
              FidoQWK - FidoNet(tm) <=> QWK Echomail Processor

= [ v1.25 ] ====================================================================
16-Oct-1994 - Memory requirement for the previous version of FQSETUP caused
              problems for some.

            - The F8 key will display an overhead list of the areas.  This is
              only effective while editing 'Message Areas and Paths'.

= [ v1.24 ] ====================================================================
04-Oct-1994 - The primary FidoNet address should be entered under option 'A' in
              FQSetup.  This is required for proper creation of outbound mail
              packet filenames.  Other addresses (ie: AKAs) are entered under
              option 'C' for each BBS_ID.

= [ v1.23 ] ====================================================================
15-Sep-1994 - Bug fix.  FQSETUP.EXE in FIDOQ122.ZIP didn't save message
              areas properly.

= [ v1.22 ] ====================================================================
02-Aug-1994 ! The .PNT file format for type #3 conversion has been changed
              to allow longer area tags. Please run CVT122.EXE on any .PNT
              files that use conversion method #3.

            + The file TOPNT.EXE will convert text to .PNT files.  The program
              expects the text file to be in the following format:

              QWK_Conference_Number  Path/REP_CNum/Area  Conference_Name

              Depending on the conversion method, the third item may not be
              needed.

              For .MSG (Conversion method 1), the second item should contain
              the DOS directory.

              For .REP (Conversion method 2), the second item should contain
              the conference number.

              For .PKT (Conversion method 3), the second item should contain
              the AREA_TAG.

            + Added these functions:
              For the ???2PKT.EXE modules:

                /NOCMP switch to not compress .PKT files.  Use with /OUT to
                create packets with .OUT extension.  Use with /IN to create
                packets with the normal .PKT extension.

              For the PKT2???.EXE modules:

                /ADDRCHK switch to only process PKTs with destination address
                matching the address configured in FQSETUP under the "General
                information" section of "Host BBS Information".

              For QWK2???.EXE modules:

                /ERASE will erase the .QWK or .REP packets after a successful
                 conversion.

              For All modules:

                /QUIET will reduce screen activity

              Please use the following switches with caution.  They will bring
              the program up to speed with the pre-v1.21 releases.  However if
              you screw up your setup, you will dump duplicate messages to
              your BBS and/or the network.  These switches should only be used
              by responsible SysOps who know what they're doing:

                /DUPE will *DISABLE* the circular-path dupe check.  Circular
                 dupe check matches your serial number with serial numbers on
                 the tagline/tear line of message.  If the /NOTAG switch is
                 used, circular-path dupe check is also disable.

                /NOCRC will *DISABLE* the QWK packet CRC dupe check

= [ v1.21 ] ====================================================================
05-Jul-1994 + Added the option to not tag messages.  If you don't want FidoQWK
              to add its own tagline or origin line, append the /NOTAG option
              to the command line.

            + ???2REP will now ignore messages converted by its counterpart
              with the same serial number. This prevents duplicate messages
              from being converted back into the .REP packet.

            + QWK2??? modules will now keep a CRC-32 list of the QWK packets
              converted.  Packets that match CRC values found in the list will
              not be converted.

            + These limited dupe checking functions are only provided for the
              occasional operator screwed-ups.  Investigation of the source of
              the problem should be performed if the FIDOQWK.LOG reports dupe.

= [ v1.20 ] ====================================================================
28-Feb-1994 + Wide beta release of PKT2QWK and REP2PKT.  Consider all modules
              in this release as beta.  Use with caution.
            + Added a support BBS.  I'm involved in most of the day-to-day
              operations at this system.  FidoNet users can F'req the latest
              version from 1:250/814 using the magic name FIDOQWK.

= [ v1.19c ] ===================================================================
25-Feb-1994 + The /FSPEC switch now allows path to the .PKT specified.  To
              tell PKT2REP that the .PKT files are in D:\OUT.999 the command
              line would be: /FSPEC:D:\OUT.999\*;*.PKT.

= [ v1.19b ] ===================================================================
18-Feb-1994 + All QWK2*.EXE modules will now create the needed .NDX files if
              they're not found.  Configure the mail door to not send the .NDX
              files will reduce the size of the mail packet.

            + QWK2PKT allows alternate output path if desired.  To put the
              resultant .PKT in an alternate directory, add the path to the
              /OUT switch.  For example: /OUT:D:\UP.100 would send the packet
              to the D:\UP.100 directory instead of the outbound directory in
              the FidoQWK configuration file.

= [ v1.19a ] ===================================================================
20-Dec-1993 + PKT2QWK and REP2PKT modules available for testing. These modules
              are considered beta and is available to registered users only.

= [ v1.19 ] ====================================================================
10-Nov-1993 + Support BBS changed!  Call (416) 287-0935 for fast and hassle
              free access.  The BBS supports up to 14.4Kbps v32bis modems. The
              support conference is number 4.  My apologies to all for their
              nightmarish experiences with my previous support BBS.

                     Thanks to Derren Whiteman of C.A.P./Analysis BBS.

            + Changes made to this revision include reduced memory usage,
              better handling of NUL message packets, and other changes added
              to improve compatibility with Fido mail tossers.

            + The size of the messages written to the PKT can be limited using
              the option /MSIZE:size.  The size can be anything from 1024 bytes
              to 64384 bytes, the default is 64384 bytes.  Messages larger than
              the specified size gets chopped into several small messages. This
              option should help anyone struggling with the small message size
              limit imposed on their Fido mail tossers.

            - The /TAG option is no longer needed for QWK2PKT. A standard
              Fidonet tear and origin line gets appended to each message
              processed.  This option is still valid for QWK2MSG.

            - If your mail tosser choked and say 'Grunged Packet', contact the
              author of your tosser and ask what it meant by that.  'Grunged
              Packet' is too vague to be of help to anyone.  The use of a PKT
              inspector utility is highly recommended in such cases.

= [ v1.18a ] ===================================================================
17-Aug-1993 + Minor update to QWK2PKT module.  The /TAG option now forces a
              standard Fidonet origin line for compatiblity with mail tossers
              that look for the '* Origin:' line to determine whether a message
              is 'Echomail' or 'Netmail'.

= [ v1.18 ] ====================================================================
17-Jul-1993 + Added /FSPEC:ArcSpec;PktSpec to PKT2REP.  See documentation
              for details.

            + Added /TAG to QWK2PKT to force it to append network tagline to
              all messages doesn't matter if the messages already have a
              network tagline.

            + Fixed the formatting of the 'SEEN-BY:' line.

            + Some other unnoticeable items.  I won't mention them because
              they're invisible.

                                        - Thanks Alec Grynspan

= [ v1.17 ] ====================================================================
01-Jul-1993 - I've moved, please note the new mailing address.

            + Included PNTDMP.EXE to list out the content of the .PNT files.

            + QWK2PKT module now appends 'SEEN-BY:' lines to messages.

= [ v1.16 ] ====================================================================
11-May-1993 - PKT modules released.

            * Remember to backup your old setup before upgrading to this new
              version.

            + Added more path configuration items under option 'A' in FQSETUP
              for location of inbound/outbound .PKT packets.

            + The module QWK2PKT allows for conversion of .QWK into Fidonet
              .PKT ArcMail packets.  The PKT2REP module converts .PKT ArcMail
              packets as well as StoredMail packets into a .REP file.

= [ v1.15 ] ====================================================================
18-Apr-1993 - QWK2REP enhancements to handle multiple host BBSes & packets.

            + With v1.12, to convert HOSTBBS.QWK for importing to THISBBS the
              command used was "QWK2REP HOSTBBS".  To convert THISBBS.QWK for
              exporting to the HOSTBBS the command was "QWK2REP THISBBS".

              Starting with this version, to convert HOSTBBS.QWK for importing
              to THISBBS, the command would be "QWK2REP HOSTBBS /IN".  To
              convert THISBBS.QWK for exporting to HOSTBBS, the command would
              be "QWK2REP HOSTBBS /OUT".  This modification allows multiple
              host BBSes.
                                        - Thanks Dennis Hauser

            + All modules can now process multiple QWK packets.  If multiple
              QWK packets from the same BBS are found in the QWK directory,
              all packets can now be processed.  To enable this feature, use
              the /MULTI switch on the command line.  Note that the packets
              must follow the .QW? naming method (ie: BBSID.QWK, BBSID.QW0).

= [ v1.14 ] ====================================================================
06-Apr-1993 - Some 'PATH:' kludge lines are not getting stripped.
                                        - Thanks to C.G. Learn

= [ v1.13 ] ====================================================================
21-Mar-1993 - Support BBS available. Thanks to Chris Lautenbach and Toronto
              Twilight 1-416-733-9012 for providing the support conference.

            + Fixed a problem with 'Kludge' lines not being stripped from
              messages.  Only the MSG2REP module is affected.
                                        - Thanks to C.G. Learn

= [ v1.12 ] ====================================================================
12-Mar-1993 - This release contains mostly requested features as well fixing
              any bugs in previous versions.

!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please run CONVERT.EXE included in this package to update your
************* configuration files before using this version.

            + QWK2REP module is now fully completed.  Only one configuration
              is needed for each host BBS.

            + Added 10 slots for network taglines.  This is for used for
              anyone carying more than one networks.  These taglines are
              defined from FQSETUP's option 'D'.

            + Lots of enhancements to FQSETUP; Online Help is now available
              at the touch of the F1 key in most sections

            + Configurable message attributes for each/all message areas.
              Press the F3 key while editing host BBS to setup the default
              attributes.  Press F3 key when editing message areas to setup
              attributes for that area.

            + Origin, Seen-By stripping added:
               The MSG2REP switches /NoOrigin and /NoSEENBY will strip out
               most Origin and SEEN-BY lines.

            + All modules will now write to the log file 'FIDOQWK.LOG'

= [ v1.11a ] ===================================================================
08-Nov-1992 - Quick fix for compatibility with some FidoNet mail packers

!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're running versions prior to v1.11, please download
              FIDOQ111.ZIP.  You need to run CONVERT.EXE from the v1.11
              package to update your configuration files before using this
              version.

            - QWK2MSG is the only module updated in this release.

            + Turned on the "Local" attribute bit.  GEcho doesn't include
              messages in the .PKT without this bit turned on.  Don't know
              why it needs this bit turned on;  Qmail worked fine with this
              bit turned off. I'll make these attribute bits configurable in
              a future version.

            + Null-termination weren't being added to messages already
              containing a network tagline.

= [ v1.11 ] ====================================================================
08-Oct-1992 - Partially completed the QWK to REP (QWK2REP.EXE) conversion
              module.

            + QWK to REP conversion is useful in environment where the
              FidoNet *.MSG isn't desired. QWK2REP can convert the host
              BBS's QWK packet into a .REP packet for uploading to the local
              BBS. It's working, but not quite complete, 2 separate BBS
              setup is required if you want to use this module now.

            + Had to do a quick fix on the tag that I put on imported/sent
              messages.  It was being erased by Maximus when the message was
              replied to.  This caused FidoQWK to pick these messages up as
              new messages.

              The tag now uses the "Originate Node" and "Cost" field in the
              *.MSG header. I don't see any BBS software using these fields,
              but let me know if it interferes with the BBS software.  It
              may have to be visible if I can't use the message header to
              store it.

= [ v1.10 ] ====================================================================
26-Sep-1992 - I was hoping for a major update for this version number, but
              this tiny item came up.

            + Properly updates the extra date/time fields that Opus and
              Maximus uses.

= [ v1.09 ] ====================================================================
09-Sep-1992 - Guess I'm back.

            + Reworked the SysOp name translation functions.  This function
              will be used on the command line for now:

                To translate "SYSOP" to "GEOFFREY SY" in all the "FROM:"
                field in the messages, use: /TF:SYSOP=GEOFFREY;SY

                To translate the "TO:" field, use: /TT:SYSOP=GEOFFREY;SY.

              Both the /TF and /TT functions work with both MSG2REP as well
              as QWK2MSG.

            + The PURGE.EXE utility is used to remove all the *.MSG files
              and reset the high-water marks to 1.

            - If you've been using the /IS (ignore sent) switch, you should
              stop using it now.  This version of FidoQWK no longer observes
              or uses the "sent attribute".  If the /IS switch is used, all
              messages, including messages created with FidoQWK will be sent
              to the .REP packet.

= [ v1.08 ] ====================================================================
20-Aug-1992 - It's weird that there are more phone calls for me when I'm
              being hit with a fever.  It's also weird that I caught a fever
              in the middle of summer.

            + Forgot to update FQSETUP on the last release.  FQSETUP is now
              updated to use the FidoNet standard of storing the echomail
              message pointers.

            ! To the person from (Syracuse, NY) who left me the numbers
              1-216-966-####, I couldn't connect.  With this fever and
              head-ache I'm having, I probably wrote down the wrong number.
              I checked the area codes listing and noticed that 216 is not
              in Syracuse, even with my head-ache, it's not possible for me
              to miss the area code by this magnitude.

= [ v1.07 ] ====================================================================
12-Aug-1992 - There goes another ten thousand strands of hair.

            - I screwed up version 1.06 when I added the line-wrap routine.
              The buffer in the line-wrap routine didn't get flushed, this
              caused the same message to be sent many times.

              PLEASE DELETE VERSION 1.06.  IT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY!

            - I had some time to do some more reading on the FTSC and some
              other FidoNet notes.  I've found that the 1.MSG is used for
              storing echomail high-water mark.  FidoQWK will now follow
              this standard of maintaining echomail pointers.  This should
              help those who had to reset the pointers manually when the
              message base was renumbered, purged, or reset.  If you had
              been using the /IP switch you can stop doing that now, unless
              really want to scan the message base from the first message.

= [ v1.06 ] ====================================================================
05-Aug-1992 - ...

            - Added line-wrap function.  This only affects *.MSG -> .REP
              conversion, only MSG2REP.EXE is updated.

= [ v1.05 ] ====================================================================
01-Aug-1992 - Am I wasting my time on this??

            - The alias 'SYSOP' didn't get translated to the real name on
              outgoing messages.

            - Renamed the executables for planned support of other FidoNet
              message formats.  I'm looking into supporting Squish and Fido
              packet 2 format in the near future.  Currently only the Fido
              *.MSG format is supported.

                       FID2REP has been renamed to MSG2REP
                       QWK2FID has been renamed to QWK2MSG

            - The lock up problems caused just prior to shelling out to the
              compression program may have been caused by the EMS check on
              some machines. This version of FidoQWK will no longer check
              for EMS when shelling out.

              Hopefully the following options will fix this problem:

            - Use the /SWAP or /EMS option if swapping to disk or EMS when
              executing the compression program is desired.

           -  Use /FS to tell FidoQWK to use Full-Screen when executing the
              ZIP and unZIP programs.

            - Added the /NS (No Shell) option.  Use this switch to tell
              FidoQWK not to run the compression/decompression programs.
              When this option is used, QWK2MSG expects that the QWK packet
              had already been unpacked into the work directory.

              With this option enabled, MSG2REP will create the BBS_ID.MSG
              file in the current directory.  This BBS_ID.MSG packet needs
              to be manually compressed into BBS_ID.REP before sending to
              the QWK mail door.

            - The /IT switch is no longer supported, I've been informed that
              it is not for used the way I had used it.

            - The /IS (Ignore Sent) switch was added.  Use this switch to
              ignore the "Sent" attribute on the *.MSG files.  I'm not sure
              if this attribute bit needs to be checked or not.  I didn't
              find any information in the FTS drafts on the use of these
              attributes.  If someone knows anything about these bits I'd
              appreciate any information.

              I might add some code to update the *.MSG files' "Sent"
              attribute.  Let me know if this is desirable or necessary??
              Because the *.MSG packets are normally created as a temporary
              process so I don't see it necessary to update this attribute.

            - Normally MSG2REP will scan *.MSG files from the highest number
              it scanned last.  This may not be desirable in some cases, so
              I've added a switch to ignore this "last scanned pointer" and
              scan all available messages.  To ignore this last scanned
              pointers, use the /IP switch on the command line.

            Please use the /IS, /IP switches with caution because re-dumping
            messages back to the net can cause you to loss your mail feed
            privileges.

            - Tip: Mail import & export are very disk intensive operations.
              The use of delay-write cache such as the new SMARTDrive 4 and
              HyperDisk with the staged write option enable will speed up
              these operations as well as easing the stress load on the hard
              drive. To enable delay-write on HyperDisk use the S T:n option
              on the command line.  Change the T:n to a value that gets the
              best performance on your system.

= [ v1.03 ] ====================================================================
07-Jul-1992 - Programmer's job is never done.

            - Tearlines weren't being properly appended to incoming messages.

            - Mis-calculation of a string length caused it to go into never,
              never land.

= [ v1.02 ] ====================================================================
04-Jul-1992 - Minor Maintenance

            - The date on the .REP messages wasn't formatted correctly.

            - Removed the extra CR between the taglines.

            - FidoQWK will now ignore Kludge lines.

= [ v1.00 ] ====================================================================
26-Jun-1992 - Intital Release.



