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InterEcho 1.18 What's new - May 1 1996 ===================================================================== (c) Copyright 1993-1996 Further Development, Inc. All rights reserved. ^ | Further Development, Inc. | Further P.O. Box 821864 ____|____________ South Florida, FL 33082 (____|____________) USA | | Development, Inc . Phone 1-954-436-2080 M-F 2pm-8pm EST ____|______________________ 1-500-675-0049 5pm-10pm PST (____|______________________) Fax 1-954-432-2223 | BBS 1-954-436-1085 | Fidonet 1:369/35 InterMailnet 211:211/101 E-Mail fdi@furtherdev.com See our Website at http://www.furtherdev.com Welcome to InterEcho 1.18. Please MAKE A BACKUP of your setup files, message base and your echomail packets BEFORE you try this version of InterEcho. This demo program will stop working on 3-15-96. Nothing will be deleted on that day, but the INTRECHO.EXE and IESETUP.EXE will simply not do the job. All your setup files and messages will remain as they are. If you purchase the program, you only need to replace (over- write) *.exe to get it to work again, or simply let our install program do the upgrade. Your setup will not be destroyed by running the install program several times. NOTE: To enable Areafix help, you will need to manually move AREAFIX.HLP from the \IM directory to the config file directory, \IM\SYSTEM. InterEcho will look for the help file in the config file directory, but at this time Install will place it together with the executables. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.18 What's new - Apr 1 1996 ===================================================================== * Fixed: Problems with SEEN-BYs on exported messages when a large number of links are connected to a message area. * Finally fixed: the last problems with messages not getting scanned out from Wildcat! 4 message bases should now be solved. (Thanks to Jan Ferguson for sending me a sample message base!) ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.17 What's new - Feb 18 1996 ===================================================================== * The problems with missing new messages while scanning WC 4.x message bases should now be fixed. * Important announcement from Peter Stewart: | | As the author of InterMail and InterEcho, I would like to announce | that I, together with my wife, Michele, have formed a new company, | Further Development, Inc. Effective immediately, sales and support | will be handled by us. | | We have acquired all rights to the products in the InterMail family, | which previously were spread over a number of hands. From now on, | all copyrights will be held under one name: Further Development ,Inc. | | What does this mean to you, our clients? We are convinced that you | will notice substantial improvements .The software will still be | programmed and supported by me, with the difference being that there | should now be more resources to devote to development. ==================================================================== InterEcho 1.16 What's new - Jan 01 1996 ===================================================================== * InterEcho will now accept all pkt files without checking that the names follow FTS-0006 naming conventions. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.15 What's new - Dec 01 1995 ===================================================================== * Goldbase message format, used by QuickBBS, has been added. Until further notice the path for the Goldbase message files must be specified under the Hudson message base path in IESetup. * Fixed an occasional problem with removing messages in Hudson and Goldbase message format. * /Notify messages will now say "Areafix status" instead of "Result of Areafix request" on the subject line. * File manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.14 What's new - Nov 05 1995 ===================================================================== IMPORTANT! ========== Security options have been changed and added. PLEASE check in IESetup, under Applications/InterEcho/Options that you have enabled SECURE mode, unless you have _very_ strong reasons for not doing so. It should look like this: [X] Run in SECURE mode, enforce passwords, etc. If you don't have that little X in the checkbox, you leave yourself WIDE OPEN to ATTACK by anybody who wishes to sabotage an echo! You can easily become the entry point for hundreds of obscene or annoying messages and it will be too late to close the barn door once the damage is done! Think twice before electing to run in unsecure mode. If you only have a problem with one node that refuses to set up session-level passwords, there is a new option that lets you accept unsecure mail from single nodes, while running an otherwise secure system. * New picklist for Hudson board numbers in IESetup. Use it to select numbers that are not in use. If MESSAGES.RA is present in the message file directory, it will also be used to determine which board numbers are available. * IESetup will no longer allow you to change the node number of an existing link. This could be done in previous versions of IESetup and it was a common cause of strange errors, since all message areas were still connected to the old node number, not the new one. If you want to change a node number, you will now need to create a completely new link record and erase the old one. * Netmail messages exported from a BBS Netmail folder are now properly tagged as sent. Not with the Sent flag however, because the tag is actually set as "moved netmail". * Exported BBS netmail with Kill/Sent attribute is now deleted after successful export. * Added automatic removal of 0/0 addresses that may be encountered in the PATH kludge line. This was a problem with notification messages from some file managers. * IESetup will check all folder paths before exiting from the Folder manager when OK is selected. * PCBoard conference files that don't exist will now be created by InterEcho. * Eliminated incorrect error messages when truncating messages over 32 Kb in PCBoard format. * New statistics fields for outgoing mail: "Bytes compressed mail" and "Bytes uncompressed mail". ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.13 ===================================================================== Not released ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.12 What's new - Oct 05 1995 ===================================================================== Miscellaneous ------------- * Fixed problem with Run-time error when pressing the Link button in the Edit Message Folder dialog in IESetup. * Fixed problem with lock errors on Wildcat! 4 netmail folders. * Improved memory handling for the Wildcat! 4 message format. * Extra MSGID lines should now no longer be added in PCBoard format, if the message already contains one. * Several possible General Protection Fault locations has been identified and fixed. * Some inconsistencies in the F1 help in IESetup have been corrected. * A minor adjustment to the dupe checking mechanism to better detect dupes when the same message is received from different senders. * The correct version number is now written to the packet headers - for some reason it had gotten stuck at 1.03 for a while... ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.11 What's new - Aug 01 1995 ===================================================================== Improved dupe checking ---------------------- More information for each message is now stored in the dupe database. The higher precision should much improve the dupe catching. The new dupe index format is not compatible with the old index format, and is therefore stored in a new dupe database IEDUPFIL.IDX. The old IECODUPE.IDX will be removed automatically. As a result, your dupe history will be deleted at the time of upgrade to InterEcho 1.11. It's possible that some dupes will be ignored until the full dupe history has been rebuilt. We hope this minor inconvenience is acceptable, considering the much improved dupe checking with InterEcho 1.11. The new dupe index file can actually shrink if you specify that fewer days of dupe data should be kept, if there is enough disk space available during the dupe index maintanence. Miscellaneous ------------- * Areatags found in messages are no longer case sensitive. * Fixed the problem with the PKUnzip errors #11. It proved to be due to insufficient number of file handles. * The "Preserve formatting" option should now work better in *.MSG and Hudson format. * The allocation size for the B-Tree buffers in Wildcat 4 folder formats is now reported correctly. * The rightmost character (column) in the log window is now scrolling properly. * Added extra safeguards to protect against an overfull Hudson message base. * Improved the errorchecking during mail archive compression. * Fixed two potential GPF (General Protection Fault) problems when processing Areafix requests. * File manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.10 What's new - Jul 01 1995 ===================================================================== Easier to connect links to message areas ---------------------------------------- A button labled "MsgAreas" has been added to the Link dialog, found under Global -> Links -> Edit/New. The button brings up a new dialog with a list of all echomail folders, both locally stored areas and Passthru areas. You may connect areas by clicking with the mouse or pressing the space bar. Press and hold the space bar to easily connect many areas. This dialog will save you lots of time! ╔═[■]══════════════════ 1:369/102 ═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Areas Group ║ ║ [X] IM_USER F ║ ║ [X] SCUBA F ■ ║ ║ [ ] SYSOP369 L ▒ ║ ║ ▒ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ░░░OK░░░▄ ░Cancel░▄ ║ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ The "old" Link button under Global -> Message Folders -> Edit/New brings up a new list of links that looks and works very similar to the one described above. It does the same job as before, but should be easier to understand now. Export AREAS.BBS ---------------- A new button labled "Export" has been added to the Global -> Message Folders dialog. It brings up a new dialog from where you may export setup information such as an AREAS.BBS file. More export options may be added later. Miscellaneous ------------- * Added automatic disconnection of link from all areas when the link is deleted from the Link Manager. From now on, you don't have to manually disconnect the link before you delete him/her. * Fixed problems with the SEEN-BY and Path lines when scanning out new messages for a very large number of downlinks. * Fixed problem with PKunzip's error 11, we hope... * Further improvements in the memory handling for the Wildcat! 4 message format. * Fixed problem with netmail in Synchronet BBS. * File manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.09 ===================================================================== Not released. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.08 What's new - Jun 01 1995 ===================================================================== * It is now possible to use up- and down-arrow to move around everywhere in the dialogs. Enter must be used to open picklists. * All radio button clusters have been replaced with picklists. Checkbox clusters remain unchanged, except that up- and down-arrow allow you to exit from the cluster and move on to the next object in the dialog. * Added enhanced validation of the Synchronet sub-board filename field. * Improved memory handling when using the Wildcat! 4.x message format. * Fixed the occasional problems in Synchronet where the start of the following message would appear to have been added at the bottom of a message. * Fixed problems with some nonstandard archives and .pkt filenames. * Fixed minor problems with the 43/50 screen mode. * Fixed the bug that made it impossible to change directory in the Open file dialog when using the ASCII editor in IESetup. * Demo manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.07 What's new - May 01 1995 ===================================================================== Synchronet ---------- Direct support for the Synchronet BBS software version 2.11 has been added. InterEcho can now toss and scan direct to and from Synchronet sub-boards. You do not need to convert mail with SBBSFIDO, thus saving you lots of time and hard drive space. The Folder Import function in IESetup can read the Synchronet configuration files. This makes it very easy to setup InterEcho. All you have to do is define your sub-boards in the Synchronet configuration program SCFG, for example by importing the message areas from FIDONET.NA, and then import the configuration in IESetup. You don't have to manually type in echomail areas, folders or sub-boards. InterEcho supports all three storage methods: Self-packing, Fast Allocation and Hyper Allocation. Whatever method you select in SCFG will be used by InterEcho. It does not, however, support the Synchronet specific LZH compression of messages in sub-boards. We may add this later. InterEcho 1.07 simply ignores compressed mail. If you previously have enabled LZH compression, then turn it off in SCFG. You do not have to delete messages or sub-boards. InterEcho can toss netmail to your BBS callers, but it does not scan for outbound netmail since Synchronet writes outbound netmail direct to the InterMail netmail folder. Do the following: - Start IESetup and go to Global -> Message Folders. - Manually create a new folder with Alt-N. - Select folder type to "BBS Netmail". - Select message format to "Synchronet". - In the Filename field, enter: C:\SBBS\DATA\MAIL - Save and exit IESetup. - Start SCFG and go to Networks -> FidoNet -> NetMail Directory - Enter the path to your InterMail Netmail folder: C:\IM\MAIL\ Further speed optimizations --------------------------- Improved overlay handling in the standard version. Tossing speeds may increase to the double or more. In addition, even more low-level string routines that are used quite often has been rewritten in assembly language. Miscellaneous ------------- * Improved IESetup menu dialog for import of message folder configuration. Filenames and paths should now be handled automatically in most cases. * Added validation of the filename field in the Folder Import dialog. * Added scaning of InterMail netmail folder even when no downlink is connected. The parameter /NOAREAFIX is now required even for point systems that don't wish to scan the netmail area. * Long SEEN-BY lines on scanned-out messages are now split into lines of max 79 character length. * Added support for inbound archive names to start with a "P". * Added support for inbound misnamed PKT files with an "H" as the last character. (We wonder which tosser managed to do that...:-). * Private status should now be preserved on exported echomail messages if allowed in the specific conference. * The field for Echolist file name does now allow all valid file name characters. * Netmail addressed to "InterEcho" will no longer be tossed to the BBS. * Better handling of read errors in LASTPKT.DAT. * Fixed problem with archive naming for out-of-zone and point mail. * Expanded Areafix passwords from seven to eight characters. * Fixed a bug that could cause some messages to be deleted when re-tossed with /UNKNOWN and /UNSECURE. * Demo manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.06 What's new - Apr 01 1995 ===================================================================== Re-toss bad mail ---------------- Two new command line options, /UNKNOWN and /UNSECURE, lets you re-toss mail from the Unknown (unlisted) areas folder and from the Unsecure mail folder. Only *.MSG is supported. Other message formats doesn't always support extra information such as SEEN-BY, PATH, AREA and other kludges. Without this extra information, the bad mail may not be re-tossed properly. Note: If you plan to re-toss mail, look at the end of the Message Folders list and make sure the message format is *.MSG. Unknown areas <---- *.MSG Unsecure messages <---- *.MSG Dupes <---- whatever A re-toss of bad mail will only be successfull if you fix the problem that casued the bad tossing in the first place. If you for example spelled an area tag wrong, then you have to correct the spelling before you re-toss. If the mail was considered unsafe becouse of wrong or missing session password or packet password, then you need to either correct the password or switch to unsecure mode before you re-toss. See the dialog under Application -> InterEcho -> Options. Miscellaneous ------------- * Added over 300 new help screens with hypertext references all over the place. * Added a couple of log lines at startup that hopefully will reduce the confusion about the command line options, like: /Areafix (=Areafix only, no /Toss and no /Scan). * Added folder #1 to totals for the number of imported messages. * Added automatic reset of the dupe database in case of corrupted data, without confusing messages to the user. * Fixed the bug where message text in the JAM format sometimes would wind up in the wrong position. * Cleaned up cosmetic problem in Areafix status message when certain groups of commands had been disabled. * The memory requirements for allocating an internal cache have been raised. This should take care of any heap overflow problems due to heap fragmentation. As a result, the Real Mode version may toss/scan slower. We recomend a switch to the Protected Mode version. (only available to registered owners.) * Fixed a bug that caused the point address to be dropped when processing Areafix requests from points. * Demo manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated to version 1.06. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.05 What's new - Mar 01 1995 ===================================================================== This upgrade is faster and has 51 new features... Areafix ------- Areafix is a nice feature that lets your links connect and disconnect message areas from remote, without your intervention. They do it by placing the Areafix commands in a message to 'Areafix' on your system. You have the option to disable individual commands for each link. <area> [/r] - Connect to a specified area. Optional rescan. %ALL [/r] - Connect to all areas. Optional rescan. -<area> - Disconnect from a specified area. %-ALL - Disconnect from all areas. %HELP - Request Areafix help. %LIST - List all areas available to you. %QUERY - List connected areas. %UNLINKED - List unconnected but available areas. %STATUS - Status report of your current settings. %RESCAN <area> - Scan out and send all mail in the specified area. %PAUSE - Temporarily stop sending mail in all areas. %RESUME - Resume from pause. %NOTIFY <ON|OFF> - Turn on/off periodical status reports. %COMPRESS <method> - Select archiving program. %NOTE - Write message to sysop. %AREAFIXPSW <psw> - Change Areafix password. %ARCNAME <option> - Select name and number of archives per day. %ARCSIZE <kb> - Set max size of compressed archive in kb. %PKTSIZEKB <kb> - Set max size of PKT files in kb. %PKTSIZEMSG <msg> - Set max size of PKT files in number of messages. %PKTPSW <psw> - Change Packet password. Forward Areafix --------------- If a downlink requests a new area (via Areafix), InterEcho may automatically forward the request to your uplinks, and at the same time create the area in the Message Folder manager and connect the requesting link. The auto-added area will be of the Passthru type (not available on your BBS). A new Echolist manager lets you define multiple uplinks and their lists of echomail areas. The echolist must be of the FIDONET.NA type. Secure/Unsecure Mode -------------------- In unsecure mode no session or packet passwords are enforced and the sender doesn't even have to be linked to an echomail area for mail to be accepted. Make sure that you have enabled secure mode, unless you choose to run without the benefit of InterEcho's security features. If you have problems getting others to accept mailer session-level passwords, you may set InterEcho to accept unsecure mail only from them by selecting 'Accept unsecure mail' in the Link dialog. Faster tossing -------------- Several spots in the tossing of messages have been optimized with assembly routines. The parsing of a message is now up to ten times faster - you should see an overall speed increase of 10%-30% during tossing, depending on disk speed and other system variations. Miscellaneous ------------- * Demo manual IEMANUAL.DOC updated to version 1.05. * Added hundreds of context sensitive help lines. * We have now cut in half the internal memory requirements for large numbers of folders, which should make it possible to use the real mode version in some cases that previously required protected mode. * Added support for the HIDDEN, VISIBLE and MANDATORY message folder settings. * Added support for unlisted sender of inbound netmail. * Added the ability to specify which AKA to use for each link. This AKA is used in all message and packet headers for this node, including forwarded Areafix requests. NOTE: Make sure that you go through your list of links and check that you will be using the correct AKA for mail to each one. * Added dialog for 16 synonyms to the word 'Areafix'. * Added Areafix button in the Link dialog. * Renamed the 'Packet' button to 'MsgPacket'. * Added /AREAFIX and /NOTIFY command line parameters. * Added the "Preserve formatting" and "Allow high ASCII" message folder options for BBS Netmail folders. * Added check for packet passwords (if secure mode is enabled). * Renamed the "Title" label to "Description" in the Message Folder dialog, in an attempt to reduce confusion with "Area Tag". * Failed areafix requests are now tagged as "Received" to prevent repeated processing. * Added check of each message, to see if the sender is connected to that area. * Adjusted the sort order for links. * InterEcho now correctly identifies packet types 2+, 2.2 and 2.0 and picks up as much information as possible from each type of packet header. * The automatic naming of logs has been changed to follow the description in the manual: if only a path is given in IESetup and Automatic renaming is disabled, the log will now be named IE.LOG. * Fixed a bug that in rare cases could cause some passthru messages to lose SEEN-BY and Path information, as well as the terminating null character. * Errorlevels from external archivers are now picked up more reliably. * Fixed a bug that made InterEcho pick the name of last truncated (0-byte) archive instead of incrementing the last digit. * The address of the sender of imported netmail should now be properly recorded in PCBoard format. * The Direct flag is now only set on attach messages if the settings for the link specify that it should be used. * One more location that in rare cases could cause GPFs (in the PM version) has been identified and fixed. * Fixed a bug when using Wildcat! 4.x format that could cause different messages in the same folder to be exported with the correct headers but all with the message body of the first message. * Fixed a bug that in rare cases could cause some messages with EID and no MSGID to be incorrectly flagged as dupes. * Made sure that a full Hudson base actually will make InterEcho stop processing in all cases. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.04 What's new - Feb 01 1995 ===================================================================== This upgrade is focused on speed. Much faster tossing with internal cach -------------------------------------- Tossing for links has been speeded up considerably, through the use of internal read caching of packets and message "laundry" lists. Depending on the type of traffic you have, the speed-up can be as great as 3-5 times! We still recomend that you use a regular hard drive cach program. Faster scanning --------------- Complete and reliable support for highwater marks in Wildcat! 4.0, PCBoard and Hudson message formats. As long as the message base isn't renumbered and the old highwater message isn't deleted, only new messages will be scanned. You will notice after the third time you use InterEcho that old messages are not scanned. We still tag exported messages though, so even if the highwater marks are lost, you will not be sending out dupes. Miscellaneous ------------- * New short manual for the demo version, IEMANUAL.DOC. * Faster tossing to Wildcat and PCBoard through removal of some "unnecessary activites". * The Protected Mode version now supports up to 16200 messages per folder. The standard version supports up to 4000, not changed. * The log info has been expanded for each packet, so that you now can tell exactly which packets contain dupes, unknown area tags, unsecure messages, etc. * Added validation (including automatic conversion to uppercase) of the filename fields for PCBoard and JAM formats in the Folder setup. * InterEcho will now halt with an errormessage if the Hudson message base is full. * Unsecure and unlisted messages are correctly displayed in respective category. * InterEcho will now modify each message header on forwarded messages to show the folder AKA as the sender of the message, since some echomail processors seem to have a problem if the original sender is left there. (Never mind that FTS-0004 doesn't say a word about this...) * The correct plural ending should now be used in the log messages everywhere: 1 message, 2 messages, etc. * A mail archive will only be removed if some messages were extracted, even if the external archiving program should return an errorlevel of 0. * Fixed problem with import from FIDONET.NA and area type Passthru in the folder template. * Fixed problem with running INTRECHO /TOSS before running INTRECHO /SCAN. The timestamps were saved so that InterEcho would think that there were no new messages to export on the second run. Now the timestamps won't be saved if you run Interecho with the /toss parameter. * Five more spots where GPF-errors could occur have been found and fixed. * Plus several tiny adjustments. ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.03a What's new - Dec 13 1994 ===================================================================== You do not have to read the following if you are installing InterEcho 1.03a for the first time, or if you are upgrading from version 1.02. The following text does only apply to those who upgraded to 1.03. If you upgraded from 1.02 to 1.03 with the install program, you may have had problem converting the link data file. The install program version 1.03 did not automatically convert ECHOLINK.CFG to IMLINK.CFG. Instead it created a new empty IMLINK.CFG. If you followed the instructions and tried to manually convert the old link file with the bundled LINKCVT.EXE, you probably noticed that the new empty link file made LINKCVT.EXE wrongfully beliewe that you had already performed the conversion. The solution to this problem was to manually delete the new empty IMLINK.CFG and then to run LINKCVT.EXE once again. The new version 1.03a does not have this problem. IESetup 1.03a will automatically convert the old ECHOLINK.CFG to the new IMLINK.CFG, if IMLINK.CFG does not exist. You do not have to run LINKCVT manually, in fact it's not even bundled. We are truly sorry for the confusion. Miscellaneous ------------- * Import to the Wildcat 4.x message format is now up to 3 times faster. * InterEcho will now ignore the bug in OS/2 3.0 that caused problems when initializing user and msg base sharing. * Fixed the bug that made InterEcho save Dupes, Unknown and Unsecure messages even when those folders where set inactive. * Fixed run-time error when no links were defined and the Links button in the Folder dialog was pressed. * Fixed the problem with Help colors in IESetup. * Changed the error message on sharing violations when saving the folder config file to "Sharing violation or hardware failure". ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.03 What's new - Dec 07 1994 ===================================================================== Full control over archive names, sizes and compression methods -------------------------------------------------------------- When feeding mail to others, it's useful to be able to adjust the look of your outbound mail. Your links may prefer a specific compression program, they may not be able to process certain file names or they may want to limit the size of the archives. All common archive formats are supported. Some are built-in and does not require additional compression programs. Others do and we assume they are placed in a PATH listed directory. The internal PKZIP 1.10 compatible method is faster than the others, and is recommended. This is the current list of supported formats: ARC (internal) ARJ LZH PAK (internal) PKT (no compression) RAR ZIP1 (1.10 internal) ZIP (2.0+ external) ZOO InterEcho will automatically select the proper de-compression method for inbound mail. This version will appended new *.PKT files to existing archives, instead of creating a new archive on every run. Another new feature is the option to set the maximum size of PKT files, both in number of messages and in kilobytes. You may also set the max size for the compressed archives, but it's only approximative, because InterEcho estimates the compressed size before the compression is done. There are six options to name the outbound archives: MO1 - always the same No matter what day of the week or the size of the file, InterEcho will keep adding new PKT files to this single archive. Useful for links with low volume or links that transfers the mail less than once a week. SU1 - 1 per day InterEcho will create one archive file per day, and keep adding PKT files no matter the size of the archive. The file name extensions will be MO1, TU1, WE1, TH1, FR1, SA1 and SU1. SU9 - 10 per day InterEcho will create up to ten archive files per day. For example, the file name extension for a Monday will be MO1, MO2, MO3, MO4, MO5, MO6, MO7, MO8, MO9 and MO0. Note that we use one through nine and end with a zero. The size of the first nine is determined by the Archive max size. The last archive has no max limit. It will grow as much as needed. This naming convention is the most common one and should work with most other mail tossers. SUF - 16 per day Works just like the "10 per day" option, but in addition, the last character for a Monday can be MOA, MOB, MOC, MOD, MOE and MOF. This naming convention is also common. SUZ - 36 per day Works just like the "16 per day" option, but in addition, we use the rest of the alphabet for the file name extension, for example MOG, MOH and MOZ. This naming model is useful for links with high volume mail flow, but may not be supported by other mail tossers. SZZ - 1296 per day Works just like the "36 per day" option, but in addition we use the middle character of the file name extension, for example M11 and TAQ. This gives a whopping 36*36=1296 combinations per day, but may not be supported by other mail tossers. Use with caution! You don't have to worry about the names of inbound archives, because InterEcho will look for them all, no matter what you have defined for the outbound names. All of the above can be set differently per link in a new dialog found under the new Packet button in the Link setup. These settings will be available to set from remote via Areafix commands in a later upgrade. The field for the packet password is moved. By default (like in all previous versions) no packet passwords are used and will not be used until you manually enter them. NOTE: Check all your links to make sure that they have the correct settings before running InterEcho after the upgrade to version 1.03. ╔═[■]═══════════════ Packet ═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Compression ZIP1 (1.10 internal) ║ ║ Archive name SUF - 16 per day ║ ║ Archive size 1000 Kb ║ ║ Max PKT size 1000 Kb ║ ║ Messages per PKT 300 ║ ║ Packet password abc123 ║ ║ ║ ║ ░░░OK░░░▄ ░Cancel░▄ ║ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Changed Link menu ----------------- The Link menu has been changed. Options listed but not available to use in version 1.02 has been removed. They will be re-introduced when they are implemented in later upgrades. Note the new comment field. ╔═[■]════════════════════════ Link ═══════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Network Address 1:369/102 ║ ║ Sysop name Patrik Bertilsson ║ ║ Areafix password abc123 ║ ║ Groups ABCDEFGH ║ ║ Comment Voice 1-305-436-1587 ║ ║ ║ ║ Msg status ║ ║ ( ) None ║ ║ ( ) Hold ║ ║ ( ) Crash ║ ║ ║ ║ [X] Direct ║ ║ ║ ║ ░Packet░▄ ░░░OK░░░▄ ░Cancel░▄ ║ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ New area config file - IEAREAS.CFG ---------------------------------- IESetup and Intrecho no longer use AREAS.BBS by default. A new file has been introduced (IEAREAS.CFG), which should solve the problems caused by the inherently two-dimensional nature of AREAS.BBS. IESetup 1.03 will automatically convert your AREAS.BBS to the new IEAREAS.CFG file. All you need to do is to start IESetup, select Global -> Message Folders and then save them by pressing OK. The AREAS.BBS file will not be deleted. If you don't want it, you may delete it manually. In case you insist on using an external Areafix utility, a new setting has been added under IESetup -> Applications -> InterEcho -> Options, where you can force IESetup and InterEcho to use AREAS.BBS and to not use the new IEAREAS.CFG, just like InterEcho 1.02. In addition if you set this option, InterEcho will ignore any received Areafix requests, even if you use the /AREAFIX command line option. No separation of Up and Downlinks --------------------------------- All the links connected to an area are listed under the "Links" button (in IESetup, Message Folder), previously named "Downlinks". The field for the uplink address has been removed. A label in the mail processing screen (INTRECHO.EXE) has been changed from "Echomail for up/downlinks" to "Echomail for links". Miscellaneous ------------- * New link data file IMLINK.CFG. * A complete context sensitive help system has been added. All the help texts aren't done yet, but they will be in place shortly. * The folder type "Unlisted" has been renamed to "Unknown Areas". * Folder passwords are now handled correctly. Not used by InterEcho, but by InterEdit (the InterMail message editor). * Inbound archives are sorted and processed in time/date order so that the mail will show up in date order in the message base. * Leftover *.OUT files from previous runs that were interrupted for some reason are now processed in the beginning of the next run. * Logging outbound packets as *.PKT instead of *.OUT (which is the temporary name used while InterEcho builds them). * Additional information about the addressee and size of each PKT file is now written to the log. * The size of *.PKT files from tossers that don't use packet type 2.2 is now written to the log. Previously only packet type 2.2 got the size logged. * A "progress thermometer" is now used for packing as well as unpacking with internal compression methods. * Outbound attach messages are now from "InterEcho" instead of "ARCMail". * Inbound areafix messages no longer lose address information, causing InterEcho to claim that the node is unknown. * Simple Areafix receipt messages have been added. * Origin lines that are too long will now be truncated to the correct length, with a warning message in the log. * Adding outbound messages to the dupe data base, in case they bounce back from somebody else. * Removing whitespace in area tags and paths imported from PCBoard's CNAMES.@@@. * Added check that folders with *.MSG format always has a trailing backslash in the path. * Fixed problem with notifying callers of new mail in Wildcat! 4.0x. * Several General Protection Errors in the Protected Mode 386 version has been fixed. They are usually quit simple, but tend to blow up rather dramatic. The Protected Mode 386 version is not included with the demo. * Info panes and lists of folders, links and areas will now focus and re-focus correctly when items are removed or added. * Plus many tiny adjustments ===================================================================== InterEcho 1.02 What's new - Oct 25 1994 ===================================================================== Areafix ------- This version supports areafix requests, a method for your downlinks to automatically turn on/off echomail areas from remote, without your intervention. InterEcho scans the InterMail netmail folder for messages to Areafix. If encountered, they are processed and removed. You may stop InterEcho from processing Areafix messages with the new command line switch /NOAREAFIX. InterEcho will not scan for Areafix messages if there are no downlinks, which should save a few seconds for point systems and "end nodes". The areafix password on the subject line (Re-field) will be checked against the Areafix password field in the Link manager in IESetup. There are currently only two areafix commands: Connect and Disconnect. More areafix options will be added soon in free upgrades. To use Areafix, tell your downlinks to do this: ■ In the InterMail Message Editor, press INS to create a new message. ■ In the To-field, enter AREAFIX and press ENTER. ■ In the address field (after the comma) enter the nodenumber for your uplink, for example 1:369/102 and press ENTER. ■ In the Re-field, enter your areafix password and press ENTER. ■ In the message body, enter the echomail areas that you want to connect, one area tag per line. Example: SCUBA INTERMAIL ■ For those echomail areas that you want to disconnect, place a minus sign just before the area tag, for example: -HUMOR -SYSOP369 ■ Press Ctrl-Z to save the message. ■ Let InterMail send it to your uplink. IESetup ------- * All directory names are now automatically validated, converted to uppercase and supplied with a trailing backslash (\). IESetup can create the directory if it does not exist. If you have been using previous versions of IESetup, the path may be stored in lowercase in the setup files. Please correct this by pressing ENTER in each path field in IESetup. * The menus in IESetup will now stay in place under dialogs, so that pressing ESC or OK will bring you back to your previous position in the menu tree. * Added help & hints on the status (bottom) line just about everywhere. * That About pop-up is now displayed at startup, with a 3-second timer, and ESC, ENTER and OK will make it go away. The command line switch /E can be used to suppress this pop-up. InterEcho 1.02 Protected Mode 386 --------------------------------- If you want faster tossing speed or if you are using several thousands of message areas, you may want to run InterEcho in protected mode. The special protected mode version of InterEcho and IESetup uses DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) which gives them direct access to all your system RAM. This makes it possible for them to keep a lot more data available in fast RAM, which in turn minimizes the need for hard drive access and increases the tossing speed. The Protected Mode 386 version is available (via InterQuery) for registered users only, and is NOT bundled with the demo. The system requirements are 386 or higher and 2 MB extended memory or more. Miscellaneous ------------- * New install program and convenient guided installation tour in IESetup. * Users are notified of new mail in Wildcat! 4.0 * The total number of messages is now correctly updated in Wildcat! 4.0 * Added a secure work directory, both for unpacking secure mail and for other programs that need to send announcements etc. in *.PKT form. * All vital paths are checked on startup and appropriate error messages are given if any of them are undefined. * The formatting of outbound Wildcat! 3.5-3.91 and Wildcat! 4.0 messages should now look a lot better. In fact, the formatting has been improved for most message types. * Logging the size and number of messages of each tossed packet. * Adding a "From: "-address on imported BBS netmail in PCBoard format. * The problem with left-over *.pkt files is fixed. * Will now use the SEEN-BY AKAs as defined in IESetup. * ARCmail 0.60 naming convention followed for all in-zone mail except for points. * A possible buffer overrun in the internal unpacking of ZIP files has been fixed. * Alt-X has now been implemented in many more places. If you press Alt-X while InterEcho is working, please allow InterEcho to finish the current job, to avoid error in your message base. * If the dupe database should be scrambled in any way, it will be deleted automatically and a fresh database will be created. * Fixed the problem where Squish would regard the compressed mail archive as one in a series. * Some optimizations in the tossing speed for downlinks * Fixed problem with outbound attach netmail to "SysOp". * Serial number check for registered version. * In PCBoard format, outgoing mail from "SYSOP" will now have the name of User # 1 inserted instead. ===================================================================== InterEcho before 1.02 What's new - Fall 1994 ===================================================================== Netmail to/from your BBS ------------------------ This version is capable of tossing incoming netmail to your BBS. You may have as many netmail folders as you wish, each whith it's own node number. The "To:" address determins to what BBS netmail folder inbound netmail will be tossed. InterEcho imports both from inbound echomail *.pkt files and from the InterMail netmail folder. This means that even those netmail you receieve as no-compressed *.pkt files from other nodes than your regular echomail uplinks, may be tossed to your callers on your BBS. This feature is not so common among tossers. By default, netmail for local InterMail users (the names you have entered in IESetup -> Global -> Local Users) area not imported. In addition, netmail for SYSOP, IMSERVER, AREAFIX, AREAMGR, ARCHIE, RAID, ALLFIX, and VERONICA are not imported. If you have more receiver names that shouldn't be imported to the BBS, you may enter them in an ASCII file named NOBBSNET.LST which should be placed in the system directory \IM\SYSTEM. The PCBoard 15.x "ROUTE" extended header line can be used to specify the destination address for outbound netmail or enter it on the first line of the message, like this: @>1:369/102 or To: 1:369/102 Fast import of folder setup --------------------------- We have added support for fast import of area configurations from AREAS.BBS, PCBoard 15.0+ and Wildcat 3.5-3.91. Information about passthru areas and downlinks in AREAS.BBS are also imported. This nice feature makes it easy to fast install many echomail folders. It will save you a lot of typing! Miscellaneous ------------- * Fixed bugs in how AREAS.BBS was written by IESetup. * Fixed problems on import of large CNAMES.@@@ files and with invalid entries in CNAMES.@@@ (PCBoard). * Imported netmail should now show the correct originating zone address. * Netmail posted by offline readers in Wildcat! 4.0 should now show the correct originating address. * Fixed problems with empty body in messages to downlinks. * Additionals optimizations of scanning and message handling speed. * Fixed problem with the Local status flag on exported netmail from BBS netmail folders. * Some speed optimizations in the scanning of *.MSG folders, as well as an approximate 5% speed increase in the scanning of all message base types. * Fixed the problem with IESetup truncating lines in AREAS.BBS. * InterEcho now creates the Wildcat! 4.0 message files, if they don't exist. Neither Makewild, wcREPAIR nor wcPACK does it. * The Add and Remove buttons in the Downlink menu has been assigned short cut keys Alt-A and Alt-R. * Fixed problems with scanning and tossing to Wildcat! 4.0. * Fixed "Conference not found" errors with Wildcat! 3.5-3.91. * Timestamps are now saved for Wildcat! 4.0 and Hudson message bases. They are now only rescanned when needed. * The AREA: tags are now properly deleted when tossing to PCBoard. * Fixed problems with missing CRs after the last line of a message (sometimes an Origin line created by offline readers). * Added support for private messages, allowing of high ASCII and fixed formatting (for ANSI conferences, etc.) in the PCBoard format. * Added /MEM command line option for memory usage information. * Added file name of inbound compressed echomail to log file. * Added Alt-K short cut on all OK buttons in IESetup. * Added confirmation questions before discarding changes in IESetup. * Added fields for Areafix related information in both Folder manager and Link manager in IESetup. Not in use yet! * Added TID: kludge (Tosser ID). * Area Group letters lets you arrange your folders in groups. * Folder template lets you set config options to use when you create a new folder. Speeds up manuall adding of new folders. * The former folder for Bad areas has been replaced with two new folders: Unlisted areas and Unsecure areas. * Extended link manager lets you easier set options for up and downlinks. * Packet password for higher security. * Option to set numbers of days to keep dupe data. * Option to set your own log file name and path, or to let InterEcho start with new log file each day. =====================================================================