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FrontDoor 2.25.SW // FDFIXES.225 // 16-Jun-98
Copyright 1998 Definite Solutions HB; All rights reserved.
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This document describes most of the major new features and functions,
as well as some minor corrections and additions, in FrontDoor 2.25.SW
since version 2.12.SW.
General
=======
(*) All FrontDoor programs (FD, FM, FDNC, and FDSETUP) now require
that a 80286 CPU or above is present. The NEC V20 CPU will also
work for this purpose.
(*) Support for up to 30+1 network addresses/AKAs.
(*) Incremental searching in most lists displayed to allow a selection
of one or more entries to be made.
(*) Mouse support in dialogs, pick lists, and menus (except FDSETUP).
(*) Improved behavior in multi-tasking environments such as W95, WNT,
OS/2, and DESQview.
(*) Improved behavior in LAN environments such as Novell, LANtastic,
etc.
(*) Support for UIL - User Interface Level - allowing many technical
and advanced functions to be hidden from the user. Three UI levels
exist: Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced.
(*) Use of virtual memory (EMS/XMS/Disk) for temporary data storage.
This allows the various programs to display lists (to choose from)
with more items than can fit in conventional RAM. FDSETUP does not
use virtual memory.
(*) Improved nodelist browsing; with proper support for zone entries
with higher numbers than regions and nets within that zone.
(*) File and directory browsers when selecting files for input and
output (except FDSETUP).
(*) Improved handling of UNC-style (\\) pathnames.
(*) Improved nodelist and userlist browsers.
(*) Support (internal) for 80x28 and 80x33 screen-modes (VGA).
(*) Improved support for large disks (in excess of 2GB) when checking
for available diskspace.
(*) Improved handling of system macros; and more system macros.
(*) Configurable semaphore-timer; allowing shorter response times to
changes in semaphores.
FD (Mailer)
===========
(*) Support for a static queue (STQ); dramatically extending the
capabilities and capacity of FD as a store-and-forward e-mail
system. This is a particularly welcome addition for anyone
with downlinks.
(*) Much improved event handling, specially in regards to overlapping
events.
(*) Improved handling of CONNECT messages.
(*) Improved FDSERVER functionality and capacity.
(*) Enhanced Service Request functionality.
(*) Enhanced Alias (file request) functionality.
(*) Improved inbound file request handling.
(*) Support for inbound 0000<PointNumber>.REQ-style requests that some
other software insist on sending when configured as a Client/Point
system.
(*) Improved Zmodem file-transfer protocol.
(*) Improved mail routing.
(*) A more detailed session window with session totals, file-transfer
bar, and list of files sent and received during the session.
(*) New activity monitor database interface allowing external
applications to monitor one or more FDs from another computer.
Definite Solutions will be releasing FDACTMON, an activity monitor
for FD; the initial release will be a Win 3.x application.
(*) Support for launching an external voice mail application when
receiving "VOICE" (or similar) has been added.
(*) Support for launching an external application based on received
data during initial session set-up; including modem connect
messages (similar to the above).
(*) Support for automated time synchronization has been added.
(*) More flexibility in the modem manager used to control how and if
FD dials a specific system.
(*) The ability to configure FD to ignore script files (.SCR) for
console services; useful when scripts are only used for terminal
access and/or mail routing commands.
(*) Support for a "Max RINGING counter" to prevent FD from wasting too
much time when calling systems that do not answer.
(*) Improved answer-control functionality.
(*) Support for EMSI/MD5; this is a more secure session-level password
exchange mechanism where no clear-text passwords are transmitted.
This feature is only available if FD is running on a system with a
80386 or better CPU. Kudos to Ray Gwinn (of X00/SIO fame) for the
assembler code implementing the MD5 algorithm.
(*) Better handling of EMSI sessions in regards to interpreting the
addresses presented by the remote system and the number of
supported addresses.
(*) Much improved script language with support for calling of external
programs, checking for errorlevels, checking for semaphore files,
creating semaphore files, and more.
(*) The fixed-number limit on the number of entries in the security
manager (session password) database has been removed in FD.
(*) Improved handling of IP-addresses used as telephone numbers to
"dial" remote systems using Telnet/VMODEM/etc.
(*) Improved handling of the POLL route command and POLL console
command. FD will not consider the POLL to have been successful
unless the session turned around and was successfully ended by
the remote system.
(*) All automatic script support for PC-Pursuit have been removed.
(*) All FCB I/O calls have been removed from FD; they were previously
used to remove files (*.PKT, *.FDC, etc).
(*) Handling of non-DOS filenames in attachments has been added; FD
can now safely be used as a "transit site" for two, for example,
OS/2 systems sending attachments with "long filenames" between
each other. Furthermore, FD will be able to handle the reception
of duplicate filenames and passing the correct file *and* filename
onto the final destination.
(*) Mail packets to-be-transmitted by FD are only created immediately
prior to transmission; i.e. they are no longer created when FD is
processing outbound mail.
(*) ^aVia information added by FD on transit messages should now list
the time as UTC (GMT).
(*) Support for FOSSIL port numbers 1-255.
(*) Support for the /IGNOREOTHERPKT command-line option (and FDOPT
setting IGNOREOTHERPKT) has been added; this is not listed in the
documentation. Use of this option is only useful if the NOUNPACK
option is not used. IGNOREOTHERPKT specifies that FD should only
unpack mail packets that it receives from a remote system; i.e. it
should ignore .PKT files it finds in either of the inbound
directories.
FM (Editor)
===========
(*) Support for the JAM message base format.
(*) Support for folder separators; allowing an almost group-like
handling of folders.
(*) Improved handling of folders with a large number of messages.
(*) Improved handling of message-text quoting when commenting and
replying to messages; support for original sender initials, etc.
(*) Much improved message Survey functionality.
(*) Support for (this message has been "Replied-To") indicator and
message status.
(*) Additional macros; for use when commenting and replying to
messages.
(*) Improved NAMES.FD support; with the ability to specify a "prompt
gateway" entry where FM will prompt for the Internet recipient
address, and the ability to browse NAMES.FD entries interactively.
(*) Support for "Bounce Reply" function..
(*) Support for "Blind Forward" function.
(*) Support for "Reply in other folder" and "Comment in other folder"
functions.
(*) Support for "Non-proportional (fixed) display", "Do not pack (for
NetMail packers)", and "PGM (Program Generated Message)" message
status.
(*) Support for accessing a "Nodelist Browser" from almost anywhere.
(*) Support for Newsgroup-type Conference folders.
(*) FM should now display and support four-digit years everywhere
(with the exception of the Survey list, due to space limitations).
(*) Enhanced folder selection screen with total and unread messages
statistics.
(*) Support for increased number of folders.
(*) Automatic display of folder list when the next message is selected
to be displayed and the last message in a folder is already being
displayed.
(*) Support for the FDRESCAN.NOW semaphore in *any* .MSG-style folder.
(*) Support for hidden crossposting targets.
(*) Support for a default address for a given FrontDoor user.
(*) Improved handling of Carbon Copies; when writing new messages and
replying to existing messages; up to 2000 recipients can be added.
Support for advanced CCL (Carbon Copy List) files with specific
message status for each recipient, etc.
(*) Support for random as well as truly empty origin-line information.
(*) Support for external file viewer.
(*) Support for external fax printer.
(*) Improved handling of HMB-type (Hudson Message Base) folders.
(*) Support for automated NetMail-style replies when "Reply" function
is used in a given folder.
(*) The "TO:" line inserted at top of "UUCP" messages is now visible
immediately when the cursor appears in the text window.
(*) Support for the FWDFROM, FWDTO, FWDORIG, FWDDEST, and FWDMSGID
extended ("kludge") information data as per FSC-0092.
Terminal
========
(*) Support for task-dependant "Add-on terminal init string", sent in
addition to the general terminal modem initialization string.
(*) Support for "hex dump mode", which displays the ASCII codes of
received control characters in hexadecimal notation.
(*) Support for Latin1 character-set translation.
(*) Increased command-history list capacity.
(*) Improved phone directory functionality; including the Terminal
"remembering" queued entries when the phone directory window is
closed.
(*) Support for running a script from within the Terminal at any time;
i.e. not just to establish a connection with a remote system.
(*) Support for a "Max RINGING counter" to prevent the Terminal from
wasting too much time when calling systems that do not answer.
(*) The ability to configure the Terminal to ignore script files
(.SCR) for dial entry screens; useful when scripts are only used
for the mailer.
(*) Improved handling of CONNECT messages.
(*) Improved Xmodem file-transfer protocol; it should finally be
possible to use the Terminal to update modem firmware with modems
that support the Xmodem protocol for this.
(*) Improved VT52, VT100, ANSI, and AVATAR/0+ (AVT/0+) emulation.
(*) Configurable colors for the VT100 emulation protocol.
(*) Configurable handling of the backspace key in the VT100 emulation
protocol.
(*) Improved Zmodem file-transfer protocol.
(*) Configurable cursor size (Block, Medium, and Normal).
FDNC (Nodelist compiler/manager)
================================
(*) Removed limit of 65535 entries in the nodelist database.
(*) Improved handling of "Internet-callable" systems and the telephone
number translation for such systems.
(*) Some very basic logging has been added to FDNC when either of the
/F, /C, and /P commands is used from the command-line. This may
help in tracking down corrupt nodelist source files. FDNC will
use whatever log file has been configured in FDSETUP.
(*) Support for the "IGNOREBADNL" keyword in FDNODE.CTL was added
(this keyword is not listed in the documentation). When FDNC
encounters this keyword in FDNODE.CTL, it will ignore any nodelist
source file errors (unless they are of fatal nature).
(*) Distinct errorlevels for various operations and errors; making it
more suitable for batch-file and automated-process integration.
(*) Improved syntax checking of FDNODE.CTL and nodelist source files.
(*) Internal ASCII file editor with cut and paste support.
(*) Much improved user interface.
FDSETUP (Configuration)
=======================
(*) Improved Folder Manager with support for separators, allowing an
almost group-like handling of folders, and the ability to handle
more folders.
(*) Increased capacity in the Security Manager; up to 10000 entries
should now be supported.
(*) Improved Event Manager.
(*) Improved color configuration options.
And needless to say, MUCH more.
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