MaxMail 1.61 August 4,1991 Okay, Version 1.6x is a BIG update to Maxmail. Mainly I have added QWK support! And I mean full support. Users can chose QWK style or original text archive format on the fly. Also with QWK selected, a user may upload the standard REP packets generated by the QWK readers. He can even choose areas not currently selected, as long as they are valid message areas on your bbs (We list ALL message areas in the control file for QWK to enable this feature). There's an awful lot to this. You can even include a signon message, goodbye message, news/bulletins and NEWFILES list. These added files must be generated by something outside of MaxMail of course. I use Xlist to create a newfiles list (30 day) every night here. Anyways, the sysop controls all of that through the MaxMail cfg file. I think everyone will enjoy this vastly improved update. There are many little features I don't even list here, as well as the usual bug fixes. Its pretty solid and complete now. If you are currently running Maxmail 15x or less, be sure and take this new MaxMail CFG file I include here and edit for your particulars, if you use your old one instead most features will be disabled! The user base file works fine and is fully upwards compatable. When you install this new MaxMail you should let users know about the QWK (i.e. tell them to enter [C]hange configuration when they first log on), elsewise not much new will show up. I do this thru the MaxMail bulletin option, so it only shows up once..I include some sample stuff. Or worse case, delete MaxMail.usr and make everyone start over. That will force them to select QWK or not.. The sysop now has a new offline maintainence mode "/S" switch which wont require a fossil or com port, it does need to be run from Maximus root directory. This new mode allows you to "pack" the user records and kill off dead users no longer on your bbs or any ones you delete yourself. It is probably good to do this once in a while to keep the file small.. Whew! There's so much to this version I just can't tell it all here! Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.60 06-08-91 Add Sysop local menu Add daily message pack count and sysop control Adjust RCV flag for messages to specific user in local msg areas. Allow packer execution to be redirected to COM1,2,3,4 Fix temp dir problems Fix problems with filesize testing/time at download prompt. Qwk support! Add newfiles list include option If xfer program error, return to menu instead of aborting back to MaxMail, allowing user to retry Add user configurable max pack count per message area for QWK packets. Add hangup after download countdown option Input REP packets from prompt in local mode.. Add configuration menu Add forced messages areas Support QWK reader add/del msg area functions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are currently running Maxmail 1.60, all you need to do is copy over this new exe file. And set for echotoss log support if desired. MaxMail 1.61 will append/create the echotoss log (as specified in Max.ctl) for echo areas where new qwk messages are upload. The hardware handshaking problems in 1.60 (where text output may not be complete) looks fixed now with testing at beta sites. Also code is changed around for better performance. Version 1.61 07-18-91 Fix FOSSIL hardware handshaking. Fix himsg adjust for private messages. Add ECHOTOSS log support. Ignore msg upload to READ_ONLY areas. Fixup PASCAL calling style. Convert FOSSIL char out to prevent lockup.