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- File listings maintain:
- Date of last access
- Number of times the file is accessed.
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- There are new menu commands that work in conjunction with File transfers:
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- New since last call with Download
- Search for File with Download
- List Files from New to Old with Download
- List files from Old to new with Download
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- These commands append a D>ownload command to the command line to the
- File list as you list files.
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- There are now 10 lines of description available for every file uploaded
- or posted in the file sections to more adequately describe uploads.
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- Message Base
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- Host 2.0 Message bases now support Threading. You can follow a string of
- messages from beginning to end, including sub-threads that are threads of
- messages that are replies to replies. You can Show the original message
- of the thread you are in at any time its applicable to a threaded message.
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- The New Message bases now support variable length messages set by MsgEdit
- from 1-400 lines per section. --
- There are 4 new menu commands for searching by subject:
- Read with search by section
- Scan with Search by section
- Read with search all combined sections
- Scan with search all combined sections
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- The Security level set for the Combined Read now sets the access level
- required by the user to post a new message to that section. This means
- that even replies cannot be sent if you make it so the new user can read
- messages,but the access level for the section is higher than the
- users level.
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- The command line of the Message base, now supports a (CR) as next, and
- requires an explicit command "Q" hot key to exiting reading messages.
- (Note: The file sections also work the same way when listing files.)
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- The Userlog now remembers the highest message read, so you can on
- subsequent logins read messages that you have not read yet, as well as
- new messages since the last call.
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- Cancelling a message now asks you if you wish to abort message entry or
- only what you've entered so far and starts t----
- You are prompted for a new subject for every message, so that the message
- header will be able to reflect the message contents if you wish. Entering
- a (CR) will leave the Subject as it was. Entering a Control-X will clear
- the subject line for a new subject.
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- The Message header now displays when a message has been recieved by the
- user it was sent to.
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- Menus
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- The Menus now support 24 restriction flags for each menu item. These
- items can be set to "match" or "not to match" the users restriction flags
- set by the default settings in the config file for each user as they
- login. Also any combination of flags can be set giving virtually
- thousands of combinations of access in combination with the 255 levels of
- security access.
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- The Userlog supports the restriction flags set for each user and can be
- edited and maintained with UserEdit. As well as Survey commands and
- online Sysop editing commands.
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- System
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- You can now choose to set in the config file the following new itewill be logged off, and will not be able to call for 12 hours
- from 3PM now... or 3AM.
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- If John doe had only used 15 minutes the first call at 9AM, and made
- a subsequent call at 3PM, he would have his time on the system reduced to
- 15 minutes, and if his time limit expired, he would not be able to login
- again until 3:15AM.
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- You can now support 19,200,9600,2400,1200,300 baud, with 300 baud lockout
- if you do not wish to support 300 baud users.
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- A Network Mail application can be configured for a timed launch in the
- config file. You set the time in hours, minutes and seconds in the config
- file and the path to the Netmail application, and Host will reduce any
- callers time limit accordingly if he calls to close to launch time and
- will log them off and then initiate the application pathed in the config
- file.
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- You can now Disable the local Echo, this closes the terminal window for
- Host, which is a standard movable window. With the terminal Window
- closed, thruput to the user is much greatewill be faster than 1.4.
- Downloads are not affected by this.
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- Host can now keep track of the total number of calls your system
- receives if you keep a file called Cumulative calls in the same folder
- with Host.
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- Host now supports Desk accesories
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- Status bar now reports the time and date of the last caller online
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- You can only click in the status bar to cancel a file transfer instead of
- anywhere as before.
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- There is a 3 minute warning to let you know that time is about to expire.
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- There is now a Newuser.msg and a Logoff.msg that are displayed accordingly,
- the newuser.msg will only display for a new user on his first call. The
- logoff.msg displays whenever a command 1 logoff command is executed. They
- are placed in the same folder as Host.
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- MultiFinder compatability & MultiLine:
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- It is now possible to configure Host to share specific files and run
- independant BBS's, one thru the modem port and the other thru the Printer
- port under MulitFinder. They share the follofiles; Message files,
- Userlog, menus & files by the proper pathing in the config file. Each
- System will still require its own config file and main menu, Modem files
- and welcome files to run.
- Surveys
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- There are additional Survey commands that enhance the current survey
- commands that are in 1.4 as well as Survey commands that support voting.
- They are:
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- New command 0 (zero) This command converts last input to upper case.
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- New command 19, place ascii character specified in "Text" to the
- scratch file
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- New Command 20, clears the scratch file and branches to a label. This is
- useful for surveys that display a fair amount of text before asking for
- input and allows the user a second chance to input should he make a
- mistake. without having to start the survey over.
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- New command 21, If users download to upload ratio is is less than the
- number in "Text", go to "branch".
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- 4 new Survey commands to set or unset restriction flags either
- permanently or temporarily for that user whn affect the Menu
- displays for the user.
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- 4 New Survey commands to initiate the text file read commands that Host
- supports:
- cancellable, no prompts.
- cancellable, all prompts.
- not cancellable, all prompts,
- not cancellable, Final prompt only
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- These commands are useful for validation Surveys where you can present
- validation information to the user and then get his input. They can also
- be used to display the "Survey Scratch" file so that the user can check
- his input.
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- 13 new Voting survey commands that can ask the user for specific input,
- yes or no, or muliple choice, and then display the results of the voting
- so far in percentages as well as the number of people voting yes or no,
- or a,b, or c. depending on how you set up the voting survey. There are
- also commands to prevent the user from voting more than once.
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- Surveys are now time and date stamped in the RES file.
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- Survey interpreter has been speed up to make branches exec?
- Command: CATegories, TOPics, REAd, REPly
- BROwse, SETcat, EXIt, or HELp
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