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jcs   README: 2.0.1 Latest amendment: 504 on 2023-05-01

1 Subtext: a multi-user BBS server for Macintosh
2 Written by joshua stein <jcs@jcs.org> - http://jcs.org/subtext
3
4 Subtext is free software; see the LICENSE file for copyright/licensing.
5
6 Introduction
7 ==================================================================
8 Subtext is a multi-user BBS server that is developed and runs on Macintosh
9 System 6 and above. It supports dialin access through a serial modem and
10 Telnet access through MacTCP. For full documentation, see the GUIDE file.
11
12 Support
13 ==================================================================
14 Updates to Subtext are published on the Kludge BBS and can be downloaded
15 on the World Wide Web at http://jcs.org/subtext
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17 For questions and support running a Subtext BBS, connect to the
18 Kludge BBS by Telnet/Web at klud.ge, or modem at +1-312-654-0090.
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20 The source code for Subtext can also be found on AmendHub at
21 http://amendhub.com/jcs/subtext
22
23 Release History
24 ==================================================================
25 2.0.1 - 2023-05-02
26 - Fix corrupted default menu options that prevented first launch
27 - Minor telnet and ZMODEM compatibility fixes
28
29 2.0 - 2023-05-01
30 - Add support for FTN (FidoNet) EchoMail and NetMail, with support for
31 fetching from and sending to a Binkp hub, including PKZIP archives
32 of packets
33 - Move mail to a separate database file for easier backup and less
34 chance of corrupting the user database
35 - Implement sysop paging/answering, which displays the user's message
36 on the screen with a beep
37 - Implement custom "NoModem" protocol for file transfers, used when a
38 host is connecting through the trusted host assuming this is a web
39 gateway
40 - List more items per screen in boards, files, and sysop, and change
41 input handler to collect multiple digits
42 - List newest mail first and a global setting to automatically prune
43 mail after a configurable amount of days
44 - Add option to sysop menu to forcefully hangup/reset the modem, and
45 an option to reboot the system
46 - Add timezone UTC offset setting, use to convert timestamps in FTN
47 messages to local timezone, and add a "timezone" template variable
48 - Add setting for separate maximum idle time for sysops (which can be
49 set to 0 to disable idling out sysop sessions)
50 - Mask password fields in sysop settings menu
51 - Add BOARD_LIST_BOARDS command for main menu, which lists all local
52 boards
53 - Faster session log pruning, and fix a bug where failed logins were
54 still being written to the session log
55 - Fix SHA1 checksum calculation for uploaded files and show occasional
56 progress during calculation
57 - Implement folder file description/notes editing and add an option for
58 sysop to recalculate SHA1 checksum before saving
59 - Try to handle malloc failures gracefully everywhere rather than exiting
60
61 1.1 - 2022-12-01
62 - Fix crash that could occur when more than one user is in chat, one user
63 quits chat, and then remaining users continue to chat
64 - Fix problem when running under non-MultiFinder where subsequent
65 runs would fail with errors opening board and folder databases because
66 they were not properly closed on the first run
67
68 1.0 - 2022-11-22
69 - Initial release!