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- ALLFIX 5.12
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- ALLFIX the most complete fileecho and request processor
- Copyright (C) 1992,98 Harms Software Eng., all rights reserved
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- This document contains a summary of the new features that this new version
- of ALLFIX will offer. In this version we have tried to solve all of the
- open standing problems and also add as many new features as possible. The
- following list quickly summarizes the features that we have added.
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- * The request processor will now work with the BBBS mailer. BBBS
- users front-slashes in the pathnames instead of back-slashes. By toggling
- the "Flag mode" field, in the Request Processor menu, to "BBBS", you
- can instruct ALLFIX to also use front-slashes in the response files.
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- Suggested by: Vincent Danen
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- * When adding a new file to the file database, ALLFIX has the ability to
- place the fileecho tag at various parts of the file description. The only
- option missing was the ability to put it at the end of the description, on
- a seperate line.
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- Suggested by: Serge Druzhinin
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- * It is sometimes possible to make errors in the Pathnames menu, which
- will result in unexpected behavior, such as having your inbound directory
- moved to the Received Files directory, or even having a directory deleted.
- ASETUP will now perform some rudamentary checks to help prevent
- these types of mistakes, that many of us have made ;-).
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- Suggested by: Charles Gaefke
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- * Support has been added for the Pegusus email client, enabling you to
- send mail via the Internet if you use this email program. Simply select
- "Pegusus Mail" as the "Message type" in the "Internet options" menu and
- fill in the directory where the mail files are stored in the "In queue"
- field.
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- Suggested by: Felix Mueller
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- * Support has been added for the Outlook Express email client. In the
- "Internet Settings" menu, select "Outlook Express" as the "Message type".
- Then, enter the path and filename of the files, that inbound and outbound
- messages are stored in, in the "In queue" and "Out queue" fields,
- respectively. It is important that you LEAVE OUT the extension of these
- files!
-
- Suggested by: Gary Laming
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- * The External Hatch program had the ability to only copy a file while
- hatching, as apposed to moving it. This feature was only available in the
- full screen mode. This "Copy" option has also been made available to be
- used with the command line mode, and also in the Hatch manager in
- ASETUP.
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- Suggested by: Tommi Koivula
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- * A couple of new template macros have been added, to help you spruce
- up your templates. The macros are:
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- @uppercase(), @lowercase(), and @capitalize()
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- Example:
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- @lowercase(@fileecho)
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- Suggested by: Tommi Koivula
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- Two new macros have been added to the Request Processor template
- files. The macros are:
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- @freqfrom, and @freqfromaka.
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- Suggested by: Serge Druzhinin
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- * ALLFIX can use the TZ environment variable to determine the time
- zone that you are in. This is used when writing email messages to ensure
- that the time stamp in those messages is correct.
-
- Suggested by: Jesper Sorensen
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- * ALLFIX can now use the FrontDoor STQ! Simply select "FrontDoor
- STQ" as the mailer in the "Global options" menu. And, you need to enter
- the directory to the FrontDoor system files in the "Outbound" field in the
- "Pathnames (1)" menu.
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- Suggested by: Joaquim Homrighausen
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- * Support for the Telegard BBS system has been updated so that you can
- also use ALLFIX with the new Telegard 3.10 release. Simply run FCOMP
- 32 .
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- Suggested by: Tim Strike
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- * The AreaMgr in ALLFIX has a RESEND command that can be used by
- a downlink to request ALLFIX to resend a file. The problem with this
- command is that it does not require the downlink to specify the fileecho.
- This leads to problems when the file is stored in more than one fileecho or
- when more than one fileecho is stored in the same physical directory. This
- problem has been solved by enhancing this command to require that a
- fileecho is also specified. At the same time, this command has been made
- more powerful by allowing wildcards to be specified! The new format is:
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- %RESEND [fileecho]:[filename]
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- Where [filename] may contain wildcards.
-
- Suggested by: John Souvestre
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- * Support has been added for Tornado BBS, a FILES.BBS style BBS
- system used quite a bit in the Ex-USSR countries. To use this support,
- simply run FCOMP 31 .
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- Suggested by: Pavel Karakchiev
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- * The "Route-via" option was never finished due to some technical
- problems. The idea for the "unfinished" version was that the .TIC files
- would be marked for a particular destination system and that the user
- would have to configure the mailer to make sure that the files were routed
- to the proper node.
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- * This has been changed. ALLFIX will now send the files via the node, as
- specified in the Node manager. It will use the TIC Pack settings for the
- destination node and also route files via the internet or move them to the
- holding directory if necessary. If the files are routed via more than one
- node, then it is important that everyone on the route uses ALLFIX,
- otherwise, the .TIC files will simply be processed by the first
- non-ALLFIX node on the route. Other ALLFIX systems will recognize
- that the files are not for him, and simply ignore them, and let them pass
- on to the next system.
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- * Support has been added for BBBS. Simply run FCOMP 30 . In order
- to make sure that the descriptions are correctly added to the descript.ion
- files, you also need to turn the "One line LongDesc" option in the
- "LongDesc options" menu On. Also, be sure to turn the "Use FDB" option
- on for every fileecho.
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- Suggested by: Vincent Danen
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- * The Pathnames (1) field contained three fields, namely, Outbound, DB
- Queue, and FileBox, which are used to define the outbound directories for
- three different mailers. Since these mailers can not be used
- simultaneously, only one field is required. Therefore, the later two have
- been removed. ASETUP will automatically update the remaining field
- "Outbound" if you use D'Bridge or T-Mail.
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- Please consult the UPDATE.LOG file for a more detailed list of these
- problems that have been fixed.
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- If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
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- Harms Software Engineering Tel: +31-50-5496371
- Hiddemaheerd 15 BBS/Fax: +31-50-5496373
- 9737 JN GRONINGEN email: support@allfix.com
- The Netherlands web: http://www.allfix.com
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