deb-mbse/ChangeLog

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v0.71.3		13-Jun-2005

	upgrade:
		Check mbsetup 7.n.3.14 and 7.n.3.15 settings.
		You may limit the mailhistory.html by setting 1.15.8
		Check mbsetup 1.13.4 and 1.13.5, they should be empty or point
		to valid and readable logfiles.
		See also the procedure for version 0.71.2 since now the chat
		code is made final!
		Enter setup menu 8.4 once and leave to clear unused data.

	mbselib.a:
		Added a function to clean subject lines from garbage, trailing
		spaces etc. to improve message linking.
		Made Internet BBS Chat final.

	mbcico:
		Added support for binkp GZ and BZ2 compression. Can be turned
		off per node. Only effective with originating calls. Incoming
		calls follow the remote.
		Increased binkp timeout from 180 to 300 seconds.

	mbsebbs:
		Added logging of remote host and terminal.
		Added subject line clean in several places.

	mbnewuser:
		Added logging of remote host and terminal.
		If the external editor is configured a new user gets the
		external editor by default instead of the internal editor.

	mball:
		If a valid WWW logfile is specified in menu 1.13.4 then http
		downloads are counted and the filedatabase is updated before
		the allfiles listings are created. Note that the very first
		time only a mark is placed in ~/var and nothing is done.

	mbfile:
		Dropped support for areas on CDrom.

	mbfido:
		Fixed commandline parser for mail recipients.
		Added subject line clean in several places.
		When message areas are autocreated, golded.inc and msg.txt are
		recreated for the external editors.
		The web stats can now limit the size of mailhistory.html
		The FileMgr command connects news nodes SR if set for the tic
		area.

	mbmon:
		Made Internet BBS Chat final.

	mbtask:
		Made Internet BBS Chat final.
		Dropped support for file areas on CDrom.

	mbsetup:
		Added setup switches per node to disable PLZ or GZ and BZ2
		compression protocols with binkp.
		Added setup entry 1.15.8 to set a limit on the size of the
		mailer history html page.
		Made Internet BBS Chat final.
		Added setup items 1.13.4 and 1.13.5. These could point to
		a valid apache logfile in common format and ftp xferlog
		logfile. If defined then downloads via www and or ftp can
		be counted.
		Dropped support for file areas on CDrom.
		In menu 10 added a switch to default connect downlinks SR
		instead if S.


v0.71.2		16-Jan-2005 - 13-Jun-2005

	upgrade:
		Start mbsetup, in screen 1.2 item 10, add your real internet
		name or IP there. This MUST be the name that is returned when
		you do a nslookup on your IP address.
		Add the following line to /etc/services:
		fido            60179/udp               # chatserver

	general:
		Upgraded to ftscprod.010

	charset:
		Changed rfc-2045 name x-mac to mac. Changed x-ibmpc to cp437.
		This allows rfc mime headers to show official names.
		Added some basic things to support Chinese.

	libdiesel.a:
		Changed the maximum string length from 2560 to 4096 characters.

	libmbinet.a:
		Fixed error messages when the host to connect to has a DNS
		error.

	mbcico:
		Added protection during binkp receive for zero bytes compressed
		data frames, this will cause uncompress error -5 because zero
		bytes can't be compressed at all.
		Fixed test for valid aka's in the EMSI handshake that prevented
		that host aka's (node /0) were not presented to the remote.
		(thanks Przemyslaw Kwiatkowski).
		Removed binkp extra debug logging and some standard dbug logging.
		Added auto workaround for Internet Rex 2.24 upto 2.29 binkp bug.
		However, it is still wise to set the "No binkp/1.1" setting in
		the node setup if you have a record for such node.

	mbsebbs:
		When a message is posted by a user, the CHRS kludge of the user
		is used in the message, not the area setting.
		When a user logs in, the users locale (guessed value from his
		characterset) is set. Experimental to see if libc functions will
		support Chinese characters.
		Allowed hi-ascii input characters in the internal fs editor,
		the chat input and one general input function. This may have
		effects for all users not using us-ascii keyboards.
		Added more support for Chinese using the traduce function.
		Changed color for chat lines with one * at the begin.

	mbfido:
		Empty *.msg netmails for our own system are dropped with and
		logged (just like received empty netmails). Empty netmails to
		remote systems are still stored in the netmail base.
		Added debug logging for exporting netmails from the messagebase
		so that we later can decide to mark these messages auto deleted.

	mbfile:
		With adopt, import and move allow to overwrite a file with the
		same name if the -f option is used on the commandline.

	mbnntp:
		Does now send the right mime headers recognised by news clients.
		Fixed compile problem with some compilers.
		When sending the mime header with the charset used to the news
		client, the original message charset is tried first, else the
		area charset, else the users charset and if all failed, we send
		the us-ascci charset as default.
		More patches added from Dmitry Komissaroff to improve charset
		support. Also improved msgid linking.

	mbtask:
		The created semafore files are now world readable so that low
		privileged users like nobody can check the semafore's.
		Added experimental Internet BBS Chat. This is only available
		when you build with --enable-experiment because there are still
		many bugs.

	mbmon:
		Changed color for chat lines with one * at the begin.

	mbsetup:
		Added language defaults for Chinese.
		Removed obsolete bbslist editor.
		Added chatserver setup, only visible when compiled with the
		--enable-experint configuration.
		Made some web sitedoc screens look better.
		Changed helplines for areamanager filenames to indicate that
		these are case sensitive.

	html:
		Added batch file upload written by Russell Tiedt to the faq.

	lang:
		Added Chinese language.

	script:
		Fixed the Slackware setup script that didn't make the startup
		symlinks in runlevel 4 if the directory /etc/rc.d/rc4.d didn't
		exist.

	unix:
		Fixed compiling under FreeBSD 5.3.


v0.71.1		28-Nov-2004 - 16-Jan-2005

	porting:
		Compiles more or less on x86_64, there are issues with utmp
		and struct lastlog
		Compiles on NetBSD i386.
		Compiles on Alpha.
		Doesn't compile on Mac OS X.

	upgrade:
		Make sure you remove everything related to bbslist menus from
		your menus and txtfiles.

	general:
		Added port to OpenBSD, is under test (and doesn't work).
		Code cleanup so that compile stops on unknown OSes and CPUs
		instead of missing code parts.
		Added Unix codepage KOI8-R (Russian) and patches from Dmitry
		Komissaroff.
		Updated Copyright notices to 2004 to 2005.

	mbsebbs:
		The creation of the mailout semafore is now after the hangup
		so that mbfido won't start before the bbs is finished.
		Removed bbslist menus, this will become a door.
		Added #define NFGVMIN 1 in openport.
		During hangup we set sighup to ignore.
		Made zmodem-8k downloads work again.
		Some small buffer protections added in addfile.
		Fixed keyboad input for all bigendian machines.
		Patches from Dmitry Komissaroff to make charset translation 
		work on message subject lines.

	mbnewuser:
		During hangup we set sighup to ignore.
		Fixed keyboad input for all bigendian machines.

	mbfile:
		The adopt command now first checks if the filename is 8.3 or a
		long filename and the correct format for import is then set.
		With mbfile import, download counters in files.bbs are skipped.
		When the file description was missing in files.bbs with the
		import command, mbfile would crash. Now a dummy description is
		inserted.
		The directory from which the import is done is first tested for
		write access, if forbidden then no import is done. This also
		means you cannot import directly from CD's but that you need
		to copy the CD contents first to a harddisk.
		Better error reporting if something is wrong.
		The import command now also figures out the difference between
		8.3 and long filenames and does the right thing during import.
		During file import the destination is tested for both 8.3 and
		LFN for an existing file. Improved error reporting.
		With mbfile import the original file isn't renamed anymore.
		Fixed error reporting when files in files.bbs were not found
		on disk.

	mbfido:
		In rfc2ftn a debug logmessage added to check for unrecognised
		message ids.
                With html create the general strings are now converted to html
                entinities. 

	mbnntp:
		Removed dead timercode.
		Code cleanup.
		When a message is posted without RFC Messageid, a fidonet MSGID
		is fresh created.
		Changed X-JAM kludges to X-FTN kludges to make it compatible
		with the rest of the gates.
		Patches from Dmitry Komissaroff to make charset translation
                work on message subject lines. It will now also send the right
		charset of the user in the charset header line so that the 
		client will show the message in the users charset.

	mbsetup:
		Added support for XxxxBSD console port.
		For new systems, there will now be 16 terminal ports created
		instead of 10, this is the maximum number of safe created ttys.
		The ttys are now sorted on the comment fields.

	examples:
		Removed bbs list items from the English menus and txtfiles and
		the Spanish menus and txtfiles.
		Fixed the menu archives so that they contain menu files again.

	lang:
		TODO: remove bbslist entries.


v0.71.0		27-Oct-2004 - 28-Nov-2004

	upgrade:
		Start mbsetup and leave.
		You might want to check menu 8.5, file transfer protocols.

	general:
		From filetranfer records removed the batch and bidirectional
		switches, these are no longer needed.
		Added new subdirectory mbutils. Some sources from the mbsebbs
		subdirectory are moved there.
		Changed the CFLAGS back from -O3 to -O2 since there seem some
		stablity problems and I want to rule out the possibility that
		this is caused by bad gcc optimisation.

	mbsebbs:
		In change handle the first character of the name is not 
		capitalized.
		Changed layout of raw directory listing to support longer
		filenames.
		Rewrote terminal i/o.
		If a user pages the sysop a hint is displayed to fill in the
		reason to chat, language prompt 28.
		After forced chat, redisplay the last menu.
		Removed support for non-batching protocols (xmodem) and for
		bidirectional protocols.
		Removed Ctrl-F G, this is of no use anymore.
		Switched to new modular download and upload functions.
		With download from file areas, the long filename is sent to
		the users, we will only support protocols that allow this.
		When an invalid OLR reply packet is received, it is removed
		from the users upload directory.
		We don't reward upload time anymore, only bytes. It's more
		troubles to implement right then it's worth these days. This
		is caused by telnet connections when we never know what the
		real linespeed is with to/from the user.
		Added the following internal file transfer protocols: Xmodem,
		Ymodem, Ymodem-1K, Ymodem-G, Zmodem and Zmodem-8K (aka ZedZap).
		Xmodem should not be used, but is available because Ymodem is
		available. 
		For mode information see the manual setup/protocol.html.
		After upload, files are now stored correctly in the filebase.
		In change protocol, changed the colors.
		With user chat, the timeout timer wasn't refreshed.
		Improved test for users protocol available.
		Fixed download K and files setting for users on a new day.

	mbnewusr:
		Rewrote terminal i/o.

	mbfile:
		In mbfile check added a check for the filemode of the real file
		in the download area, if it's not 0644 it will be corrected.

	mbsetup:
		In file transfers edit, removed switches for batch and bidirect
		protocols, added a switch for internal protocols.
		New internal protocols are automatic added and the external
		protocols are disabled. Some fields of the internal protocols
		are protected.
		In file areas, free downloads is now default for new areas.

	mblogin:
		The file ~/etc/login.defs now has default the issue file 
		enabled so that it also is displayed for incoming telnet users.

	lang:
		Changed width of prompt 261.
		Added prompt 28.
		Removed leading spaces of prompt 151.
		Removed prompts 259 and 276.

	script:
		Modified rundoor.sh so that it uses two different dosemu
		configuration files, one for virtual modem and one without.
		See the manual doors.html.
		In the editor script modified the joe header so that it will
		work with the new terminal i/o.

	examples:
		Fixed logo display.
		Fixed Spanish txtfiles to leave out an old support bbs.


v0.70.0		06-Jun-2004 - 26-Oct-2004.

        upgrade:
                If you run a version older then 0.60.0, first upgrade to 0.60.0
                If you run a version older then 0.60.0, first upgrade to 0.60.0
                (That was twice).
                Don't forget to backup /opt/mbse and all fle areas!

                Check if /opt/mbse/var/msgs is empty before using this version.
                Make sure that /opt/mbse/queue is empty, then close the
                bbs with "mbstat close wait".
                Kill mbtask, "kill `/sbin/pidof mbtask` might work.
		Now you may do the upgrade with "make install" as root. This
		order is important because the files database moves to a new
                location (~/var/fdb). Some other directories move too.
		Now you may start the bbs again.

                Start "mbsetup", enter 1, global setup, leave and save".
                Run "mbfile check" and then "mbfile index". This fixes the
                thumbnails if supported by your system.
                Update all maintenance scripts to change the semafore directory
                to ~/var/sema.

                If you compiled with ./configure --enable-newsgate you may
                need to erase the newsgroup names in the echomail areas you
                don't want to gate to news.

                In mbsetup menu 1.14 update the TCP/IP connection details.

                In the english txtfiles and menus the doors menu and screens
                are updated for the newer doors setup, you might want to
                upgrade or use them as examples.
                In the examples directory type "make macros" to update the
                macro templates. Be carefull if you have personalized versions.
                To reinstall the corrected macro templates go into the examples
                directory and type "make macros".

                In mbsetup menu 1.7 check the new items 15, 16 and 17.

                If you want to switch running doors as user instead of via sudo
                then read doors.html and follow the instructions.

                If you have BBBS uplinks and use automatic uplink requests then
                change the setup of these nodes in screen 7.10.


        general:
                Added compile directive for full newsgate. If this switch is
                used then mbfido behaves like it did upto version 0.50.0 and
                mbnntp is disabled.
                Added define for nodelist line length for all programs.
                Added -fno-strict-aliasing switch to gcc to prevent some
                warnings.
                With the newer versions of dosemu running doors as user finally
                works. To migrate you need to read doors.html.
                Changed security of most directories and files to allow only
                bbs users.
                In SETUP.sh better xinetd.d system detection.
                On Linux SETUP.sh adds user mbse to group wheel and uucp.
                SETUP.sh adds disabled telnet service to inetd.conf or xinetd.

        libmbse.a:
                In nodelist.conf changed the order of fields to search for ip
                information, field 8 before field 6.
                Added a new keyword 'ipprefix' in nodelist.conf to define a
                table with IP prefixes to use in field 6.
                When files are attached that should "leave" after sent (not
                truncated or removed) they are now prepended with the @
                character instead of no character. This is compatible with
                ifcico but not with other mailers, but should do no harm
                because most mailers only look for the ^ and # characters.
                Fixed function to return full 5d address in the outbound when
                the address is in a different zone then our own zone.
                The socket_connect function now sets the global nodenumber from
                the reply of mbtask.

        libnodelist.a:
                Implemented the ICM flag (FSP-1033).
                Fixed IP port override if there is a port added to a protocol.
                Removed some debug logging.

        libmsgbase.a:
                If a message area becomes empty after a pack, all lastread
                pointers are reset to zero.
                Removed debug logmessage from jamPack.

        libdbase.a:
                Removed some debug logging from files database module.
                The files database is moved from ~/fdb to ~/var/fdb.
                Added debug logging to dbfdb to find the problem with not
                cleaned magic aliases.
                Fixed a problem with the files database were the temp file used
                for sorting and inserting files didn't close the temp file.
                Changed method of inserting new files so that old magic names
                are really cleared.

        mbcico:
                Implemented the ICM flag (FSP-1033).
                In the binkp driver, when files were found to transmit and
                didn't exist anymore, they are not added to the list of files
                to sent but are marked as already transmitted so they will
                be removed from the .flo file. Also, after a successfull
                session .flo files with all files marked as transmitted are
                removed. With nodes that were marked crash, this will prevent
                continuous calling.
                Changed to use direct instead of immediate mail.
                Changed binkp IsDoing info.
                Removed a little debug logging.

        mbout:
                Implemented the ICM flag (FSP-1033).
                Code cleanup for nodelist processing.
                Changed to use direct instead of immediate mail.

        mbfido:
                Added compile directive for full newsgate.
                Removed logmessage in addpkt function.
                Added code to un_attach files during tic import that are
                deleted from the system by replace, or keep # magic actions,
                but also for files with the same name that are replaced.
                Removed debug logging from toberep function since all problems
                are solved.
                In rfc2ftn added check for ".\n" to change to " .\n" instead of
                only check for ".\r\n".
                Added support for *.msg files. If any are found, they are
                processed and put in a netmail area. From there the mbfido scan
                function is automatic called so that the message is sent out or
                stays in the area if it has a local destination. File attaches
                are supported. Note that this is not a gate, only put *.msg
		files in that directory that originate from one of your own
		aka's.
                Fixed logging of 0 articles in scannews.
                With the command "mbfido areas" without the -q option the user
                must confirm this action.
                For netmails to uplinks for areamgr/filemgr changes, the wrong
                password was used.
                In large areamgr/filemgr responses each 2048 bytes was an extra
                <cr> inserted.
                No help was displayed when no valid command was given.
                Echomail for non-existing areas now finally is stored in the
                badmail area.
                Echomail received from not connected nodes is stored in the
                badmail area unless the area allowes it.
                Can now send (hopefully) valid uplink requests to BBBS systems.
                Removed some debug logging from un_attach, made one into a
                normal logmessage.
                The postemail and scanemail functions are changed so that
                Outlook email addresses are parsed so that we can reply via
                smtp.
                During scan the Msg_Read function is now called with a width
                of 79 characters instead of 78. This fixes the missing address
                on Origin lines of 79 characters long.
                The *.msg function now uses Fgets instead of fgets to read the
                message.

        mbmsg:
                With te post command, the right number of commandline options
                is checked, if this is wrong the help message is displayed.
                If a message is posted in a local area, no echomail.jam is
                updated and the mailout semafore is not set.
                Added checks in the mbmsg post command if the To parameter has
                the correct syntax for netmail and all other areas.
                Will now return a non-zero error if the post() function
                failed.
                Fixed counter in logfile that should show the number of linked
                messages.
                With the post command a check is done to see if the input file
                has a tearline and origin line, if not mbmsg will add these
                lines, else the lines of the input file are used.

        mbfile:
                The filenames in the html pages are now the long filenames.
                This fixes download problems with some mangled 8.3 filenames.
                Fixed a bug where "mbfile k p i" didn't give the help screen.
                The html index now uses html named character entities on the
                area names on the main index page.
                With html index creation if the convert program for the
                thumbnails failed, the html pages were wrong.
                The thumbnails were created from the 8.3 name but the url was
                created to the LFN. Depending on the settings of your apache
                server you would see the thumbnails or not.
                The check for wrong thumbnails changed from LFN to 8.3 names.
                Updated to use the new files database location.

        mbindex:
                Code cleanup for nodelist processing.
                Added a extra check to see if nodelist datalines are valid to
                prevent segfaults on Skynet nodelists. 
                Does finally compile a username index.
                Fixed compiling pointlists where on the Boss line when there
                is no last comma on the line.

        mbdiff:
                Added EOF character as last character in the new created list.

        mbaff:
                In newfiles and filefind reports with the tty info lines, also
                display TCP/IP connection details.

        mbstat:
                In the wait function the semafore directory was scanned direct
                instead of using the library functions.

        mbsebbs:
                Added user@domain login for pop3 mailboxes.
                If pop3 login fails, the bbs won't hang.
                If a users homedirectory doesn't exist, a correct error message
                is displayed and logged.
                If a user replied to a email and the system was in Own 
                maildomain mode, the From address was changed to the Fidonet
                style address instead of Unix address.
                When a netmail reply is done to a node without a valid address
                we ask the user if he wants to continue.
                Changed menu logging.
                The exec_nosuid function for doors now also has a extra small
                delay just like all other execute functions to prevent problems
                on fast machines.
                Added extra fflush in quickscan mail.
                When calling the external editor, the fromaddress if available
                is given to joe.
                In Quick_Bye reset all signal handlers to prevent that die() is
                called in case something goes wrong during Quick_Bye.
                The fake nodenumber is now obtained from mbtask instead of a
                count of tty line records so the used nodenumbers will be a lot
                lower then before.
                Changed Msg_Read from 78 to 79 characters.
                In menu the semafore directory was scanned direct instead of
                using the library functions.

        mbnewuser:
                Made questions for screenlen, newmail check and newfiles check
                dependant of settings in the setup.
                During program exit, it tried to remove the wrong socket to
                mbtask. 

        mbnntp:
                If compiled in full newsmode, this program acts like a dummy.

        mbuser:
                Fixed permissions.

        mbtask:
                Implemented the ICM flag (FSP-1033).
                Added defaults for questions for screenlen, newmail check and
                newfiles check.
                Changed to use direct instead of immediate mail.
                When calling mbcico the address passed is now 5d.
                Tried to call nodes during ZMH or during a Tyx window when mail
                was on hold.
                The comm protocol reply to the AINI command now contains a fake
                node number.
                The magic filenames directory is moved from ~/magic to
                ~/var/magic.
                The semafore directory is moved from ~/sema to ~/var/sema.
                When shutting down on UPS semafore "upsdown", the log was
                garbled.
                When shutting down on an external event and there were users
                online, mbtask did not wait.

        mbsetup:
                In mail and files group edit screens, to make an area active
                existing connections check is skipped.
                If a node record is deleted, the outbox and directory paths
                are removed as well if they are empty.
                Added user@domain login for pop3 servers in screen 1.12.
                Added compile directive for full newsgate to prevent newsgroup
                name creation in default compiled mode.
                When editing files, after leaving a file record the file range
                displayed stays around the last area.
                If a message area is deleted and a rulefile is present, this
                rulefile is deleted too.
                When a new golded.inc file is written, only fidonet records
                that are active are written.
                When a file area is deleted, the file path wasn't removed.
                In menu 2, added 3 checks to see if enough info is entered to
                make a valid network setup.
                Changed in menu 1.14 some labels and help messages for TCP/IP
                global settings.
                In menu 1.7 added 3 new items to ask new users for screenlen,
                newmail check and newfiles check.
                Changed nodes screens to have a separate uplink managers setup
                screen, and added switches for BBBS uplinks.
                If the convert program is found and was not found before, the
                defaults are set in menu 1.15.6.
                The files database is moved from ~/fdb to ~/var/fdb.
                The magic filenames directory is moved from ~/magic to
                ~/var/magic.
                The semafore directory is moved from ~/sema to ~/var/sema.
                In user setup, if user gets a new security level, his timelimit
                is updated with your permission to the new levels.

        examples:
                Changed the macro templates for filefind and newfiles.
                Fixed 2 spelling errors in the dutch macro templates.
                Fixed another spelling error in the filemgr.help template of
                all languages.

        script:
                Fixed NetBSD init script reload command.
                Changed bbsdoor.sh, it now hase a variable pointing to the dos
                directory.
                Created runvirtual.sh, this replaces rundoor.sh for old systems
                that run doors using the obsoleted sudo method.
                Rewrote rundoor.sh for running dosemu with user privileges.
                Changed all locations for dosemu so that we run in the mbse
                environment with privileges of the user running the door.
                In the editor script (that calls joe) made a fix for screens
                wider then 80 characters. Also fixed the joe path if it should
                run in emacs mode. Added FromAddress in the header.
                Changed all init and maint scripts to move the semafore
                directory from ~/sema to ~/var/sema.

        lang:
                Added language prompts 26 and 27.



v0.60.0         09-Feb-2004 - 04-Jun-2004

        upgrade:
		Before upgrade announce all new files!
                Compile all programs.
                Close the system with mbstat close.
                Install programs as root (as usual).
                Start mbsetup, this can take a while on a system with lots of
                files, during startup the files database will be converted.
                After the menu appears, enter global setup, exit and save.
		This will also update the message area records and the message
		group permission.
                Now stop and restart mbtask.
                Open the system with mbstat open.
                In all message groups set check/set default character set.
                In all message areas set the character set to use with the
                global editor (to CP437 for example). Local and netmail
                areas must be done by hand because they are most likely not
                in a group.
                The macro templates are updated, you MUST install the newfiles
                macro template at least because the format changed!
                Type "make help" in the examples subdirectory to see how.


        general:
                Reorganized the library header files. This will make it easier
                to switch to dynamic libraries so other apps can link to mbse.
                Updated to a new files database structure that allows for
                expanding the records like most other databases to allow new
                features.
                Removed all references to costsharing for ticfiles which wasn't
                fully implemented.
                Added setup items for subprocess priority and sync filesystem.
                Added setup parameter for filefind keyword length.
                Removed one setup entry for check for free diskspace, there
                were two different values for the same purpose. The removed
                one was not used.
                Moved doc directory from /opt/mbse/doc to /opt/mbse/share/doc.
                Added configure test for CPU optimization flags. Use with
                ./configure --enable-optimize.
                Added charset kludges for CP852 2 and CP895 2, Czech Latin-2
                and Kamenicky. There are no mapping tables available.
                Added new location of joerc files for FreeBSD 4.9

        SETUP.sh:
                Changed to support Darwin (OS X). Note that in earlier days
                mbse did compile under OS X, but things are different since
                then. Work is underway to let it compile and run again.
		To better support Darwin (OS X) a hardware sponsor is needed.

        libmbse.a:
                Changed the execute function so it will work on 2.6.x kernels
                and fast cpu's.
                Added execute_str function for compatibility with the older
                api. Added execute_pth function to execute programs in the
                path.
                Moved the initial delay in the execute functions to the child
                process. This solved the "lost child messages".
                Added enoughspace function to check diskspace.

        libmsgbase.a:
                With JAM_Readheader the Msg.Replyid field wasn't filled.

        libdbase.a:
                Added new Files DataBase functions that will handle FDB io
                with locking.

        mbaff:
                Patched to store long filename in the newfiles database
                Writes the ^aCHRS: kludge again in new created messages.
                Changed ^aPID to include OS and CPU.
                Added macro "u" that holds the magic filerequest name.
                When scanning for uploads, files which were hatched now have
                the right tic area name instead of AREA n in the announce
                record. They also contain the used magic filename if this is
                known.
                The scan for new uploads function is updated to the new files
                database structure.
                The filefind function is updated to the new files database
                structure.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.
                Now uses new FDB functions.

        mbsebbs:
                Added support for the internal editor for hi-ascii
                international character sets.
                The screenlength is now really set to the users screenlength.
        mbsebbs:
                Writes the ^aCHRS: kludge again in new created messages.
                Changed ^aPID to include OS and CPU.
                Added user selecting a character set, menu 321.
                Added login check to see if user has a valid character set.
                Added Control-U 9 to display file to show the users character
                set in the menus screens.
                Added experimental characterset translation to message read.
                This will translate the message character set used to the users
                character set. Code is used from Martin Junius Fidogate 
		package. (A better solution may follow in a next release).
                In delete file in home directory the Y/N keys were read from
                the wrong language prompt.
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Updated to the new files database structure.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.
                Added logging of virus scanner results.
                Patches for offline reader programs that create messages with
                wrong line terminaters (Sempoint).
                Now uses new FDB functions.
                The users tag directory wasn't properly cleaned before a new
                download session.
                The message group stat counters were not updated when a user
                posted a message at the bbs.

        mbnewusr:
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.

        mbout:
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                In check for T-Mail fileboxes added condition that the zone
                must exist in the setup.

        mbfido:
                Changed ^aTID to include OS and CPU.
                For the tic area create and message area create the check is
                now case insensitive, also the area tagnames are forced to
                uppercase. This should solve the problems with Linuxnet.
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                New files who already in the toberep database will not be
                added again, but may be updated with newer info.
                When removing files during tic import due to replace or maximum
                files, thumbnails are now also removed from disk.
                Updated tic file import function to the new files database
                structure. 
                Fixed a bug in mbfile kill that destroyed the filebase when a
                file was deleted or moved.
                Doesn't write Magic Request into files description anymore,
                this is now handled outsite the description lines.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.
                The area tags are now created in /opt/mbse/share/doc/tags.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.
                The last argument '*' which was hardcoded in the virusscan
                function is removed, this should be done in the setup for the
                virus scanners.
                Added loging of virus scanner results.
                When a new echomail area is auto created, the creation date and
                the newsgroup name will be set.
                Fixed news command, only real newsgroup areas are fetched from
                the remote newsserver.
                Now uses new FDB functions.
                When a bbs created file attach is created, the subject line is
                converted so that the path information is removed, this is to
                keep programs like FD (and maybe others) happy.

        mbsetup:
                In edit message groups added setup for default character set.
                In edit message areas added setup for character set for the
                area. Also added global edit for character set.
                In several places where groups need to be tagged, there is now
                a switch (*) to select/deselect all groups at once.
                In the user editor the sex is now changed with the spacebar to
                prevent typing errors.
                In the user editor added character set edit in the second
                screen.
                Removed users fullscreen chat setting, not used.
                Added menu setup for change character set, menu 321.
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Added auto upgrade for the files database.
                Changed menus 14, 7.n.6, 10.1 and 8.4.
                Changed default charset for new mailgroups and message areas
                to CP437.
                Added setup for filefind keyword length in menu 13.
                Added setup items in menu 1.5 for child priority and filesystem
                sync calls.
                In several menus that can change paths, a command to mbtask is
                given to reread filesystem tables when something is changed.
                Fixed error if a file area is deleted that has an empty files
                database.
                Added html sitedocs creation. The advantage of html over the
                old plain doc is to easy see crossreferences using hyperlinks.
                The html files are created in /opt/mbse/share/doc/html.
                The ~/doc/xref.doc and ~/doc/stat.doc are not created anymore,
                there was nothing in it yet.
                Removed setup for the unused free diskspace parameter.
                In nodes edit aka's it was not possible to delete aka's.
                Added auto setup for message area creation date. Also creates
                a faked newsgroup name in echomail areas. Both settings are
                needed for the newsserver.
                It wasn't possible anymore to change the number of systems in
                menu 1.11.11
                Fixed a header include.
                Now uses new FDB functions.
                Message group setup now sets mode 660 for ~/etc/mgroups.data.
                In menu 1.2 removed Omen Id that was not used.
                In menu 18 removed settings for ISP connect and hangup.

        mbcico:
                Updated file request function to new files database structure.
                Fixed a compile problem on FreeBSD 5.1
                Fixed a bug when a m_get was received with file offset = file
                size that would log a negative transfer time and transfer rate.
                Fixed a bug when a m_get message was received with the current
                file with offset = file size to properly close the file and
                unlink from the outbound queue.
                Fixed a bug when a m_get message was received on a file that
                was already transmitted to remove that file from the outbound
                queue.
                Removed some debug logging from inbound handler.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.
                All heavy debug logmessages are now in defines and are only
                enabled with ./configure --enable-newbinkp
                In check for T-Mail fileboxes added condition that the zone
                must exist in the setup.
                Added protection against empty domain names received from
                remote systems.
                Now uses new FDB functions.

        mball:
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Added support for files database Magic request field.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.
                Now uses new FDB functions.

        mbfile:
                For creating www pages of the download areas, the new mapping
                tables are used to translate from ibmpc characters to
                iso-8859-1.
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Updated kill, index, check, pack, list, adopt, import, move,
                delete and sort to the new files database structure.
                The file delete function in kill didn't delete the thumbnail.
                The mbfile del and undel commands accept wildcards in the
                filename.
                Fixed an error in check when a mangled 8.3 filename was changed
                and the symbolic link was not adjusted.
                Added rearc command.
                The check command does now also check if the magic alias file
                request names are valid and removes the invalid entries.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.
                The toberep command now logs the toberep.data in the debug
                logfile.
                Mbfile check will abort if a header of a files database is
                corrupt.
                Mbfile check will now accept an area number to just check one
                single area. 
                Now uses new FDB functions.

        mbmsg:
                Writes the ^aCHRS: kludge again in new created messages.
                Changed ^aPID to include OS and CPU.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.

        mbdiff:
                Replaced system() call with execute.
                Updated to use new disk watcher.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.

        mbuseradd:
                Uses the execv instead of system to call the systems useradd
                program.
                Fixed removing of a OS created homedir.
                Added msleep delay in execute child process.
                On NetBSD fixed the errormessage when a new user is
                created.

        mbpasswd:
                Uses the execv instead of system to call the systems vpassswd
                program if needed.
                Added msleep delay in execute child process.

        mbindex:
                Updated to use new disk watcher.

        mbuser:
                Updated to use new disk watcher.

        mbmon:
                Switched to use new filesystems command.
                On screen 2 added disk status.
                On screen 3, the warning colors for diskspace are now triggered
                by the global config setting, red for the upper limit, and
                yellow for the upper limit * 4. Added RO/RW status indicator.

        mbtask:
                Added communication commands for disk watch thread.
                Added disk watch thread, this will monitor filesystems usage
                for only the filesystems that are used by mbse.
                Signal handler for sigchld set to sig_dfl, for Fedora.
                Removed setup for old diskspace parameter.
                Fixed crash on NetBSD Sparc when getsysinfo was called.
                Fixed SIGCHLD logmessages on Fedora.
                Added mbnntp to the taskregs to count as a user program.
                In check for T-Mail fileboxes added condition that the zone
                must exist in the setup.

        mblogin:
                Changed some defines for NetBSD 1.6.2

        mbnntp:
                New program, news server to read/write echomail with a news
                client. Users must be registered bbs users.

        examples:
                Added change character set in English menus and textfiles.
                Updated all newfiles macro template to include the magic file-
                request macro (English, German, Spanish and Dutch).
                Updated English, German, Spanish and Dutch macro files:
                html.nodes and filemgr.status.

        lang:
                Added language prompts 23, 24 and 25.
                removed obsolete prompt 240.
                Updated germandu.txt (by Malte Tychsen).

        script:
                In the maint script removed the check option from the mbfile
                command so it will not run every day.
		Updated maintenace scripts to check that they are run by user
		mbse. The new scripts are not automatic installed, in the ~/etc
		directory you will find these scripts with the extension .new
		You may need to manually update the scripts before you install
		the new scripts manually.



v0.50.0		03-Oct-2003 - 09-Feb-2004

	general:
                Added menu setup switches for doors: Singe user door and
                hidden from lists.
                Make dist now creates bzip2 archives.
                Two html pages are now under control of configure.
                The configure scripts shows the use of zlib compression for
                Hydra and Binkp.
                Updated all documentation to validate html makeup.
                Added installation support for Gentoo Linux, contributed by
                Capit<69>n X.
                Since this version Posix threads are being used, please let
                me know if this doesn't compile on you system.
                All Makefiles do not strip the binaries anymore, the binaries
                are stripped during make install only. This allows to run the
                not yet installed binaries under debuggers.
                The configure script has a --enable-debugging option so that
                all code can be compiled to let it run under debuggers. Not
                usefull for production systems.
                This version had a lot of testing using valgrind. Most errors
                were minor problems.
                Added French language file created by Francois Thunus. This
                translation is not yet complete.
                Cleanup in main makefile, added help.
                Revised configure and all Makefiles for better support of
                linking with threads libraries.
                Changed endian tests using the configure script.
                Upgraded to new released ftscprod.008
                Added setup option per node to disable the binkp/1.1 protocol.
                Added new binkp/1.1 driver.
                In all sources replaced the usleep function with the msleep
                function. The usleep function will become obsolete someday.
		Incoming and outgoing telnet (ITN) sessions finally works.

        upgrade:
                If you don't have any personal archivers, then remove
                ~/etc/archiver.data and start mbsetup to recreate the
                archivers setup.
                If you didn't change anything of the language defaults then
                delete /opt/mbse/etc/language.data and run mbsetup to create
                a new language.data including the french setup.
                Check setting 7.x.3.18 for each node. If you know the node uses
                Irex between 2.24 and 2.29 then set this to Yes or you won't
                have good sessions without files with this mailer. Sessions
                with Irex that do transfer some file are Ok.

        libclcomm:
                Fixed a small (not harmfull) buffer overlapped copy detected
                by valgrind.

        libcommon:
                A small fix in printable log function.
                Added a safety check for the TCP registrate function to prevent
                stale TCP/IP mailer counts.
                Fixed a forgotten fclose in proglock.
                Allows node locking with zero bytes lockfiles created by some
                other OS when enabled in the setup.
                The attach function now checks if a file is already attached.
                In execute and execsh on Linux systems sync() is called before
                and after running the external program to make sure diskbuffers
                are committed. Also added a 300 ms pause.
                Added a milliseconds timer.
                Code cleanup.

        libmsgbase:
                In JAM_Open replaced a strcpy with memmove.
                Fixed invalid memory read/write in Msg_Link.

        libdbase:
                Code cleanup in dbdupe.

        libnodelist:
                Fixed a small memory leak.

        mbsebbs:
                The whoson list displays the doorname if set in the menus.
                If a door is single user and the door is in use, the second
                user can't start the door but gets a message about this
                situation.
                Fixed a bug where the bbs goes into a loop after idle timeout
                during login (and maybe in other situations).
                Fixed chat debug logging to only log to the debug.log file.
                Posted netmail messages now support CC: lines. The CC: lines
                should be the first lines of the message in the format:
                CC: Michiel Broek 2:280/28 
                The Carbon Copied messages are marked with original sender.
                Fixed small memory leak.
                Fixed posting to local/echomail areas from bbs users.
		A lot of small fixes for problems found with valgrind.

        mbsetup:
                Added menu settings for single user door and hide door. Added
                setting for the door name in the menus and removed the never
                used password for the menu (Was only present in the setup).
                In node editor, fixed error message when there was no more
                room for new nodes to point to the right menus.
                Added support for tar compressed archives.
                Changed all fidonet domain names to maximum 8 characters so
                that we now follow the FTSC specs.
                Removed binkp CRC settings.
                Fixed a unitialized unlink call in nodes close.
                Fixed unclosed tempfile.
                Fixed several small memory leaks.
                Added default record for french language. 
                Added setting in menu 1.14 to allow zero bytes lockfiles
                created by another OS.
                Added setting in menu 7.x.3.18 to disable the use of binkp/1.1
                protocol per node.
                Corrected a spelling error (thanks Vince).
                Removed global setup screen for the ftp server.
                Reorganised menu 1.4 screen 1 and 2.
                Added settings for T-Mail filebox paths in the second screen
                of menu 1.4.
                Clearing the working message is now only done by the keyboard
                read function.
                In several menu items added range check for integer values.
                In global main aka setup, added check if a domain name is
                present.
                Updates to the database is now shown to the user.

        mbcico:
                Added Hydra zlib compressed data blocks using the idea of Alex
                Shakhaylo. The compression will transfer some files about twice
                as fast as without compression.
                Changed signal handlers to better detect broken TCP links.
                Changed two inbound logmessages to debug level.
                All internal references to tfido port changed to telnet port
                because we now default to telnet port 23 for ITN calls.
                Dropped binkp CRC support because it will be incompatible with
                future extensions.
                Fixed a small memory leak.
                New binkp/1.1 driver. Check the upgrade for your Irex links.
                In case of troubles please report these.
                Added support for T-Mail fileboxes, partly written and info
                provided by Przemyslaw Kwiatkowski (2:480/127).
                Removed the check to disable calling points.
                Added a check to see if we get a URL to call other systems.
                If nodelist info fails, increase error counter in steps of 10.
                Fixed nodelocks during session handshake after many years. The
                problem showed only when mbcico was used together with a mailer
                on a different OS. When a aka is busy, the aka is now dropped.
                When all akas are busy, a session is impossible and the session
                is refused. Thanks to Przemyslaw Kwiatkowski for finding and
                documenting this bug.
                The total session avg cps is now corrected with the two seconds
                session close delay time.
                Added PLZ compression option to binkp.
                Added telnet input and output filters so we can now call and
                answer telnet (ITN) sessions.

        mbfile:
                When the areanumber with the adopt command was not given, the
                help is displayed instead of trying area 0 that doesn't exist.
                With the file move, adopt and import command if the file
                already exists in the destination area, the action is refused.
                Added mbfile sort <area> command. Files are case insensitive
                sorted on the long filename. After sort the indexes are rebuild.
                Fixed some logging that should have been debug logging.
                Fixed a uninitialized memory pointer in the index command.
                Fixed a 3 forgotten file closes in mbfile list.
                Removed sync calls that are now in execute.

        mbfido:
                Changed two logmessages to debug level.
                Fixed a some small memory leaks.
                With scannews after a GROUP command when authorisation was
                asked we did not perform a login.
                Removed sync calls that are now in execute.

        mbtask:
                The ping function now runs in a separate thread.
                Changed some ping timer logic.
                Added a "secret" commandline parameter to allow mbtask to run
                under control of debuggers.
                The client command server runs in a separate thread.
                Fixed some small memory leaks which had no effect on long term
                running of mbtask, only leaks during program stop.
                Moved the scheduler in a thread.
                Rewrote shutdown procedure to make it more portable.
                Removed default settings for the ftp server.
                Added support for T-Mail fileboxes.
                Will call points if a call method is available.

        mbout:
                Fixed several memory leaks.
                Poll, remove poll and request failed to points which had no
                point directory in the outbound, now the directory is created.
                Added support for T-Mail fileboxes.

        mbindex:
                Fixed a forgotten file close.

        mball:
                Fixed 2 forgotten fclose functions.

        mbuser:
                Fixed a forgotten file close when nothing was done.

        mbmon:
                Fixed a minor problem with an uninitialized array.

        mbdiff:
                Removed sync calls that are now in execute.

        mbpasswd:
                Fixed a small memory leak.

	mbuseradd:
		Now logs to syslog instead of stderr.

        script:
                Added install scripts for Gentoo.
                Changed all init scripts to allow the slower stopping of mbtask
                For the latest Slackware distros a setup script for pkgtool is
                added. Most other distro's don't need this.
                Dropped support for Slackware pre 7.0. 
                Changed startup scripts for NetBSD.
                Fixed NetBSD init script
                All init scripts now clean the ~/var/run directory and start
                the bbs allways so that the bbs will try to start after a power
                failure.
                New scripts are installed with an extension of .new, you need
                to check yourself if you can use them to replace your own
                possible modified scripts.
                Updated the hatch script to abort if it's not configured.
                If the user skips to hatch a file, the questions for the magic
                and replace command are not shown anymore.
		Dropped support for RedHat and Mandrake pre 6.1.

        lang:
                Added language prompts 20, 21 and 22.

        examples:
                Updated English and Spanish menus with the new door settings.
                Fixed some spelling errors in the Dutch templates.
                Updated file menus, added View File command.
                Changed Dutch newfiles template file.

        html:
                Removed the outdated ftsc documents, www.ftsc.org is the place
                to look for them
                Added upgrade procedure.