FidoQWK - FidoNet(tm) <=> QWK Echomail Processor
= [ v1.05 ] ====================================================================
01-Aug-1992 - Am I wasting my time on this??
- The alias 'SYSOP' didn't get translated to the real name on
outgoing messages.
Thanks to Andrew Badi for pointing this out.
- Renamed the executables for planned support of other FidoNet
message formats. I'm looking into supporting Squish and Fido
packet 2 format in the near future. Currently only the Fido
*.MSG format is supported.
FID2REP has been renamed to MSG2REP
QWK2FID has been renamed to QWK2MSG
- The lock up problems caused just prior to shelling out to the
compression program may have been caused by the EMS check on
some machines. This version of FidoQWK will no longer check
for EMS when shelling out.
Thanks to Darcy Otto and
Daniel Cameron for reporting these.
Hopefully the following options will fix this problem:
- Use the /SWAP or /EMS option if swapping to disk or EMS when
executing the compression program is desired.
- Use /FS to tell FidoQWK to use Full-Screen when executing the
ZIP and unZIP programs.
- Added the /NS (No Shell) option. Use this switch to tell
FidoQWK not to run the compression/decompression programs.
When this option is used, QWK2MSG expects that the QWK packet
had already been unpacked into the work directory.
With this option enabled, MSG2REP will create the BBS_ID.MSG
file in the current directory. This BBS_ID.MSG packet needs
to be manually compressed into BBS_ID.REP before sending to
the QWK mail door.
- The /IT switch is no longer supported, I've been informed that
it is not for used the way I had used it.
Thanks to Jeff Smart for mentioning this.
- The /IS (Ignore Sent) switch was added. Use this switch to
ignore the "Sent" attribute on the *.MSG files. I'm not sure
if this attribute bit needs to be checked or not. I didn't
find any information in the FTS drafts on the use of these
attributes. If someone knows anything about these bits I'd
appreciate any information.
I might add some code to update the *.MSG files' "Sent"
attribute. Let me know if this is desirable or necessary??
Because the *.MSG packets are normally created as a temporary
process so I don't see it necessary to update this attribute.
- Normally MSG2REP will scan *.MSG files from the highest number
it scanned last. This may not be desirable in some cases, so
I've added a switch to ignore this "last scanned pointer" and
scan all available messages. To ignore this last scanned
pointers, use the /IP switch on the command line.
Can't remember who asked for this one.
Please use the /IS, /IP switches with caution because re-dumping
messages back to the net can cause you to loss your mail feed
privileges.
- Tip: Mail import & export are very disk intensive operations.
The use of delay-write cache such as the new SMARTDrive 4 and
HyperDisk with the staged write option enable will speed up
these operations as well as easing the stress load on the hard
drive. To enable delay-write on HyperDisk use the S T:n option
on the command line. Change the T:n to a value that gets the
best performance on your system, T:1 worked best for me, but
I'm using SMARTDrive 4.0 which is even better.
A tip from Geoffrey Sy, the overworked programmer.
= [ v1.03 ] ====================================================================
07-Jul-1992 - Programmer's job is never done.
- Tearlines weren't being properly appended to incoming messages.
- Mis-calculation of a string length caused it to go into never,
never land.
= [ v1.02 ] ====================================================================
04-Jul-1992 - Minor Maintenance
- The date on the .REP messages wasn't formatted correctly.
- Removed the extra CR between the taglines.
- FidoQWK will now ignore Kludge lines.
= [ v1.01 ] ====================================================================
03-Jul-1992 - Option removed in v1.05.
= [ v1.00 ] ====================================================================
26-Jun-1992 - Intital Release.
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