ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º HISTORY OF CHANGES º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Legend: CHG = Changed since the previous release ADD = Addition to the current release FIX = Bugfix ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.34 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ FIX: Message area not selected when a new user logs in or the last area visited by the user doesn't exist anymore. ADD: Support for the Hudson (QuickBBS) message base format, with support for multiple message bases. FIX: Bug when parsing the date in Fido *.MSG messages generated by programs such MAKENL. Lora can now parse dates with the following formats: 15 Jan 97 23:30:11 (Fido standard) Wed 15 Jan 97 23:30 (MAKENL). ADD: Where there are no more messages to read, the message reader play a sound when pressing the RIGHT or LEFT arrow and opens the message area selection dialog. ADD: With the CTRL-LEFT ARROW and CTRL-RIGHT ARROW keys is now possible to read through a reply-linked chain of messages with the message reader. ADD: The message reader can now process the message flags when writing a new message. ADD: Support for the lexit*.* file. The file has the format: lexit. and should be created in the same directory where Lora is started. This file causes the line number to exit with the errorlevel and immediately deleted. Example: lexit1.10. FIX: Bug when the nodelist compiler had to apply more than one nodediff at a time. FIX: The nodelist compiler is working again. CHG: The dupe checker is now limited to the last 1000 messages instead of 2000. This should improve the mail processing performance on slow machines. The existing files dupes.dat and dupes.idx should be deleted before using the mail processor. CHG: The ^a sequence doesn't display the 'Press enter to continue' message, but simply wait for the enter key to be pressed. To display the message the correct sequence is ^a^a. ADD: The external file 'timewarn.bbs' will be displayed to the user if he/she can't use all the time available due to a scheduled event. ADD: The external file 'birthday.bbs' will be displayed to the user if today is his/her birthday. FIX: The event scheduler now should work correctly. CHG: When executing an external program from the event scheduler or from the 'Run external program' menu command, the log file is closed. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.33 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADD: A new set of default menus was added, including a set translated to italian. CHG: The language file was changed and extended a bit. Please use the new language files if you are upgrading from one of the previous releases. CHG: The login procedure was fixed and extended with few other configuration options. The BBS -> New users dialog was changed also. ADD: Support for direct reading of Maximus' .mec files. Not all the keywords are yet supported (see the documentation). ADD: Support for an external fullscreen editor. ADD: Support for an external mailer front-end. ADD: LMSG now can reply-link messages in any message base that support this feature. The -L command line parameter is now working. ADD: The following message areas menu commands where added: Read current message Toggle kludges lines Unreceive message Read original message Read reply message ADD: The following offline reader menu commands where added: Restrict date ADD: The following user options menu commands where added: Toggle fullscreen enhancements Toggle IBM characters Toggle More? prompt Toggle screen clear Toggle in user list Set default archiver Set default protocol Set personal signature Set video mode Toggle fullscreen editor Toggle fullscreen reader Toggle do not disturb flag Toggle logon mail check Toggle new files check Set birthdate CHG: The 'bulletin.bbs' file is no more displayed automatically. To automatically display a bulletin file you should use the 'news.bbs' file. ADD: The ^OF embedded command. This command sets the On Exit filename for the current file. When the current file has finished displaying, Lora will display the file indicated by . ADD: The 'Rescan ECHOmail area' menu item is now working. ADD: The 'New ECHOmail link' menu item is now working. ADD: 'Max msgs. per session' in the Global -> Internet Options menu. This parameter define the maximum number of messages that can be retrived when processing usenet newsgroups areas with the mail processor. ADD: 'Reload log file' option in the Global -> General Options menu. The reload of the last portion of the log file is now disabled by default. ADD: 'Generate PROCESS.LOG file' option in the Global -> General Options menu. The generation of the PROCESS.LOG file during the mail processing is now disabled by default. ADD: Import from bad messages. Available from the System -> Mail menu. FIX: The navigation commands from the 'Search messages' menu commands are working correctly after the end of the messages. FIX: Message reading problems from the BBS. FIX: LFILE should now skip any header informations when importing files.bbs files into the filebase. FIX: The 'Mail only' flag in the event scheduler is now working correctly. ADD: The newsgroups handler has a timeout of 60 seconds while reading messages from the news server. If the timeout expires the reading fails. FIX: Addresses in the origin line when editing a message with the Message Reader. ADD: 'Origin Lines' item in the Manager menu. This dialog allows you to define your origin lines by editing the origin.txt file located in the system directory. ADD: Custom origin lines for each message area. The entry in the listbox translates to the 'System Name' defined in the configuration. The entry picks an origin line on a random basis by reading the file origin.txt in the system directory. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.31 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADD: Accelerator keys (Alt-xx). Take a look at the pull-down menus to know what accelerators are available. ADD: Modem / Answer Now item. This item forces Lora to send the answer command to the modem. ADD: The message reader now display the message's flags. FIX: The answer control options are now working correctly. FIX: Minor bug in the date decoding for the AdeptXBBS message base. ADD: The 'Send file(s)' item in the System menu is now working. ADD: Double click on a node in the outbound window will display the outbound manager for that node. FIX: The outbound dialer now go to the next node eligible for call if the current node is busy or cannot answer. FIX: The dialer mark a node undialiable when reaches the maximum attempts defined for the current event. ADD: The message reader now uses the 'Reply-To' field (if present) when answering to an internet e-mail message. FIX: The message reader corectly uses the address defined in the message areas configuration when entering or replying to a message. ADD: Configuration dialog for the FAX options in the Global pull-down menu. FIX: Fax receiveing routines. Now faxes are correctly received in raw FAX format with the name FAX<#>.FAX, where <#> is the received FAX number (starting from 1 up to 999), is the page number (one file per page).