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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ QFront Revision History │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Version Date Description
─────── ──────── ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1.10b 08/05/94 First official wide beta of QFront 1.10!
QFConfig
--------
QFConfig has been completely rewritten to be much more user
friendly. A help line is displayed at the bottom of the
screen for each option, and context-sensitive help is
available by pressing F1.
You can now import or export area configurations from/to
AREAS.BBS or FIDONET.NA format text files.
You can shell out of QFConfig by pressing ALT-S.
QScan
-----
Rewritten to be more modularized, allowing it to run using
less memory.
The /SETHIGH parameter is now used in conjunction with a
new /AREAS parameter. Unlike previous versions where
the range of numbers was based on AREA NUMBERS (not
conference numbers), in this version the range of numbers
is based on CONFERENCE NUMBERS.
Areafix manager has been completely rewritten, and support
is there for almost all %<command> Areafix commands.
Areafix forwarding is there too.
Areafix requests are now protected by much more security.
Each EchoMail area is assigned a "group". You assign
which groups of conferences each node can request from.
This added security is used in addition to the normal
Areafix security level checks that were in previous
versions.
If you allow it, QScan will automatically add unrecognized
nodes who do an Areafix request to your system to your node
manager setup.
NetMail message flags can now be restricted for PCBoard
NetMail conferences. This means you can FORCE QSCan to
strip out the IMMEDIATE flag, for instance, for users that
you do not want to have access to.
Supports file attachments in PCBoard NetMail conference, if
you have one.
You can now tell QScan to NOT use a lost mail conference.
If a lost message comes through, it will be thrown into
a "bit bucket".
QScan can be told to place the current date/timestamp on
tossed messages into PCBoard.
The duplicate message checking routines have been greatly
enhanced. QScan can now keep track of up to 15000 message
records in EACH CONFERENCE. Previously, QScan could only
keep track of 10000 message records for ALL conferences.
Archived mail bundles that cannot be unarchived for some
reason (corrupt archive, for example) are now moved to a
"bad" directory so that they will not be processed again.
QNList
------
A new "personal nodelist" editor is available in QNList.
Using this, you can modify entries in the master nodelist
(or any other nodelist), for example, to change the phone
number for a node temporarily. You can add new nodes to
the nodelist database, too. In fact, if you do not need
the master FidoNet nodelist, you can run your whole system
using just a personal nodelist.
NODEDIFF updates are now built into the code. In addition,
QNList will automatically unarchive new nodelists and
nodediffs and process them accordingly.
Pointlists are now fully supported.
You can specify a list of zones to exclude in the nodelist
compile, to save time and disk space during the compile.
QFront
------
Numerous call-waiting screen changes were made.
All actions are now logged to the QFront system log,
including when events are run, mail sessions, QNList
compiles, etc.
The old "file req/forw manager" and "mail packet manager"
have been replaced by a single queue manager. Using the
queue manager you can see ALL file requests/forwards,
EchoMail packets and NetMail messages waiting to go out to
a system. You can even view individual NetMail messages
and delete them from disk if you wish. The new queue
manager allows specifying more than one filename per queue
entry, which allows for much faster queue scanning routines
when QFront is started or when the queue is rescanned.
The new queue routines allow you to "repeat" a queue action.
This is used for example so that you can tell QFront to
repeat a file request of the newest NODEDIFF from your hub
every 7 days. In this case, QFront will only request the
file from your hub every 7 days.
At a keypress, you can view "today's activity", showing
the inbound/outbound mail statistics, number of callers,
etc.
You can view inbound history that shows every address that
has connected to you in the past "x" days. The history is
displayed in reverse order so that the most recent address
appears first in the list.
You can view outbound history that shows every address that
has connected to you in the past "x" days. The history is
displayed in reverse order so that the most recent address
appears first in the list.
The event manager has been rewritten. QFront now supports
up to 100 events per node, and skipped events are handled
much better in this version.
Removed the "accounting" functions from the code. The
previously cryptic accounting features are replaced by a
much easier to understand cost management system. Each
dial translation you have configured can be given a cost,
and you can restrict QFront from calling during certain
times of the day based on this cost value.
QFront is now much more friendly with OS/2 and DESQview
multitasking environments.
Added support for "kill file after sending" NetMail flag
which allows QFront to work with door games such as BRE.
Added support for "absolute hold" flag. This flag is
similar to the regular hold flag, except that a packet
that is flagged absolute hold will NEVER be sent to a node
unless that node specifically polls you. Using the regular
hold flag, if you have a packet waiting to go to a system
and you poll that system, QFront would send the packet.
Using absolute hold ensures that a packet or file attach is
only sent on INBOUND mail sessions.
QFront "should" be able to handle a larger number of
NetMail messages due to a rewrite in the NetMail scanning
routines.
QFront can now be configured to send a NetMail message to
nodes who request files from you. This NetMail message
can be an advertisement, for example. In addition,
another NetMail message can be sent if a node requests a
file and the request could not be completed (ie., invalid
password, file not found, exceeded limits, etc).
For each magic filename, you can now configure up to 5
"real" filenames to send out.
You can configure special "UserNet" messages that QFront
will place in your USERNET.XXX file during certain
operations. For example, QFront can now place the string
"Transferring FidoMail" into your USERNET.XXX file so any
user who does a WHO command in PCBoard will see this string.
You can now force QFront to present a different address
FIRST in the EMSI handshake packet. Some systems require a
certain address to be listed first in the EMSI packet.
NetMail forwarding is now supported, allowing QFront to
fully operate as a host or hub compatible mailer. This
means that downlinks can route NetMail through your system
on its way to its destination.
All files are now downloaded into a temporary directory and
then moved to the appropriate directory after successfully
completing the transfer. Previously, if QFront was
receiving a mail packet, and QScan was running on another
node at the same time, QScan could possibly try to
unarchive a packet that was still in the process of being
downloaded.
Zmodem file receives are now recoverable - if a file
transfer is aborted, QFront will resume the Zmodem transfer
the next time a mail session occurs.
In addition to the F1-F12 keys previously supported, the
ALT F1-F12 keys are also supported. Each function key can
be configured to do one of two things. 1) Exit with an
errorlevel, or 2) Shell to a program.
The call-waiting screen now shows HOW MANY new NetMail
messages were received on your system, instead of just
telling you that new NetMail was received.
You can shell out of QFront from ANYWHERE (not just the
call-waiting screen as in previous versions) by pressing
ALT-S.
QFUtil
------
This is a new program that allows you to add queue entries
to the queue directly from the DOS command line. You can
also send NetMail messages (which are converted from
regular text files). For example, you can use QFUtil to
forward a file to a system and at the same time send the
system a NetMail message telling them about the file, all
from the DOS command line.
The following features did not make it in this release,
but will be completed soon after the first 1.10 release
-------------------------------------------------------
Undialable address manager.
QScan is going to be able to recover from mail scanning
errors for example if an archiver returns an error, right
now the .PKT is lost and the mail is never sent. This will
be fixed so that QScan will keep the .PKT and try to
archive it the next time it is run.