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- The Blue Wave Mail Door Version 3.20
- for RemoteAccess Version 2.00-2.50
-
- Copyright (C) 1992-1996 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.
-
-
- ** This mail door supports RemoteAccess v2.00, 2.01, 2.02, and 2.50.
- It does not work with earlier versions of RemoteAccess.
-
-
-
- =================
- 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
- =====================
-
- The first step in performing this upgrade is to determine the version
- number of the door that you are currently running.
-
- *> If you are currently running 3.10 or 3.11 of the mail door, follow
- the instructions in the section titled "UPGRADING FROM V3.1x". Please
- skip the section titled "UPGRADING FROM V3.0x".
-
- *> If you are currently running version 3.00, 3.01, or 3.02 of the mail
- door, you must follow the instructions in the following section
- ("UPGRADING FROM V3.0x").
-
- *> If you are running a version earlier than 3.00, an upgrade
- installation is not possible. You will need to perform a new
- installation of the mail door into an empty directory.
-
-
-
- ====================
- UPGRADING FROM V3.0x
- ====================
-
- 1) Locate the file 300to310.exe. This file should have been enclosed
- in the main BW320RA.ZIP archive. Copy this file to the directory
- where your mail door is currently installed.
-
- 2) Get a directory listing of "*.PRM" in your Blue Wave Mail Door
- directory. If the only *.PRM file listed is "BWMAIL.PRM", you will
- only need to run the conversion program once. If your system is
- configured with multiple door configuration files, you will need to run
- the conversion program once for *each* .PRM file in the directory.
-
- 3) Run the program 300to310.exe -- this will upgrade your current data
- files to be compatible with the new version of the mail door. You must
- run this once for each mail door configuration file (see step #2).
- If the data file conversion is successful, you may delete 300to310.exe.
- This program is no longer needed.
-
- 4) The following files should be deleted from your mail door directory,
- as they are no longer used:
-
- * BWDOOR.USE (replaced with BWDOOR.DOC)
- * BWUTILS.EXE (replaced with BWSETUP.EXE)
-
- 5) Check your BBS maintenance batch files for any instances of:
-
- BWUTILS PURGE nn
-
- This packs The Blue Wave Mail Door's user file, removing all users who
- have not used the mail door in 'nn' days. All occurrences of this need
- to be replaced with:
-
- BWSETUP PURGE nn
-
- If you do not currently remove old records from your mail door user
- file, this would be a good time to add it!
-
- 6) You must now follow the directions in the following section, titled
- "UPGRADING FROM V3.1x".
-
-
-
- ====================
- UPGRADING FROM V3.1x
- ====================
-
- 1) Unpack the ENTIRE contents of BWMAIL.ZIP (enclosed within the
- BW320RA.ZIP archive) to your current mail door directory. The entire
- contents of this archive need to be unpacked -- overwrite all files
- with duplicate file names.
-
- 2) Locate the file 310to320.exe. This file should have been enclosed
- in the main BW320RA.ZIP archive. Copy this file to the directory
- where your mail door is currently installed, and run the program by
- typing "310to320" at the DOS prompt.
-
- 3) If the conversion program gives you further instructions, please
- perform those steps. You may then delete the file "310to320.exe",
- as it is no longer needed.
-
-
-
- ===================
- WHAT'S NEW IN V3.2x
- ===================
-
- *> Added support for RemoteAccess v2.50. The mail door will now work
- with any version of RemoteAccess from 2.00 through 2.50.
-
- *> Some SysOps reported problems with v3.1x of the mail door not
- recognizing some message areas on the BBS. This was due to the old
- mail door trying to utilize MESSAGES.RDX, a new file created by RA
- 2.50. Now that we have a copy of RA 2.50, we have found the source
- of the problem.
-
- *> BWSETUP was not recognizing a "Y" keypress when using some keyboard
- layouts that differ from the US keyboard layout (the German language
- keyboard is one example). This has been corrected.
-
- *> Added code to prevent the door from issuing an "Inactivity Timeout"
- when building a mail packet.
-
- *> Users could not upload gated Internet E-mail messages if the security
- level for sending NetMail to unlisted nodes was set too high. The
- fix for this was to completely bypass the nodelist lookup for messages
- entered in the Internet gateway, and to add a cost field to the
- Internet gateway configuration in BWSETUP. The mail door will always
- use the cost given in this field, and enforce the NetMail credit/debit
- ratio. To disable cost checking, simply set this field to "0".
-
- *> The user's age was not being calculated correctly. This resulted in
- erratic behavior when the door determined if a user could access any
- particular message or file area.
-
- *> The mail door would sometimes select the wrong FidoNet AKA when
- addressing NetMail messages.
-
-
-
- ===================
- WHAT'S NEW IN V3.1x
- ===================
-
- *> 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.
-
-