages as if
the area were PICK AN ALIAS, as they need to do if they are
uploading packets from a QWK based network.
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3.4 EXIT
Well, this is a familiar one, I think.
Choose between "with" or "without" save.
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4.0 NOTES
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4.1 OFFLINE ADDING/DROPPING/RESETTING AREAS
This version supports RESET, ADD and DROP commands given by offline
mailreaders. See the documentation of your offline reader for further
details.
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4.2 LIMITATIONS
As this Gamma isn't ready yet (otherwise it wouldn't be a gamma!)
there are some things to be done before the next release.
This release will work with RA 1.11, but some functions in the
setup program only work with RA 2.00. I'm not sure if I'm going
to fix this one. I only will do so if there are enough users
requesting it.
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4.3 SUPPORT
Since I am using this program myself I will be supporting this
program with every means I have to get it as perfect as possible.
I have setup an area called JCQWK.SUP which is available for all
questions/answers. It's available on the supportsites at this moment
and when there is enough flow it will be put on the backbone.
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4.4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to all my alpha/betatesters on whom I put a lot of
pressure, since I wanted this release to be on its way ASAP.
Thanks to Ron Huiskes and Hans Siemons who helped me out numbers
of times. And offcource Kief Morris who updated these files (Besides
of being a terrible programmer I also can't write docs...).
And of course my girlfriend Ingrid for her patience when I was to
busy with programming to do anything.
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4.5 FUTURE PLANS
Next release will include a mode efficient routine for scanning messages.
This will significant speed up selecting areas and scanning new mail.
Adding file requests, making jcqwk more flexible.
If you have any requests for features, don't hasitate to contact me!
If you don't say anything well, that's fine with me, but it won't improve
JCQWK. So please contribute your input to this fine product!
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4.6 REGISTRATION
You may use this version for about a month to see if it meets
your demands. If you decide it's good enough to use longer than
that, please register by sending the fee to one of the
registration sites available.
Read the separate REGISTER.DOC about how to pay or ask for
instructions at 1:102/1001 or 2:281/610.
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4.7 EPILOG
If you find any errors or misbehavior of this program, please
contact me via netmail (2:281/610) or echomail. I will read the
RA_UTIL echo to see what's going on. Normally I will bring out
bugfixes as soon as possible, at least one week after a bug has
been reported. Note that there *IS* a special area for JCQWK named
JCQWK.SUP, but since it takes a long time to have it available on
the backbonesystem it is only available at the support sites at
this moment.
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4.8 LATEST VERSIONS
The latest version of JCQWK will be available for request as
JCQWK from:
Europe:
My node (2:281/610)
US sites:
Mike Janke (1:135/4)
Mike Ehlert (1:102/1001)
I will release major updates in the common file echoes.
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