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- What's new in Synchronet BBS Version 2.10 Revision A
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Estimated Date of Release: 02/17/95
-
- General
- ~~~~~~~
- o New file sharing method for user database (USER.DAT) significantly improves
- performance on active multinode systems
-
- o Systems with large quantities of message and files areas will see
- significantly more free memory inside the BBS with this version
-
-
- Message Base
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o SMB level III implementation offers optional real-time message base
- compression/decompression using LZH algorithm for up to 50% savings on
- disk space (potentially hundreds of megabytes on some systems)!
-
- o New Hyper Allocation storage method (defined in v1.20 of the SMB
- specification), twice as fast as "Fast Allocation"!
-
- o Innovative QWK NetMail technology using dynamically maintained route map
- Send NetMail to User@BBSID from ANY DOVE-Net system (using v2.10)
- (i.e. "Digital Man@VERT" to send me routed NetMail) No nodelist hassle!
-
- o Automatic detection of circular paths for QWK EchoMail messages (duplicates)
-
- o Optional QWKnet user list (DATA\QNET\USERS.DAT) for automatic address look-up
-
- o Ability to force QWKnet call-outs from within the BBS (;CALL HUBID) and
- from any node WFC screen
-
- o Internet mail replies from Reading Messages prompt for UUCP gateways
- (i.e. NetXpress)
-
- o New memory compression allows for significantly greater number of configured
- message areas in Synchronet
-
- o UTI driver supports long names (>25 chars) for internet addresses
-
- o When quoting messages, tag/origin lines are automatically not quoted
-
- o Out-bound file attachments supported for both FidoNet and Internet NetMail
-
- o 'Direct' FidoNet NetMail status now supported in SCFG
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- o 'To' field for FidoNet EchoMail now supports up to 35 characters
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- o 'To' field for PostLink messages now supports up to 60 characters
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- o 'Subject' field for PostLink messages now supports up to 70 characters
-
- o Crash, Return Receipt, and File Request over-rides now supported in off-line
- FidoNet NetMail
-
- o Attempted e-mail to user@addr will automatically be interpreted as NetMail
-
-
- Security
- ~~~~~~~~
- o Logon via user number can be disabled
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- o Optionally allow logons via real name or alias
-
- o Optionally prompt for password for all logon attempts
-
- o Keyboard buffer flushed after execution of external programs
-
- o Extended ASCII char 255 stripped from strings (would appear as space)
-
-
- Chat
- ~~~~
- o Automatic split-screen private chat for ANSI users with 24 or more rows
-
- o Internode messages received and displayed before logoff when user runs
- out of time
-
-
- External Programs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o External editors can have drop files created automatically
-
- o Baja modules can be executed as doors in place of DOS executables
-
- o External online programs can give the user extra time while in use
-
- o External online programs can be configured to suspend BBS time while in use
-
- o DOOR.SYS is created with user credits (in Kbytes) on line 31 (Download limit)
-
- o If a DOOR.SYS external program is set to modify user data, lines 29 and 30
- are read back in to update files/bytes downloaded and subtract credits
-
- o External programs can have Synchronet immediately hang-up upon return
-
- o DORINFO1.DEF (always 1 instead of node #) added to available drop file list
-
- o New software development kit (XSDK v2.30) has improved incorporation of
- intelligent variable time-slicing (IVT) under multitaskers and other
- enhancements for Synchronet application developers
-
-
- File Transfers
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Extended descriptions optionally displayed in normal file listings (&E)
-
- o Batch flagging prompt redisplays page after operations
-
- o Batch flagging prompt allows (P)revious page command to move backwards
-
- o Batch flagging prompt has help bar at top of screen for list command
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- o Batch flagging prompt has help menu (?) for available commands
-
- o Batch flagging prompt can display library and directory name
-
- o TYPE.BIN included to be used as a viewable file type command for text files
-
- o New-file scan date/time defaults to last new-scan, not from last logon
-
- o Duplicate files (already in database) are rejected on blind uploads
-
- o New memory compression allows for significantly greater number of configured
- file areas in Synchronet
-
- o New toggle option to allow the inclusion or exclusion of each directory in
- the Auto-ADDFILES search and import of FILES.BBS (for FDNs or CDROMs)
-
- o New toggle option to allow the inclusion or exclusion of each directory in
- users' new file scans (for CDROMs)
-
-
- Programmability
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Baja modules can be automatically loaded during logon, logoff, or new users
-
- o Baja modules can be used in place of any executable command line in SCFG
-
- o New Baja function PRINTFILE_STR used to create TYPE.BIN module
-
- o New Baja function REPLACE_TEXT used to replace TEXT.DAT strings in shells
-
- o New Baja functions SET_USER_LEVEL, TOGGLE_USER_FLAG, and SET_USER_STRING
- used to change or adjust user flags, exemptions, restrictions, level,
- name, address, etc.
-
- o New Baja functions FILE_ADD_BATCH and FILE_CLEAR_BATCH allow batch download
- queue manipulation
-
- o New Baja functions GETLINE, GETNUM, and GET_TEMPLATE for extended control
- over user input
-
-
- Miscellaneous
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Support for auto-detecting FAX/Modems that return "+FCON" on FAX connections.
-
- o Supra Caller-ID NAME and NMBR strings can be in either order.
-
-
- Revisions Since v2.00a
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Direct QWK logons with normal user accounts by prepending '*' to the username
-
- o SCFG uses a modem configuration database that is user extensible
-
- o Toggle option for each sub-board to default ON or OFF in users' personal
- (as opposed to new) message scans
-
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