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- Welcome to SuperBBS 1.17. First of all we would like to appologise for the
- delay there was between 1.16 and 1.17. This was not due to any special
- reason, more because of more than many reasons <grin>. However, now this
- version is released and 1.18 betas will be out pretty soon. This version
- doesn't contain so many new features, but please note that all new features
- compared to 1.17 gamma-1 have been added in late February 1993.
-
- There are probably a few SysOps who have sent their regs. directly to SBBS
- HQ, but haven't received their codes yet. If that's your situation, please
- contact us immediately.
-
- Here comes a list of new features compared to SuperBBS 1.16 :
-
- - File flagging has been enchanged
-
- SuperBBS now creates/reads FileDoor<tm>/EFT<tm>/etc. compatible
- BBSTAGFL.? file (the file is read from/written to the directory of
- current node). There are also some little improvement in file flagging.
-
- - Today / last callers menutype has been enchanged
-
- SCALLERS.BBS file is no longer used. SBBS now writes CALLERS.BBS instead
- and the format for this file is new (please refer STRUCT.117 for more
- detailed information).
-
- Two new parameters have been added to menutype 58
-
- /A displays users alias instead of his/her name.
-
- /W displays information about what the user did in the BBS.
-
- - Added an option to use own yell tunes for some users/sec. levels
-
- It's now possible to define specific tunes for some users/security levels
- to a file named YELLTUNE.CTL (stored in the main SBBS directory). The
- format is <NAME/SEC> <TUNE>, for example :
-
- Aki Antman AKITUNE.CTL
- 2500 SEC2500.CTL
-
- - Added an option to edit already posted messages
-
- A new SysOp option to edit already posted messages has been added. This
- option can be enabled by pressing <E>dit (or whatever it's in your language)
- when reading messages and then number 6. The message can be edited using
- the full screen editor (this is the suggested way) or the built-in line
- editor. Please note that all full screen editors aren't yet able to read
- the old message automaticly to editor. If that's the case with your editor,
- you'll have to quote the original message back to the editor. At least
- GEdit 1.00.05Γ <tm> supports the automatic quote option at the moment.
-
- When copying a message it's now possible to edit it with the full screen
- editor, too.
-
- - Added support for guest user
-
- SBBS now supports one "guest user". Guest user means an user who is guest
- in your BBS and probably many different people use that same guest account.
-
- Creating a guest user is quite simply.
-
- -Create GUEST.CTL file and add the name of your guest user to the file.
- Only one name is allowed!
-
- -Logon to BBS as guest and change all informations like password (you'll
- might want to set it empty using ALT-E so no password will be asked from
- guest users), security level etc.
-
- -Logout
-
- After that when guest user logons all values are always set to those values
- you have decided. Guests can change any settings they like, but the old
- settings are always restored for the next guest.
-
- If you want to change an already defined guest profile, just delete
- GUESTU.BBS and GUESTE.BBS files from your main SBBS directory, login as
- guest and change the profile.
-
- - Added an option to select how long FILES.BBS lines are wrapped.
-
- There is now an option in config to specify to which X position long
- FILES.BBS description lines are wrapped. With this option you can make
- you file lists look a bit nicer.
-
- When using this option it's suggested to use long line descriptions rather
- than " >" ones.
-
- - Added an option to add download counters automaticly.
-
- There is now an option in config to add automaticly download counters to
- FILES.BBS when a file is uploaded.
-
- Please note that this option works only when using long line descriptions!
-
- - Added an option to deny non-ARQ calls
-
- There is now an option in config to deny all non-ARQ calls (calls without
- error correction). There is also "ARQ string" option in config. To this
- field you'll have to enter the string which your modem returns when an
- ARQ call is detected (ie. /ARQ).
-
- A new command line parameter has been added to BBS.EXE.
-
- -A???? species the ARQ connect string (ie. /ARQ) returned by your mailer.
- !!! No spaces are allowed in this string !!!
-
- A new control code CTRL-K-\ shows whether error correction is enabled
- or not.
-
- - Added an option to use a new user password
-
- There is now an option in config to specify a new user password. If that
- password is specified in config, a password is automaticly asked from
- new users. If the password given by the user doesn't match, then the
- user is hang-up immediately.
-
- NUSERPWD.A?? picture (if it's present) is shown to the user before SBBS
- asks for the password.
-
- - Added an option to verify users city at logon
-
- SuperBBS can now ask ie. "Aki Antman from Helsinki, Finland <Y/n>" after
- user has entered his/her name. If user answers NO he/she can enter his/her
- name again. This option is pretty useful ie. when someone tries to logon to
- BBS and there is already an user with same name in the BBS. This option can
- be enabled/disabled from config and the prompt string is configurable from
- lconfig.
-
- - Added an option to use external chat program
-
- It's now possible to use external chat program instead of built-in (full)
- screen chat. External chat program option can be enabled by configuring the
- external chat command line to config. If the line has been configured old
- chats can be still used by pressing right shift key when entering chat
- mode.
-
- - Added an option to show RULES.A?? to new users
-
- SuperBBS can now show RULES.A?? text file to new users configurable number
- of times.
-
- - Added an option to specify min BPS rate for file areas
-
- There is now a new min. BPS rate field in the file area config. This option
- is pretty useful if you have some file areas which contain ie. big files
- and you don't want users with slow modems to access those areas. This option
- is functional only for template areas!
-
- - Added toggle option to SETFLAG Q-A command
-
- A toggle option has been added to questionaire command SETFLAG. For example
-
- SETFLAG D8 TOGGLE
-
- would toggle the flag D8.
-
- - Added an option to disable users from "users online" list
-
- By pressing ALT-7 the SysOp can disable the current user from the users
- online list. Please note that this option is valid for current call only!
-
- Users listed in a new .CTL file HIDETHEM.CTL are always hidden when they
- logon.
-
- - Added new options to "select combined boards" menutype
-
- Two new commands have been added to menutype 28. Commands like X-Y ON/OFF
- can be used to toggle multiple areas via one command. For example :
-
- 1-35 ON toggles all boards from 1 to 35 ON
- 47-187 OFF toggles all boards from 47-187 OFF
-
- - <U>pdate user message reading command has been updated
-
- When using <U>pdate command (or whatever it's in your language) locally
- it's now possible to use SBBSUSER.EXE (must be found from the main SBBS
- path) to edit users information.
-
- - Added view text option to file list more prompt
-
- It's now possible to view text files while reading file list. The command
- to view text files is same which is used to display archive contest. If
- the file is archive, then archive list is displayed, otherwise the file
- is displayed.
-
- - Random birthday verify has been replaced with verify after # calls
-
- There is now a new option in config to enable users birthday verification
- after x days. If the check fails once then the check is executed until
- the user is able to enter the correct birthday.
-
- - Added a new auto display file
-
- It's now possible to view a different .A?? picture for different BPS
- rates. For example B2400.A?? would be displayed to a 2400 BPS caller,
- B14400.A?? would be displayed to 14400 BPS caller etc.
-
- - Added a new auto display file
-
- A new auto display file SUBWARN.A?? has been added. SUBWARN.A?? is shown
- when the user has under 31 days left until his/her expiration date.
-
- - Added two new control codes
-
- CTRL-K-= can be used to show current number of tagged files, CTRL-K-?
- can be used to show size of tagged files in bytes.
-
- - SBBS now checks FILES.BBS date before checking the file dates. If FILES.BBS
- date is older than users last date then that FILES.BBS isn't scanned at
- all - this speeds up new files check if there are no new files.
-
- This option can be enabled/disabled from config.
-
- Added new FILEDATE option to SBBSUTIL.EXE. This option touches all
- FILES.BBS dates to date of the newest file in area. This option is useful
- when using external programs which touch FILES.BBS date ie. when updating
- it. SuperBBS no longer updates FILES.BBS date when adding download
- counters.
-
- - Added a new .CTL file
-
- A new .CTL file FILE-OK.CTL has been added. To this file you can list all
- extensions which are allowed in your BBS. Files with extension NOT listed
- in this file will be rejected. The format of FILE-OK.CTL is one extension
- per line, including the point. For example :
-
- .LZH
- .ARJ
- .ZIP
- .ARC
- .EXE
-
- - Added a new .CTL file
-
- A new .CTL file NOSOUND.CTL. When user listed in this file tries to page
- the yell sound is not plaid.
-
- - Added a new .CTL file
-
- A new .CTL file SLOWUSER.CTL has been added. If users name is found from
- this file, he/she is allowed to logon even if his/her BPS rate is slower
- than the minimum BPS rate to logon.
-
- - Menutype 30 has been enchanged
-
- Menutype 30 (DOS directory) now prompts for path if the data field is
- empty.
-
- - When reading selected messages it's now possible to choose more than one
- selecting criteria.
-
- - SBBS now overwrites the file area name if no files has been found in file
- searches.
-
- - SBBS now correctly reminds you when you are in DOS shell (ALT-J) from
- SBBS.
-
- - Added an option to automaticly delete bad QWK messages by entering 0 to
- the default QWK board setting in config.
-
- - Added an option to use zero padded download counters
-
- - Added an option to display FILEAREA.A?? (if found) instead of the hard
- coded file area list.
-
- - Added an option to disable SBBS from giving back time spent in chat
-
- - Added an option to allow multi word names without allowing one word names.
-
- - Added an option to force new users to use an alias.
-
- - Added an option to use ^C??? color control codes in menu prompts.
-
- - If users name is listed in trashcan.ctl he/she is no longer able to logon
- using alias.
-
- - QWK system now gives some statistics about received messages
-
- - The nodelist browser is now a bit better, for example commands like
- 2:220/? work now OK.
-
- - CTRL-B (view an ANSI/ASCII picture) works now in full screen chat, too.
-
- - CTRL-S, CTRL-U and CTRL-T message reading options can now be
- enabled/disabled from config.
-
- - It's no longer possible to copy a password protected file to tempdir
- without entering a correct password.
-
- - /NOEXPIRE parameter is now automaticly added to the default command line
- of SCAN.EXE <tm>.
-
- - Added some new string to LCONFIG, please edit your *.LNG files.
-
- - USERSORT.EXE is now completely rewritten. We decided to include a new
- USERSORT.EXE written by Pasi Talliniemi to SuperBBS package. This new
- USERSORT.EXE should work much better than the ones included in the
- earlier SBBS packages and there are many new sorting options, too.
-
- - STOP.EXE has been updated to read BOARDS.BBS.
-
- - Added security search option to SBBSUSER.EXE.
-
- - It's now possible to read any .ASW file from SBBSUSER.EXE by pressing
- SHIFT-F5.
-
- - A new utility named SNOOPER.COM has been included in this package.
- With SNOOPER.COM and SNETMGR.EXE you are able to monitor/use all remote
- work stations from one computer. To use this new remote maintenance system
- SNOOPER.COM must be loaded on every work station you are going to use with
- SNETMGR.EXE. SNOOPER.COM works only in NETBIOS (tm) environment.
-
- SuperBBS Group
- Aki Antman & Risto Virkkala
-
- PS. When you have sent crashmail to SuperBBS HQ (FidoNet : 2:220/620,
- SuperNet : 42:1201/102) please remember to poll for reply in 24-48 hours.
-