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- ***************************************************
- * What's New in Synchronet Version 3.00 for Win32 *
- ***************************************************
-
- General
- ~~~~~~~
- o All "nodes" run in a single multi-threaded process
- - Minimal resource requirements and improved performance
- - DOS Windows are automatically opened/closed for external DOS programs/doors
- - It's never been easier to run a 10+ node system (with DOS door support) on
- one computer
-
- o Professional GUI Control Panel to monitor all clients and servers
- simultaneously
- - Replaces old "Waiting for call" screen
- - Launch configuration and editor dialogs directly
-
- o Optionally plays sysop's choice of .WAV file on user connect/disconnect
-
-
- Internet
- ~~~~~~~~
- o Supports Telnet logins only (no more direct-dial user support)
- - No third-party FOSSIL/Telnet driver (SIO/VMODEM, NetModem, COM/IP) required
- - Full FOSSIL/DOS/WWIV/XSDK program/door support (easy setup!)
- - Outbound Telnet module included for external MUDs/BBSs
- - Automatically detects and logs client IP and hostname
- - Optional auto-logon via IP address (requires V exemption)
-
- o Includes integrated FTP server
- - Supports Anonymous (Guest) logins
- - Virtual directory structure mimics BBS filebase hierarchy
- - User security settings enforced
- - Supports long/mixed-case filenames
- - Dynamically generates index (description) files
- - Supports blind upload and sysop directories
- - QWK/QWKnet packet uploads and downloads
- - Upload description support
- - Transfers included in BBS and user upload/download statistics
- - Time/Credit system enforced
- - Custom login/hello/goodbye messages
- - Optional connect/disconnect sounds (.WAV files)
-
- o Includes integrated Mail (POP3/SMTP) server
- - Check BBS mailbox using standard Internet mail clients (Eudora, Outlook)
- - SPAM Filters supported: RBL, RSS, DUL
- - Configurable alias list
- - Optionally receive mail by user number (1@yourbbs.com)
- - Optional inbound/outbound sounds (.WAV files)
- - Optional DNS/MX record lookup (no SMTP Relay Server required)
-
- o IP/hostname filter/trashcan file (IP.CAN) for all Internet servers/services
-
-
- Configuration
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New @-codes:
- REV :Synchronet revision
- CONN :current connection type
- LOCATION :system location
- TNODES :total nodes on system
- HOST :user's hostname
- CID and IP :user's IP address
- QWKID :System QWK-ID
- INETADDR :System's Internet Address
- FIDOADDR :System's primary FidoNet address
-
- o The following environment variables are now initialized for DOS externals
- (specifically for event batch file convenience):
- YEAR :Current year (2000)
- MONTH :Month (1-12)
- DAY :Day of Month (1-31)
- WEEKDAY :Three letter weekday abbreviation (Mon, Tue, etc.)
- - Example: if %DAY%==1 call maintain.bat /reroll
- - Example: if %WEEKDAY%==Tue chksmb /q %sbbs%\data\mail.shd
-
-
- Message Base
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New SMB REPLIED attribute to indicate a message has been replied-to
- - Requires TEXT.DAT update (additional %s in MsgAttr line)
-
-
- External Programs/Doors
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Most popular DOS doors fully supported
- - Includes native 32-bit FOSSIL driver that requires NO configuration/setup
- - Users can be ;INTERrupted while running ANY external program
- - Non-exclusive events do not take any nodes off-line
- - No more hassling with baud rates and initialization strings
- - DCDWATCH no longer necessary to support WWIV/DOS extrernals
-
- o New TELNET_GATE Baja function/module to run external MUDs and BBSs
- - Includes any-time ^] menu to see who is on the BBS, send messages, etc.
- - See TELGATE.DOC for details
-
-
- ***********************************************************************
- * What's New in Synchronet Version 3.00 Revision B (official release) *
- ***********************************************************************
-
- General
- ~~~~~~~
- o Windows Version Information display:
- - Windows NT/2000 indicated by "NT"
- - Windows 95/98 build number corrected in version information
- - Service pack information now displayed along with version info
-
- o Block FOSSIL transfers (from DOS externals) now correctly escape Telent IAC
- character (255) - fixed SBBSEXEC.VXD - does not effect FDSZ
-
- o Windows NT/2000 FOSSIL/DOS Interrupt driver (DOSXTRN.EXE) created and VDD
- (SBBSEXEC.DLL) created to complete Windows NT/2000 support
-
- o Changed insert text command from Ctrl-<minus> to Ctrl-V
-
- o Changed center text command from Ctrl-V to Ctrl-L
-
- o Filename searches are no longer case sensitive
-
- o Fixed problem viewing extended file description if longer than screen length
-
- o Ability to easily switch A and R commands on the reading mail/msgs prompts
- for some or all command shells (see RA_EMU.BIN)
- - New @-codes to represent correct command keys in menus
- (MSGREPLY and MSGREREAD)
-
- o New @-codes:
- LOCAL-IP displays current local IP address
- CRLF carriage return/line-feed pair
- UP Move cursor up one row (ANSI)
- UP:n Move cursor up n rows (ANSI)
- DOWN Move cursor down one row (ANSI)
- DOWN:n Move cursor down n rows (ANSI)
- RIGHT Move cursor right one column (ANSI)
- RIGHT:n Move cursor right n columns (ANSI)
- LEFT Move cursor left one column (ANSI)
- LEFT:n Move cursor left n columns (ANSI)
- GOTOXY:x,y Move cursor to x/y (1-based) (ANSI)
- PUSHXY Save current cursor position (ANSI)
- POPXY Restore saved cursor position (ANSI)
- STATS.LOGONS Total logons during history of system
- STATS.LTODAY Total logons today
- STATS.TIMEON Total time used during history of system (in minutes)
- STATS.TTODAY Total time used today (in minutes)
- STATS.ULS Total uploads today
- STATS.ULB Total bytes uploaded today
- STATS.DLS Total download today
- STATS.DLB Total bytes downloaded today
- STATS.PTODAY Total posts today
- STATS.ETODAY Total e-mails sent today
- STATS.FTODAY Total feedbacks sent today
- STATS.NUSERS Total number of new users today
- MSGREPLY Command key to reply to last message
- MSGREREAD Command key used to re-read last message
-
- o Ability to disable hostname lookups for Telnet, FTP, and Mail servers
-
- o Ability to disable the spinning cursor for one or all nodes via Baja:
- OR _node_misc NM_NOPAUSESPIN
-
-
- Control Panel
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New Clients window shows all connected client details (username, IP address,
- hostname, time connected, etc.)
- - Allows sysop to disconnect any client by right clicking socket number and
- selecting "Close"
-
- o New GUI User Editor (USEREDIT.EXE)
- - Launched from SBBSCTRL->User->Editor
- - Create new user records
- - Edit all user fields, statistics, and settings
-
- o New Sysop Availability toggle button (replaces v2.3 Scroll-Lock function)
-
-
- FTP Server
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- o FTP server now times out and closes data connection if user runs out of time
- - Helps eliminate stranded transfer threads/sockets
-
- o File aliases supported
- - Put links in your FTP root directory to often access files
- - Link to files on your local hard disk or your BBS filebase
- - Use general alias names to point to often-changing versioned filenames
-
- o Credits now checked before allowing file download
-
- o QWK packet creation time-out bug fix (wasn't timing-out ever)
-
- o Special logon sequence to receive sysop access (users with level >= 90)
-
- o Complete access to local file systems for remote sysops
-
- o Ability to disable QWK packet transfers
-
-
- Mail Server
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Attempts delivery a configurable number of times before bouncing message
- - Uses new SMB message field: delivery_attempts
-
- o Automatically re-scans mail database every configurable number of seconds
-
- o Fixed rare Access Violation in MAILSRVR.DLL during shutdown
-
-
- Online Programs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o 32-bit door support
- - Duplicate socket handle passed in DOOR32.SYS drop file (new standard)
- - Duplicate socket handle passed on command line via %H specifier
- - Support for external programs written with 32-bit XSDK (v3.0)
-
-
- ************************************************************************
- * What's New in Synchronet Version 3.00 Revision C (official release) *
- ************************************************************************
-
- General
- ~~~~~~~
- o Sysop ;SPY command to remotely spy/control other nodes via Telnet
-
- o Support for Windows 95 (pre-OSR2) and Windows NT 3.x
-
- o New filter/trashcan (.CAN) file syntax:
- - Ignores leading white-space
- - Beginning a line with a semicolon (;) indicates a comment (line ignored)
- - Beginning a string with an exclamation mark (!) reverses the match logic
-
- o Win32 DLLs built with Visual C++ 6.0 (Previous 3.0 DLLs built with 5.0)
-
- o "user_alias" is synonymous with "user alias" and "user.alias"
- - For logins, duplicate name checking, receiving e-mail, etc
-
-
- Control Panel
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New Local Sysop Split-screen Chat module
-
- o New Local Node Spy module (with ANSI terminal emulation)
- - View multiple nodes simultaneous
- - View consecutive logins
- - Customize font and window size
-
- o New User Listing form with sortable columns
-
- o New BBS Login menu option (launches telnet://localhost)
- (REGEDIT->HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Swindell\Synchronet Control Panel\LoginCommand)
-
- o Version information for each module is now retrieved and displayed in the
- Help->About dialog box
-
- o Reorganization of the Edit Filters sub-menu
-
- o Configurable SCFG command line
- (REGEDIT->HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Swindell\Synchronet Control Panel\ConfigCommand)
-
- o Documentation Index (docs/index.htm) can now be launched with SBBSCTRL->Help->Index
-
-
- Internet
- ~~~~~~~~
- o RLogin server for immediate logins from trusted hosts
- - Similar to Trade Wars Game Server (TWGS) operation
-
- o Separate IP address and hostname filter/trashcan files
- (IP.CAN and HOST.CAN)
-
- o Added new telnet_gate mode: TG_PASSTHRU (defined in SBBSDEFS.INC)
- - Allows passthrough of Telnet commandsto gated system
- - Included UNIXGATE.SRC/BIN to gate to Unix telnet servers
-
- o Added new telnet_gate mode: TG_RLOGIN (defined in SBBSDEFS.INC)
- - Allows outbound logins using BSD RLogin protocol
- - Included RLOGIN.SRC/BIN to gate to RLogin servers (e.g. TWGS)
-
-
- FTP Server
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- o Sysops and dir-ops can now remove files from the filebase with the DELE
- command
-
- o Directory aliases (in FTPALIAS.CFG) now supported.
- Example: incoming bbs://main/uploads/ Blind uploads
-
- o Optional "Directory File Access" allows users to view and download files
- in the local directory that are not in the BBS file database
- - Useful for FidoNet packets and other dynamically generated files
-
- o Filename filter/trashcan file (FILE.CAN) is now checked before allowing uploads
-
- o QWK packet option no longer forced on (whoops)
-
- o Total user credits are now displayed during login (for non-exempt users)
-
- o Credits are no longer checked (before download) for D-exempted users
-
- o Credits are only checked for downloads now (not getdate/size commands)
-
- o Now deletes QWK packet semaphore file if failed to create packet
- (BBS event thread not running?)
-
- o New sets user modem/connection description in database to "FTP"
-
- o Fixed socket leaks under certain circumstances
-
- o Fixed Access Violation in FTPSRVR.DLL if shutdown during transfer
-
-
- Mail Server
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- o SMTP relay support (supported relay clients must be listed in RELAY.CAN)
-
- o SMTP server now supports multiple recipients (locally, relayed, or forwarded)
-
- o SendMail thread immediately bounces fatally errored messages
-
- o New SMTP state machine guards against invalid sequences of commands
- - Some messages could cause corruption (SMB error -7, missing header fields)
-
- o Configurable SMTP Relay Server port number (defaults to 25)
-
- o DNS MX-record lookups using TCP (optionally instead of UDP)
-
- o Mail message base is no longer left locked for extended periods of time
-
- o Supports SMB v2.13 extended error information
-
-
- Baja
- ~~~~
- o New /Q (quiet/no banner) command-line option
-
- o Included shell/module Makefiles for Borland and GNU make
-
- New Functions:
-
- - GETCHAR Case-insensitive version of GETKEY
- - CMDCHAR Case-insensitive version of CMDKEY
- - COMPARE_CHAR Case-insensitive version of COMPARE_KEY
- - COPY_FIRST_CHAR Copies first char of str var to int var
- - COMPARE_FIRST_CHAR Compares first char of str var to constant
-
-
- Source Code
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Now available as Open Source, see http://www.synchro.net/source.html for details
-
- o Main modules may be built with
- - Microsoft Visual C++
- - Borland C++ Builder (required for SBBSCTRL)
- - Borland C++ Builder Compiler 5.5 (free)
- - GNU C/MinGW support in the works
-
- o User Editor may be built with Borland Delphi
-
-
- Documentation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Updated for version 3 (version-specific features are noted)
-
- o Converted to HTML format (see docs\index.htm)
-
-
- ************************************************************
- * What's New in Synchronet Version 3.00 Revision D (alpha) *
- ************************************************************
-
- Control Panel
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New MinimizeToSysTray option
- - Minimizes SBBSCTRL to an icon in the system tray
- - Icon animates when there are active clients
- - Icon tool tip reports number of active clients
- - Double-click icon to restore SBBSCTRL window
-
- o New Control Panel Properties Dialog (File->Properties)
- - Allows configuration of LoginCommand, ConfigCommand, etc.
-
- o Closing no longer interferes with Windows shut-down procedure
-
- o Sorting by first/last on dates in User List now works correctly
-
-
- Telnet Server
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Quicker response to Ctrl-C (abort) command
-
- o Binary receive mode is automaticaly disabled when returning
- from external programs
- - Some Telnet clents (e.g. HyperTerminal) enable Binary mode when
- transferring files, but do not disable Binary mode when done.
- This causes transmitted CR/LF pairs to be interpretted as two
- separate characters (instead of one).
-
- Baja v2.30
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- New Control Flow Functions:
-
- - LOOP Begins an execution loop (nesting supported)
- - CONTINUE Continues an execution loop
- - BREAK Breaks an executuion loop
- - END_LOOP Ends an execution loop
-
- New TCP/IP Functions:
-
- - SOCKET_OPEN Create/open a TCP/IP socket
- - SOCKET_CLOSE Close a socket
- - SOCKET_CONNECT Initiate outbound connection
- - SOCKET_ACCEPT Accept an inbound connection
- - SOCKET_NREAD Get number of bytes ready to read
- - SOCKET_PEEK Peek at receive buffer
- - SOCKET_READ Read from socket
- - SOCKET_WRITE Write to socket
- - SOCKET_CHECK Check socket connection status
-
- - FTP_LOGIN Login to a remote FTP server
- - FTP_LOGOUT Logout from a remote FTP server
- - FTP_PWD Print current working directory
- - FTP_CWD Change current working directory
- - FTP_DIR Display current directory listing
- - FTP_PUT Send (upload) a file to server
- - FTP_GET Receive (download) file from server
- - FTP_RENAME Rename file on server
- - FTP_DELETE Delete file from server
-
- Miscellaneous New Functions:
-
- - INCHAR Case-insensitive version of INKEY
- - COPY_CHAR Copy current cmdkey to int var or str var
- - COMPARE_ANY_BITS Compares bits in any two integers
- - COMPARE_ALL_BITS Compares bits in any two integers
- - SHIFT_TO_FIRST_CHAR Shifts string to first occurance of char
- - SHIFT_TO_LAST_CHAR Shifts string to last occurance of char
- - FILE_RECEIVE Like FILE_PUT, but doesn't require sys pass
- - LPRINTF Local printf (to local console)
-
- New System Variables (defined in exec/sbbsdefs.inc):
-
- - _FTP_MODE FTP operating modes (see FTP_* constants)
- - _CLIENT_SOCKET Current telnet client's socket handle
- - _SOCKET_ERROR Last socket error
- - _STARTUP_OPTIONS BBS startup options (See BBS_OPT_* constants)
-
-
- ************************************************************
- * What's New in Synchronet Version 3.00 Revision E (beta) *
- ************************************************************
-
- BBS
- ~~~
- o Fixed Guru Chat GPF/segfault bug (finally)
-
-
- Control Panel
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o New "Events" window for event-thread log messages and status
- - No longer clutters Telnet Server log
-
- o New tray-minimized icon (globe)
-
- o Updated closure method
- - Hopefully resolves problem with shutting down after net event
- - 30 second time-out waiting for servers to stop (just incase)
-
-
- FTP Server v1.05
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Failure to create uploaded file (e.g. directory not created) bugs fixed:
- - Error message cause gpf/segfault
- - No 450 error response to client
-
- o Resumed downloads (using FTP "REST" command) fixed (wrong response code)
-
- o Now uses control port-1 (normally 20) as TCP port for all active data sessions
-
- o Added active/passive mode indication to upload/download log output
-
- o Detected hack/intrusion attempts are now logged to data/hack.log
-
- o Directory listing are now sorted alphabetically (ala Unix)
-
-
- Mail Server v1.11
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o SMTP Sending to a forwarded address (251 response) fixed
-
- o POP3 port, address, hostname activity logged
-
- o Now supports destination address hostnames starting with a digit
-
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