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- Features and Technical Specifications:
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- FrontDoor requires a personal computer with a MS-DOS compatible
- operating system (version 3.10 or later), 1.4 MB of disk space, 256
- kB of RAM, an asynchroneous modem, and a regular telephone line.
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- The FrontDoor system contains a Mailer, an Editor, a Terminal, a
- serial port device driver, and configuration utilities.
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- Its strong security management allows system administrators to retain
- the integrity of vital information and enable password protection on
- most user-functions. Up to 512 session passwords can be configured to
- automatically verify the authenticity of calls.
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- There is no need for servers or expensive equipment, but FrontDoor
- supports multitaskers and LANs. Up to 256 tasks and 10 users** can
- simultaneously access the power of a single FrontDoor installation.
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- FrontDoor supports a virtually unlimited number of destinations,
- names, and telephone numbers (the theoretical limit is over 1.2x1020
- entries, but DOS has a 4 GB, or 4.3x109 bytes, limit on file size).
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- File transfer protocols used by FrontDoor are Zmodem, Zmodem/CRC-32,
- Telink, SEAlink, SEAlink Overdrive, and Xmodem/CRC. Transmitted file
- size is limited only by DOS.
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- FrontDoor s integrated environment provides comprehensive mail
- management and editing facilities, yet simple to use despite its
- sophistication. Ease of use in creating, storing, and forwarding mail
- and files to other systems means increased productivity.
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- A temporary DOS shell can be accessed from FrontDoor at nearly any
- time, and it can swap itself out (all but 4 kB) of conventional RAM
- to free up memory for your activities in the shell.
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- The Editor has 20 (24 on enhanced keyboards) configurable macro-keys
- with a powerful script language. The Mailer has 20 (24) configurable
- function keys for launching external applications. The Terminal
- supports over 65,000 sets of 20 (24) macro-keys.
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- A maximum of 400 message folders can be installed to hold messages
- sorted on type and topic. The system netmail folder (main inbound and
- outbound folder) can contain up to 2,500 messages, other folders can
- contain over 3,000 messages each.
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- Folders can be used for conferences where several systems and users
- are participating. TosScan, FrontDoor s companion program,
- facilitates electronic mail conferences between two or more systems.
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- An attached printer can automatically print new (incoming) messages.
- Newly arrived mail is easy to find, read, and reply to. Replies can
- contain quotes of original text to remind recipient of issues.
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- Messages can be selected on one of several different criteria;
- selected messages can easily be copied, moved, removed, printed, and
- exported to file.
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- Outbound messages can be marked with one or both of two receipt
- requests, the handling of which depends on the capabilities of the
- software used at the destination. One receipt request is for when the
- software at the destination receives the message, and the other is
- for when the addressee is viewing the message for the first time.
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- Files can be attached and requested with or without cover message.
- Update requests allows for a system to only send files when the
- receiving system has older or no versions of the files.
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- Carbon copies and blind carbon copies (the latter are copies of a
- single message to several destinations without an indication that the
- message is copied to others) can easily be created, also with
- attached or requested files. Destinations can be entered manually or
- read from a specified file. Messages can be cross-posted in two or
- more folders with a simple command.
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- Up to ten markers can be inserted in a folder, which allows for rapid
- movements between marked messages.
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- DOS text files can be imported to messages.
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- Custom screen modes can be specified separately for the Editor, the
- Mailer, and the Terminal. It enables FrontDoor to change the number
- of columns and rows displayed on the screen for each of the
- applications to any values supported by the hardware in text modes.
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- Any DOS text file can be edited in a full-screen editor, and all
- system text files are loaded into the editor using simple function
- keys.
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- FrontDoor is developed with support for and has been successfully
- tested in the following multitasking and multi-user environments: DR
- Multiuser DOS 5.0, Novell NetWare (/286, /386, /ELS, and Lite),
- LANtastic, POWERLan, MS LAN Manager, DESQview, PC/MOS-386, DoubleDOS,
- OS/2 2.x, and Windows 3.x.
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- Command-line parameters can be used to force the Mailer to terminate
- with a given errorlevel as soon as there are no remaining calls to
- make.
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- The Mailer includes features which makes it suitable as a front-end
- to databases; service requests allows external applications to
- consolidate current reports while the remote system is waiting to
- receive the results.
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- Calls from users with terminal emulators are detected by the Mailer
- and can be passed on to an external interactive host.
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- The Mailer includes a flexible scheduler, which can be used to launch
- external applications. It also defines the Mailer's behavior on
- treatment of calls and mail routing during specific times of the day.
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- The Mailer can automatically re-configure its modem with special
- handling for the modems at selected destinations.
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- Separate tasks of the Mailer can either share or have individual mail
- routing definitions, events configuration, and special modem handling
- configurations.
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- The Mailer can receive inbound fax calls from ZyXEL-1496 compatible
- modems. The received fax documents can then be viewed from within the
- Editor by invoking an external fax viewer.
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- The Terminal emulates TTY, VT-52, VT-100, ANSI X3.64, and AVATAR/0+.
- It accepts an optional external file transfer protocol, and features
- auto-Zmodem downloads.
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- Other features of the Terminal include translation tables between
- seven and eight bit characters, capture buffer with scroll-back,
- logging of received data to a printer or file, split-screen
- conversation mode, command history, upload of DOS text files, and a
- way to load the Terminal after a session with an interactive host
- has already been established.
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- The Terminal can be configured with over 65,000 different IEMSI-
- profiles for automatic login to interactive hosts which support the
- IEMSI specification. Automatic login to other hosts can be achieved
- by using the extensive script language.
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- The Terminal can hold up to 400 entries in a special phone directory
- with individual defaults for line settings, macro-key set, IEMSI-
- profile, and script.
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- ** Requires optional license.
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- For additional information on FrontDoor APX and FrontDoor, contact:
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- EasyBoard Venray
- Postbus 543
- 5800 AM Venray
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- Telephone: 0478-588454
- Fax: 0478-511868
- Modem: 0478-512484
- Fidonet: 2:512/1
- Internet: pj@easy.nl
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