The major changes being implemented in version 3.5 are:

1.  Additional Secuurity.  The secondary security field will be
    used to access a SECURITY.DAT file.  Each record in this file
    may be up to 128 characters plus a CR/LF for a total of 130.
    The record layout is :
       1-2   Security ID - This will match the secondary security
                           field in the .USR record
       3     Record Type - A '+' means include additional conferences
                           A '-' means restrict some conferences
                           A ' ' means only these conferences may be accessed
       4-128 List of Conf - this list is in 4 character increments each
                            4 character group will have a ';' as the first
                            character followed by a 3 character conf number.

2.  The event time is no longer kept in the EXECHOST.CNF file.  There is a
    new file named EVENT.DAT.  This contains both the date and time of the
    next event.  If the sysop does not modify this during the event, 
    Executive Host will update it by adding 24 hours to the existing file.
    The downside of this is if your BBS has been down for 2 or three days 
    and the EVENT.DAT has not been updated, the event will be run as many
    times as it takes to place the EVENT time into the future.  The up side
    is you may set your event time to the second and the SYSOP may easily
    run multiple events by changing the EVENT.DAT during the event.

3.  A brand new 'Waiting for Call' screen has been included.

4.  Executive Host no longer requires that your message bases be in a
    subdirectory of TELIX.  Your message bases may be where the SYSOP
    likes.  This requires a change in the CONF.DAT.  Also an entry has
    been made to the EXECHOST.CNF file for the location of the MAIN
    conference.  With this change it MIGHT be possible to run in a multi
    node environment.  Running in multi-node will require the sysop to
    run SHARE.EXE and also should consider running FATAL.COM to intercept
    share violation messages.

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The following minor enhancements will also be includedin 3.5.......

1.  Fixed a bug where the download statisical data was not being
    updated if the caller selected to disconnect at end of DL.

2.  Fixed a bug where if the UL/DL restriction in the .CNF file 
    was set greater than 4, the restriction was ignored.

3.  Allow the sysop to add a menu item CBV.  If CBV is entered
    from the GUEST menu or the SYSOP menu and the callback verifier
    module is available, the callback verifier will be executed.

4.  Implemented expiration feature.  If a caller logs on and today
    is greater than the expiration date, the caller's access level 
    is reduced to the level defined in the EXECHOST.USR as the level
    to restrict uploads and downloads.

5.  Fixed an intermittant bug in the (T)ext search routine when 
    a caller would choose to (T)ag an entry, they would be coldly
    notified that they did not have enough time remaining

6.  Executive Host now creates a DORINFO1.DEF file at logon time
    along with the DOOR.SYS

7.  For those sysops that have a multitude of bulletins, the
    BULLLIST and BULLLIST.G now scroll.

8.  Added two new default values to the EXECHOST.USR file.  There
    is a Y/N flag for ANSI Graphics and a Y/N flag for Xpert mode.
    If the caller actually enters his preference at the initial prompt, 
    this preference is used but if no preference is entered then the
    default in the USER record will be used.  You, the SYSOP, may set
    up the NEWUSER.DAT for whatever defaults is desired for a new
    user.

9.  F10 will log the SYSOP onto the system without prompts. Alt-F10
    is now used to manually force the event.

10. Modified to handle 999 doors. (This one's for you Michael)

11. The CALLERS.DAT file has changed.  Instead of showing the amount
    of time left to a user, it now contains the amount of time used.

12. A caller will have allowed time adjusted downward if an event is to
    take place during his calling session.  The time is not lost and can 
    be used after the event.

13. Added a prompt which asks if the caller wants to check mail instead
    of scanning conferences automatically.

14. Made the screen blanker configurable from the EXECHOST.CNF file.  If
    you are running in a multitasking environment where some other blanker
    is active or you run your BBS in the background, then you should set
    the blanker to off (N).  Otherwise, you should set it to on (Y).  The
    BBS will respond quicker to incoming calls if the blanker is OFF.

15. ************************ Important Change*********************
    The UPLOAD.BAT file is called for each file in the upload directory
    and using the file name as a parameter.   This will allow the
    SYSOP to do virus and crc checking during the UPLOAD.BAT on a file
    by file basis.  Therefore your UPLOAD.BAT should now move the
    named file to another directory using the %1 variable.
            CD c:\TELIX\UP
            copy %1 C:\TELIX\DOWN
            del %1
            cd c:\telix