
                    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.

