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WaterGate
Message processor for FidoNet & Internet/Usenet
Future plans
(c) Copyright 1993-1996 Waterline Software Development
All Rights Reserved
14 October 1996,
This document explains the future plans for WaterGate. I have
compiled it for few reasons: to show people the potential of
WaterGate in the near future, to start discussions, to allow
people to tell me what they want fixed first and to stop people
from asking me for the todo/wish list, which contains over 400
items and happens to be in Dutch anyway ;)
Future plans for WaterGate development, in no specific order.
Mailing List
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Allow custom headers added to distributed messages
Allow selection of contents for From: Sender: Reply-To: headers
Automatically send "yes and want to stay on" msgs every two weeks or so
Make list of connected users publicly available (option)
Forward subscribe requests to administrator (private lists)
Rewrite the message as if it was sent by the server (option)
Put multiple recipient addresses on rmail line (system option)
Use REPLY kludge in reply
AreaFix/Newsfix
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Send log to admin
Build in %rescan
Build in %unlinked
Use REPLY kludge in reply
Kill processed requests
Archive processed request
Pre-check requests by admin
Dupe checking
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Redo the whole thing
Separate Fido and Usenet databases
Track dupes on a per-area basis
Proper logging, especially Usenet dupes
WtrConf
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Quick setup
Improve keys lines
Update / extend import formats
Path browser / ask to create path
TXT editor
ROUTE.TDB editor
Rename/move msgbase when changing path/basename
Config check for common errors
Update on-line help, use flexible scrollable windows
WtrStat
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Forms with tokens instead of limited command line options
Command line args to filter users, days, etc.
Binary history database
Other items
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Build in proper zone gating
Properly handling SEEN-BYs for multiple zones
Report newly created newsgroups to admin
More customized requests through .txt files
Allow file tokens in .txt files
Semaphore files
Check / fix statistics reporting
Accounting
In-process file renaming / recovering after crash
Copy headers per user / group / areas
Carbon copy / Blind copy
More groups & changes groups/user groups/area storage
Full, multiple international character set support (MIME vs FTN)
Protect the gateway from the e-mail side
Adding posting ability to WtrUtil to post in any area
Separate netmail area for file attaches
Move sent netmail to history area (wtrutil)
signature@system domain to send new sig to
MIME support, possibly creation of MIME messages
Limit known users using route.tdb and bounce for the rest
Improved percentage-hack support ramon%wsd@wline.se
Support control messages
Path for new area in newnamesfilter file
Allow packets from system AKA without having to create a user
Extended file server robot (multi-part reply, auto encoding, etc.)
Scan Bad
Max archive length
Post newly created areas in an echo
Auto-connect some users to newly created areas
Decode files for users
File routing
Properly calculate split parts when extracting file
Notice, this list is far from complete. It is a comprehensive list
of most that needs to be done. My personal todo/wish list is a lot
more clear, contains loads of details on each item, dates, etc.
So don't worry if your item(s) are not in this list.
Ramon ramon@wsd.wline.se