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