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 2.99.41 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ FIX: The SETUP command-line option now works with the Linux and DOS versions too. CHG: Linux: the pull-down menu can be invoked with the CTRL-M key sequence. On properly configured systems, should still work with the ESC key. CHG: Linux: the shortcut keys are working with the SHIFT- key and the ALT- key. For example, to exit Lora you can either press ALT-X or SHIT-X whichever works with your configuration. FIX: Removed the expiration date from the utility programs. ADD: The route tag commands. In the event scheduler you can now specify a tag and the process of the route.cfg file will be limited to that tag only. ADD: The 'Tag xxx' keyword in the routing file. ADD: The import of an areas.bbs file from the pull-down menus. ADD: The 'Poll ' keyword to the commands for the routing file. This command simply creates a poll file (file attach without files) for the given nodes. FIX: Fixed a small drawing problem in the fullscreen editor. FIX: Fixed two bugs in the Internet E-Mail processor that prevented mail from being sent to an SMTP server and prevented the mail retrived from a POP3 server from being correctly deleted. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.40 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ CHG: This version has no expiration date. The shareware version is only limiting the number of modem lines to 2. FIX: Replying to personal e-mail messages caused the reply to the wrong message and an error when reading the next message. FIX: With the DOS and Linux versions is now possible to create new menu files. When asked for a filename if the field is left blank you can pick an existing file, or you can enter the filename to be edited or created. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.39 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ CHG: The Linux version has no more shared libraries. All needed libraries are now linked directly into the executables. I hope that this will solve most of the installation problems reported with the Linux version. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.38 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADD: The e-mail editor now ask the user for the private flag in the new or reply messages. ADD: The menu command 59 - Reply mail. ADD: The Configure->Modem->Nodelist flags configuration dialog is now working. With this dialog you can define specific dialing commands based on the nodelist flags, and enable or disable certain lines to call nodes with specified nodelist flags. For example you can define your analog lines to not call IDSN nodes and enable your IDSN lines to call only ISDN nodes. CHG: The sequence for the remote terminal detection was changed to avoid possible problems with other mailers. Now the EMSI and IEMSI IDs are sent before any other terminal trigger. FIX: The gender question is back. FIX: OS/2: The status line in the local snoop screen now should always display the user's data. FIX: Bug that prevented the update of the user record for the new users. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.37 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADD: The menu command 78 - Write local mail can accept two command parameters: /T="User Name" to specify the destination user name and /S="Subject" to specify the subject of the new message. ADD: The following menu commands where added: 78 - Write local mail 79 - Write internet mail 82 - Write FidoNet mail 55 - Read next mail 56 - Read previous mail 57 - Read individual mail 58 - Read mail non-stop CHG: The menu command selection was changed to a better layout: the dialog window shows two listboxes, the left box display the command's category and the right box display the commands inside the selected category. FIX: WIN32: The 'Add' event button is now working. FIX: WIN32: The 'Configure Origin Lines' dialog is now working. FIX: WIN32: Coloring problems with the status windows when using 256 colors resolutions. FIX: WIN32: The modem and the status windows are back on the screen when using Windows 95. ADD: Magic names for the file request processor, configurable with the Configure->Mailer->File requests dialog. ADD: The 'Kill/Sent' flag processing when exporting netmail messages. FIX: The menu command '5 - Online users' is now working. FIX: The message upload in the offline mail reader doors now correctly append the echomail kludge lines in the message text. FIX: Bug in the QWK door that crashed the system when downloading new messages. CHG: The menu command selection in the menu editor was changed to a more useful dialog where command are divided into categories, just like the old Lora 2.4x. FIX: The line and fullscreen message editors are now working properly. ADD: The 'Use fullscreen editor', 'Use fullscreen reader' and 'Use fullscreen lists' options where added to the 'News users' dialog. CHG: The 'New users' configuration dialog was changed, take a look at the new configuration options before running the BBS. ADD: In the 'User Limits' dialog the flags 'Force Level', 'Force Flags' and 'Force Deny Flags' where added. This flags when enabled will force the use of the corresponding privilege level to the user. FIX: The changes of the 'Key' field in the 'User Limits' configuration dialog are now registered correctly and are reflected to all users with the old Key name. ADD: The embedded command ^FO that display the number of new messages in the current area. ADD: Support for th "msginf" file when running an external message editor. With this file editors like IceEdit should be able to display the from, to, subject and area name for the message being written. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Changes in version 2.99.36 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ADD: Now is possible to change the value of an address in the address configuration dialog. CHG: The address configuration dialog can now handle fakenet addresses for each address. The fakenet, used for 3d points, appears between brackets in the address listbox. ADD: More flags can be changed in the user editor. FIX: The user names can now be changed without problem, with the user editor. ADD: Message and file areas can now be moved to another location in the area's list. After pressing the 'Move' button in the editor choose the are AFTER which the current area should be moved and press the 'Ok' button. CHG: The menu structure was changed. Now it should be more intuitive to use. FIX: The netmail export routine was partially rewritten. Now it should be more fast and realiable than before, but there may be some problems due to the rewritten sections. ADD: Two parameters to the LFILE command line options: -S = Set the character that should be used as the identifier for a multiline description when creating the files.bbs files from the database (-E option). Default > (greater-than). -C = Set the column at which the multiline description should begin when creating the files.bbs files from the database. 0=leftmost column. Default 1. FIX: The key field of a message or file area can now be changed correctly. FIX: EMSI sequence detection that prevents D'Bridge system to successfully establish an EMSI session. FIX: The outbound directory can be located off the root directory, for example C:\OUTBOUND is now correctory handled. FIX: LFILE -i now is a bit more flexible when reading a multiline description from the files.bbs files. The description identifiers are now the > (greather-than) and | (pipe) characters. 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).