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- FeConv History-File as of 01 Mar 1996, 18:28
- --------------------------------------------
-
- V1.10:
- ------
- -first revision that did something, only used on my system
- -Only textfile-creation implemented
-
- V1.20ß:
- -------
- -added support for MESSAGES.RA
-
- V1.20: (15.9.1992)
- ------------------
-
- -first official release
- -included key-routines for registration
- -included a doc-file
- -revised demo-configuration
- -revised logging-levels
- -added some error-handling
-
- V1.20a: (22.9.1992):
- --------------------
-
- -added some sorting options (Name/Boardnumber/Group)
- when converting to textfiles, registered only.
-
- -added the ability to use DaysKill, MailsCount and the
- Read/Write-Security settings of FastEcho when converting
- to MESSAGES.RA, registered only.
-
- -added the EC-Commands for conversion to Remote_Access:
- ECBOARD, ECREADSEC, ECWRITESEC, ECSYSOPSEC, ECKILLRECV,
- ECKILLDAYS, ECKILLCOUNT, ECATTRIB, ECACCESSTYPE
-
- -"Number of mails to keep" may now be ranged 0 - 65535
- instead of only 0 - 255 (can be called a bug-fix :-) ).
-
- -added keyword "CREATION" to textfiles-options:
-
- "Created by (YOUR NAME) on (CREATION DATE) using FeConv (VERSION)"
- "----------------------------------------------------------------"
-
- will be inserted before a specified header (if any).
-
-
- V1.20b: (7.10.1992):
- --------------------
-
- Global:
- -colors are no more done using ANSI-sequences, to use ANSI
- you have to insert USE_ANSI in the global part of the config-
- file.
- -did some cosmetical changes to logging and the internal structure.
- -added code to check the content of FECONV.CFG (seems to be neccessary).
-
- Textfiles-Part:
- -added export-list (%e), days before deleting (%d),
- number of mails (%n) and origin-adress (%o) to LISTFMT
- -added read- (%r) and write-security (%w) to LISTFMT
- -the maximum length of a line is now 1950 bytes
- instead of 255 (%axx and %sxx still are limited to 99).
- -included FOOTER <path and filename>
- -included NO_ZONE and NO_POINTS, zone- and/or pointinfos will be
- ommitted when specified.
-
-
- V1.20c: (22.10.1992):
- --------------------
-
- Bug-fixes:
- -Flag-settings in the GENxxxx-statements were not used (did
- really nobody realize that ? ;-) ).
-
- New features:
- -implemented support for SuperBBS, additional keywords:
- GENUSEAKA, GRUSEAKA, ECUSEAKA, GENBEHAVE, GRBEHAVE, ECBEHAVE,
- GENREPLYSTATUS, GRREPLYSTATUS, ECREPLYSTATUS, GENAGE, GRAGE, ECAGE
- and QWKNAME. See demo configuration-file for details.
-
- TAKE CARE: SBBS 1.17 is needed, maybe it'll run with 1.16 too, but
- I did NOT check that out since I run Remote Access.
- (e.g. the AKAs will not be set properly in 1.16 since they are
- contained in CONFIG.BBS(1.16) instead of BOARDS.BBS (1.17).)
-
- -before converting, the existing files (MESSAGES.RA/BOARDS.BBS)
- will be saved as MESSAGES.BAK/BOARDS.BAK, maybe you'll need it ;-)
-
- -USE_ANSI is ommitted, no use of it anymore, see next point.
-
- -did SOME (one can also say MUCH) improvement on FeConv's output.
- Hope you'll like it, if not, bad luck for ya ;-) (Ok, we can talk
- about the colors...)
-
- Others:
- -added some more code to check the config-file.
-
- V1.21: (17.01.1993):
- --------------------
-
- Bug-Fixes:
- - ??
-
- General:
-
- -the parameters for [AREAS] will be stored in FECONV.TMP instead
- of in memory so FeConv uses less memory now.
-
- -it's time to mention the NO_SOUND feature... guess I forgot to
- include it into the demo-configuration. sorry for that.
- !!registered only!!
-
- -Only taking the BBS-Configuration that is specified in FASTECHO.CFG
- so there's no need any more to comment something out.
-
- New Features:
-
- -included conversion to FrontDoor's FOLDER.FD.
- Keywords possible: NOBACKUP, FIDO FIRST|LAST|KEEP, DESCRIPTION and
- FD_AKA_MATCHING
- FrontDoor must be set as mailer in FastEcho.Cfg.
- !! registered only !!
-
- -added sorting for FrontDoor: FDSORT NAME|BOARD|GROUP
-
-
- -added NETMAIL-report. !!Only for *.MSG-Netmail-directories.!!
- Possible reports: PASSIVE_AREAS, PASSIVE_NODES, NO_DESCRIPTION,
- SQUISH_AREAS, FIDO_AREAS and PASSTHROUGH_AREAS.
- All information neccessary (path, sysop-name, main-address) will be
- taken from FastEcho's configuration.
- !! registered only !!
-
- -creating netmail containing logged errors of FastEcho, keyword:
- ERROR_LOG
- !! registered only !!
-
- -added command-line switch -NoNetmail for disabling netmail-report.
-
- -added ProBoard support.
-
- -added conversion to QuickBBS 2.75. New keywords:
- GENTYPE, GENCOMBINED, GENALIAS, GENDELETES, same for
- GRxxxx and ECxxxx. See sample CFG for details.
-
- -added Environment-Support whereever a path has to be specified,
- including FastEcho.Cfg, Setup.Fd etc.
- Example: LOGFILE %FE%\FECONV.LOG
-
- -added GENUSE_FE_ORIGIN and GRUSE_FE_ORIGIN for conversion to
- BBS-Settings
-
- -added keyword USE_FE_RECV to QuickBBS and Remote_Access section.
- See demo-config for further detail.
-
- -Origin-Lines for Remote_Access, QuickBBS and ProBoard will now
- be taken from FastEcho (see xxxUSE_FE_ORIGIN-Keyword)
-
- -added ECSYSOP and ECREPLY for ProBoards "Sysop Name" and
- "Reply Area"
-
- -added NOBADMAIL and NODUPEMAIL to Remote_Access.
-
- -added SEPERATE_GROUPS, GROUPFILE and GROUPTEXT to the [Areas]-
- section.
-
- -LISTFMT-Macros can also be used for GROUPTEXT and GROUPFILE(!)
-
- -added %u and %U to [Areas]-Listformat
-
- -added %p and %m to AreaListFmt: will show 'p' if area is passive,
- 'm' if area is mandatory.
-
- -added EXCLUDE_POINTS: The whole address will be hidden in %e if the
- Pointnumber is >0, so the own address is not listed anymore as it was,
- when NO_POINTS was specified.
-
- -for %d and %n the Default-Values set in FastEcho.Cfg will now be
- used when the corresponding Area-Setting is zero.
-
-
- V1.25: (08.03.1993):
- --------------------
-
- Bug-Fixes:
- -corrected date-field in Netmail-Report
- -corrected GENUSE_FE_ORIGIN
-
- General:
- -added _strerror-functions
-
- [RemoteAccess]
- -added support for Ra 2.00g1, still works with 1.1x too!
- (RaConfig.VersionID)
- -new Keywords: GENAGE, GRAGE, ECAGE, GENGROUP1, GENGROUP2,...
- GRGROUP1,..., ECGROUP1,... and GENEXTATTRIB.
-
- [FrontDoor]
- -added DESC for FDSORT
-
- [Areas]
- -added %l = CR/LF
- -added %\ = Path of Squish/Fido-areas
- -added %k = Type of Board (Q/S/F/P)
- -added NOSQUISH, NOFIDO, NOPASSIVE, NOQBBS
- -added parsing of GROUP-File content
- -added SORT_BY_DESC
-
- [Netmail]
- -added ONE_LINK_WARNING and TWO_LINK_WARNING
-
- [BBS's general]
- -added EXCLUDE_GROUPS
-
-
- V1.26: (04.08.1993):
- --------------------
-
- BugFixes:
-
- - environment-support
- - macro-handling within the GROUPFILE
-
-
- General:
-
- -Changed [FrontDoor] to [Mailer]
- FeConv looks into FastEcho.Cfg, whether to create
- InterMail- oder FrontDoor-style files.
- -added command-line switches:
- -bbs -> Only create BBS-Config
- -mailer -> Only create Mailer-Config
- -netmail -> Only create netmail-reports
- -areas -> Only create textfiles
-
-
- [Mailer]
-
- -added Intermail
- -added AREAMIXED to DESCRIPTION, showing
- AREATAG ->AREADESC
- (FASTECHO ->Fido: Tosser Fastecho)
- -added CONFERENCE to FDSORT
- -added FDUSER <Users> <Boardname>
- see FeConv.Dmo for further detail.
-
- [ProBoard]
-
- -removed 1.2x and added 1.30-Support
- -New Keywords: ECHONAME and QWKNAME
-
- [Netmail]
-
- -Error-Report: The offending Node is shown, when
- a 'Security violation' occurred.
-
- [Areas]
-
- -added %y = conference number, important for
- ProBoard 1.30-Users
- -%b now always has 3 digits, leadings zeroes blanked out.
- -added SORT_BY_CONFERENCE (of course ;-) )
- -fixed the %k-Bug
- -%% will show as single '%'.
- -%-xxyy : Part of description, starting at xx, ending at yy.
- !no checking of the start- and end-values is done!
-
-
- V1.30: (06.09.1993):
- --------------------
-
- General:
-
- -finally added WME (1.00b)
-
- -added commandline-switch -WME
-
- -Put all texts into FeConv.Msg, so releasing FeConv with
- different languages should be no problem now...
-
- -wrote a German language file. Copy FeConv.Ger to FeConv.Msg.
-
- -introduced DESCRIPTION AREAMIXED for BBS-Software instead of
- only for [Mailer]
-
- [WME]
-
- - to use the WME-Part, call Feconv with -WME
- - Introduced new keywords for WME:
-
- xxxMOD, xxxPASSWORD, xxxAREASEC,
- xxxGOTOSEC
-
- see FeConv.Dmo for further detail.
-
-
- [QuickBBS]
-
- - added keywords xxxFMAIL and xxxGROUP
- see FeConv.Dmo for further detail.
-
- [Remote_Access]
-
- -For RA 2.00, the areas will be converted like this:
-
- QBBS-Style: Boardnumber is always < 201, so the
- first 200 entries in MESSAGES.RA will
- be used.
- JAM-Style: There is NO Boardnumber, so to get a
- somehow "permanent" order, the conference
- number is used to determine the offset in
- MESSAGES.RA. To avoid any conflict, the
- figure 201 is added to the conference number,
- so conference '0' will be at position 201
- (behind the QBBS-Boards) in MESSAGES.RA.
- Since the conference number can get as high
- as 992, and because it's to much work to
- determine the highest conference number, all
- possible entries (1200) are created when
- KEEP_AREAS is not specified.
-
- I also suggest NOT to use KEEP_AREAS when having
- JAM-Areas since it might be possible that
- new areas will not be inserted into MESSAGES.RA.
-
- [ProBoard]
-
- - applied the same logic to ProBoard as there is for RA
- (see above, but for Squish/*.MSG instead of JAM)
-
- [Areas]
-
- -added keyword NOJAM -> JAM-Areas will not be listed in
- the textfile. Same as NOSQUISH, NOFIDO, etc...
-
- -added %f to force a number for Squish/JAM/*.MSG-Areas
- (perhaps some of you create their Mail-Menues with
- FeConv, like I do ;-) ).
-
- [Netmail]
-
- -added JAM_AREAS -> Same as SQUISH_AREAS, FIDO_AREAS...
- -writing a PID-Kludge: FeConv 'Version' 'Reg-Nr'
- just for fun ;-)
- -Sender of Netmail is no longer FeConv 'Version' but the
- Sysop (you ;-) ).
-
-
- V1.40: (16.04.1994):
- --------------------
-
- General:
-
- - Dropped ProBoard 1.30 Support.
- - Added ProBoard 2.00 Support.
- - completely changed the key-system.
- Registered users should write me a netmail with
- their old registration-number (and the name written
- in FeConv.Cfg).
- - Critcal-error-handler added (hmmmmm.....)
-
- Bugfixes:
-
- -If a mailer different to Intermail/FrontDoor
- is defined in FE, FeConv will no longer search
- for the (unknown) environment-setting, but give a
- warning-message instead.
-
- -Corrected FSEEK-statements causing FeConv to write rubbish
- in Messages.Ra when more than approx. 120 Nodes are
- defined in FE's Node-Manager.
-
-
- [Remote_Access] & [ProBoard]
-
- -FeConv will no more create 1200 (empty) areas, instead,
- it determines the highest conference-number (you know,
- it's needed for the boardnumber of JAM-Areas in
- Messages.Ra) and creates one or two areas more than
- there actually will be used.
-
- -New keyword NO_HOLES. All JAM, Squish and *.MSG-Areas will
- be written at one block, the conference-number of Fastecho
- will _not_ be used to determine the board-number.
- Automatically disables KEEP_AREAS.
-
-
- [ProBoard]
-
- -New keywords:
- xxxGROUP1, xxxGROUP2, xxxGROUP3, xxxGROUP4, xxxEXTATTRIB,
- xxxAGE
- See FeConv.DMO for further detail.
-
- -added the ability of NOT-Flags (use 'O' instead of 'X')
-
-
- [Netmail]
-
- -when specifying PKTAREA, a PKT will be created in the
- secure-inbound of Fastecho. That means, you can get the
- reports of FeConv in whatever AREA you want.
-
- Example:
-
- [Netmail]
-
- PKTAREA Statistik.2000
-
-
- -new keyword NETMAIL_AKA:
- The given Akanumber will be used for the reports,
- NETMAIL_AKA 0 will use the main_aka defined in FESETUP.
-
-
- [Mailer]
-
- -FIDO DELETE creates a completely new Folder-File,
- so *.MSG-Folders defined in FESetup now are correctly
- handled. No more double and triple entries of those
- areas. But take care: *.MSG-Areas only defined in the
- Folder-File will be deleted, you have to define them
- via FESETUP.
-
- [Areas]
-
- -New keywords:
-
- MINREADSEC, MAXREADSEC, MINWRITESEC and MAXWRITESEC
-
- You don't need to specify all of them for each area.
-
-
-
- V1.50: (22.10.1994):
- --------------------
-
- -added support for FastEcho's "revision 5"-structs.
- -completly rewrote the sort-routines, memory is now
- allocated dynamically. Sorting is disabled, when
- short on memory (at least, I hope so :-) )
- -only sorting, if -mailer or -areas is specified
- -changed logfile to frontdoor-style
-
- [BBS]
-
- -added "QWK-Mode", see "System-Settings" in FECVSET
- If enabled, the conference number is used as position
- in the BBS-Config-File (JAM/SQUISH/FIDO = conference + 200
- or + 0, see below).
-
- [Mailer]
-
- -added support for Intermail's IMFOLDER.CFG (>=2.26)
-
- [Netmail]
-
- -added NO_LOCAL_AREAS: Areas with type LOCAL are not
- listed in the ONE_LINK_WARNING and TWO_LINK_WARNING
- report.
-
-
- [Remote_Access]
-
- -completely changed the behaviour of FeConv when
- adding JAM-Areas to MESSAGES.RA.
- a) All Not-Hudson-Style areas are in one block, starting
- at Area 201 or 0 (if there is no QBBS-Board)
- b) No more "unused" areas at the end of Messages.RA
- c) NO_HOLES (introduced in 1.40) has no function any more
-
- -KEEPAREAS disabled, introduced QWK-Mode (see above)
-
- -added switch to enable updating of MESSAGES.RA
-
- [ProBoard]
-
- -completely changed the behaviour of FeConv when
- adding JAM/Squish/*.MSG-Areas to MSGAREAS.PB.
-
- -added the ability to tell FeConv a startingnumber for
- each group-setting
-
- -you can tell FeConv a boardnumber when setting up
- single boards (DO NOT DO THIS FOR HUDSON-STYLE-ECHOS!)
-
- -Private/Public/Both and "To All"-Settings corrected.
-
- -"Sysop" was not written to BBS-Config, fixed.
-
- -if there are no QBBS-boards, the JAM/FIDO/SQUISH areas
- start at position 0, otherwise at 201.
-
-
- [Areas]
-
- -%f now works again (see above) in most cases.
- -introduced %# -> ESC-Char (hex 1b)
-
- [General]
-
- -Forget the _keywords_ mentioned above:
- FeConv will now read FECVSET.CFG, which is almost
- finished now (some BBS-Types are still missing)
- Nevertheless, the functions mentioned above have been
- included.
-
- [Setup]
-
- -added "start-at" and "board-number" to ProBoard
-
- -still missing:
-
- -parts of WME
- -SuperBBS
- -QuickBBS
-
-
- V1.51: (09.11.1994):
- --------------------
-
- - fixed the "environment"-bug for FrontDoor/Intermail
- - introduced 2 more support- and reg-sites
-
- V1.52: (22.12.1994):
- --------------------
-
- - added support for FE's revision-6-structs
- - added support for ProBoard 2.10
- - sorting is now 6 times faster
- - many minor fixes and features added
-
- V1.53: internal betas only
-
- V1.54: (04.01.1995):
- --------------------
-
- - added support for SuperBBS 1.17
- - added support for FD 2.30
-
- - fixed many bugs in the setup
- - fixed the %o-bug
-
- - sorting is again 70% faster
- - when sorting by group, the areas will be sorted in alphabetical
- order by areatag within each group (2-level-sort)
-
- - added %K to the textfile-templates:
- shows board-type: "Echomail", "Netmail", "Local", "Badmail" or
- "Dupemail". Seems to be needed for FE2MAX.CMD :-)
-
- - the folder-restriction for FD/IM works now
-
- - added "start-at"-Option to Remote Access
-
- - still missing:
-
- -parts of WME
- -QuickBBS
-
- - on the add-on-list: Concord, McMail
- V1.55 skipped!
- --------------
-
- V1.56: (01.03.1996):
- --------------------
-
- - bugfix: for RA with QWK-Mode on, JAM areas could have overwritten
- hudson-style areas.
-
- - bugfix: optical problem in fecvset telling everyone that it's
- unregistered.
-
- - added a new release of fe2max.cmd (thanx Jens).
-
- - added support for RA 2.50
-
- - RA 2.50:
- added "Netmail-Reply", "Internet" and "Newsgroup" to FECVSET
- and FECONV
-
- - Setup: -PageUp/Down should work now in most of the lists
- -Many other improvements
-
-
-
- Thanx to Raymond Dijkxhoorn + friends for the English Doc.
- Thanx to the betateam.
-
-