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DOSGATE
Release 0.05
16 October 1992
A UNIX uucp/mail emulation package
for IBM Personal Computers
and compatible systems running MS-DOS.
This software may be distributed free of charge subject to
the terms and conditions stated in the accompanying
documentation.
(C) Copyright 1988, 1991-1992 Ammon R. Campbell. All rights
reserved, except as stated in the accompanying documentation.
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At this time, the accompanying DOSGATE manual is up to date.
Please refer to it for further information. If you are
upgrading to release 0.05 from a previous release, see "A
NOTE ON UPGRADING" below.
The file DOSGATE.TXT contains the manual in screen readable
form. The command "TYPE DOSGATE.TXT | MORE" may be used to
read the manual.
The file DOSGATE.PRN contains the manual in a form suitable
for output to a line printer or teletype.
A NOTE ON UPGRADING
If you are upgrading to DOSGATE release 0.05 from a previous
release, you will need to generate a new configuration file
(or modify the old one) before the DOSGATE programs will run,
since it contains several new configuration settings which
were not present in previous releases. Also note that the
name of the configuration file has changed from "uucp.cfg" to
"dosgate.cfg". See the appropriate section of the manual for
details on the format of the "dosgate.cfg" file.
CHANGES TO DOSGATE SINCE RELEASE 0.04
The following summarizes the differences between release 0.04
and release 0.05:
* The name of the configuration file has been changed from
"uucp.cfg" to "dosgate.cfg".
* A simple uustat utility is now included for checking on
requests queued for uucico.
* A simple uux utility is now included for requesting
remote command execution. Rmail now invokes uux to
queue remote mailing, whereas previous releases of rmail
contained all the remote command execution logic
internally.
* Separate modem initialization strings may be used for
the master and slave modes of uucico. This required the
addition of the "modeminitslave" setting to the
"dosgate.cfg" file.
* Improved the error handling for uucico slave mode
operation.
* Mail now allows individual messages to be read (this was
broken before).
* Mail now allows mail messages to be replied to,
forwarded, or deleted.
* Mail now allows the subject line of new mail messages to
be set with a command line option.
* Mail now optionally allows mail messages for each user
to be spooled to a separate directory under the mail
spool directory. See the "separatemail" setting in the
"dosgate.cfg" file.
* Mail and rmail adhere more closely to RFC-822 and
RFC-976 specifications.
* A pathalias utility is now included for generating a
path alias database file from standard uucp map files.
* A pathto utility is now included for retrieving path
aliases from the path alias database.
* Mail/rmail accept recipient addresses of the form
"user@site" provided that either the smart host
forwarding feature mentioned above is enabled, the
"site" portion of the address is a site with which the
local system communicates directly via uucico, or the
"site" portion of the address is listed in the path
alias database (assuming a path alias database has been
constructed and is enabled in the "dosgate.cfg" file).
* Rmail will now optionally forward mail messages with
unknown addresses to a remote smart host for re-mailing.
This required the addition of the "smarthost" setting in
the "dosgate.cfg" file.
* Rmail has more robust error handling.
* Rmail now inserts control-A characters between messages
in mail spool files. This allows the use of third-party
UNIX-like mail reading programs that expect these
control-A characters to be present.
* Rmail and uucp now allow alternate names for the local
system to be recognized, so that a uucp name or a domain
name can be used if desired. This required the addition
of the "altnames" setting in the "dosgate.cfg" file.
* The octal data in uucico's debug output has been changed
to hexadecimal format.
* The maximum line length allowed in received mail
messages in now 511 characters per line instead of 127
characters per line.
* The maximum line length allowed in the L.sys file is now
511 characters per line instead of 127 characters per
line.
* Usenet support is finally here (sort of): DOSGATE now
has limited support for receiving a usenet news feed
from a uucp host. This required the addition of the
readnews, postnews, rnews, uncomp, and expire programs,
the active file, and several new settings in the
configuration file. News support will be enhanced in
future versions of DOSGATE, but currently some
limitations apply:
- News cannot be fed to another site; DOSGATE
currently acts only as a "leaf node".
- The included readnews and postnews programs are
functional but primitive.
* Several typographical errors in the manual have been
fixed.
* The DOSGATE documentation has been revised to reflect
the above changes.
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Acknowledgements:
IBM Personal Computer, IBM PC, PC/XT, and PC/AT are
registered trademarks of IBM. MS-DOS is a registered
trademark of Microsoft. UNIX is a registered trademark of
AT&T Bell Laboratories. All other trademarks are of their
respective owners.
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