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02-10-90 OverMail v0.82 DOCs
What's New:
System default origin line is now line #4 in the .CFG file. To upgrade
versions from v0.81, this HAS to be added! This would normally be the
first line from your AREAS.BBS file, minus the '!' and minus the Sysop's
Name.
Bug fixed where F2RC would crash if a users file was over 64K.
Bug fixed where message times were occasionally imported by F2RC wrong.
This bug has been in the program since day one!
Bug fixed where sysop's name and password were not being uppercased.
This caused inbound mail to not set RBBS' new mail indicator.
*Subtle* bug fixed that sometimes caused the entire message base to be
trashed if rescanning. Only happened if you had like two
already-imported but deleted messages in a row in the message base.
Yecch.
Bug fixed that wouldn't allow Fidonet areas to not have a users file.
Non-bug fixed where RBBS would recover messages that R2FC had deleted.
R2FC doesn't let this happen any more.
New option, 'A' in the options list. Allows deleted messages to stay
deleted. Normally, if R2FC finds an imported message that's been
deleted, it assumes that the message is an echo message that a user on
your system has deleted. Since it's usually undesirable to delete echo
messages, R2FC will recover the message. The 'A' option allows the
message to stay deleted. If using FrontDoor mode (see below), it'll
also delete the *.MSG file from your disk. This option is normally only
used in the matrix area.
FrontDoor mode. If you have a MATRIX area that needs to retain the
*.MSGs on disk (like C:\FD\MAIL, for FrontDoor), you add a "F" to the
options list for this area, and the *.MSGs will be retained. A typical
netmail options list would be "MKF" for FrontDoor mode. In this mode,
R2FC and F2RC divide messages into 2 categories:
1. Message only used for file attaches.
These messages are identified by the KILL and FILE attributes
being set on the message, as well as a message origin of your
system.
2. Normal netmail message.
Anything that's not in category 1.
Messages in category 1 are ignored, while those in category 2 are
imported. The MAX_MESSAGES parameter that you specify in the OverMail
configuration file for this area applies to category 1 messages only.
Messages in the second category are transient, and will be automatically
killed by your mail handler after the message is sent.
Two side effects occur due to this setup:
1. F2RC has to scan all of the *.MSGs in an area for every run. This
causes it to slow down to about 1 second/10 messages on an XT.
2. RENUM311 will often leave "holes" in the message numbers for this
area. An area with no category 1 messages won't have any holes.
FrontDoor mode should only be used where necessary.
If you're using FrontDoor mode, the following two things will screw up
last-message-read indicators, and should be avoided:
a) Using a separate renumbering utility on the *.MSGs
b) Deleting the last category 2 message by hand.
Current Versions:
PIP v1.2 - No change from OverMail v0.81
R2FC v0.82
F2RC v0.82
RENUM v3.11
Upgrading:
To upgrade from v0.81:
1) Replace EXE files.
2) Change batch file occurences of RENUM310 to RENUM311.
3) If using FronDoor, add "F" to your netmail options list.
4) Add your default origin line (from AREAS.BBS) to the .CFG file as
line #4.
Quote of the Day:
"Whaddya mean BUGS?!? This software is BUG-FREE!"
-- TC