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█ D'Bridge EMAIL System █
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
VERSION 3.99 SERVICE RELEASE 17 - DECEMBER 16 2017
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This is a very minor release which adds three new commands to DBUTIL
and fixes bugs discovered whilest hubbing mail on my own system.
The three new commands added are DBUTIL AREAFIX, DBUTIL AREAFIXRESCAN
and DBUTIL FILEFIX.
These new commands allow you to "fake" such requests from the DOS
prompt as if that system was sending you a request normally via *.PKT files.
It was possible to do this in any version of D'Bridge but not exactly in
an easy way... or an easy way that can be scripted.
WARNING: The DBUTIL ADD, DROP and REMOVE commands are no longer supported
as of this release. Please adjust any scripts or batch files
accordingly if you were using those commands.
Being able to "fake" Areafix/Filefix requests is a feature found in other
mail-tossing software and I decided to include it here for convenience;
the DBUTIL functionality lets you write your own scripts or batch files
to automate this in however which way you see fit.
D'Bridge will process these requests the next time it has to toss mail;
note that due to the way D'Bridge tosses mail, only one Areafix or Filefix
request can be pending at a time, per system. That means that if you run
this command for a system and there is already an existing Areafix/Filefix
request waiting to be processed for that Sysop, this command will fail.
When no areas are specified, a notification of the currently subscribed
areas is generated.
Now AREAFIXRESCAN is exactly the same as AREAFIX, except that an Areafix
request to add an area is given the "rescan" flag. Your system must
specifically support the rescanning of messages - If you are manipulating
your messages via a BBS or 3rd-party software, it may not be possible to
process a rescan-request for systems with DBUTIL AREAFIXRESCAN.
Areafix/Filefix requests generated from DBUTIL will be given NORMAL
priority with NO "override" authority (as in, not the same as pressing
ALT+N from the mailer). This means, a request is "faked" along with
permissions. This was designed to specifically aid in troubleshooting or
testing Areafix/Filefix requests. Requests will follow the security levels
you specifically define in CONFIG - AREAS, CONFIG - PACKET/MAIL CONTROL
and CONFIG - FILEECHO SETUP.
Here are some examples (assuming my system address, 1:229/426)
C:\DB> DBUTIL AREAFIX 1:229/427
This will send a notification list from my system, 1:229/426, to a
downlink of mine, 1:229/427, containing all of the currently connected
Echomail areas.
C:\DB> DBUTIL FILEFIX 1:229/427
This will send a notification list from 1:229/426 to 1:229/427 of the
currently connected EchoFILE/TIC areas.
C:\DB> DBUTIL AREAFIX 1:229/427 DBRIDGE FN_SYSOP -STATS
Fakes an Areafix request from 1:229/427 to 1:229/426, requesting the
DBRIDGE and FN_SYSOP echoes, but dropping STATS.
C:\DB> DBUTIL AREAFIXRESCAN 1:229/427 -FIDONEWS CHAT
Fakes an Areafix request from 1:229/427 to 1:229/426, requesting the
CHAT echo with a message rescan, and dropping FIDONEWS.
FIXES
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- A bug in the upgrade process messing up Filefix TIC passwords was fixed.
- A bug affecting the system log purge at midnight should be fixed now.
- The tiny program SLEEP, used for delaying scripts/batch files, is no
longer included with D'Bridge releases due to ongoing problems with
false-positives with Clam anti-virus. The SLEEP program can be downloaded
from http://www.net229.org/misc
Nick Andre
www.net229.org
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
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