1. Rn

Now rn net will post the article to one of the groups mentioned in
Newsgroups: line if one of them exist in the system. Previously it
checked only the first group mentioned in the list and posted to
junk if it didn't exist. (I still have to add cross-posting.)

Active-file is now optional (used with vn) and the default is "none".
This means that it is not updated at all. If the rc-entry is anything
else, the active file is updated 1) when exiting rn and a post was made
2) after rn net host unpack 3) after rn tidy. The handling of the
active file is very inefficient, and I still have to make a use of it.

WARNING! active file is only generated, not read! Do not use active
	 file if your news system already generates it !

Adding groups in rn didn't work so well, because add_group() didn't
remember to close the newsgroups-file. I think it worked all right if
you didn't add more than one group at a time. Also the remove routine
was equally good. Actually, all it did was "return 0;".

In the %postnews: configuration entry you can use some variable strings:
 %f = name of the article file
 %u = user login name
 %r = user full name

Some people have complained that rn first adds a bunch of newsgroups and
then removes them and this happens every time rn is started. The reason
for this behaviour was that the groups were mentioned in the newsgroups
file, but otherwise they didn't exist. A newsgroup exists if it has a news
directory with the .next file. A new group is now added to the user's
newsrc if the group name is in the newsgroups file AND it exists. However,
it is still possible that rn first adds a new group and then removes it.
This happens if the newsgroup does not have a .next file.

The sys file usage has changed slightly. Now positive and negative
patterns are considered equal: the whole pattern line is checked. It is
now possible to use a line like:
    huuhaa:*,-alt*,alt.hackers,alt*amiga

Date: now confirms to RFC822, /etc/rc has a %timezone: entry, default is
GMT. 9 chars maximum.

Local flag ("l") in the newsgroups file is not used anymore. Configure
sys file entries instead to restrict distribution. "r" flag implemented,
(read-only-groups). e.g. junk 10 r (expire-time 10 days, read-only)

Article display is now faster. More routine will NOT count ansi-sequences
to the line length, so you could use colourful .signatures.

When rn collects a net packet, it will add a Path:-line if it does not
already exist in a article. When rn unpacks a packet, it will use the
sending host as a pathname, if no Path: is found, and so will not send
the article back.


2. Mail

Now you can use UUCP sendmail with mail and ami. You of course should
have both UUMAIL: and %mail: (in /etc/rc) pointing to the same place.
Another thing you have to change is the %sendmail: entry in the
/etc/rc.mail to UUCP:c/sendmail <%f -f %u -R "%r" -t %t -c "%c".
/etc/rc.mail is optional and the default setting for the %sendmail:
is "internal", which uses AXsh's own routing. The variable strings
that can be used in the %sendmail: entry are:
 %f = name of the letter file
 %u = user login name
 %r = user full name
 %t = receiver
 %c = carbon copies

You can also move the AXsh Routetable file out of the mail directory
by using the corresponding %routetable: entry.

First version of mail aliases. %aliasfile: defines which file to use.
Aliases are expanded before .forward. "\" can be used to escape further
alias and .forward expansions. Messages can't be piped to a command.

Some examples, aliases must start from the first column:
	pasi.ojala: root
	Pasi.Ojala: \albert
	axsh: root root@hub root@host1 root@host2

Date: now confirms to RFC822, /etc/rc has a %timezone: entry, default is
GMT. 9 chars maximum.


3. AXsh

AXsh has now eight user-levels and four superuser-levels named as:
daemon,system,wizard,superuser and assistant,privileged,trusted,
friend,qualified,normal,guest,visitor. Hardcoded privileges are in this
order, all superuser levels are currently equal and other levels are
only used in rn (over or equal to "privileged" will allow group creation
and article cancellation). Because this change was already on it's way
when the AXshDemo1.25 was released, the privileged level did not work
correctly and AXsh used settings for "normal" instead.

Of course you can change the order of the levels in the rc file if you
think that some level should be more privileged than some other. If the
definition for a user level does not exist in the /etc/rc, definitions
for "normal" are used and a warning is displayed. Remeber that the level
names are case-sensitive like all other identifiers in the rc files.

No more <command> <permitted-dir>/<forbidden-dir>.. For example lha
has a nice feature: "lha a packet directory" will recursively collect
all files..

AXsh has now an internal protect-command, which also understands the
new C=-defined group and world protection bits. Currently it does not
understand wildcards and the new bits are not yet used anywhere.
(However, "ls" shows them.)

Resizing the window now automagically sets the variables rows and columns
if you are in the AXsh getline routine. When you log in, the window size
report is requested and the variables are set accordingly. If there is no
response, default values are set to the variables, usually 25 and 80. The
window can also be resized from serial with a string like
ESC[1;1;<rows>;<columns>r , where rows should be between 0 and 99 (only two
digits are supported). ESC[ can be replaced with CSI (0x9b).

-user <login-name> can be used to log in a specified user. However, no
password is asked and no other login name can be used in that session
("login" will work, but it will not ask login name nor password).
This option is in a gray area, because you can do "axsh -user root" and
you instantly have superuser privileges. Of course this is only possible
on console, where anything is possible for an experienced user, but with
this even less experienced users can bring down the system. I only made
this to satisfy some UUCP users.. Any other way to do this ?

When run under ks2.0, AXsh (and other programs that launch other program)
does not open arp.library anymore. AXsh can also use ks2.0 residents and
shell internals now.

Couple of more internal commands in AXsh itself:
internal - lists all internal commands
quit     - a 'null-command', to prevent execution of the shell-internal
	   quit, which would freeze the process completely.
uptime   - the first line of who-command
which    - first searches AXsh aliases, internals and then uses an external
	   which-command, which is hopefully accessible..
who      - displays uptime and users logged in etc.

exit and login can now be called from scripts and which also shows them.

When checking quota, AXsh will not go through links or count files that
are links to other files.


4. AXAUX-handler

A new option to the filename part: /speed<speed>/.. This is needed if
you want to use a speed that is not available in preferences.

e.g.
	axaux:serial.device/0/shared/speed38400/checkcd

The checkcd-option is not fully tested and it may not work as expected
in all situations. However, when carrier drops and axaux: gets Read or
WaitForChar packets, it will see if the carrier has dropped and
send SIGBREAKF_CTRL_C to the reading process. This is very usable with
non-AXsh programs.

Btw, when doing the speed change I noticed that System() considers
'=' to be equal to space.. For example, try to say ls=Axsh: in
AmigaShell and be suprised! AXsh will escape any arguments that has
equal signs by enclosing them in double-quotes.


5. AX-sysghost

AX-sysghost does not write uptime/user reports to env: anymore. This
reduces memory fragmentation and increases system speed. Two
programs are provided to be used in AmigaShell windows to get the
information straight from the sysghost itself: "who" and "uptime".


6. Misc

sx and rx are no longer included, as you can use xprxmodem.library or
xprymodem.library with XPR.

More now has a Back-one-page command (b) and the output is significantly
faster. It also has a screenclear-option (^L used):
  more [-s] file1 [file2 ..]
The display can be restarted (r), restarted in rot-13 mode (x) and other
special commands are also available.

The first character in "ls" long listing has changed a bit :
  "d" for directory		\_ like in the old version
  "-" for file			/
  "l" for (hard) link to a file
  "D" for (hard) link to a directory
  "s" for a soft-link