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- The Blue Wave Mail Door Version 3.10
- for Telegard Version 3.0
-
- Copyright (C) 1992-1995 by Cutting Edge Computing
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- This short documentation file contains instructions for both NEW and
- UPGRADE installations. Please read the appropriate section in this
- document carefully before attempting to install the mail door. A "What's
- New" section is included at the end of this file.
-
- PLEASE NOTE THAT DAVE PARKER IS NO LONGER THE EUROPEAN REGISTRATION SITE.
- Steve Stacher (2:443/888) has assumed the European registration site
- position. Please see the form REGISTER.EUR for further information.
-
-
- =======================================
- TELEGARD 2.99 GAMMA COMPATIBILITY NOTES
- =======================================
-
- This version of the mail door is designed to work with Telegard 3.0. At
- the time this documentation was written, Telegard 3.0 was not yet
- available. Instead, public Gamma copies with a version number of 2.99
- were being issued. The mail door *will* work with Telegard v2.99 Gamma-2
- and higher. Telegard 2.7 and earlier versions are not supported with
- this mail door.
-
- If you are using Telegard 2.99 Gamma-1, you must upgrade to 2.99 Gamma-2
- or later. This is because Gamma-1 used a file called CONFRENC.DAT, and
- all newer versions use a file called GROUPS.DAT. If, for some reason,
- you do not want to upgrade from Gamma-1, you may copy the file
- \TG\DATA\CONFRENC.DAT to \TG\DATA\GROUPS.DAT. Both files use the same
- format -- they simply have different file names.
-
-
- =================
- NEW INSTALLATIONS
- =================
-
- Please read Chapter 5 in BWMAIL.DOC for full installation instructions.
- Sections 5.1 and 5.2 contain the quick step-by-step installation procedure.
-
-
-
- =====================
- UPGRADE INSTALLATIONS
- =====================
-
- It is normally our policy to provide an upgrade conversion utility
- to move up from earlier versions of the mail door. Unfortunately, the
- source code and data file formats from the previous version (2.70) were
- lost. Therefore, no upgrade utility is available.
-
- This means that you will have to install the mail door into an empty
- directory, using the instructions in Chapter 5 of BWMAIL.DOC. We are
- sorry for the inconvenience.
-
-
- ==========
- WHAT'S NEW
- ==========
-
- *> BWSETUP now includes extensive online help. At any time while using
- BWSETUP, press <F1> for context-sensitive help.
-
- *> A new seamless FidoNet->Internet Gateway which allows users of The
- Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader version 2.20 or higher (and third-party
- readers that support the BW 3.0 Packet Specifications) the ability
- to easily address/send Internet E-Mail messages through standard
- FidoNet NetMail.
-
- *> The mail door now supports offline configuration of the following
- new items when used with a mail reader capable of creating BW 3.0
- Packets:
-
- * Extended Message Information (Seen-By, Control-A Lines)
- * New File Listings
- * Bundling Command Macros
- * Auto-Executable Bundling Commands
- * Numeric Packet Extensions
- * Maximum Uncompressed Mail Packet Sizes
- * Personal-Only Message Downloading in Specific Message Areas
- * Personal and To: "All" Message Downloading in Message Areas
-
- *> The mail door now includes an enhanced File Request mechanism, which
- allows a user to download requested files at the same time they
- download a mail packet. In order for this to work, the user must
- enter the mail door in "Interactive" menu mode, and must first perform
- a reply packet upload, followed by a mail packet download.
-
- *> The mail door, when used with a BW 3.0 Packet compliant mail reader,
- will now generate FidoNet ^aREPLY: kludge lines in EchoMail and NetMail
- message areas.
-
- *> Enhanced the mail door internal protocol module to consume less time
- slices under multitaskers such as DESQview and Windows 3.1, and
- operating systems such as OS/2 and Windows 95. Additionally, the
- internal protocol module should yield much better transfer rates
- with all operating systems and multitaskers.
-
-