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Remote Echo Control (REC)
Version 1.00F
Beta Release Documentation
Copyrighted (c) September 10, 1990 by Daniel S. Fitch
All Rights Reserved
This is a list of the changes from the last Beta Test version(1.00D):
** PROGRAM **
A annoying little abend has been fixed. If there was no .MSG or
Batch processing for REC to do, it would try to sort the updated file.
Since this file is only created when updates are performed, the program
would promptly abend with a "Runtime Error 102". NO HARM WAS DONE IN
ANY WAY, but I fixed it because I know how annoying those bugs are.
Any processing flags on the echo feed (*,H,C,N) were being
dropped. While fixing it, I made one other "small" change, processing
flags are now considered part of the address. This means that you can
enter them on ANY address in REC.CFG, which currently is only useful on
EchoHub and EchoNode. A special processing flag is any character other
than a number or ":" or "/" or ".".
The short form of the echo downlinks address was not changing
zones. This caused the long form of the address to be used on any zone
other than the zone of the feed. It's been fixed.
The first line of your echo control file will be considered a
comment, even if it doesn't start with a semi-colon.
REC did not allow echos to cross-zones, which is a problem for
Gateway Systems. A configuration option of "CrossZone" will permit
echos to cross zones. See the command in the documentation.
The Batch Commands have been completely re-written. The sysop
uses aset of commands including Add, Remove, Create, Drop, Change, and
Flavor to do any special processing. The format of the Batch Command
file has been significantly changed. Please read the Sysop Doc's for a
detailed explanation of how they work!
** DOCUMENTATION **
The "NoSort" and "CrossZone" configuration options have been
added.
The Sysop Batch commands have been completely changed.
** UTILITIES **
AREALIST, AREARPT, and AREASORT programs will now recognize and
handle properly the special processing options popular with Zmail 1.12.
ECHOSOUT now only shows today and the previous 6 days of echo mail
volume.
End of document.