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- "The Choice of Professionals"
- Version 2.10
-
-
- (upgrade & installation instructions in INSTALL.TXT & UPGRADE.TXT)
-
-
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ──── Changes since ProBoard v2.01 ────────────────────────────────
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ (-) Means a bug fix. │
- │ (*) Means a new feature. │
- │ (%) Means a change. │
- │ (D) Means a documentation change. │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘
-
- (*) Modem connect strings have been added for the following baud
- rates:
-
- 1200/75
- 21600
- 26400
- 31200
- 33600
- 36000
- 57600
- 64000
- 115200
-
- (*) It is now possible to run a PEX or display an ANSI/ASCII file
- in any language prompt.
-
- (*) You can now define up to 6 user-defined baud rates and connect
- strings.
-
- (*) Separate modem configurations for each node are now possible.
-
- (*) New option added to Menu Function 27 (Write a message) to send
- netmail to a specified address/person.
-
- (%) The maximum # of security levels you can specify in ProBoard
- is now 50 instead of 25.
-
- (*) Periods ('.') are now allowed as date seperators, for example,
- 06.14.57 is now considered a valid date.
-
- (-) On multi-node systems (running ProBoard standalone, without a
- mailer) sometimes the modem failed to initialize properly or
- would fall asleep while waiting for a call. This has been
- fixed by sending the initialization commands every 5 minutes.
-
- (*) Uploads can now be scanned for viruses by specifying an
- external upload scanner. You should be able to integrate any
- available upload scanner into ProBoard.
-
- (*) New Switch in PBUTIL UK. You can now specify a -L<level>, and
- PBUTIL UK will only work on users with the level you specify.
-
- (-) The CONFIG.RA file created by CONVERT SIMUL2 was sometimes not
- recognized by external utilities because file area names in it
- were being truncated. This has been fixed.
-
- (%) The QWK offline mail PEX will now update the users lastread
- pointers BEFORE it waits for the user to press <ENTER>.
-
- (-) When compiling a nodelist (using PBUTIL NC), ProBoard would
- display a negative number when the "xxx nodes compiled"
- message was displayed. This has been fixed.
-
- (%) The field lengths for the Message Areas have been increased.
- The maximum length for an "area name" and "echomail tag" is
- now 80 characters.
-
- (%) All of ProBoard's message area configurations are now stored
- in the file "MESSAGES.PB" instead of, as in previous versions,
- the file "MSGAREAS.PB". This means that any external
- utilities or programs you have that use the file "MSGAREAS.PB"
- can not be used until they are updated to use the new
- "MESSAGES.PB" file structure.
-
- (%) Any PEX files or doors that use the "MSGAREAS.PB" structure
- will NOT work correctly. They will have to be recompiled for
- this version to support the new "MESSAGES.PB" file structure!
-
- (%) Any files contained in your file lists (FILES.BBS, etc.) that
- are larger than 1 megabyte, (for example, a 1.4 megabyte
- file), are now displayed as "1.4M" instead of "1400k" when the
- file list is shown to your users.
-
- (%) When a "guest" user (GUEST flag set in their user record) logs
- in, and he/she forgot the password, ProBoard will no longer
- write a warning message.
-
- (%) ProBoard will no longer ask new users to select a language if
- there's only one language file installed.
-
- (*) There is a new option in PROCFG/Options/System Options: "RIP
- Graphics". When set to "Disabled", ProBoard will not use RIP,
- even if it was detected at login.
-
- (*) ProBoard now allows you to change the colors of your the file
- listings and decide whether or not not you want to display the
- file counters to your users. (Refer to "PROCFG/Options/File
- List Format" for more details).
-
- (*) ProBoard will now automatically enter the '/' for the users
- when they enter a date.
-
- (*) While editing message/file areas in PROCFG, you can now jump to
- the next or previous message/file area by pressing the <PgUp>
- and <PgDn> keys.
-
- (-) Lastread pointers are now correctly maintained for message
- areas greater than 1,000.
-
- (%) The "CD-ROM" flag in each file area's configuration has been
- removed. ProBoard will now determine the format of your
- FILES.BBS itself (whether or not the date/time and size are
- listed). Refer to the PROCFG/FileAreas section of the 2.10
- manual for more information.
-
- (*) A new flag has been added for each file area: "Copy Local".
- When enabled, ProBoard will copy the file to a local directory
- before starting a download. Refer to the PROCFG/FileAreas
- section of the 2.10 manual for more information.
-
- (*) The time-consuming process of creating the file "TOPS.PRO"
- when the first caller of each new day logs in, has been moved
- to PBUTIL. As a result, there's a new option in PBUTIL: "DM"
- (Daily Maintenance). You should run this at least once a day
- (as part of your nightly maintenance).
-
- (*) Menu Function 34 (View Archive) now supports RAR archived
- files.
-
- (*) Handles (Aliases) are now supported in menu functions 13 (List
- Users), 50 (Show Users Online), 51 (Last Callers) and 53
- (MultiLine Chat).
-
- (%) Files listed in "FILES.BBS" can now start with a "!". ProBoard
- will determine if a line in "FILES.BBS" starting with a "!" is
- a comment or a file name.
-
- (-) PROCFG will no longer lock up the system if you press the
- <DEL> key when there are no entries shown in the Personal
- Files window.
-
- (*) When running ProBoard in standalone mode (without a front-end
- mailer system), when you're at the "waiting for call" screen,
- you can now shell to DOS by pressing <ALT+J>.
-
- (%) The .A?? file control code for the user's address line 2 has
- been changed from ^F% to ^F' (single quote).
-
- (%) The .A?? file control code for the user's country has been
- changed from ^F@ to ^F" (double quote).
-
- (-) When you are replying to netmail from a point address,
- ProBoard now correctly addresses the message to that point
- address.
-
- (%) The file MODEM.PRO has been renamed to MODEM.PB It is safe to
- delete your old MODEM.PRO file -AFTER- you have run the
- CONVERT PB routine (or the installation utility) as outlined
- in UPGRADE.TXT.
-
- (-) The "In TOPFILES" flag is now saved correctly when editing
- file area configurations.
-
- (-) The "@<LASTDATE>@" and "@<LASTTIME>@" text macros now work
- correctly.
-
- (-) The "Hidden" flag in validation templates now correctly
- toggles the "Hidden" flag in the user record instead of the
- "Deleted" flag.
-
- (-) Files that are not valid .GIF files are not shown when using
- Menu Function 55 (Show .GIF File Info).
-
- (%) The "BEFOREPW.A??" and "AFTERPW.A??" files are now also
- displayed (if they exist) for BBS systems who are NOT using a
- system password.
-
- (-) File counters for files that have been downloaded more than 99
- times, are now displayed properly (alignment) when displaying
- file lists.
-
- (-) The JAM lastread pointers in are now correctly updated when
- running PBUTIL MP (Message Pack).
-
- (%) Users no longer can press <CTRL+G> to make the BBS beep when
- they enter messages using ProBoard's internal message editor.
-
- (*) Personal files can now be sent from directories other than the
- personal files directory as specified in ProCFG.
-
- (*) For every personal file, you can set whether ProBoard will
- delete the file after it has been downloaded or not.
-
- (*) ProCFG now checks if directories you entered exist or not, and
- asks the user if he/she would like to create them. Paths are
- created multiple levels deep. For example, if you enter
- "C:\PB\RIP\ICONS", and C:\PB\RIP does not exist, ProCFG will
- create "C:\PB\RIP" first, and then "C:\PB\RIP\ICONS" !
-
- (*) Menu function 44 (Global boards selection) now accepts the
- parameter "/M" which allows the user to globally
- select/unselect areas for mail check.
-
- (%) For each message area, you can now choose between the
- following for "Name Options":
- * Real Names Only
- * Free Alias
- * Fixed Alias (or real name)
- * Fixed Alias (enforced)
-
- (*) Local Up/Downloads are now supported. (by using the supplied
- PEX file LOC_PROT.PEX)
-
- (%) When searching for files, the area names are now shown on one
- line, unless a match in found in an area.
-
- (*) You can now replace the login procedure with a PEX. The old
- LOGIN.PEX is no longer supported.
-