W0RLI packet mailbox please move to hamradio/packet/w0rli

This is CHANGES.DOC file

12/1/92  15.1  General release.

12/6/92  15.1  Fixed bug in FILEX, was not reading DIRS.MB
12/9/92  15.1  Would only forward on first port with same forward time.
12/26/92 15.1  Initial support for CLOVER.
1/9/93   15.1  Removed support for "serial ports".

1/15/93  15.2  General release.

1/19/93  15.2  Add clover param change capability to fwd.mb
1/19/92  15.2  Changes to FWD.MB for clover, see CONFIG.DOC
1/28/92  15.2  Found bug in CLOVER disconnect detection.
1/28/92  15.2  Added "disable port" to EP command.
1/29/92  15.2  Forward script CCR and CCN change to CR and CN.
2/4/93   15.2  Bulletin forwarding changed.  Read config.doc for fwd.mb info.

2/10/93  15.3  General release.

2/12/93  15.3  COM port capability to control radios.
2/17/93  15.3  Note! Comments in FWD.MB require space and semi-colon now.
2/22/93  15.3  Requires CLOVER version 2.1 or later.
2/25/93  15.3  Better handling of "chat/data" switchover for CLOVER.
2/27/93  15.3  The J command is back ...

2/27/93  15.4  General release.

3/9/93   15.4  Additions for tranceiver control in CLOVER.
3/14/93  15.4  "I" feature letter in SID and ";" for null command (w5smm).
3/22/93  15.4  Handle WP updates from FBB systems.

3/23/93  15.5  General release.

4/7/93   15.5  HB environment variable to locate HamBase files (wb7vms).
4/16/93  15.5  PORTS.MB no longer has "Node" type.  Use "TNC".
              Port driver type now detected automatically.
4/17/93  15.5  FBIOS works again ... I think ...
4/20/93  15.5  Fixed ignore of WP Updates received at the same time (wa6aeo).

4/30/93  15.6  General release.

5/25/93  15.6  NW updated to handle JNOS nodes.
6/3/93   15.6  Added XY command to FWD.MB, like X but for Yaesu radios.
6/20/93  15.6  YTNC and BPQ 4.05 or later required.
6/22/93  15.6  C command changed to CS  (Clock Set).
6/22/93  15.6  C command is now "The Cookie Monster".
6/22/93  15.6  SHAKE.EXE, BAKE.EXE and TAKE.EXE provided for Cookie database.
6/26/93  15.6  ID command replaced by WPSTAT.EXE
7/8/93   15.6  Handle tabs in header lines correctly.

7/15/93  15.7  General release.

7/19/93  15.7  RT did not work from local keyboard.
8/31/93  15.7  Minor changes for CLOVER version 6 protocol.

9/4/93   15.8  General release.

9/24/93  15.8  In fwd.mb, $xxx now fowards ONLY bulletins.
9/26/93  15.8  Updated PRTBPQ for bpq 4.06k
9/28/93  15.8  MON can handle up to 16 channels. (ka1rci)
9/29/93  15.8  Added confirmation response for S command. (n6ldl)
9/30/93  15.8  Auto-GM flag removed from init.mb (now handled by cron.mb)
9/30/93  15.8  Hour to do daily cleanup removed from init.mb (now in cron.mb)
9/30/93  15.8  Server cycle time removed from init.mb (now in cron.mb)
10/7/93  15.8  "FwdTime" removed from ports.mb (now handled by cron.mb)
10/1/93  15.8  "I" and "!" removed from server.mb
10/1/93  15.8  See config.doc for cron.mb and server.mb changes.
10/3/93  15.8  Servers triggered by message arrival.  PS command removed.
10/4/93  15.8  "Hold locally entered ..." removed from init.mb
10/4/93  15.8  New "hold" features in xlate.mb
10/4/93  15.8  New flag for export server: "R" - do not kill after export.
10/7/93  15.8  Bug in clover login: ignored "0" in callsign.
10/7/93  15.8  LSTSRV - Mailing list server.
10/10/93 15.8  New format for SERVER.MB, see config.doc
10/11/93 15.8  PR and PM (printer) commands handled by SERVER.
10/13/93 15.8  Added LS (list by subject) command.

10/14/93 16.0  General release.

10/14/93 16.0  Added "compressed batch size" to end of init.mb
10/14/93 16.0  Reversed postion of "at xxx" and "each xxx" in cron.mb
10/16/93 16.0  Fixed bug: file dist.mb not always closed properly. (n6iya)

10/16/93 16.1  General release.

10/19/93 16.1  YES/NO for "use compressed batch forwarding" in init.mb
10/20/93 16.1  Requires G8BPQ switch (no support for "normal tncs")

10/20/93 16.2  Release for testing.

10/21/93 16.2  Batch size can be set in fwd.mb ("B size").
10/21/93 16.2  Faster BID lookup in SERVER.
10/22/92 16.2  Better timeout/disconnect handling with compressed batch.
10/23/93 16.2  Compressed batch works with clover.

10/24/93 16.3  Release for testing.

10/25/93 16.3  FWD.MB script has "B nnn" for max batch size per connect.
10/30/93 16.3  XI command removed, redundant.
11/1/93  16.3  Several problems with clover connect/disconnect fixed.
11/1/93  16.3  IMPORT could duplicate messages.  Fixed.  (wk5m)

11/1/93  16.4  General release.

11/1/93  16.4  New format for file PORTS.MB
11/3/93  16.4  New format for file FWD.MB and CRON.MB
11/3/93  16.4  Forwarding commands now XC, XG, PC, PG

11/8/93  16.5  General release.

11/9/93  16.5  "Mail for:" beacon now in CRON.MB
11/10/93 16.5  SD did not turn off the virtual tncs (ka1rci).
11/10/93 16.5  Import would not import more than 24 messages.
11/10/93 16.5  LS would only find uppercase keyword in subject (wk5m).
11/11/93 16.5  T option in TAG.MB; add tag by TO (ka1rci).
11/12/93 16.5  Fixed some problems with server lockups.
11/12/93 16.5  EP T (change timeout) got wrong value (wk5m).

11/16/93 16.6  General release.

11/16/93 16.6  "Talk to user" works right - again ... (k7iqi)
11/21/93 16.6  LS listed any P message to user (kc1ho).
11/30/93 16.6  xlate.mb K (kill after fwd) removed.  T of 0 does same thing.

11/22/93 16.7  General release.

12/3/93  16.7  Use env variable RLILOG to place log files.
12/3/93  16.7  Use env variable RLITMP to place temp files.
12/3/93  16.7  Use env variable RLIDB to place MAIL, WP, BID, LOGIN.
12/3/93  16.7  Use env variable RLICFG to place other *.MB files.
12/4/93  16.7  Added "8" (add rfc-822 header) to F commands.
12/6/93  16.7  Forward script Pre: and Post: were broken, now fixed.
12/6/93  16.7  MailBox honors timezone setting (env var TZ) see install.doc
12/7/93  16.7  Added M feature letter in SID.
12/10/93 16.7  RT keeps files RT.LOG per RLILOG, RT.USR per RLIDB.
12/10/93 16.7  FT keeps files FT.LOG per RLILOG, FTUSERS.MB per RLICFG.
12/14/93 16.7  Problem with server not servicing imported msgs fixed (w1eo).
12/14/93 16.7  LSTSRV looks in RLICFG for lists.
12/16/93 16.7  W command execution moved to SERVER, saves 3k window size.

12/17/93 16.8  General release.

12/18/93 16.8  FWD.MB "@" indirect file reference uses RLICFG now.

12/27/93 16.9  General release.

12/28/93 16.9  HLOC now uses environment variable to find WP.MB
12/28/93 16.9  Exported msg with distribution would not get filed by BID (w1eo)
12/28/93 16.9  Improved command set for MON
12/29/93 16.9  No more bells in message subject.
12/31/93 16.9  Removed "M" from the SID.

1/1/94   16.10 General release.

1/5/94   16.10 Multiple keys supported in HELP.MB
1/10/94  16.10 IH removed, I@ does search by location.
1/10/94  16.10 L. removed, L@ does search by location.
1/11/94  16.10 Changes to WP "aging" times in init.mb
1/11/04  16.10 Fixed problem with 6 digit msg # killing X forwarding.
1/12/94  16.10 Integrated log file for MB/SERVER.
1/13/94  16.10 Changes for CLOVER firmware version 2.60

1/13/94  16.11 Beta test only.

1/13/94  16.11 Read msg command allows multiple msg numbers.
1/13/94  16.11 Kill msg command allows multiple msg numbers.
1/19/94  16.11 PRTBPQ now works with BPQ 4.07A only.
1/20/94  16.11 X fwd, only send one copy if multi entries in dist match.
1/26/94  16.11 Added REDIST server.

1/25/94  16.12 General release.