VFIDO Fido Gateway 7.04
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Copyright Neil J Marshall 21st October 1991 - 31st July 1995
 TransAtlanticBBS  @440 VirtualNet  2:440/211 FidoNet  +44-1689-812646


Introduction
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This program implements a complete Gateway to Fido networks.
It enables the exchange of NetMail, EchoMail, Tick Files,
Node Lists and Diffs, AreaFix and AllFix messages between
VBBS and Fido. VBBS and VFIDO are fully capable of handling
all Fido type Network calls as a Front End Mailer, though you
can use FrontDoor as a Front End Mailer.


Release Notes
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7.04    Added a new interactive AreaFix function to allow you to maintain the
        Subscription Lists of Echoes you carry, by adding and deleting your
        Server and Clients from the Subscription List at the touch of the
        Space Bar
7.04    Added a new VAREA-type function to allow you to subscribe yourself to
        new Echoes from the Echo List by browsing the Echo List and selecting
        the Echoes you want using the Space Bar, and to drop Echoes
        just as easily
7.04    Modified the AreaFix processor so that you automatically drop any
        Echo to which you no longer have any Subscribers
7.04    Added a new NetMail and EchoMail Packet Manager that allows you to
        examine what packets you have waiting to send, to change them from
        Crash to Direct to Routed status, and to delete them
7.04    Added a new +d option, similar to the existing +c Crash Mail option,
        to create a NetMail that will be sent direct to the addressee,
        ignoring your routing logic, the next time you call the addressee or
        the addressee calls you
7.04    Added support for the %FROM command in AreaFix messages to allow
        remote AreaFix requests to be processed
7.04    Added a new Packet Management option to the VFIDO /E functions,
        which allows you to review what NetMail and EchoMail packets are
        waiting to be sent out on your machine, and to delete those packets
        or change their status from Crash to Direct to Normal and back
7.04    Improved the recognition of Message/Reply linking in Fido messages
7.04    Changed the Date Processing routine to convert the standard Fido
        Date Format (dd mmm yy  hh:mm:ss) on incoming messages to the
        VBBS Date Format (day mmm dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss) and to extract the
        correct numeric age of the message from this
7.04    Finally added the ability to put wildcards in the Server Address
        section of the Routing, so that you can easily set up all Nodes
        within your Net with Direct Routing. As an example, routing like
        2:440/* 2:440/*.* sends all mail to Net 440 systems direct
7.04    Corrected the routing logic for your Points to ensure that mail that
        is sent directly to them is never accidentally routed to your Server
7.04    Modified the routine that automatically detects and recompiles
        changes in Network Configuration to separately and independently
        react to changes in Net Configuration (Dialing, Routing, Aliases)
        and Echo Configuration, since the former can be recompiled far
        faster than the latter
7.04    Corrected a fault in the processing of Tick files in unknown Tick
        Areas which were not being placed in DEADMAIL
7.04    Corrected a fault in the generation of PATH lines on outgoing
        EchoMail which was causing information from the SEEN-BY lines to
        appear in the PATH lines
7.04    Revised the routine that detects and resends EchoMail that has not
        been sent for seven days as there were loophopes in the logic it was
        using to detect the old EchoMail packets
7.04    Corrected a problem with Tick files when the Tick Area was not set on
        Pass Through - the files were being left in the NetMail directory
        instead of being moved into the file directory for that database
7.04    Introduced a routine to prevent the same file being sent twice in
        a Mail Session, for example if a careless SysOp File Attaches the
        same file twice
7.04    Cured the bug that was causing the mail for the last EchoMail Area
        (when sorted alphabetically) to be sent to DeadMail
7.04    Cured the bug that was causing primary addresses in networks to
        be flagged as hidden if the last alias in the preceding network was
        a hidden alias
7.04    Cured the bug that caused Dialing Entries for Zones that were not
        assigned to any NetworkId from appearing in all your NET.* files
7.04    Introduced new internal Sort routines that replace the use of the
        SORT.EXE program in DOS, and run twice as fast as well