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- WWCP version 1.30
-
- Copyright 1993 by Anthony Hursh
-
- This is a BETA TEST version. This has been a BETA TEST version for about
- a year now. This may well be a BETA TEST version for another year. Tony
- doesn't do the software anymore, you see, and my grasp of C leaves something
- to be desired...
-
- The gateway provided herein is quite functional other than a couple minor
- bugs involving bang-kludged addresses (fnord!wwiv!123-4567@uunet.uu.net, for
- instance, may not work).
-
- Administrative stuff, such as the credit system and the purge utility, don't
- exist yet.
-
- **************************ATTENTION UPGRADING USERS****************************
-
- The format of the WWNUM and WWALPHA files has been changed *drastically*.
- You *must* run the CVTWW program before using the new binaries. Also,
- new lines have been added to the WWSTAT file. READ UPGRADE.DOC before
- installing the new system. I mean it!
-
- All technical questions, bug reports, etc. for WWCP should now be sent to:
- system@fred.com (1@502 wwivnet)
-
- Files included:
-
- WWCP.DOC General documentation for WWCP
-
- UPGRADE.DOC How to install the new system, for upgrading users.
-
- CHANGES.DOC Changes from the previous version
-
- RULES.DOC WWIVnet rules and regulations
-
- WWREG.DOC Registration form for WWCP
-
- TROUBLE.DOC Bryan Lockwood's trouble-shooting guide
-
- TWIT.DOC Explanation of the "twit list" function
-
- MULTINET.DOC How to participate in more than one WWIV network.
-
- WWCICO.EXE The WWCP dialing program
-
- WWSMAIL.EXE The WWCP sendmail program
-
- WWRMAIL.EXE The WWCP readmail program
-
- REGISTER.EXE Used to register your copy of WWCP
-
- CREDIT.EXE Used to add/subtract mail credits
- from users.
-
- WWPURGE.EXE Used to clean out old user records
- from the database.
- CREDIT.DOC Explanation of the credit system.
-
- WWPOLL.BAT Example batch file for dialout use
-
- WWSHELL.BAT Example batch file for dialin use
-
- WWSTAT Example WWCP configuration file
-
- WWSEQ Example WWCP sequence file
-
- GLOSSARY.TXT WWIV<->Usenet dictionary (grin)
-
-
-
- Note for DOS 5.0 users: There is a DOS bug that prevents some of my
- programs from running on certain machines under DOS 5.0. If the programs
- don't work, preface them with the DOS 5.0 LOADFIX command. Thus, to run
- wwrmail, you'd use the command line:
-
- LOADFIX WWRMAIL
-
- The problem is related to the similar bug that prevents DOS 5.0 from
- running certain programs that have been processed with the Microsoft
- EXEPACK program. Hopefully Microsoft will fix this bug in DOS 5.0 *soon*.
- I know I went through a few hair-tearing sessions over it...... unlike
- the problem with EXEPACKed files, which results in an error message being
- printed, the DOS bug in this case causes the programs to simply lock up.
- I knew it wasn't my code, because even
-
- #include <stdio.h>
-
- main()
- {
- printf("Hello, world!\n");
-
- }
-
- would lock up. I was finally able to get access to a machine displaying
- the problem for an extended period of time and track down a fix.
- The problem does not occur on all machines. As far as I can tell, 286
- machines are more vulnerable. It may also have something to do with the
- particular sub-version (or subversion :-) of DOS 5.0 that you're
- running. Microsoft is well-known for making "silent bug fixes"... Thanks,
- Microsoft. Not! Try running the programs without LOADFIX first, though....
- LOADFIX wastes some memory; there's no reason to use it unless it's
- absolutely necessary.
-
- I do not know whether the problem still exists in DOS 6.0. If you had
- to use LOADFIX under DOS 5.0 and are now running DOS 6.0, try running
- without LOADFIX and see what happens.
-
-