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Welcome to SuperBBS 1.17. First of all we would like to appologise for the
delay there was between 1.16 and 1.17. This was not due to any special
reason, more because of more than many reasons <grin>. However, now this
version is released and 1.18 betas will be out pretty soon. This version
doesn't contain so many new features, but please note that all new features
compared to 1.17 gamma-1 have been added in late February 1993.
There are probably a few SysOps who have sent their regs. directly to SBBS
HQ, but haven't received their codes yet. If that's your situation, please
contact us immediately.
Here comes a list of new features compared to SuperBBS 1.16 :
- File flagging has been enchanged
SuperBBS now creates/reads FileDoor<tm>/EFT<tm>/etc. compatible
BBSTAGFL.? file (the file is read from/written to the directory of
current node). There are also some little improvement in file flagging.
- Today / last callers menutype has been enchanged
SCALLERS.BBS file is no longer used. SBBS now writes CALLERS.BBS instead
and the format for this file is new (please refer STRUCT.117 for more
detailed information).
Two new parameters have been added to menutype 58
/A displays users alias instead of his/her name.
/W displays information about what the user did in the BBS.
- Added an option to use own yell tunes for some users/sec. levels
It's now possible to define specific tunes for some users/security levels
to a file named YELLTUNE.CTL (stored in the main SBBS directory). The
format is <NAME/SEC> <TUNE>, for example :
Aki Antman AKITUNE.CTL
2500 SEC2500.CTL
- Added an option to edit already posted messages
A new SysOp option to edit already posted messages has been added. This
option can be enabled by pressing <E>dit (or whatever it's in your language)
when reading messages and then number 6. The message can be edited using
the full screen editor (this is the suggested way) or the built-in line
editor. Please note that all full screen editors aren't yet able to read
the old message automaticly to editor. If that's the case with your editor,
you'll have to quote the original message back to the editor. At least
GEdit 1.00.05Γ <tm> supports the automatic quote option at the moment.
When copying a message it's now possible to edit it with the full screen
editor, too.
- Added support for guest user
SBBS now supports one "guest user". Guest user means an user who is guest
in your BBS and probably many different people use that same guest account.
Creating a guest user is quite simply.
-Create GUEST.CTL file and add the name of your guest user to the file.
Only one name is allowed!
-Logon to BBS as guest and change all informations like password (you'll
might want to set it empty using ALT-E so no password will be asked from
guest users), security level etc.
-Logout
After that when guest user logons all values are always set to those values
you have decided. Guests can change any settings they like, but the old
settings are always restored for the next guest.
If you want to change an already defined guest profile, just delete
GUESTU.BBS and GUESTE.BBS files from your main SBBS directory, login as
guest and change the profile.
- Added an option to select how long FILES.BBS lines are wrapped.
There is now an option in config to specify to which X position long
FILES.BBS description lines are wrapped. With this option you can make
you file lists look a bit nicer.
When using this option it's suggested to use long line descriptions rather
than " >" ones.
- Added an option to add download counters automaticly.
There is now an option in config to add automaticly download counters to
FILES.BBS when a file is uploaded.
Please note that this option works only when using long line descriptions!
- Added an option to deny non-ARQ calls
There is now an option in config to deny all non-ARQ calls (calls without
error correction). There is also "ARQ string" option in config. To this
field you'll have to enter the string which your modem returns when an
ARQ call is detected (ie. /ARQ).
A new command line parameter has been added to BBS.EXE.
-A???? species the ARQ connect string (ie. /ARQ) returned by your mailer.
!!! No spaces are allowed in this string !!!
A new control code CTRL-K-\ shows whether error correction is enabled
or not.
- Added an option to use a new user password
There is now an option in config to specify a new user password. If that
password is specified in config, a password is automaticly asked from
new users. If the password given by the user doesn't match, then the
user is hang-up immediately.
NUSERPWD.A?? picture (if it's present) is shown to the user before SBBS
asks for the password.
- Added an option to verify users city at logon
SuperBBS can now ask ie. "Aki Antman from Helsinki, Finland <Y/n>" after
user has entered his/her name. If user answers NO he/she can enter his/her
name again. This option is pretty useful ie. when someone tries to logon to
BBS and there is already an user with same name in the BBS. This option can
be enabled/disabled from config and the prompt string is configurable from
lconfig.
- Added an option to use external chat program
It's now possible to use external chat program instead of built-in (full)
screen chat. External chat program option can be enabled by configuring the
external chat command line to config. If the line has been configured old
chats can be still used by pressing right shift key when entering chat
mode.
- Added an option to show RULES.A?? to new users
SuperBBS can now show RULES.A?? text file to new users configurable number
of times.
- Added an option to specify min BPS rate for file areas
There is now a new min. BPS rate field in the file area config. This option
is pretty useful if you have some file areas which contain ie. big files
and you don't want users with slow modems to access those areas. This option
is functional only for template areas!
- Added toggle option to SETFLAG Q-A command
A toggle option has been added to questionaire command SETFLAG. For example
SETFLAG D8 TOGGLE
would toggle the flag D8.
- Added an option to disable users from "users online" list
By pressing ALT-7 the SysOp can disable the current user from the users
online list. Please note that this option is valid for current call only!
Users listed in a new .CTL file HIDETHEM.CTL are always hidden when they
logon.
- Added new options to "select combined boards" menutype
Two new commands have been added to menutype 28. Commands like X-Y ON/OFF
can be used to toggle multiple areas via one command. For example :
1-35 ON toggles all boards from 1 to 35 ON
47-187 OFF toggles all boards from 47-187 OFF
- <U>pdate user message reading command has been updated
When using <U>pdate command (or whatever it's in your language) locally
it's now possible to use SBBSUSER.EXE (must be found from the main SBBS
path) to edit users information.
- Added view text option to file list more prompt
It's now possible to view text files while reading file list. The command
to view text files is same which is used to display archive contest. If
the file is archive, then archive list is displayed, otherwise the file
is displayed.
- Random birthday verify has been replaced with verify after # calls
There is now a new option in config to enable users birthday verification
after x days. If the check fails once then the check is executed until
the user is able to enter the correct birthday.
- Added a new auto display file
It's now possible to view a different .A?? picture for different BPS
rates. For example B2400.A?? would be displayed to a 2400 BPS caller,
B14400.A?? would be displayed to 14400 BPS caller etc.
- Added a new auto display file
A new auto display file SUBWARN.A?? has been added. SUBWARN.A?? is shown
when the user has under 31 days left until his/her expiration date.
- Added two new control codes
CTRL-K-= can be used to show current number of tagged files, CTRL-K-?
can be used to show size of tagged files in bytes.
- SBBS now checks FILES.BBS date before checking the file dates. If FILES.BBS
date is older than users last date then that FILES.BBS isn't scanned at
all - this speeds up new files check if there are no new files.
This option can be enabled/disabled from config.
Added new FILEDATE option to SBBSUTIL.EXE. This option touches all
FILES.BBS dates to date of the newest file in area. This option is useful
when using external programs which touch FILES.BBS date ie. when updating
it. SuperBBS no longer updates FILES.BBS date when adding download
counters.
- Added a new .CTL file
A new .CTL file FILE-OK.CTL has been added. To this file you can list all
extensions which are allowed in your BBS. Files with extension NOT listed
in this file will be rejected. The format of FILE-OK.CTL is one extension
per line, including the point. For example :
.LZH
.ARJ
.ZIP
.ARC
.EXE
- Added a new .CTL file
A new .CTL file NOSOUND.CTL. When user listed in this file tries to page
the yell sound is not plaid.
- Added a new .CTL file
A new .CTL file SLOWUSER.CTL has been added. If users name is found from
this file, he/she is allowed to logon even if his/her BPS rate is slower
than the minimum BPS rate to logon.
- Menutype 30 has been enchanged
Menutype 30 (DOS directory) now prompts for path if the data field is
empty.
- When reading selected messages it's now possible to choose more than one
selecting criteria.
- SBBS now overwrites the file area name if no files has been found in file
searches.
- SBBS now correctly reminds you when you are in DOS shell (ALT-J) from
SBBS.
- Added an option to automaticly delete bad QWK messages by entering 0 to
the default QWK board setting in config.
- Added an option to use zero padded download counters
- Added an option to display FILEAREA.A?? (if found) instead of the hard
coded file area list.
- Added an option to disable SBBS from giving back time spent in chat
- Added an option to allow multi word names without allowing one word names.
- Added an option to force new users to use an alias.
- Added an option to use ^C??? color control codes in menu prompts.
- If users name is listed in trashcan.ctl he/she is no longer able to logon
using alias.
- QWK system now gives some statistics about received messages
- The nodelist browser is now a bit better, for example commands like
2:220/? work now OK.
- CTRL-B (view an ANSI/ASCII picture) works now in full screen chat, too.
- CTRL-S, CTRL-U and CTRL-T message reading options can now be
enabled/disabled from config.
- It's no longer possible to copy a password protected file to tempdir
without entering a correct password.
- /NOEXPIRE parameter is now automaticly added to the default command line
of SCAN.EXE <tm>.
- Added some new string to LCONFIG, please edit your *.LNG files.
- USERSORT.EXE is now completely rewritten. We decided to include a new
USERSORT.EXE written by Pasi Talliniemi to SuperBBS package. This new
USERSORT.EXE should work much better than the ones included in the
earlier SBBS packages and there are many new sorting options, too.
- STOP.EXE has been updated to read BOARDS.BBS.
- Added security search option to SBBSUSER.EXE.
- It's now possible to read any .ASW file from SBBSUSER.EXE by pressing
SHIFT-F5.
- A new utility named SNOOPER.COM has been included in this package.
With SNOOPER.COM and SNETMGR.EXE you are able to monitor/use all remote
work stations from one computer. To use this new remote maintenance system
SNOOPER.COM must be loaded on every work station you are going to use with
SNETMGR.EXE. SNOOPER.COM works only in NETBIOS (tm) environment.
SuperBBS Group
Aki Antman & Risto Virkkala
PS. When you have sent crashmail to SuperBBS HQ (FidoNet : 2:220/620,
SuperNet : 42:1201/102) please remember to poll for reply in 24-48 hours.