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Version history:
----------------------[ v2.02 - 08/17/92 ]------------------------
Quick maintenance release to the v2.0 series. Isn't new code fun?
1) MAILMGR.EXE - Fixed problem with updating last msg read markers
in conference numbers greater than 255.
2) MAILMGR.EXE - If SysOp is using Mail Manager's list of archivers
(MAILMGR.ARL), Mail Manager +Plus+ no longer attempts to run
RBBSQWK.BAT unless RBBSQWK.BAT physically exists in Mail Manager's
directory. If you are running SHROOM, and are swapping the
application to disk, Mail Manager +Plus+ will now operate a
little faster due to the elimination of the un-needed shell.
3) MAILMGR.EXE - Now reports "error-correcting connection required"
instead of "MNP required" when user cannot use a protocol due to
a non-reliable connection.
* NOTE * - Due to a bug in RBBS-PC v17.4, Mail Manager +Plus+ will
not allow your users to use any "reliable-connection-
required" protocols. As soon as the RBBS authors put
the "-R" back into DORINFOx.DEF, they will work again.
This does not affect SysOps running 17.3C or lower.
4) MAILCFG.EXE updated to reflect the new version number.
----------------------[ v2.01 - 08/15/92 ]------------------------
Version 2.00 was distributed to all those who pre-registered the
package with us, as well as three beta test sites, approximately
one week before the scheduled release date of August 15. v2.00
was never available for download on our home board, but it is
likely to have been passed around a bit by now, anyway. [sigh]
Last-minute changes to the initial v2.00 pre-release:
1) MAILMGR.EXE FIDO handling: Was possible to give incorrect values
and/or lock the CPU under certain conditions when updating last
msg read in a FIDO area after the download.
2) CFG2TXT and TXT2CFG utilities were mistakenly still coded for a
max of 250 conferences instead of the 500 that can now be
configured.
3) MAILCFG utility updated to reflect new version number 2.01.
4) DOC.UPD contains a new cover sheet, and the pages of the v2.01
documentation with significant wording changes. (The intention
is to keep you from having to reprint the entire 200K doc file
if you already printed the v2.00 docs).
All executables not mentioned above will still have the 2.00 version
number, and are unchanged from the v2.00 pre-release. See v2.00
comments (below) for what all has been changed since the release of
the v1.3x series of Mail Manager.
----------------------[ v2.00 - 08/15/92 ]------------------------
Initial release of Mail Manager +Plus+
Changes since the release of the v1.3x series of Mail Manager:
1) Conferences are now configured to allow/disallow the users to
"join" from within the door.
2) Support added for bi-directional protocols such as Samuel Smith's
HSLINK, etc. If a REP packet is found after the download, it
will be automatically processed.
3) Node-specific configuration files supported. Mail Manager +Plus+
will first look for MAILMGR1.CFG, MAILMGR2.CFG, etc. (depending
on node number) before falling back to MAILMGR.CFG.
4) Support added for all three graphics types in bulletins, news
file, and all Mail Manager +Plus+ text files.
5) Now deletes only an exact name match on QWK, REP, and RBX (text
extract) files found in the work directory. Eliminates problem
of inadvertantly deleting mail packets from other BBS's if the
SysOp has configured the \MAILMGR\LOCAL directory for all personal
mail packets.
6) Messages uploaded into *M.DEF message bases have byte 67 of the
RBBS message header set to indicate that this message only has
one header. (For RBBS-PC 17.4 compatibility). This was an unused
byte in RBBS-PC v17.3C and below.
7) To allow offline readers to mark the SysOp's messages as personal,
anything addressed to "SYSOP" is now changed to the SysOp's first
and last names.
8) Support added for the popular ALIAS merge for RBBS-PC. Can now
handle alias names.
9) RBBS-PC smart text is now supported in bulletins and news files.
10) SysOps who dislike the "press any key to continue..." prompt after
the initial conference scan can now have Mail Manager +Plus+ go
straight to the main menu. If no "MAILMGR*.PRE" prelog file is
found, Mail Manager +Plus+ heads straight to the main menu after
the conference scan.
11) FIDO-style *.MSG conferences supported.
12) FIDO-style *.MSG netmail conferences supported.
13) Registration of the door is now required to eliminate the one-line
"* UNREGISTERED * Evaluation copy" display on the startup screen.
14) Can now manually reset last message read pointer to the last message
in the conference by entering "L", or to the last X messages by
entering L-X (L-10 for the last 10 messages in the conference).
15) RBBS-PC "last call date" in the user file for each conference is now
automatically updated when the message pointer for the conference is
updated after a download. Should keep external utilities from
purging the user out of the conference due to lack of activity if
user uses Mail Manager +Plus+ exclusively to handle mail in that
area.
16) "Automatic" mode added. If "/A" found on the command line, Mail
Manager +Plus+ goes straight into EXPEDITE mode. Allows batch
operation for SysOp use.
17) RBBS-PC [CBAUD] template variable now supported in PROTO.DEF, and
can now correctly report file transfer time estimates if passed
on the command line. (See documentation on how to handle this).
18) If highest message # in an *M.DEF conference is LOWER than the
user's last message read, last message read is now reset to the
highest message number, instead of zero. Keeps from extracting
the whole conference if the highest physical message has been
killed.
19) Now checks the security level present in the individual message
headers of *M.DEF message bases, and will not allow a user with
less than this security level to extract the message. All
previous versions of the door relied on the settings in the
configuration file exclusively.
20) Two-second pause added just prior to de-initializing FOSSIL driver
to allow any pending characters to be processed.
21) RBBS-PC v17.4 completely changed the method used to determine the
BPS rate of callers on other nodes. W)ho's on now handles both
17.3x and 17.4 methods transparently, and correctly shows the
BPS rate of the callers.
22) BPS rate, and communications parameters are now shown on initial
screen at startup, such as "Online at 2400 BPS, N,8,1". This is
the easiest check to see if your /CBAUD command line is working
properly with RBBS-PC 17.4.
23) Door can now be "time locked" to restrict access to general users
during mail processing hours on the BBS. Users with sufficient
security to read ALL messages are allowed into the door during
restricted hours, after a 10-second warning message is displayed.
24) New pair of utilities CFG2TXT and TXT2CFG for SysOps who dislike
the configuration program, MAILCFG.EXE. Can now use a text editor
to create the configuration file, and run TXT2CFG.EXE to "compile"
it into Mail Manager's binary configuration format. This also
allows a way to "import" FIDO *.MSG conferences, rather than adding
each one individually via MAILCFG.
25) Conferences can now be configured to allow/disallow private messages.
If private messages not allowed, and user attempts to upload one,
user is prompted to either convert the reply to public, or kill the
message.
26) Fixed bug that was in all previous versions of Mail Manager: was
possible (in network and DV environments) to get a hung system if
a user attempted to upload a reply to an *M.DEF conference, and
that conference was "full".
27) "(R)" and "Re:", when found as the first three characters of
the message subject, are now stripped from the field to allow
offline readers to group related messages together. (Rather
than 1 group with, and one without). Previous versions of Mail
Manager looked only for "(R)".
28) "Fido-style tearlines" changed so that any line beginning with
"---" will have the three hyphens replaced by blank spaces,
not just if "---" is by itself on a line.
29) Mail Manager now supports up to 500 conferences.
30) Users can now set individual conferences to extract A)ll messages,
P)ersonal messages only, or S)ystem default as they defined it
in the configuration menu. User expresses this choice when
setting message markers ("M" from the menu).
31) New utility UPDATUSR to convert a Mail Manager v1.34 and lower
user file (MAILMGR.USR) to the new format used by Mail Manager
+Plus+.
32) UPDATE.EXE utility revised to update a v1.30 through v1.34
configuration file (MAILMGR.CFG) to the new format.
33) New utility MMGRNODE.EXE to compile fido-style nodelists for
Mail Manager +Plus+'s use. (Used for *.MSG netmail areas only).
34) New utility MMINDEX.EXE to create an index file in each fido
conference, to aid in determining last msg read for the user,
and to speed up FIDO conference handling. See documentation on
how to use this utility.