Category : BBS Programs+Doors
Archive   : FP13S.ZIP
Filename : HISTORY.DOC

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10/24/91 - First inclusion of Revision History, in FidoPCB v1.0

11/12/91 - NEW: Added the FORCE parameter to the command line options, which
allows the exporting of messages with * origin lines.
- NEW: Added the NET_TOSS Configuration command, which specifies
where NetMail messages will be placed.
- NEW: Added internal support for AreaFix. Very useful in Echo Host
situations. Message body limit is now 20Kb (this is still not
enough). When using AKA's, the size is put into SEEN-BY line.
- PKZIP, PKARC and ARJ are now executed in a window.
- Minor changes to screen outputs.
- Fixed minor bugs.

11/13/91 - NEW: Added HOLD, IMM and CRASH flag support for NetMail messages.

11/16/91 - NEW: Added Log File.
- Fixed bug with unpredictable message flags.
- Changed packet addressing.
- Problem with duplicate MSG files from FrontDoor is still
unresolved.

11/29/91 - NEW: Added the NETWORK Configuration command, which indicates if a
Network is in use, or not.
- NEW: Added file and record locking. PCBoard files are opened in
Deny None mode.
- Rewrote Packet Reading routine, as it was causing problems with
CHR(1), which is illegal!
- Speeded up Message tossing.
- Messages from FrontDoor were duplicated because FM changed their
date and time. To solve this problem, set NET_TOSS to PCBOARD in
FIDOPCB.CFG.
- Fixed some minor bugs.

12/03/91 - NEW: Added the IGNORE_ECHO Configuration command, which ignores
the echo flag on PCBoard messages.
- Routine to export messages now strips trailing blanks
- Optimized some routines to reduce the size of the program, and
increase its speed.
- Cosmetic reformat of Log File entries.

12/25/91 - Fixed bug which caused duplicates when messages containing CHR(2)
message separators in the body text were received. This is
illegal!

01/01/92 - Release of v1.0 as Shareware


01/11/92 - NEW: Inter-zone NetMail messages can now be sent. FidoPCB
automatically generates the necessary flags.
- FidoPCB now supports 5 digit Network and Node numbers. This had
been inadvertently limited to three digits.

01/12/92 - IMPORTANT: FidoPCB now requires at least 200k RAM free, plus
approximately 100k for the supported archiving software. Please
check the archiver's documentation for the exact memory
requirements.
- Reorganized the Static and Dynamic buffers, yielding a maximum
message size of 64Kb.

01/16/92 - Relased v1.1á
- NEW: Added the FRONTDOOR Configuration command, to define the
location of the FrontDoor System directory.
- NEW: Added the PCBOARD Configuration command, to define the
location of PCBOARD.SYS.
- NEW: Added Configuration commands to define the location and names
of the archiving software. The commands are: ZIP, UNZIP, ARC,
UNARC, ARJ, UNARJ, LZH, UNLZH, and are used only if the location
of the software has not been defined in your PATH statement.
- NEW: Added the DOOR parameter to the command line options, which
allows you to run FidoPCB as a door.
- NEW: If you add the INTL flag to a NetMail message, it will be
sent through the Zone Gateway, otherwise it is sent through
normal channels.
- NEW: If the execution of an archiver returns an error code while
packing exported messages, the Last Message Read (LMR) pointers
will not be updated.
- NEW: FidoPCB now generates FrontDoor's FDRESCAN.NOW and
FMRESCAN.NOW semaphore files when MSG files are created.

01/25/92 - Fixed bug with Crash, File Attach messages

02/01/92 - Release of v1.1 as Shareware


05/16/92 - Relased v1.2á
- IMPORTANT: The registration method has changed! FidoPCB can now
be registered with a Credit Card (MasterCard or EuroCard only),
and the registration form may be ÚÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄ¿
sent via: NetMail, Fax, or regular ³ V ³ AREAS ³ US $ ³ DM ³
Mail. You may also file the online ÆÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍ͵
registration questionnaire on the ³ a ³ 256 ³ 39.00 ³ 62 ³
MicroArt BBS, or by posting the ³ b ³ 512 ³ 49.00 ³ 79 ³
registration form as a comment to ³ c ³ 1024 ³ 59.00 ³ 94 ³
the SysOp. Four different versions ³ d ³ Custom ³ 69.00 ³ 110 ³
of FidoPCB are available. Pricing ÀÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÙ
of the various versions are listed in the chart to the left. The
new prices were necessitated by the high cost of user support in
the USA, and because of the costs involved in Credit Card
acceptance. After receipt and verification of the order, a Key
File will be uploaded to your BBS.
- IMPORTANT: FidoPCB now uses a Key File for registration! A Key
File is not supplied with the unregistered version. The program
operates in Unregistered mode until a Key File containing some of
the information located in the FIDOPCB.CFG file is used.
- NEW: Added duplicate checking, wherein all duplicates will be
copied into the LOST MAIL area. The first two lines of these
messages contain duplicate and the Area Name, so you can check if
they really are duplicates and take the proper action.
- NEW: Added the DUPE_CHECK Configuration command, which specifies
the number of messages to check for duplication. Use of this
parameter generates the file, .DUP. The size of this
file depends on the number of messages to be checked (4
bytes/message). The following fields are checked: FROM, TO, SUBJ,
DATE and TIME. In addition, the first ten (10) characters of the
message body are also checked.
- NEW: Added the recognition and use of the ^aMSGID flag and the
@domain field. to exported messages.
- NEW: Added recognition of the ^aINLT flag on imported NetMail
messages to obtain the Zone of origin, on incoming messages.
- NEW: Added recognition of the ^aFMPT flag on imported NetMail
messages to obtain the Point of origin, on incoming messages.
- NEW: Private PCBoard messages are now exported with the private
flag set. This flag is also honored on imported, private,
messages.
- NEW: Processed packet names are now listed in FIDOPCB.LOG.
- FidoPCB properly checks for the existence of * Origin lines when
exporting messages. A bug caused this to work only 0% - 50% of
the time.
- Fixed minor bugs with seen-by lines.

05/18/92 - NEW: When exporting messages, FidoPCB looks for the occurrence of
sysop in the FROM and TO fields of the message header. If found,
it is changed into the name defined by the SYSOP parameter in
FIDOPCB.CFG. This was done to reduce confusion among SysOps, who
would otherwise get a lot of mail that is incorrectly addressed to
them.

05/22/92 - NEW: FidoPCB now checks NetMail messages to see if they are
destined for a node for which you use an AKA. If such a message
is found, the AKA corresponding to EchoMail routed for that site,
will be used for the NetMail message.

05/27/92 - NEW: Domain strings may be specified for each AKA defined in the
configuration file. This is applied to the ^aMSGID line on
exported messages, and can be up to 20 characters in length.
- FidoPCB can now be configured for 30 nodes (previous versions were
limited to 10). This requires you to set FILES=65 in CONFIG.SYS!
- NetMail messages received in PKT format are now treated the same
way as those received in MSG format.

05/27/92 - Release of v1.2 as Shareware


07/06/92 - Relased v1.3á
- NEW: Direct support for InterMail. To this end, the INTERMAIL
option has been added to the INTERFACE command.
- NEW: File Attach messages now list the sender as ARCMAIL, in the
FROM field.
- NEW: FidoPCB will create only one archive packet for each defined
system, and checks for existing File Attach message. If such a
message already exists, the new packet will be added to the
current archive, instead of creating a new one.
- Incoming packets are now sorted by date and time.

07/08/92 - NEW: Added the FLAGS Configuration command. When enabled, FidoPCB
will honor the CRASH and IMM flags in NetMail messages. If
disabled, these flags will be ignored, keeping regular users from
sending CrashMail messages all over the world (if you permit
public access to the NetMail area).
- NEW: The amount of free memory before Packet Processing is
displayed when FidoPCB is being loaded. This should be useful for
debugging memory related problems.
- IMPORTANT: Renamed the NO_BELL Configuration command, to avoid
confusion with its use. The new name for this command is BELL,
and while its use has not changed, the implementation has been
reversed. For example: NO_BELL ON is the same as BELL OFF.

07/12/92 - Fixed a bug relating to seen-by lines with packets generated by
SQUISH, which caused duplicate messages to be sent out.

07/15/92 - Fixed a bug that caused * Origin lines to be deleted.

08/15/92 - Fixed a bug that caused messages whose SEEN-BY lines ended with a
SPACE/CR combination, to be returned to the Hub. FidoPCB only
expected a CR at the end of each SEEN-BY line, and was unable to
locate additional lines.
- Fixed problem whereby Node Declarations included a broad range of
Area Numbers, but not all of the areas within that range are
declared. FidoPCB used this range as the basis for its area count
instead of the Area Declarations, for comparison with the limit
set in the Key file. Subsequent areas were ignored, regardless of
their being declared or not.

09/04/92 - NEW: Added Destination, Origin and Size of MSG files to the log
file.
- NetMail to/from points is now handled correctly
- Removed the CR/LF that remained on the first line of the message
body in outbound NetMail messages after the FidoNet address was
stripped out. This lets messages conform with the requirements of
Fido<-->UUCP Mail tossers, which look for the UUCP TO: line on the
first line of the message.
- Fixed the handling of compressed NetMail packets. Messages
addressed to other nodes are now routed to them instead of
imported into the MATRIX conference

09/25/92 - Release of v1.3 as Shareware

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