Forum: The Computer Express

Minor D'Bridge release available

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Wed Apr 14 01:42:30 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 14 2021
-------------------------

%QUERY in Areafix no longer produces an area listing.

Minor improvement to packet logging.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Wed Apr 14 16:57:54 2021

Installed and running fine :-)

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 14 2021
-------------------------

%QUERY in Areafix no longer produces an area listing.

Minor improvement to packet logging.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Dean Galloway on Wed Apr 14 20:59:40 2021

On 14 Apr 21 16:57:55, Dean Galloway said the following to Nick Andre:

Installed and running fine :-)

Good, another one is coming shortly.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Wed Apr 14 22:00:16 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 15 2021
-------------------------

The good thing about our now-third Covid lockdown in Toronto, is that I'm
stuck at home with nothing to do.... but work on your favorite mailer. You
have to see the humor in any situation?

Various code improvements to the Queue, Areafix, VIA kludge "compliance", unpacking/tossing mail, personal mail waiting and packet logging. Also improvements to overall performance and long-term reliability; slightly less CPU usage on certain Windows operating systems. The F1-Help and user manual were also slightly updated.

Even if your existing D'Bridge system is running good, I recommend upgrading
to this release given the many behind-the-scenes improvements to the
codebase.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 15 08:55:56 2021

VERSION 4 - APRIL 15 2021

I beat Dean Galloway to it ...

--- DB4 - Apr.15 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Ward Dossche on Thu Apr 15 04:43:34 2021

haha.. Yes you did! Just finished upgrading at this end. Good to go.

VERSION 4 - APRIL 15 2021

I beat Dean Galloway to it ...

--- DB4 - Apr.15 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Aaron Grasswell@1:229/428 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 15 08:53:00 2021

Cheers for the updates and support!
Intalled and works great.

You know... if you're looking for COVID projects (paid?!).. native JAM Message Base support.... hint hint :D

Aaron/DW

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 15 2021
-------------------------

The good thing about our now-third Covid lockdown in Toronto, is that I'm stuck at home with nothing to do.... but work on your favorite mailer.
You
have to see the humor in any situation?

Various code improvements to the Queue, Areafix, VIA kludge "compliance", unpacking/tossing mail, personal mail waiting and packet logging. Also improvements to overall performance and long-term reliability; slightly
less
CPU usage on certain Windows operating systems. The F1-Help and user
manual
were also slightly updated.

Even if your existing D'Bridge system is running good, I recommend
upgrading
to this release given the many behind-the-scenes improvements to the codebase.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Dark Systems BBS (1:229/428)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Aaron Grasswell on Thu Apr 15 09:36:50 2021

On 15 Apr 21 08:53:00, Aaron Grasswell said the following to Nick Andre:

You know... if you're looking for COVID projects (paid?!).. native JAM Mess Base support.... hint hint :D

You mean when I'm not asked at least once a month when I'm porting D'Bridge to Linux?

I've looked into other storage formats; its possible but not straightforward.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ib Joe@1:342/200 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 15 07:51:20 2021

On 15 Apr 21 08:53:00, Aaron Grasswell said the following to Nick Andre: I've looked into other storage formats; its possible but not straightforward.

Hello.... Lockdown!!!
IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp Joe's BBS
JoesBBS.com
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32
* Origin: JoesBBS.com, Telnet:2323 SSH:2222 HTTPS:80 (1:342/200)

From T.J. Mcmillen@1:124/5014.2 to Dean Galloway on Thu Apr 15 21:07:58 2021

haha.. Yes you did! Just finished upgrading at this end. Good to go.

VERSION 4 - APRIL 15 2021

Awwwe Dude .... you gotta start quoting first then typing .... I don't know how many messages I read thru and was like why did this guy quote a message not post anything. Until I realized you were a top poster. ;)

... I am committed--or should be.

--- Renegade v1.22/DOS
* Origin: PB Renegade (gapbbs.rdfig.net:2424) Mesquite, Tx (1:124/5014.2)

From T.J. Mcmillen@1:124/5014.2 to Aaron Grasswell on Thu Apr 15 21:08:52 2021

Cheers for the updates and support!
Intalled and works great.

You know... if you're looking for COVID projects (paid?!).. native JAM Mes Base support.... hint hint :D

Aaron/DW

AHH!! You too! Quote, then write. Quote, then write. ahhahahahha .... crap is driving me crazy! aghhag

... He said "KUNG FU!" I said "M-16." He said "Peace Brother"

--- Renegade v1.22/DOS
* Origin: PB Renegade (gapbbs.rdfig.net:2424) Mesquite, Tx (1:124/5014.2)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to T.J. Mcmillen on Fri Apr 16 12:49:36 2021

AHH!! You too! Quote, then write. Quote, then write. ahhahahahha
....
crap is driving me crazy! aghhag

Just for the record, you're repeating an already posted message with a single second's time difference... twice.

TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 43278

Running Fastecho? Isn't that the khrap, Nick, which strips seen-by's ?

Also no MSGID, that confuses a number of people...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Apr.15 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Ward Dossche on Fri Apr 16 08:50:48 2021

On 16 Apr 21 12:49:37, Ward Dossche said the following to T.J. Mcmillen:

Running Fastecho? Isn't that the khrap, Nick, which strips seen-by's ?

Yes. Fastecho is crap.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Aaron Grasswell@1:229/428 to T.J. Mcmillen on Fri Apr 16 15:10:00 2021

AHHH!! You too! Quote, then write. Quote, then write. ahhahahahha
....
crap is driving me crazy! aghhag

lol, this is a Seinfeld episode in the making right here...
"The Bottom Quoter"

:)

Aaron/DW
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Dark Systems BBS (1:229/428)

From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Nick Andre on Sat Apr 17 07:51:46 2021

Hello Nick,

On Thu Apr 15 2021 09:36:50, Nick Andre wrote to Aaron Grasswell:

You mean when I'm not asked at least once a month when I'm porting D'Bridge to Linux?

This reminds me. I haven't asked about a linux version in well over a month. What have you, good sir? ;)

Regards,
Nick

... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20181215
* Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)

From Matt Munson@1:218/109 to Nick Andre on Sat Apr 17 09:58:20 2021

BY: Nick Andre(1:229/426)

I've looked into other storage formats; its possible but not straightforward.

Would a function key like press f6 to load GoldEd make things easier?

--- WWIV 5.7.0.3503
* Origin: Inland Utopia BBS * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (1:218/109)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Matt Munson on Sun Apr 18 00:15:12 2021

On 17 Apr 21 09:58:21, Matt Munson said the following to Nick Andre:

I've looked into other storage formats; its possible but not straightforward.

Would a function key like press f6 to load GoldEd make things easier?

I was thinking something like "Press ESC twice"...

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Wed Apr 21 04:54:40 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 21 2021
-------------------------

Some minor code cleanup and improvements. A new text-file, DBRIDGE.IPN
(Ignore Personal-mail-waiting Names) contains a list of names that you do
NOT want to show up when Personal Mail Waiting is enabled. The personal
mail setting has been moved to Config-Packet/Mail. F1-Help and the user
manual were updated. Personal mail is any NETmail or Echomail messages
found addressed to you or your alias-names when mail is unpacked/tossed.

Remember, you can have D'Bridge run a program whenever personal mail
arrives. If the batch file PLAYMAIL.BAT exists, D'Bridge will call this
to play a WAV/MP3 sound file or do whatever you want. Refer to PLAYMAIL.ZIP
for an example batch file and freeware player for Windows. This will run
only if AUDIO ALARMS are enabled in Config-Basic and the audio-time is
allowed. Anything that runs in the batch file must never require any interaction from you or the mailer will be "stuck" waiting for input.

Also remember that if you need to run something after ANY mail is unpacked
then you should create the dummy/semaphore file DBRIDGE.AMR (Any Mail
Received) and specify the DOS commands in the proper Mail event or Unevent.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 22 19:07:24 2021

Nice updates. I like them!

Installed and running fine.

Thanks,
Dean.

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 21 2021
-------------------------

Some minor code cleanup and improvements. A new text-file, DBRIDGE.IPN (Ignore Personal-mail-waiting Names) contains a list of names that you do NOT want to show up when Personal Mail Waiting is enabled. The personal mail setting has been moved to Config-Packet/Mail. F1-Help and the user manual were updated. Personal mail is any NETmail or Echomail messages found addressed to you or your alias-names when mail is unpacked/tossed.

Remember, you can have D'Bridge run a program whenever personal mail arrives. If the batch file PLAYMAIL.BAT exists, D'Bridge will call this
to play a WAV/MP3 sound file or do whatever you want. Refer to
PLAYMAIL.ZIP
for an example batch file and freeware player for Windows. This will run only if AUDIO ALARMS are enabled in Config-Basic and the audio-time is allowed. Anything that runs in the batch file must never require any interaction from you or the mailer will be "stuck" waiting for input.

Also remember that if you need to run something after ANY mail is
unpacked
then you should create the dummy/semaphore file DBRIDGE.AMR (Any Mail Received) and specify the DOS commands in the proper Mail event or
Unevent.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Tue Apr 27 22:30:56 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 27 2021
-------------------------

Very minor code improvements.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Wed Apr 28 10:58:30 2021

VERSION 4 - APRIL 27 2021
-------------------------

And again Dean got beaten ... I'm getting good at this ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Apr.27 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Ward Dossche on Wed Apr 28 19:49:48 2021

VERSION 4 - APRIL 27 2021
-------------------------

And again Dean got beaten ... I'm getting good at this ...

Clearly this is a conspiracy :-)

dg

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dean Galloway on Thu Apr 29 09:59:46 2021

VERSION 4 - APRIL 27 2021
-------------------------

And again Dean got beaten ... I'm getting good at this ...

Clearly this is a conspiracy :-)

Is Donald Trump aware of this ?

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Apr.27 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Fri Apr 30 18:51:46 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 30 2021
-------------------------

Fix for a long-time QuickBBS/auto-add areas problem and slightly reduced Echomail area database indexing... structures have changed; if you develop 3rd-party utilities please refer to TECHSPEC.TXT.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Fri Apr 30 18:07:34 2021

VERSION 4 - APRIL 30 2021
-------------------------

Installed and working fine. This is what, the sixth update in April?

Thanks,
Dean.

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Dean Galloway on Sun May 2 08:10:52 2021

On 30 Apr 21 18:07:35, Dean Galloway said the following to Nick Andre:

Installed and working fine. This is what, the sixth update in April?

I do a little work at a time...

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Mon May 3 11:06:58 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - MAY 3 2021
----------------------

- Fix for BinkD potentially not reflecting address or directory changes.

- Improved Circular Path Detection.

- Various minor fixes and improvements to Config-Echomail Areas, Config-
Fileecho/Tic Areas, Config-Actions, Areafix and Filefix.

- Fix for a potential problem with removing empty passthrus when the last
system left is a Usenet gateway.

- Reduced memory usage in the internal editor.

- New installations no longer "complain" on missing QuickBBS/GoldBase files.

- The internal message editor no longer crashes for GoldBase Edition users.

- Minor improvement to F1-Help and the user manual.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Tue May 4 14:58:18 2021

VERSION 4 - MAY 3 2021
----------------------

Catastrophic crash in the internal editor.

Backtracked to a previous version.

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - May.03 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Tue May 4 16:40:40 2021

VERSION 4 - MAY 3 2021
----------------------

Catastrophic crash in the internal editor.

?!?

Will email you screenprint later on today ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - May.03 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Ward Dossche on Tue May 4 14:03:34 2021

VERSION 4 - MAY 3 2021
----------------------

Catastrophic crash in the internal editor.

Backtracked to a previous version.

\%/@rd

Using is to reply to this, can you share the steps you were taking and I'll see if I can reproduce it.

Thanks,
Dean.
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dean Galloway on Wed May 5 07:57:22 2021

Catastrophic crash in the internal editor.

Backtracked to a previous version.

Using is to reply to this, can you share the steps you were taking and
I'll see if I can reproduce it.

The same steps since I started using it in 1988. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Install works OK. Start-up works OK. ALT-E for the editor works OK. Then Esc-A for "Area Information" gives the regulqr screen, I think, in rainbow colours ... foreground and background ... unworkable ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Ward Dossche on Wed May 5 03:58:54 2021

Install works OK. Start-up works OK. ALT-E for the editor works OK. Then Esc-A for "Area Information" gives the regulqr screen, I think, in
rainbow colours ... foreground and background ... unworkable ...

Not seeing that at all. I'm guessing another update will be out in a few days :-)
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Sun May 9 11:24:00 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - MAY 9 2021
----------------------

A fix for what appears to be long-standing random "Unable to write log
error #xxxxx" problems; this should be treated as an important update since this has to do with stable/reliable operation.

Better reporting of packet data when enabled in Config-Basic-Log Packets. Packets with potential issues will be logged in detail now.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Dw@1:229/428 to Nick Andre on Sun May 9 20:57:00 2021

VERSION 4 - MAY 9 2021 ----------------------

Installed and no more LOG #4 error.
If you're reading this, sending from within RA is working... :)

Cheers for all the work!

Aaron/DW

*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: (1:229/428)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Dw on Sun May 9 22:24:52 2021

On 09 May 21 20:57:00, Dw said the following to Nick Andre:

VERSION 4 - MAY 9 2021 ----------------------

Installed and no more LOG #4 error.
If you're reading this, sending from within RA is working... :)

Got it here,

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Wed Jun 2 10:35:48 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - JUNE 2 2021
-----------------------

Minor release:

- Fix for the internal editor crashing on many thousands of messages.

- The question "Scan for Echomail" in Config-Advanced-BBS has been
removed. You invoke this via the *S macro in the DOS commands section.

- Slightly reduced disk-access in unpacking/tossing on busy Hub systems.

- Fix for OTL semaphore problems.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Nick Andre on Fri Jun 4 12:32:38 2021

VERSION 4 - JUNE 2 2021
-----------------------

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Petros Argyrakis on Fri Jun 4 13:52:10 2021

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

Did it take you 2 days to install? :-)

\%/@rd
--- DB4
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Ward Dossche on Fri Jun 4 14:01:44 2021

Hi Ward,

On 2021-06-04 13:52:10, you wrote to Petros Argyrakis:

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

Did it take you 2 days to install? :-)

It's a pitty D'Bridge doesn't add a TID flag, then people wouldn't have to specifically report they installed new versions. On the other hand this area would be virtually empty... ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.
--- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Petros Argyrakis on Fri Jun 4 08:34:30 2021

On 04 Jun 21 12:32:38, Petros Argyrakis said the following to Nick Andre:

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

I am convinced that some here write scripts or something to monitor whenever I post in here so they can excitedly be "the first" to install it.

Bragging rights are very important here...

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Wilfred van Velzen on Fri Jun 4 15:24:40 2021

Wilfred,

Did it take you 2 days to install? :-)

It's a pitty D'Bridge doesn't add a TID flag, then people wouldn't have
to specifically report they installed new versions. On the other hand
this area would be virtually empty... ;-)

I don't think you grasp what makes a DB-afficionado tick ...

I've been a dedicated user of it since ... 1988 somewhere ... close to the early beginnings.

\%/@rd
--- DB4
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Petros Argyrakis on Fri Jun 4 08:13:42 2021

VERSION 4 - JUNE 2 2021
-----------------------

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

Hmph! Installed here and functioning just fine.

Thanks,
Dean.
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Ward Dossche on Mon Jun 7 11:28:46 2021

@MSGID: 2:292/854 113a0e53
@REPLY: 2:410/9 10262a13

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

Did it take you 2 days to install? :-)

Bare with me I am working with one arm due to shoulder surgery :)
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Nick Andre on Mon Jun 7 11:29:58 2021

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)

I am convinced that some here write scripts or something to monitor whenever I
post in here so they can excitedly be "the first" to install it.

Bragging rights are very important here...

That is not a bad idea. But I would monitor the website with powershell instead :)
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Ward Dossche on Mon Jun 7 13:15:36 2021

Bare with me I am working with one arm due to shoulder surgery :)

I definitely will not bare with you. What do you think I am? :-)

Sean Connery on Red October? :)
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Petros Argyrakis on Mon Jun 7 13:27:52 2021

Bare with me I am working with one arm due to shoulder surgery :)

I definitely will not bare with you. What do you think I am? :-)

Sean Connery on Red October? :)

Not really ... let me clarify this ... I have no problem bearing with you but I feel no need to bare with you ...

{it gets bad when you have to explain the jokes... :-) }

\%/@rd
--- DB4
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Ward Dossche on Mon Jun 7 13:34:08 2021

@MSGID: 2:292/854 11213c2e
@REPLY: 2:410/9 11152b0e

Bare with me I am working with one arm due to shoulder surgery

:)

I definitely will not bare with you. What do you think I am? :-)

Sean Connery on Red October? :)

Not really ... let me clarify this ... I have no problem bearing with you but I feel no need to bare with you ...

{it gets bad when you have to explain the jokes... :-) }

I know I mispelled and I got the joke no worries :) I am just continuing to full around till the moderator wakes up and kicks our (not bare) asses out
Sorry Nick!
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Petros Argyrakis on Mon Jun 7 08:34:54 2021

On 07 Jun 21 13:34:09, Petros Argyrakis said the following to Ward Dossche:

I know I mispelled and I got the joke no worries :) I am just continuing t full around till the moderator wakes up and kicks our (not bare) asses out Sorry Nick!

This echo doesn't have a moderator, likely never needs one. Its just fine the way it is.

For the record I wouldn't bare with Ward or Sean Connery. I'm not a bear...

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Petros Argyrakis on Mon Jun 7 19:27:18 2021

I know I mispelled and I got the joke no worries :) I am just
continuing to full around till the moderator wakes up and kicks our PA>PA> (not bare) asses out

*fool around... I need more coffee after lunch

Maybe you are "full around" ... I don't remember anymore ... something like 25 years ago?

\%/@rd

--- DB4
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Petros Argyrakis@2:410/9 to Ward Dossche on Wed Jun 9 11:00:22 2021

*fool around... I need more coffee after lunch

Maybe you are "full around" ... I don't remember anymore ... something
like 25 years ago?

Full around was a sign of a good and healthy life for the ancient Greeks no matter what the statues portrait :-P

I keep fluctu...ating between healthy and athletic

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

From Dale Barnes@1:106/201 to Petros Argyrakis on Fri Jun 4 11:46:46 2021

VERSION 4 - JUNE 2 2021
-----------------------

Minor release:

Did I beat everyobody and installed it first? :)
--- D'Bridge 4

No Nick beat you as he was first.

--- InterEcho 1.21
* Origin: Home Of InterMail/InterEcho (1:106/201)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Sun Jul 25 00:35:20 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - JULY 25 2021
------------------------

- Code improvements and very minor improvements for IBM XT, PS/2, Tandy
1000 and other real-DOS computers.

- Very minor fix for log purging criteria in Config-Basic.

- Fix for weird "program too big to fit in memory" problems on Windows.

It is not necessary to upgrade to this version if your D'Bridge system
is working good.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Aaron Grasswell@1:229/428 to Nick Andre on Mon Jul 26 09:56:00 2021

Works great, cheers :)

Aaron/DW

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - JULY 25 2021
------------------------

- Code improvements and very minor improvements for IBM XT, PS/2, Tandy
1000 and other real-DOS computers.

- Very minor fix for log purging criteria in Config-Basic.

- Fix for weird "program too big to fit in memory" problems on Windows.

It is not necessary to upgrade to this version if your D'Bridge system
is working good.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Dark Systems BBS (1:229/428)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Sun Dec 5 12:53:46 2021

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 5 2021
---------------------------

Bug fixes for Config-Schedule-UnEvent-Routing and Editor-Fileecho/TIC areas.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Mon Dec 6 10:01:52 2021

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 5 2021

Ack

--- DB4 - Dec 5 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Mon Dec 6 21:10:58 2021

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 5 2021
---------------------------

Installed and functioning fine.

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Dean Galloway on Mon Dec 6 23:39:20 2021

On 06 Dec 21 21:10:58, Dean Galloway said the following to Nick Andre:

Installed and functioning fine.

Got this message.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Thu Feb 10 19:13:32 2022

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - FEBRUARY 10 2022
----------------------------

- Fix for possibly incorrect Passthru Usenet group unlinking in the
nightly AutoUpdate event.

- And slightly better handling of many thousands of Passthru areas.

- Fix for when scanning for outbound Echomail, you abort and exit the
mailer, sort the areas with DBUTIL, restart the mailer and do another
Echomail scan, then suddenly the mailer hangs with no explanation.

- Fix for a custom tear line not appearing on scanned Echomails without a
tearline; such as using the internal editor to copy a Netmail to an
Echomail area.

- Fix for DBUTIL SORT AREAS not handling .DUP files correctly.

- Reduced memory in DBUTIL SORT AREAS.

- ALL cannot be a conference name.

- Minor improvement for personal mail notification.

- Minor visual improvement for duplicate/filtered messages.

- Very minor code improvements.

- You will be pleased to know that the code has more cowbell for G00R00.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Rudi Timmermans@2:292/140 to Nick Andre on Fri Feb 11 09:38:14 2022

Hi Nick,

VERSION 4 - FEBRUARY 10 2022
----------------------------

- Fix for possibly incorrect Passthru Usenet group unlinking in the
nightly AutoUpdate event.

- And slightly better handling of many thousands of Passthru areas.

- Fix for when scanning for outbound Echomail, you abort and exit the mailer, sort the areas with DBUTIL, restart the mailer and do another Echomail scan, then suddenly the mailer hangs with no explanation.

- Fix for a custom tear line not appearing on scanned Echomails without a tearline; such as using the internal editor to copy a Netmail to an Echomail area.

- Fix for DBUTIL SORT AREAS not handling .DUP files correctly.

- Reduced memory in DBUTIL SORT AREAS.

- ALL cannot be a conference name.

- Minor improvement for personal mail notification.

- Minor visual improvement for duplicate/filtered messages.

- Very minor code improvements.

- You will be pleased to know that the code has more cowbell for G00R00.

Thanks ;)

Greetings,
Rudi

--- DB4/Win Feb 10 2022
* Origin: Light Station (2:292/140)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Nick Andre on Fri Feb 11 14:01:48 2022

VERSION 4 - FEBRUARY 10 2022

Got it.

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Feb 10 2022
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

From DW@1:229/428 to Nick Andre on Fri Feb 11 09:16:00 2022

- You will be pleased to know that the code has more cowbell for G00R00.

Peanut butter & -> JAM <- also goes really good with more cowbell... :) lol

Cheers for the updates!

Aaron/DW
Dark Systems BBS

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Dark Systems BBS (1:229/428)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Wed Aug 3 18:55:06 2022

��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - AUGUST 3 2022
-------------------------

Installed and running fine.

Thanks,
Dean.

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Thu Sep 8 09:17:00 2022

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - SEPTEMBER 8 2022
----------------------------

This minor release addresses issues with the BinkD subsystem.

- Significant code improvements for BinkD staging or "move" operations,
uncompressed mail packets for busy Hub systems or systems that forward
mail to many downlinks.

- Fix for an unusual problem with a downlink receiving a large compressed
mail archive via BinkD, the file transfer gets aborted somehow, then the
downlink immediately connects again and didn't receive that archive BUT
received all of that archive's PKT files, so a leftover incomplete mail
archive transfer remained on his system.

- Compressed mail (XMAIL/Arcmail) flagged as Hold or Forced Hold will not
be sent to the destination system in an outbound BinkD transaction.

- Improvements to packet logging.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Thu Dec 29 12:02:26 2022

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 29 2022
----------------------------

This release was intended to have BinkD file-request/SRIF support but that
will wait till later.

- Bug fix for a long standing problem with a dialup modem not being placed
off-line (off hook) when tossing mail... depending on the Offhook setting
in Config-COMM/Modem.

- Bug fix for "Save junk messages".

- Bug fix for rare zero-byte/null *.MSG files in the NETmail area.

- Bug fix for zero-byte/null message reporting in the system log.

- Bug fix for rare stack/data-related problems.

- If D'Bridge starts up and determines it was shutdown abnormally/
incorrectly, it will execute the batch file ABNORMAL.BAT if one exists.
For example you could use that batch file to send yourself an email or
cleanup any leftovers in BBS software.

- A new semaphore/dummy file can be created, DBRIDGE.SBS (Stop processing
By Semaphore). If this file exists, D'Bridge will NOT process inbound
mail or scan any outgoing mail. When this file vanishes, processing will
resume normally. This could be useful for some Windows backup programs
which may fail if there is too much disk I/O caused by mail processing.

WARNING: Use this with caution; and any operating-system startup scripts
or batch files should do an IF EXIST \DB\DBRIDGE.SBS DEL
\DB\DBRIDGE.SBS to ensure the file is not "stuck" causing mail
not to be processed.

- Several updates to the F1 Help system and user manual.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Dean Galloway@1:114/709 to Nick Andre on Fri Dec 30 05:15:00 2022

� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 29 2022
----------------------------

Installed and running fine.

Thanks,
Dean.

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (1:114/709)

From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dean Galloway on Fri Dec 30 22:08:04 2022

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 29 2022
----------------------------

Installed and running fine.

I'm seeeeeeeeeenging in the rain
Just seeeeeeeeeenging in the rain ...

8-)

--- DB4 - MidniteSpecial
* Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Sat Dec 31 07:44:16 2022

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - DECEMBER 31 2022
----------------------------

Bug fix in ADF database.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Mon Apr 10 12:17:38 2023

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - APRIL 10 2023
-------------------------

A minor release:

- Adds an option to Config-Echomail Areas to specify if an Echomail area is
to be "hidden" from the internal message editor.

If you answer YES to this new question, the Echomail area will NOT appear
when you press A for Areas or ESC-Areas Information.

Note that this does not hide the area from Areafix requests, but obviously
the area will not be presented in Areafix requests from systems that do
not meet the security and group criteria specified in Config-Packet/Mail.

- Also adds the command HIDDEN ON/OFF to the DBUTIL CHANGE command, ie:

C:\DB> DBUTIL CHANGE SECURITY 50 HIDDEN ON

Will change all Echomail areas matching security level 50 to be
hidden from the internal message editor.

C:\DB> DBUTIL CHANGE GROUPACCESS C HIDDEN OFF

Will change all Echomail areas matching group access C to not be
hidden.

C:\DB> DBUTIL CHANGE HIDDEN ON HIDDEN OFF

You guessed it... All Echomail areas hidden will now be shown.

- Bug fix for importing and exporting Local areas.

- Bug fix when editing Local areas.

- Bug fix for the F1-Help system.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Sat Jul 13 16:01:38 2024

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - JULY 13 2024
------------------------

Code improvements for Areafix and Filefix.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Tue Nov 12 13:57:08 2024

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - NOVEMBER 12 2024
----------------------------

- Improved performance on OS/2 including E-ComStation and ArcaOS.

- A new question in Config-Basic allows overriding OS detection, and the
OS question in Config-Internet is removed.

- Improvements to the AutoUpdate event.

- Bug fix in DBUTIL POST.

- Various code changes and minor improvements.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Rudi Timmermans@2:292/140 to Nick Andre on Tue Nov 12 20:57:30 2024

Hi Nick,

VERSION 4 - NOVEMBER 12 2024
----------------------------

Thanks for this nice update!

Greetings,
Rudi

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Light Station (2:292/140)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Tue Nov 19 15:44:30 2024

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - NOVEMBER 19 2024
----------------------------

- Bug fix in Echomail history.

- Bug fix on very large Areafix replies.

- Various code changes, minor improvements.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Wed Nov 20 14:04:14 2024

��
��
� ��
��
� ��
��
� D'Bridge EMAIL System �
Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
www.dbridgemailer.com

VERSION 4 - NOVEMBER 20 2024
----------------------------

- Various improvements to the History display especially when D'Bridge is
ran on 43 and 50-line consoles.

- Various code changes, minor improvements.

Nick Andre
www.dbridgemailer.com

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Sysop:	Coz
Location:	Anoka, MN
Users:	2
Nodes:	4 (0 / 4)
Uptime:	138:55:54
Calls:	166
Files:	5,389
Messages:	223,229

Minor D'Bridge release available

Who's Online

System Info