1-17-93 * Support for PCBoard Pacific Rim version. The switch /PR will
(1.52) make IP use ASCII 13 as the End Of Line character.
1-28-92 * I knew it...! Seems all our testers always had at least some
(1.51) old messages sitting at the bottom of the netmail directory.
IP 1.50 would ignore 1.MSG, as if it was a highwater mark
in an echomail area. Fixed now, though it would have been
better if it had been fixed yesterday...
1-27-92 * Official release of 1.50, with all the features and bug fixes
(1.50) listed below.
10-26-91 * Final beta of the next official release. The problems with
(1.41á) Lantastic should be fixed, the help screen has been
improved and the /U switch (unchanged formatting on export)
has been added.
10-7-91 * Debug version, to try to find out why msg files weren't
(1.40á) being deleted under Lantastic.
9-20-91 * IP will now kill incoming netmail messages, unless the /L
(1.39á) parameter is used. And likewise, outgoing netmail will get
kill/sent status, unless /L is used.
8-25-91 * Allowing local messages to be imported, to see if it will
(1.38á) help with QMail.
* Quiet mode added: /q will suppress most of the screen output.
* As of 1.36, soft CRs are no longer used on export.
8-13-91 * Bug fix. 1.36 would not properly interpret an export address
(1.37á) with domain information.
* The /o switch now also means that the echo flag will be
ignored on export. Be careful not to use this together with
the /a switch on a conference -- you could scan out a bunch
of dupes...
8-11-91 * Finally, a first version with netmail! First of all you
(1.36á) MUST run install (IP /inst) to enter your network address.
Netmail is then handled almost the same as any other
conference.
You tell IP that the conference is a netmail conference with
the switch /X. Private messages are allowed by default.
Only messages that are addressed to the installed network
address and have NOT been given Received status will be
imported. To specify users whose mail should be imported, put
a file called IPUSER.LST in the netmail directory. The users
should be listed each on a separate line in the file. Imported
messages will get a From: (address) on the first line, to make
it easier to reply.
To export a message, it should have the destination address on
the first line, pos 1, as follows:
@>[zone:]net/node[.point][@domain]
For example:
@>1:369/35@fidonet
An incorrectly addressed message will still get exported, but
will be addressed to your own address and the grunged address
line will be retained in the message. This will allow you to
correct whatever mistake the user made.
In this first version, imported messages will not be killed, and
exported messages will not be given Kill status. This will allow
you to better keep track of what's going on in the beginning...
3-17-91 * Fixed bug that caused IP not to delete imported messages
(1.35á) under DOS 5.0.
3-12-91 * Improved handling of the create function for new *.msg files
(1.34á) to make it absolutely impossible to overwrite an existing
file in a multi-tasking environment.
* Optimized a few string functions and also found out (using
Turbo Profiler) that IP spends about 66% of its time waiting
for DOS to complete disk I/O - and I have a _fast_ harddisk,
with cache...
* Fixed bug on import of messages with words longer than 80
characters.
9-01-90 * Added option of allowing/not allowing private messages. If
(1.33á) private messages are not allowed, they will not be exported/
imported. If they are allowed, they will be imported/exported
with private status. However, how they're handled after IP has
exported them depends on how the echomail processor handles
private status. (/pvt)
Note that private status should never be allowed in national/
international echomail conferences, and that you should advise
your users of this fact.
8-30-90 * Compensated for NET/Mail's padding of the last line before
(1.32á) its tag line with spaces.
8-24-90 * Maintenance release: Fixed bug that caused replies
(1.31) not to go out.
8-18-90 * Release of 1.30, with all the features/bug fixes listed
(1.30) below.
8-09-90 * Only using record locking calls if Share is loaded.
(1.26á)
7-24-90 * Added the option to turn/keep the Echo flag on after both
(1.25á) import and export. IP will no longer rely exclusively on
the echo flag to know if a message has been processed.
However, the echo flag is still required to be on for a
message to be exported. (/o)
7-18-90 * Improved handling of origin lines that are already present
(1.24á) in messages that are exported. Replacing þ with * instead
of space, since it's so often used in origin lines.
6-29-90 * Added option of keeping messages in the *.msg format
(1.23á) on import. (/l)
* Full network and multi-tasking support. Record locking
in accordance with PCBoard specs on import. 10 retries
over 10 seconds if message base is locked by another
task. Export access not affected by locks issued by
other tasks.
* Improved formatting with option to allow "wide" wrapping
(80 columns). (/w)
* Automatic stripping of high-end ASCII on export, with a
commandline switch to retain characters in the range
128-254, if desired. (/h)
* Adding a null character to the end of exported messages to
prevent QMail (and maybe other programs) from putting in
random characters between the message text and their origin
line.
5-02-90 * Added the option of installing an "export areas file".
(1.2) If the optional switch /n:areaname is used for each area,
the area name will be added to the export file if any
messages are exported. This file can then be used to tell
your echomail processor which areas to process.
* Added sysop name option. The sysop's name is added in the
installation procedure. IP will now automatically insert
the sysop's name to replace SYSOP as originator/recipient
of a message. (Export only, of course...)
* Added origin line option. The origin line is stored in
each PCBoard message directory in a file called ORIGLINE.IP.
Tear line and origin line will only be added if this file
is present and the message doesn't contain any other tear
lines.
* Added locking of PCBoard message base during import.
* Removed a lot of unnecessary junk from the log.
4-20-90 Original Release
(1.0)
