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FidoQWK - FidoNet(tm) <=> QWK Echomail Processor = [ v1.26 ] ==================================================================== 25-May-1995 - There seems to be some complaints of not having enough memory to run FidoQWK. If you're having such problem -- try removing SETVER.EXE from your CONFIG.SYS, that's one almost useless program anyone can have eating up precious conventional RAM. - I won't be able to allocate much time for my programming projects for a while. I've accumulated a quite a large sum of debt while attending college. Now it's pay up time and I'm without a job that can meet the montly payments. If anyone thinks I'm making a bundle off this program, think again. With all the FidoQWK taglines floating around the net, my estimate is that approximately 3% are registered. * Just a reminder to look up TOPNT.EXE in this document if you need to convert ASCII echolist info into FidoQWK's .PNT file. = [ v1.25 ] ==================================================================== 16-Oct-1994 - Memory requirement for the previous version of FQSETUP caused problems for some. - The F8 key will display an overhead list of the areas. This is only effective while editing 'Message Areas and Paths'. = [ v1.24 ] ==================================================================== 04-Oct-1994 - The primary FidoNet address should be entered under option 'A' in FQSetup. This is required for proper creation of outbound mail packet filenames. Other addresses (ie: AKAs) are entered under option 'C' for each BBS_ID. = [ v1.23 ] ==================================================================== 15-Sep-1994 - Bug fix. FQSETUP.EXE in FIDOQ122.ZIP didn't save message areas properly. = [ v1.22 ] ==================================================================== 02-Aug-1994 ! The .PNT file format for type #3 conversion has been changed to allow longer area tags. Please run CVT122.EXE on any .PNT files that use conversion method #3. + The file TOPNT.EXE will convert text to .PNT files. The program expects the text file to be in the following format: QWK_Conference_Number1 Path/REP_CNum/Area1 Conference_Name1 QWK_Conference_Number2 Path/REP_CNum/Area2 Conference_Name2 QWK_Conference_Number3 Path/REP_CNum/Area3 Conference_Name3 Depending on the conversion method, the third item may not be needed. For .MSG (Conversion method 1), the second item should contain the DOS directory. For .REP (Conversion method 2), the second item should contain the conference number. For .PKT (Conversion method 3), the second item should contain the AREA_TAG. + Added these functions: For the ???2PKT.EXE modules: /NOCMP switch to not compress .PKT files. Use with /OUT to create packets with .OUT extension. Use with /IN to create packets with the normal .PKT extension. For the PKT2???.EXE modules: /ADDRCHK switch to only process PKTs with destination address matching the address configured in FQSETUP under the "General information" section of "Host BBS Information". For QWK2???.EXE modules: /ERASE will erase the .QWK or .REP packets after a successful conversion. For All modules: /QUIET will reduce screen activity Please use the following switches with caution. They will bring the program up to speed with the pre-v1.21 releases. However if you screw up your setup, you will dump duplicate messages to your BBS and/or the network. These switches should only be used by responsible SysOps who know what they're doing: /DUPE will *DISABLE* the circular-path dupe check. Circular dupe check matches your serial number with serial numbers on the tagline/tear line of message. If the /NOTAG switch is used, circular-path dupe check is also disable. /NOCRC will *DISABLE* the QWK packet CRC dupe check = [ v1.21 ] ==================================================================== 05-Jul-1994 + Added the option to not tag messages. If you don't want FidoQWK to add its own tagline or origin line, append the /NOTAG option to the command line. + ???2REP will now ignore messages converted by its counterpart with the same serial number. This prevents duplicate messages from being converted back into the .REP packet. + QWK2??? modules will now keep a CRC-32 list of the QWK packets converted. Packets that match CRC values found in the list will not be converted. + These limited dupe checking functions are only provided for the occasional operator screwed-ups. Investigation of the source of the problem should be performed if the FIDOQWK.LOG reports dupe. = [ v1.20 ] ==================================================================== 28-Feb-1994 + Wide beta release of PKT2QWK and REP2PKT. Consider all modules in this release as beta. Use with caution. + Added a support BBS. I'm involved in most of the day-to-day operations at this system. FidoNet users can F'req the latest version from 1:250/814 using the magic name FIDOQWK. = [ v1.19c ] =================================================================== 25-Feb-1994 + The /FSPEC switch now allows path to the .PKT specified. To tell PKT2REP that the .PKT files are in D:\OUT.999 the command line would be: /FSPEC:D:\OUT.999\*;*.PKT. = [ v1.19b ] =================================================================== 18-Feb-1994 + All QWK2*.EXE modules will now create the needed .NDX files if they're not found. Configure the mail door to not send the .NDX files will reduce the size of the mail packet. + QWK2PKT allows alternate output path if desired. To put the resultant .PKT in an alternate directory, add the path to the /OUT switch. For example: /OUT:D:\UP.100 would send the packet to the D:\UP.100 directory instead of the outbound directory in the FidoQWK configuration file. = [ v1.19a ] =================================================================== 20-Dec-1993 + PKT2QWK and REP2PKT modules available for testing. These modules are considered beta and is available to registered users only. = [ v1.19 ] ==================================================================== 10-Nov-1993 + Support BBS changed! Call (416) 287-0935 for fast and hassle free access. The BBS supports up to 14.4Kbps v32bis modems. The support conference is number 4. My apologies to all for their nightmarish experiences with my previous support BBS. Thanks to Derren Whiteman of C.A.P./Analysis BBS. + Changes made to this revision include reduced memory usage, better handling of NUL message packets, and other changes added to improve compatibility with Fido mail tossers. + The size of the messages written to the PKT can be limited using the option /MSIZE:size. The size can be anything from 1024 bytes to 64384 bytes, the default is 64384 bytes. Messages larger than the specified size gets chopped into several small messages. This option should help anyone struggling with the small message size limit imposed on their Fido mail tossers. - The /TAG option is no longer needed for QWK2PKT. A standard Fidonet tear and origin line gets appended to each message processed. This option is still valid for QWK2MSG. - If your mail tosser choked and say 'Grunged Packet', contact the author of your tosser and ask what it meant by that. 'Grunged Packet' is too vague to be of help to anyone. The use of a PKT inspector utility is highly recommended in such cases. = [ v1.18a ] =================================================================== 17-Aug-1993 + Minor update to QWK2PKT module. The /TAG option now forces a standard Fidonet origin line for compatiblity with mail tossers that look for the '* Origin:' line to determine whether a message is 'Echomail' or 'Netmail'. = [ v1.18 ] ==================================================================== 17-Jul-1993 + Added /FSPEC:ArcSpec;PktSpec to PKT2REP. See documentation for details. + Added /TAG to QWK2PKT to force it to append network tagline to all messages doesn't matter if the messages already have a network tagline. + Fixed the formatting of the 'SEEN-BY:' line. + Some other unnoticeable items. I won't mention them because they're invisible. - Thanks Alec Grynspan = [ v1.17 ] ==================================================================== 01-Jul-1993 - I've moved, please note the new mailing address. + Included PNTDMP.EXE to list out the content of the .PNT files. + QWK2PKT module now appends 'SEEN-BY:' lines to messages. = [ v1.16 ] ==================================================================== 11-May-1993 - PKT modules released. * Remember to backup your old setup before upgrading to this new version. + Added more path configuration items under option 'A' in FQSETUP for location of inbound/outbound .PKT packets. + The module QWK2PKT allows for conversion of .QWK into Fidonet .PKT ArcMail packets. The PKT2REP module converts .PKT ArcMail packets as well as StoredMail packets into a .REP file. = [ v1.15 ] ==================================================================== 18-Apr-1993 - QWK2REP enhancements to handle multiple host BBSes & packets. + With v1.12, to convert HOSTBBS.QWK for importing to THISBBS the command used was "QWK2REP HOSTBBS". To convert THISBBS.QWK for exporting to the HOSTBBS the command was "QWK2REP THISBBS". Starting with this version, to convert HOSTBBS.QWK for importing to THISBBS, the command would be "QWK2REP HOSTBBS /IN". To convert THISBBS.QWK for exporting to HOSTBBS, the command would be "QWK2REP HOSTBBS /OUT". This modification allows multiple host BBSes. - Thanks Dennis Hauser + All modules can now process multiple QWK packets. If multiple QWK packets from the same BBS are found in the QWK directory, all packets can now be processed. To enable this feature, use the /MULTI switch on the command line. Note that the packets must follow the .QW? naming method (ie: BBSID.QWK, BBSID.QW0). = [ v1.14 ] ==================================================================== 06-Apr-1993 - Some 'PATH:' kludge lines are not getting stripped. - Thanks to C.G. Learn = [ v1.13 ] ==================================================================== 21-Mar-1993 - Support BBS available. Thanks to Chris Lautenbach and Toronto Twilight 1-416-733-9012 for providing the support conference. + Fixed a problem with 'Kludge' lines not being stripped from messages. Only the MSG2REP module is affected. - Thanks to C.G. Learn = [ v1.12 ] ==================================================================== 12-Mar-1993 - This release contains mostly requested features as well fixing any bugs in previous versions. !!!!!!!!!!!!! Please run CONVERT.EXE included in this package to update your ************* configuration files before using this version. + QWK2REP module is now fully completed. Only one configuration is needed for each host BBS. + Added 10 slots for network taglines. This is for used for anyone carying more than one networks. These taglines are defined from FQSETUP's option 'D'. + Lots of enhancements to FQSETUP; Online Help is now available at the touch of the F1 key in most sections + Configurable message attributes for each/all message areas. Press the F3 key while editing host BBS to setup the default attributes. Press F3 key when editing message areas to setup attributes for that area. + Origin, Seen-By stripping added: The MSG2REP switches /NoOrigin and /NoSEENBY will strip out most Origin and SEEN-BY lines. + All modules will now write to the log file 'FIDOQWK.LOG' = [ v1.11a ] =================================================================== 08-Nov-1992 - Quick fix for compatibility with some FidoNet mail packers !!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're running versions prior to v1.11, please download FIDOQ111.ZIP. You need to run CONVERT.EXE from the v1.11 package to update your configuration files before using this version. - QWK2MSG is the only module updated in this release. + Turned on the "Local" attribute bit. GEcho doesn't include messages in the .PKT without this bit turned on. Don't know why it needs this bit turned on; Qmail worked fine with this bit turned off. I'll make these attribute bits configurable in a future version. + Null-termination weren't being added to messages already containing a network tagline. = [ v1.11 ] ==================================================================== 08-Oct-1992 - Partially completed the QWK to REP (QWK2REP.EXE) conversion module. + QWK to REP conversion is useful in environment where the FidoNet *.MSG isn't desired. QWK2REP can convert the host BBS's QWK packet into a .REP packet for uploading to the local BBS. It's working, but not quite complete, 2 separate BBS setup is required if you want to use this module now. + Had to do a quick fix on the tag that I put on imported/sent messages. It was being erased by Maximus when the message was replied to. This caused FidoQWK to pick these messages up as new messages. The tag now uses the "Originate Node" and "Cost" field in the *.MSG header. I don't see any BBS software using these fields, but let me know if it interferes with the BBS software. It may have to be visible if I can't use the message header to store it. = [ v1.10 ] ==================================================================== 26-Sep-1992 - I was hoping for a major update for this version number, but this tiny item came up. + Properly updates the extra date/time fields that Opus and Maximus uses. = [ v1.09 ] ==================================================================== 09-Sep-1992 - Guess I'm back. + Reworked the SysOp name translation functions. This function will be used on the command line for now: To translate "SYSOP" to "GEOFFREY SY" in all the "FROM:" field in the messages, use: /TF:SYSOP=GEOFFREY;SY To translate the "TO:" field, use: /TT:SYSOP=GEOFFREY;SY. Both the /TF and /TT functions work with both MSG2REP as well as QWK2MSG. + The PURGE.EXE utility is used to remove all the *.MSG files and reset the high-water marks to 1. - If you've been using the /IS (ignore sent) switch, you should stop using it now. This version of FidoQWK no longer observes or uses the "sent attribute". If the /IS switch is used, all messages, including messages created with FidoQWK will be sent to the .REP packet. = [ v1.08 ] ==================================================================== 20-Aug-1992 - It's weird that there are more phone calls for me when I'm being hit with a fever. It's also weird that I caught a fever in the middle of summer. + Forgot to update FQSETUP on the last release. FQSETUP is now updated to use the FidoNet standard of storing the echomail message pointers. ! To the person from (Syracuse, NY) who left me the numbers 1-216-966-####, I couldn't connect. With this fever and head-ache I'm having, I probably wrote down the wrong number. I checked the area codes listing and noticed that 216 is not in Syracuse, even with my head-ache, it's not possible for me to miss the area code by this magnitude. = [ v1.07 ] ==================================================================== 12-Aug-1992 - There goes another ten thousand strands of hair. - I screwed up version 1.06 when I added the line-wrap routine. The buffer in the line-wrap routine didn't get flushed, this caused the same message to be sent many times. PLEASE DELETE VERSION 1.06. IT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY! - I had some time to do some more reading on the FTSC and some other FidoNet notes. I've found that the 1.MSG is used for storing echomail high-water mark. FidoQWK will now follow this standard of maintaining echomail pointers. This should help those who had to reset the pointers manually when the message base was renumbered, purged, or reset. If you had been using the /IP switch you can stop doing that now, unless really want to scan the message base from the first message. = [ v1.06 ] ==================================================================== 05-Aug-1992 - ... - Added line-wrap function. This only affects *.MSG -> .REP conversion, only MSG2REP.EXE is updated. = [ v1.05 ] ==================================================================== 01-Aug-1992 - Am I wasting my time on this?? - The alias 'SYSOP' didn't get translated to the real name on outgoing messages. - Renamed the executables for planned support of other FidoNet message formats. I'm looking into supporting Squish and Fido packet 2 format in the near future. Currently only the Fido *.MSG format is supported. FID2REP has been renamed to MSG2REP QWK2FID has been renamed to QWK2MSG - The lock up problems caused just prior to shelling out to the compression program may have been caused by the EMS check on some machines. This version of FidoQWK will no longer check for EMS when shelling out. Hopefully the following options will fix this problem: - Use the /SWAP or /EMS option if swapping to disk or EMS when executing the compression program is desired. - Use /FS to tell FidoQWK to use Full-Screen when executing the ZIP and unZIP programs. - Added the /NS (No Shell) option. Use this switch to tell FidoQWK not to run the compression/decompression programs. When this option is used, QWK2MSG expects that the QWK packet had already been unpacked into the work directory. With this option enabled, MSG2REP will create the BBS_ID.MSG file in the current directory. This BBS_ID.MSG packet needs to be manually compressed into BBS_ID.REP before sending to the QWK mail door. - The /IT switch is no longer supported, I've been informed that it is not for used the way I had used it. - The /IS (Ignore Sent) switch was added. Use this switch to ignore the "Sent" attribute on the *.MSG files. I'm not sure if this attribute bit needs to be checked or not. I didn't find any information in the FTS drafts on the use of these attributes. If someone knows anything about these bits I'd appreciate any information. I might add some code to update the *.MSG files' "Sent" attribute. Let me know if this is desirable or necessary?? Because the *.MSG packets are normally created as a temporary process so I don't see it necessary to update this attribute. - Normally MSG2REP will scan *.MSG files from the highest number it scanned last. This may not be desirable in some cases, so I've added a switch to ignore this "last scanned pointer" and scan all available messages. To ignore this last scanned pointers, use the /IP switch on the command line. Please use the /IS, /IP switches with caution because re-dumping messages back to the net can cause you to loss your mail feed privileges. - Tip: Mail import & export are very disk intensive operations. The use of delay-write cache such as the new SMARTDrive 4 and HyperDisk with the staged write option enable will speed up these operations as well as easing the stress load on the hard drive. To enable delay-write on HyperDisk use the S T:n option on the command line. Change the T:n to a value that gets the best performance on your system. = [ v1.03 ] ==================================================================== 07-Jul-1992 - Programmer's job is never done. - Tearlines weren't being properly appended to incoming messages. - Mis-calculation of a string length caused it to go into never, never land. = [ v1.02 ] ==================================================================== 04-Jul-1992 - Minor Maintenance - The date on the .REP messages wasn't formatted correctly. - Removed the extra CR between the taglines. - FidoQWK will now ignore Kludge lines. = [ v1.00 ] ==================================================================== 26-Jun-1992 - Intital Release.