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- WaterGate
- Message processor for FidoNet & Internet/Usenet
- Known Problems
-
- Copyright (c) 1993-1997 Waterline Software Development
- All Rights Reserved
-
- 6 July 1997,
-
- During testing we found a number of bugs that could not be fixed
- before the release date and have to wait until another version.
-
- This document lists those problems for you, the features affected
- and the extent of the problem. This will allow you to either work
- around it or avoid a certain feature.
-
- Some things are not possible with WaterGate and explicitly mentioned
- in the manual. Those are not in this listing.
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1
-
- Problem: SEEN-BY and PATH lines in echomail are considered text
- when there is no tear-line present. A new PATH and
- SEEN-BY kludge will be added below the Origin line.
-
- Info: An echomail message without a tear-line is not valid but
- does occur.
-
- Affected: All echomail without tear-line
-
- Solution: None.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 2
-
- Problem: Path lines without backslash can give problems and
- directory might not be created.
-
- Info: Original check for backslash was lost when the File
- Manager was added.
-
- Affected: All fields where you can enter a path.
-
- Solution: Use the File Manager to pick a path or make sure you type
- the backslash at the end of a path.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 3
-
- Problem: AreaFix commands %MOVENEW and %DELNEW are not updated to
- work with the new groups.
-
- Info: They try to manipulate group Z (now F) instead of Z1.
-
- Affected: %MOVENEW and %DELNEW, only available for users with
- "AreaFix Special" or "Newsfix Special" set to YES.
-
- Solution: None.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 4
-
- Problem: The combination of an e-mail area and the local list
- server can give problems with subscriptions on the RFC
- side and the gateway being closed during distribution.
-
- Info: When using an e-mail area you have to write an e-mail
- address or the message will not be scanned out, so you can
- only address listserv@your.domain. Your own e-mail adres is
- then a link to the FTN side (either via a MAP-UUCP
- statement). If you subscribe that way, then the
- distributions from that list never make it to you because
- RFC to FTN gating is not possible during distribution.
-
- Affected: Subscribing to a local list server from within an e-mail
- area.
-
- Solution: SysOp must change subscription manually. Make the RFC
- address post-only and add a FTN user with receive-only
- (of full) access to receive the distributions, but those
- won't end up in the e-mail area unless you use a BBS-AREA
- that points to the e-mail area.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 5
-
- Problem: AreaFix tries to disconnect last subscriber from locally
- originated area. This is a subscriber, not the uplink!
-
- Info: It thinks the last subscriber is the uplink. It then
- can't find this user in the AreaFix Forwarding definitions
- when it tries to write the forwarding netmails.
-
- Affected: Locally originated areas.
-
- Solution: Set "Allow Passive" for this Area Definition to NO.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 6
-
- Problem: JAM purge doesn't update the last read information.
-
- Affected: JAM bases. Last-read pointers of your users on the BBS
- or local editor can point wrong.
-
- Solution: Do not purge JAM areas.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 7
-
- Problem: BlueWave shows lots of empty lines in messages downloaded
- from RA.
-
- Info: BlueWave or RA cannot handle kludge lines longer then 80
- characters. This can happen when you use the Copy Headers
- feature to copy RFC header lines into FTN messages.
-
- Affected: BlueWave.
-
- Solution: Disable Copy Headers to Kludges. Copy to Text instead or
- not at all.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 8
-
- Problem: Selecting ".." in the File Manager in the OS/2 version
- causes an endless loop.
-
- Info: The ".." directory shows up in the root in the File
- Manager of the OS/2 version.
-
- Affected: OS/2 version, File Manager, selecting ".." directory
- in the root.
-
- Solution: Do not select ".." in the root.
-
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- 9
-
- Problem: Lots of error 4, "out of file handles" in the OS/2
- version.
-
- Info: WaterGate tries to open more files as there are handles
- available. The DOS versions can reports this error as
- well with the same reason.
-
- Affected: OS/2 version.
-
- Solution: Set "Max open handles" to 1. WtrConf, System
- Configuration, Global settings, Advance settings,
- "Max. files open" = 1.
- If the problem remains, then please report.
- Increases FILES= in CONFIG.SYS is not the solution.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 10
-
- Problem: Exceptions are not handled in the OS/2 version.
-
- Info: Ctrl+Break or Ctrl+C aborts the program in a hard way.
-
- Affected: OS/2 version.
-
- Solution: Do not press Ctrl+Break or Ctrl+C.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- 11
-
- Problem: Headers containing 8 bit data are not quoted-printable
- encoded.
-
- Info: This was not added yet. The old 8-bit to 7-bit mapping
- table from 0.92 is still used internally to remove the
- 8-bit data.
-
- Affects: Header lines containing 8 bit data.
-
- Solution: None.
-
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- 12
-
- Problem: The OS/2 version cannot handle long paths too well.
-
- Affects: OS/2 version.
-
- Solution: Use 8.3 paths for the moment.
-
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