TID: WWIV NET5.5.0.3247   
   MSGID: 1:218/109 5F519F83   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   RE: WWIV 5.5 Pre-release   
   BY: All   
      
   PID: WWIV 5.5.0.3247   
   We are happy to announce a prerelease of WWIV 5.5 is available as the stable    
   release of WWIV BBS for Linux and Windows.   
      
   WWIV 5.5 is the 5th major release after the long-awaited 5.0 release and    
   in addition  to native WWIVnet support (no more DOS dependencies) on all    
   platforms, supports native  Fido Technology Networking (FTN) Support.   
      
   System Requirements:   
   -------------------   
   Win32: Windows 7 or later using MS Visual C++ 2019 Community Edition.   
   Linux: GCC 8.3 (or later) on (Debian10, Centos7 with SCL, or Ubuntu)   
   CMake 3.13 or newer   
      
   Title		Link   
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   Main Web Site	https://www.wwivbbs.org   
   Documentation	http://docs.wwivbbs.org   
   Code	        http://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv   
      
      
   Upgrade notes.   
   --------------   
   Please run wwivconfig to update any data files to 5.5 format.   
      
   New Features   
   ------------   
   Merge pull request (#1204). You can now have a LOGOFF and CLEANUP command   
   in WWIV.INI to execute at logoff time, or post-logoff time to perform   
   any necessry post-user cleanup.   
   Initial cut of wwivutil net send command:   
   This command will send the last few posts to another system. The   
   command line arguments are modeled closely from those used by AUTOSEND.   
   Use _ and not - in flag names for consistency   
   Added --start-date and --end-date to wwivutil messages dump   
   debug.sh has been renamed to cmake-config.sh since with the cmake   
   Ninja generator is multi-config so the config is only used when   
   invoking cmake --build, not during generation time. Updated the build   
   scripts and documentation to reflect this.   
   Documented install-prereqs.sh for debian installations. This makes it   
   easy to install the requirements to compile wwiv.   
   File transfers now work on case sensitive file systems. Please make sure   
   that all of the files in the file transfer section have filename in lower   
   case on disk.   
   The WWIV SDK now includes support for file areas, file lists, and dsz   
   log file parsing (minimal).   
   Log files from the unit tests are now under ${TEMP}/wwiv_test_out by   
   default and not ${TEMP}   
   wwivutil files list will now also display extended file descriptions   
   in addition to short ones.   
   wwivutil files delete will also delete extended descriptions.   
   TIC support for receiving files from FTN networks is now available. To   
   use this feature and set a default TIC directory to receive tic files into   
   and then enable TIC processing in wwivconfig for your FTN network   
   and then edit the directories to specify the correct "FTN Area Tag" for   
   the allfix file echo tag name. After that networkc should automatically   
   move the files into the WWIV file areas specified.   
   Removed ArchiveMenu and TempExtract menu commands. Please remove these   
   from your menus if you have them.   
   "bbs -o" will not list the available menu commands for WWIV's menu editor.   
   menu.txt is now generated from the BBS output.   
   bbs -oc will group by category (once tagged), and bbs -om (or -ocm) will   
   output the text in markdown format.   
   wwivutil fix dirs actually works now.   
   Transfer area can now list file sizes by MB or GB in addition to KB   
   Removed FAST_SEARCH from wwiv.ini. We always use it   
   Removed EXTRA_COLOR from wwiv.ini, it was not used.   
   Support multiple tic areas per file area.   
   Don't call out from the BBS WFC automatically anymore. WWIVD handles callouts   
   Added script used to create links to built binaries. use-built-bin.sh   
   added "wwivutil files tic validate" comman   
   Numerous FTN network usability improvements   
   Stopped allowing network type changes in wwivconfig.   
   When creating a new network in wwivconfig, ask for type before creating   
   the network.   
   When creating new ftn area, set packet archiver to zip by default   
   Pre-create directories for fido types   
   run network3 once so that the directory is setup. Maybe also add it   
   to networkc to check   
   When adding a network to a sub, ask for the host and then automatically   
   add it to the subscriber's file.   
   Don't add msgid to emails   
   Don't add failed crc32 entries to the dupe database   
   Don't add emails to the dupe database   
   Added SDK code to list archives for arc, zip, lzh, and arj.   
   Added new command "wwivutil files arc cmd", that will display   
   the commandlines used for manipulating archives.   
   Also added new command "wwivutil files arc view" to display   
   the contents of any supported archive format.   
   Use internal arc viewer when arc view command is "@internal"   
   Added "ARC" archive type by default to WWIV. Delete data/archiver.dat   
   then re-run wwivconfig and visit the archiver page to recreate your   
   default archiver.dat.   
   The Internal FSED is now available for use.   
   To disable this, please set INTERNAL_FSED=N in WWIV.INI   
   The previous WWIV.INI setting of "EXPERIMENTAL_FSED_USERS"   
   is not longer used.   
   For a user to enable it, they should go to (D)efaults   
   and under "(9) Message Editor" select the option for:   
   "A. Internal full-screen editor"   
   Added a help file (FSED.MSG) for the internal full screen   
   message editor. Please add it to your wwiv install under   
   the gfiles/ directory.   
   Last IP Address for a user is now saved with the user record and displayed   
   at logon time in lilo.   
   Added "WWIVUTIL ACS" command to validate ACS expressions and also execute   
   them against users to test the result. (This will be a feature in a future   
   WWIV release)   
   Updated menu commands in extract post, please copy over MEXTRACT.MSG from   
   gfiles.zip to your GFILES directory.   
   default wwivd port to 23 on windows (#1251)   
   Enable full screen reader for sysop and users with ansi by default. (#1252)   
   Enable full screen editor for sysop and users with ansi by default. (#1252)   
   Bundle netfoss with the install (#1253)   
   Major changes   
   fix crash renaming conference key in ConfEdit   
   WWIV now requires GCC 8.3 or later and MSVC 2019 v16.3 or later.   
   WWIV now builds on Debian10, Windows 10 and Centos7 (soon to add Centos8)   
   Fixed //QWK from crashing   
   Fixed inputting WWIV registration number in (D)efaults (#1205)   
   Fix crash saving email when you have no networks defined   
   Internal ZModem performance is 5-10x faster.   
   Fixed archive types other than ZIP in QWK. Now you can use any supported   
   archive type.   
   Convert QBBS editor text from Fido format to WWIV. This fixes a few issued   
   with QBBS style editors and control lines.   
   Lots of fixes around handling botched conferences.   
      
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