Welcome to the wide beta release of NoSnail!

It's been just over a year since the last major release of NoSnail, which
was written in Basic (PDS).  This release is completely rewritten from the
ground up in the 'C' language.

This release is geared for current NoSnail users who would like to help give
the code a once over before its release to the general public.  If you do NOT
currently use NoSnail, you should NOT try to install this release -- install
the 1.01 version or wait patiently for a general release lest you frustrate
yourself and/or users.


What's Different in the 1.05 release:

Several keywords in the NOSNAIL.CFG have been changed, others added in response
to the needs of the NoSnail community:

NoSnail 1.01:  ElvisMode
NoSnail 1.05:  NoElvisMode

1.05 enables ElvisMode is enabled by default, placing NoElvisMode in
the .CFG disables the attempts to bounce back invalid netmail attempts.

NoSnail 1.01:  Expletive Darn...
NoSnail 1.05:  <deleted>

1.05 release no longer supports this.

NoSnail 1.01:  Intl
NoSnail 1.05:  <deleted>

1.05 release always uses INTL control lines.

NoSnail 1.01:  Address 1:380/14
NoSnail 1.05:  Address Fidonet#1:136/1.0

BIG change for EVERYONE!  While this release will not bring domain technology
into being, you MUST declare your primary address in 5D form.  The general form
is Domain#Zone:Network/Node.Point.  The first address keyword encountered is
used as your primary address.

NoSnail 1.01:  Aka1 8:975/6
NoSnail 1.05:  Address Rbbsnet#8:975/6.0

BIG change for EVERYONE!  AKAx is no longer needed.  The Address keyword is
recycled over and over (up to 5).  Note:  must be in 5D form!

NoSnail 1.01:  <Binkley .BSY flags used>
NoSnail 1.05:  BinkBusy

Unless you declare the BinkBusy keyword, NoSnail will NOT write .BSY flags.
There still isn't any file locking in place, but you could use this option
to run NoSnail during a NON-BBS event such as Zone Mail hour without the
possibility of blitzing mail.


Internet connectivity enhanced:

From day one I have used NoSnail to send Internet email, but users sometimes
have a heck of a time getting it out of the BBS correctly since the have to
put a kludge to get it out of RBBS, and another kludge for the Gateway to
gate the mail.  Beginning with this release users just need to address it to
the uucpTo keyword and NoSnail will use the appropriate address for the gate.

uucpTo UUCP

UucpTo keyword lets you define what entity your gateway uses for gating of the
mail.  Unless you know for SURE that you need to change this, do NOT under ANY
circumstances use something else!!!

uucpGate Fidonet#1:1/31.0

UucpGate keyword defines which gateway to send Internet mail.  Note the format
of the address is 5D just like your Address keyword.  Fidonet#1:1/31.0 is the
default gateway for Fidonet systems which don't have someone locally gating
the mail.  If you use Burt Juda's system, you might add him to your Xmas card
list. 8-)


New Command Line Options:

If you would like to run NoSnail with a different configuration file, just
specify the file to use for its configuration.  By default, NOSNAIL.CFG is
used.

Example:  NoSnail NoSnail1.Cfg

In this instance NoSnail would use NoSnail1.Cfg for its configuration file,
instead of NoSnail.Cfg.  Some sysops are segmenting their Internet mail away
from Fidonet mail -- this avoids some of the batch files I have been sent. 8-)


If you run into problems, try to see if the debug command line might help
you pinpoint where the problem is.

Example:  NoSnail NoSnail.Cfg Debug

In this instance, NoSnail would use NoSnail.Cfg for its configuration file,
and would give some debugging info to the local screen.  Note:  This is the
SECOND command line option, and must follow the .CFG to use.


Enhancements of ElvisMode:

NoSnail no longer has a hard coded error message to be used for bouncing back
invalid netmail attempts.  Instead it uses NOSNAIL.TXT as the text for the
message.  I have included a sample file in this archive, feel free to use it
or improve upon it.  If you operate a BBS where English is not the primary
language, here is where you can put your foreign language skills to use.  Put
NOSNAIL.TXT wherever you place NOSNBETA.EXE.

Also if mail is address to "sysop" or to the public name associated with the
sysop keyword, NoSnail will complain, but will stop short of running MsgForm.


Reporting of Problems:

If you run into problems installing this release, please send me COMPLETE
details, sample files and I will try to reproduce here.  In fact I highly
recommend that you run NoSnail manually to assure that its working okay,
and you keep a back of the netmail message base so if it chokes you can
send me the message file in the SAME condition before it choked so I CAN
FIX IT! <hint>  Please let me know ASAP if you have a problem as this is
a wide beta with a general release on the horizon!

Please do not discuss problems in the RBBS-PC echo as:

1.  The topic is RBBS-PC, not the beta testing of our software.
2.  It may take days to reach me...
3.  It may NEVER reach me...

Feel free to use my Fidonet address or my University address when reporting
problems.  I have uuEncode capabilities so if you use the University address
feel free to uuEncode files -- I can uuDecode without any problem.


Eddie Rowe
Fidonet#1:136/1
Data: 318-345-1955 v.32bis, ZyXEL 19.2
931Rowe@Merlin.Nlu.Edu

