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InterMail 2.29i What's new - May 01 1996 ===================================================================== (c) Copyright 1992-1996 Further Development, Inc. All rights reserved. ^ | Further Development, Inc. | Further P.O. Box 821864 ____|____________ South Florida, FL 33082 (____|____________) USA | | Development, Inc . Phone 1-954-436-2080 M-F 2pm-8pm EST ____|______________________ 1-500-675-0049 5pm-10pm PST (____|______________________) Fax 1-954-432-2223 | BBS 1-954-436-1085 | Fidonet 1:369/35 InterMailnet 211:211/101 E-Mail fdi@furtherdev.com See our Website at http://www.furtherdev.com Welcome to InterMail 2.29i, a minor upgrade free to registered owners of InterMail 2.2* for DOS. If you are running the demo version, please see LICENSE.DOC. Please MAKE A BACKUP before you install this version. Please report your opinion and suggestions via netmail to us. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29i What's new - Mar 25 1996 ===================================================================== * Fixed: the bug that caused unnecessary delays after each call where files were to be truncated or deleted. * Fixed: the problem with frequent send errors under OS/2. * Fixed: a bug in IMSend that made it pick up the /x= parameter as an extra destination address. * Changed: the IMEXIT*.* semaphores are now picked up on startup and will keep on causing InterMail to exit until they are removed. This means that if you put an IMEXIT*.* file in the semaphore directory, you are also responsible for removing it. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29h What's new - Mar 17 1996 ===================================================================== * Fixed: the bug which in some cases could cause unsent files to be deleted or truncated. * Special fields for Caller ID information have been added in IMSetup, to make it easier to see where the information should go. If your modem supports Caller ID, and you subscribe to this service from your local phone company, enable Caller ID logging in InterMail as follows: 1) For most modems: in IMSetup, go to Modem/Advanced setup/Command strings, and add the following to one of the init strings (Init-1, 2 or 3): #CID=1 2) Go to Modem/Advanced setup/Answer control, and set "Answer on ring" to 2. 3) Go to Modem/Advanced setup/Messages, and type in the following words in the appropriate Caller ID fields: NAME, NMBR, DATE and TIME. This information will then be saved to your log file. NOTE: The two new fields reuse space that was previously used for connect messages. Make sure that you check them and see that they don't contain any "CONNECT xxxx" strings. * New version 2.0 of IMsend. The limits for max number of destination addresses and max number of attached files have both been raised to 200. * Important announcement from Peter Stewart: |------------------------------------------- | As the author of InterMail and InterEcho, I would like to announce | that I, together with my wife, Michele, have formed a new company, | Further Development, Inc. Effective immediately, sales and support | will be handled by us. | | We have acquired all rights to the products in the InterMail family, | which previously were spread over a number of hands. From now on, | all copyrights will be held under one name: Further Development ,Inc. | | What does this mean to you, our clients? We are convinced that you | will notice substantial improvements .The software will still be | programmed and supported by me, with the difference being that there | should now be more resources to devote to development. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29g What's new - Dec 01 1995 ===================================================================== Miscellaneous ------------- * Fixed invalid pointer operation bug when purging/sorting the phone directory in the terminal. * When forwarding a message to the netmail folder using a quickname, conflicting message attributes should no longer be possible (i.e. Hold and Crash simultaneously). * Minor adjustments to make InterMail work better under Windows95. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29f What's new - Aug 13 1995 ===================================================================== This version fixes the problem with mailers calling in with very large EMSI handshake packets. Up to 80 AKAs from the remote system are supported. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29e What's new - Aug 01 1995 ===================================================================== This version should fix all the problems encountered under Windows NT 3.5 and Windows 3.11 that were caused by the bug in Microsoft's code for 32-bit file access, in the handling of DOS function 44h (IOCTL), sub-function 6, which doesn't report End-of-file like it should according to the DOS documentation. The performance under DESQview has been improved. The mailer now releases more time slices when idle. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29d What's new - Jun 01 1995 ===================================================================== OS/2 com routines ----------------- The new com routines for OS/2 should give file transfer performance approaching native OS/2 programs. This is accomplished by using the same function calls that are available to OS/2 applications. In other words, InterMail handles communication under OS/2 in exactly the same way as a native OS/2 program. The high performance (=low CPU usage) is partially achieved by letting the application become "blocked" while waiting for a read request to be fulfilled, meaning that it takes up 0 percent of the CPU. Of course, after a little moment it will need to regain control from OS/2 to check the keyboard, etc. This is done by setting the read timeout value for the COM device used. InterMail allows you to fine-tune the performance by giving you control over this timeout value, using a new command line parameter /OS2TO:xx, where xx should be a value between 2 and 15 (tenths of a second). The default is 3. Example: IM /nf /os2to:4 Values above 10-15 may lead to decreased efficiency while sending and may also interfere with other timers, and should not be used. Note that if you load a FOSSIL, like VX00 in the same window, you must use the parameter /NF (no fossil) for InterMail to use its OS/2-specific com routines. Miscellaneous ------------- * Max number of session-level passwords increased to 2048. * Max length of usernames retrieved from NAMES.IM increased from 30 to 35 characters. * Fixed problems caused by a bug in OS/2's findfirst function. If the volume label was "OS2", the operating system would return a successful match on _any_ file with a name starting with "OS2", and similarly for any other volume label, for example "DOS". We now check that we haven't just found the volume label before assuming that an incoming file already exists. * The Function Requests name macro (=N) is now set to "Anonymous" if the caller doesn't present a name and the node is unlisted. * Netmail attaching echomail archives created by InterEcho are not sent. * Fixed problems caused by the bug in Windows for Workgroups' (32-bit file access) handling of DOS function 44h (IOCTL), sub-function 6, which doesn't properly report End-of-file. The mail-history files should now work ok with 32-bit file access turned on. * Messages without zone information are now assigned to the same zone as the main AKA. Hopefully this will prevent mail from being picked up by the wrong node, without causing any other problems. * Fixed the replace function in the editor. * Supra 288i/e added to the modem pick list. * Updated the printer pick list. * Plus several tiny adjustments. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29c What's new - Feb 01 1995 ===================================================================== This release contains only fine tunings and fixes: * Added support for up to 1024 session passwords. * Fixed stack overflow error when changing the addressee of a mail bundle and moving from the top to the lowest level of the nodelist. * The terminal will now only enable XON/XOFF handshaking at the FOSSIL level if the modem runs at 2400 bps or below. * Plus several tiny adjustments. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29b What's new - Dec 07 1994 ===================================================================== * Fixed the stack overflow bug when a packet was found in the incoming directory on startup. It could cause lock-ups. * Fixed problems with session handshakes with MacKennel and SEAdog. * Fixed bug that caused the "Unable to remove window" message. * Fixed problem with 43/50 line mode in the mailer and in the terminal. * Fixed the cosmetic bug in the Folder Manager in IMSetup where user numbers would overwrite parts of the origin line. * A rescan request will no longer make the mailer hang up when in between CARRIER, COMPRESSION, PROTOCOL and a CONNECT message. * Added support for up to 512 session passwords. * If the "/Zmax:" parameter is set to 1024 or less, InterMail will request 1K (standard) Zmodem instead of ZedZap. This makes it possible to force a max block size of 1024 bytes even when the other side starts the file transfer. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29a What's new - Nov 04 1994 ===================================================================== * Expanded the field for the answer string from 10 to 20 character, to accomodate fax modems with adaptive answering. * Fixed a bug in the terminal that gave some downloaded files a date of 01-01-80. * All the menues and fields that were used only by InterEcho has been removed. Use the InterEcho setup program IESetup for these settings. * The "Type" field in the folder manager in IMSetup will only display the *.msg and Hudson message formats. All other formats currently supported by InterEcho and IESetup will be displayed as "Other". IMSetup won't destroy these folder configurations, but you should use IESetup to edit them. * InterEcho's setup program v1.02 has a bug where it may accidentally enable local access passwords (from your keyboard) on message folders. This will be fixed shortly, but in the meantime the passwords can be removed in the folder manager in IMSetup. * Message folders for Unlisted Areas (Unknown Areas), Unsecure Areas and Dupes, created by IESetup, can now be used with InterEdit (the InterMail message editor), provided that you use the *.msg or Hudson message format. * Fixed a cosmetic bug in the IMSetup's Security Manager (session passwords), where garbage would be written outside the window when item 20, 21 etc. was edited. * Fixed some timing problems in the initialization of a Zmodem session, which could show up with ISDN connections and link speeds of 57.6 kbps. * Fixed handshake problems with MacKennel, a fido style mailer for Macintosh. * Fixed a bug where IM could hang up on the remote in some cases when CARRIER, PROTOCOL, & COMPRESSION messages were enabled on modems using the Rockwell V.FC or V.34 chipset. * A related fix speeds up the processing of modem messages and might improve on the response time for RING messages under Windows. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.29 What's new - Jun 29 1994 ===================================================================== * The problem with the mailer hanging when receiving a last block of 0 size on small files (the infamous 1024 bytes lockup bug) is finally fixed! This one was realy hard to track. * New parameters for function requests, to avoid conflicts in multi-line setups: "=R" - function request result path. Allows the path to be passed as a parameter to the program that processes the request. "=#" - mailer id. Allows the line number to be passed to the program that processes the request. Can also be included in the result path, so that separate directories can be used depending on the line number. Example from ALIAS.LST: ^-c:\tempout.=#\*.* * A function request is now logged with all command line parameters fully expanded, to facilitate debugging of ALIAS.LST and function request processor. * Ctrl-Q once again works in the terminal. * Fixes a problem that would occur when a modem for some reason didn't lower Carrier Detect after a call, and InterMail wouldn't re-initialize the modem. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.28 What's new - Jun 02 1994 ===================================================================== * The time-slicing has been fine tuned to work as well as possible for OS/2, DESQview and Windows. * The definition of a 'secure session' has been changed to 'a session where a correct session password has been exchanged'. Other sessions are considered un-secure, even if you in reality know who you are calling to. As a result of this change, incomming files in un-secure sessions will always be saved in \IM\FILES, no matter who originates the call. Incomming files in secured sessions will be saved in \IM\SECURE, just like before. * The Mailer will now respect the IMSLEEP.NOW semaphore on startup. * The max number of messages in the netmail folder has been increased to 2000. * The following modem has been added to the modem pick list: Boca 28.8 V.FC/FAX Hayes Optima 288 V.FC + Fax Practical Peripherals 14.4 Supra SupraFAX V32bis USRobotics Sportster/PC V32bis V42bis Zoltrix 14400 v32bis V42bis Zoom 28.8 V32bis V42bis V.FC FAX ===================================================================== InterMail 2.27 What's new - Feb 24 1994 ===================================================================== External file request processor ------------------------------- We have added more features and fixed some bugs in the hook for an external file request processor: * Increased the max number of allowed return messages to 254 (01-FE). * Added "UNLISTED" as a value of the %X parameter * Added %M = minutes left to the next event when requests are not allowed. * A minus (-) as the first character of the file name returned by an ERP means that the file will be deleted after sending. * Fixed bug in the handling of return messages. Miscellaneous ------------- * Fixed bug that prevented IM /T from working. * Added option to choose 'File requests from password protected systems only' in the install program. * Added Hayes Optima 288 to the modem pick list. * Additional fine-tuning of the releasing of time slices under OS/2. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.26 What's new - Jan 01 1994 ===================================================================== NOTE! Changed file name ----------------------- All versions prior to 2.26 has used FOLDER.CFG, but from now on, the file name is IMFOLDER.CFG. The format has been changed. If you haven't done so before, you must run FOLDCVT.EXE before using IMSetup or the InterMail editor. Your old FOLDER.CFG will be retained, so you can go back to the previous version of IMSetup and the InterMail Editor, if you wish. FOLDCVT will be able to find FOLDER.CFG if you have the usual environment variable: SET IM=c:\im NOTE! Clean old fields ---------------------- It is important that you check the user defined modem messages under IMSetup --> Modem --> Advanced setup --> Messages. These strings reuse space that has been unused since InterMail 2.10. If you find any CONNECT messages there, please make sure to remove them. User definable modem messages ----------------------------- Six user definable modem messages have been added. Can be used to log connection protocol messages for modems that display these messages on a separate line (e.g. "CARRIER", "PROTOCOL", etc.). These strings reuse space that has been unused since InterMail 2.10. If you find any CONNECT messages there, please make sure to remove them. Sample: If you have an Hayes Ultra 288, you may want to enter CARRIER on line one and PROTOCOL on line two. After this you will find interesting info in your log file, sent from the modem just before the connect string. Number of rings before answer ----------------------------- Under IMSetup --> Modem --> Advanced Setup --> Answer Control there is a new option to configure the number of rings before IM answers the phone, to aid in logging caller ID where information is received between ring signals. Caller ID --------- The user definable modem messages may also be used to log caller ID information ("NMBR","NAME"), provided that your modem supports it. You will see the phone number of the caller in your log file. Squish .BSY semaphore --------------------- The Squish .BSY semaphores should work for when the next beta of Squish is released. Unfortunately, Squish itself didn't support them for ARCmail type mailers. After discussing this with Scott Dudley, we have come up with a solution that will be implemented in both Squish and IM. External file request processors -------------------------------- It takes time to find filenames on CD-ROMs and slow harddrives. On some systems the file requesting caller times out and gets disconnected before the file transfer even has started. A solution for this is to use a third-party file request processor. We have now built in a hook for this and welcome any third party developers to use it! If the file request processor is defined in IMSetup, it will be started just after the file request is received, while the caller is still on-line. See IMSetup --> Mailer --> File Requests --> External. The following is an example of how a request processor could be installed: C:\MYFREQ.EXE %A %F %N %P The pseudo parameters would in this case give the request processor the following information: network Address, List file, User name, Password. In all the parameters, any spaces are replaced with underscore characters (_). These are the available parameters: %A Network address of the remote system. Sample: 1:369/35 %B Link rate for the connection in bps. Sample: 14400 %C Session cost per minute, as defined in the cost table in FDNODE.CTL. Sample: 25 %D "INBOUND" or "OUTBOUND", depending on whether it's an incoming call or not. %F Pathname of the request list to be processed. Sample: C:\IM\IMFILREQ.001 %L Location provided by remote system's site info. Sample: Hollywood_FL %N Name of remote system. Sample: InterZone_Cafe %O Name of remote system's SysOp. Sample: Peter_Stewart %P Sessionlevel password given by remote system. %X "SECURE" or "UNSECURE" depending on whether the session is password protected or not. %Z Type of session: "WAZOO", "EMSI" or "OTHER" (the last is unlikely, since the external processor currently won't be invoked for BARK requests). The external request processor is executed in a shell from InterMail. It should finish processing within the timeout limits of the Zmodem protocol. The following should be returned by the file request processor: 1) The processed request list, using the same filename as the original list and containing the fully resolved pathname of each file that is to be sent. The request processor must handle all magic filenames, timestamps for update requests, as well as all password protection. Timestamps and passwords are supplied in the standard WaZOO request list format, since IM doesn't pre-process the contents of the request file in any way. 2) (Optional) Up to four return message files. These should be placed in the same directory as the request list and must use the following naming convention: IMRMSGnn.ext, where "nn" is the number of the message ("01"-"04"), and ".ext" is the same extension as that of the request list (e.g. ".001", ".002", etc.). The name of the "sender" of the message can be inserted as a kludge line at the start of the message. If the first character is ^A (0x01), then IM will use the first line of the message (up to 35 characters) as the name of the sender. Otherwise the sender will be "InterMail". For the developer, this means that if you intend to use any other "kludge lines", e.g. MSGID, you must insert the sending program's name as the first line. NOTE: The message should contain text only and no message header beyond the name of the sender: IM will create the packed message header with all the required address information. The message text should be plain ASCII, and the only control characters should be ^A, CR and LF. InterMail will do no other processing of the text than creating a packet and message header, inserting any required INTL and FMPT/TOPT lines, and transmitting the message text unchanged. Miscellaneous ------------- * Max number of folders increased to 1000. * Occasional problems when the semaphores got out of sync, and a message of "Not dialing xxx..." was displayed, should now be fixed. * The folders defined in the Echomail manager no longer display the useless uplink and areatag fields as in previous betas. * OS/2 2.1 changed it's handling of released time slices from what it used to be in OS/2 2.0. This version uses the method that works with OS/2 2.1. * Additional fine tuning of the time slice handling under Windows. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.25 What's new - Oct 12 1993 ===================================================================== There are two new features and some problems fixed in version 2.25: New file request mode --------------------- In IMSetup --> Mailer --> File requests --> Mode, you now have a new mode that stops file requests from nodes not listed in the Security Manager, i.e. those who have no session password with you. Choose between: + No requests + Anyone can request + Systems in nodelist can request + Only password protected systems can request Miscellaneous ------------- An eight character session password could sometimes put the mailer in keyboard lock mode, but that is now impossible. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.24 What's new - Oct 09 1993 ===================================================================== Not released ===================================================================== InterMail 2.23 What's new - Aug 01 1993 ===================================================================== * Fixed Lock-ups during transmission. * The ASCII-editor in the IMNC.EXE couldn't open files. * The semphore control for processing mail disturbed the re-dialing in the terminal. * No form feed after the last page when printing a long message. * The install program gave no warning before over writing modem setup. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.22 What's new - Jul 01 1993 ===================================================================== Manual Answer (Ctrl-I) ---------------------- This new feature has two main applications: 1. It facilitates sharing a voice line with a modem for incoming calls. Those sharing a voice line can simply hit Ctrl-I when they pick up the phone and find that there is a modem on the other end of the line (i.e., no sound) instead of a person. 2. A call can start as a voice discussion and switch to a data connection without hanging up, in conjunction with Manual Dial and item #3 below. Manual Dial (Ctrl-D) -------------------- This new feature has three applications: 1. When dialing from a portable PC in a hotel room, it is often easier to just type in one's credit card information under the Manual Dial option, instead of editing the FDNODE.CTL and recompiling the nodelist. This is particularly useful for novice users. 2. When engaged in an operator assisted phone call to a data line, e.g., overseas, one can fill out the information in the Ctrl-D menus, place the call by handset, talk to the operator, and when one hears the phone ringing on the other end press Enter to put your modem off-hook to await the remote carrier. 3. A call can start as a voice discussion and switch to a data connection without hanging up, in conjunction with Manual Answer, above. The "sender" prepares the mail and/or file(s), prepares the Ctrl-D Manual Dial screen, hits Enter, and the "receiver" waits for the "calling" modem to go offhook BEFORE hitting Ctrl-I to answer. The best experimental experience to date with Manual Dial has been achieved by changing IMSetup -> Modem -> Advanced setup -> Command strings -> Return on-line: ATX2DT The X2 assures that VOICE will not be detected, and the "," at the end allows it to dial without actually dialing any touch tones. Sample screen for Manual Dial: ╒═══════════════════════════╡ Manual Dial ╞═════════════════════════╕ │ │ │ Send mail to: DC and Arlington Backbone Hub, 1:109/10 │ │ Phone: 12024665353░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ │ Edit the phone number and press Enter when ready ── OR establish │ │ the phone connection and press F2 to switch to data mode. │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ CAPTURE in scripts ------------------ Two new commands have been added to the script language. CAPTURE ON [filename] will open a capture file and log all incoming characters to the file during the WAITFOR and CASE commands. CAPTURE OFF closes the capture file. If you forget, the file will be closed automatically on exit from the script. NOTE: CAPTURE will only work with the commands that read the port: WAITFOR and CASE. Other commands, such as WAIT do not access the com port, and any received characters will just sit in the buffer until the next WAITFOR or CASE command. Usually, you would also want to code a loop to find the end of the information you would like to capture: capture ON c:\im\capture.txt :waitmore case "End of messages" : >logoff @default : >waitmore ; read more on timeouts endcase :logoff capture OFF New Semaphore files ------------------- IMEXIT00.### Tells all Mailers to exit with an errorlevel specified by the extension of the file. IMEXIT??.### Tells the Mailer to exit with an errorlevel specified by the extension of the file, with ?? specifying the number of the Mail Server that is to exit. X1234567.8yy Node number semaphore, where "x" is the character "X", "1234567.8" is hex of a CRC-32 over two longs containing the 4d address, and "yy" is the mail server (line) number in hex. Primarily for use by echomail processors. IMRENUM.NOW Controls access to renumbering of messages, and prevents dialing while renumbering is in progress. Miscellaneous ------------- * Support for UISDN nodelist flags. * Support for baud rates in routing and dial control. A baud rate is specified as @2400, @9600 etc. * Verbose listing for lookup by name in the nodelist. * Undo function when moving between messages in a folder: Alt-Backspace. * Separate lastread storage for each user in *.msg folders. ===================================================================== InterMail 2.21 What's new - Jan 27 1993 ===================================================================== H14 and H16 nodelist flags -------------------------- Support for all FidoNet nodelist flags, as of Jan 15 1993. These two new flags in FidoNet are being used if you are using one of the following modems: H14 USRobotics HST 14400 bps H14 USRobotics HST Dual Standard 14400 bps H16 USRobotics HST 16800 bps H16 USRobotics HST Dual Standard 16800 bps The two flags make it possible to separate outgoing calls via the routing file. Example: You are using two phone lines and two modems in InterMail multi-line setup. One of your modems is a USR HST 14400 bps modem and the other is a USR HST 16800 bps modem. Problem: You don't want your 14400 modem calling out to a 16800 modem. Solution: It's better to do all HST 16800 calls with your HST 16800 modem, and all HST 14400 calls with your HST 14400 modem. Multi-node #1 Modem: USRobotics HST 14400 Routing file ROUTE.IM: send-to all except H16 Multi-node #2 Modem: USRobotics HST 16800 Routing file ROUTEIM.002: send-to all except H14 The nodes you are calling to, must have the proper nodelist flags. The dial command files DIALCTL.001 and DIALCTL.002 may contain the nodelist flags and extra modem initializing strings: ┌───────────────┐ │ V32 ATB0| │ │ HST ATB1| │ │ H14 ATB1| │ │ H16 ATB1| │ └───────────────┘ 20 AKA's -------- The number of AKA's (Also Known As) has been increased from 10 to 20. This makes it possible for you to join more networks and/or use more node numbers in the same network. When calling another InterMail system, you will be able to pick up mail even for AKA 11-20, but when calling nodes who uses other mailer software you shouldn't expect that. Screen capture: Exit Global Mailer Editor Terminal Modem Printer Man ════════┌╔═══════════════════════ Address ╗════════════════════════ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Main 1:369/102 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Aka 1 1:1/13302 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Aka 2 211:211/0 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Aka 3 211:211/101 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Aka 4 2:33000/309 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│║ Aka 5 1:369/102.1 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒└║ Aka 6 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 7 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 8 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 9 ║; SETUP ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 10 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒ Copyrig║ Aka 11 ║ms AB & InterZone Softwa ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 12 ║rved. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 13 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 14 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 15 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 16 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 17 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 18 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 19 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║ Aka 20 ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ─────────╚════════════════════════════════╝──────────────┤ Mail ser F10 key pull down menu in InterMail editor IE.EXE ------------------------------------------------- F10 may now be assigned a macro (%menu) for pulling down the menus. A help text at the bottom line will always show this. Screen capture from bottom line: ├───────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Ctrl-Z Save F10 Menu │ Line: 14 Col: 2 │ └───────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘ ===================================================================== InterMail 2.20 What's new - Dec 12 1992 ===================================================================== Multi-line ---------- You can run up to 99 modems and phone lines simultaneously via OS/2, Windows 3.x, DESQview or a Local Area Network such as Novell and LANtastic. You can use different modems with different speed and routing rules. All mail servers communicate via semaphore files. They know exactly what all other mail servers are doing. One can call out while another is bundling mail and a third is executing an external event. They can use the same nodelist and they can be "put to sleep" during maintenance like nodelist updating. To install an extra line is very easy and will only occupy 50 KB extra on your harddisk. Secure inbound path ------------------- Are you worried about bogus echomail? Don't be, because InterMail has a special directory where incoming files are stored if the session is protected by a session password. If the session is not protected, the files will be stored in another directory. Your echomail processor can be set up to only process mail with a known sender. Even if somebody sends you a false mail packet, your echomail program will not import it. Internal Serial Driver ---------------------- An internal serial driver has been added. In other words, X00, BNU or any other FOSSIL, is no longer required. InterMail will use its own internal routines if a FOSSIL isn't present or if it is loaded with the parameter /NF. It is specially optimized for fewer port accesses with Virtual Machines and with virtual device drivers like under OS/2, Windows and DESQview. In most cases the internal driver should prove faster than a FOSSIL. This means that you can save money on shorter phone calls. New Manual ---------- The old Users Guide and Reference Guide have been merged, rewritten and updated to a brand new softcover manual with 450 pages. Written in a clear and concise style, its step by step instructions make it easy for you to learn how to take full advantage of the features in your new software. No other mailer comes with documentation in this class! The manual is included in every package, both upgrades and new. User definable connect strings ------------------------------ All connect strings are user-definable. This means that InterMail is prepared for new connect strings in the future. If you in the future should buy a modem which uses higher speed and new connect strings that are unknown today, you just type them in manually. Forget about conflicts between old software and new modems. ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Connect strings ╗ ║ # Connect Message Speed EC BBSexit Terminate ║ ║───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║ ║ 1 CONNECT| 300 N 99 0 ║ ║ 2 CONNECT 1200| 1200 N 99 0 ║ ║ 3 CONNECT 1200/ 1200 N 99 0 ║ ║ 4 CONNECT 2400| 2400 N 99 0 ║ ║ 5 CONNECT 2400/ 2400 N 99 0 ║ ║ 6 CONNECT 4800 4800 N 99 0 ║ ║ 7 CONNECT 7200 7200 N 99 0 ║ ║ 8 CONNECT 9600 9600 N 99 0 ║ ║ 9 CONNECT 12000 12000 N 99 0 ║ ║ 10 CONNECT 14400 14400 N 99 0 ║ ║ 11 CONNECT 16800 16800 N 99 0 ║ ║ 12 CONNECT 19200 19200 N 99 0 ║ ║ 13 CONNECT 38400 38400 N 99 0 ║ ║ 14 CONNECT FAX 9600 N 0 100 ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ Mail server: 001 ├─ The most common modems are in the list where you pick your modem during installation. If you don't want to bother with modem setup you don't have to, because we have already done it. Exit on specific connect string ------------------------------- Immediate exit with an errorlevel on specific connect messages from the modem. This makes is possible to start a fax program if your modem can give the string CONNECT FAX, like ZyXel U-1496-E does. The fax software is started from IMRUN.BAT Ringmaster ---------- Support for Ringmaster or "distinctive ringing" has been added. It is an extra service from you local phone company. It lets you add an extra number to your phone line, with a different ring signal for each number, so you can detect which number has been called BEFORE you pick up the phone. InterMail can detect phone number 1 and 2, if invoked with the parameters /rm1 or /rm2. If three phone numbers share the same line, InterMail must use the 1st (one ring) number. This means that you can run InterMail 24 hours a day and receive incoming modem calls on your normal voice line, without disturbing you. You can also use InterMail on the same line as your fax, and both of them can receive their respective calls. Transfer window --------------- Now you can see how long the transfer has been going on, the estimated time left at the current Cps rate as well as the efficiency in percent. There is also a bar graph for a quick look. OS/2, Windows and DESQview -------------------------- InterMail works very well in these environments. It runs in a DOS-window, releases timeslices and supports DTE speeds up to 115200 bps. You can run InterMail in the background, transmitting files on your modem att high speed (for example 16800 bps), while you are working with something else in the foreground on the same computer. Password override on magic file name ------------------------------------ Password checking can now be overridden for magic file names, i.e. the SysOp can allow file requests from password protected directories by way of magic file names to bypass the password check. If the first word after the magic name is /NOPWD, then InterMail will bypass the password check. Example: MAGIC /NOPWD C:\SECRET\MAGIC.* Session Password Error ---------------------- On all password errors, InterMail will hang up on the remote system. However, it will send back "*** Password Error! ***" as system name, which will show up in the Lastcall pane and also in the outbound history as well as the log. (Provided that the remote system picks up this information, as InterMail will.) Miscellaneous ------------- * Support for CSP, ZYX, V32b and V42b modem flags. * Max number of folders increased to 500. * Support for SEAlink in EMSI sessions. * Additional information about incoming messages displayed on screen. * Session turnaround made extremely reliable. * Added comment field for each event. * Added semaphore file directory. * Added support for Hudson message base locking. MBUNLOCK.NOW * Added support for outbound Bark requests. * Modem selection in IMSetup. * A switch /x makes InterMail exit after completing all calls. * A switch /nounpack prevents InterMail from unpacking any mail. * A switch /emsidbg let you see the exact format of incoming and outgoing EMSI data packages in the handshaking process. * An optional 4th and 5th parameter have been added to the quickname function: message subject and status flags. * A switch /time makes InterMail display a timestamp for log window messages. * Added display of all nodelist flags in nodelist browse function. * Nodelist Manager editor can load files larger than 40 Kb. * Changed max time until next event when users aren't allowed to 1440 minutes = 24 hours in DOBBS.BAT * A switch /bsy:[path] enables support for Squish style *.BSY files. * BBS and event errorlevels are now logged. ===================================================================== If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.