--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400000 Date: 04/02/97 From: JIM BARCHUK Time: 10:07am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: O_Qwker pointers/abort Hello All! When the user aborts a packet download, O_Qwker flashes it's 'updating pointers' message on the sysop screen, and the lastread pointers are in fact updated because a repack does not find new msgs. Conversely, in 'netmail' or 'local' rather than 'echomail' areas, sometimes msgs are downloaded several times is successive scans. The pointers are apparently not updated. Am I doing something wrong? Any clues what other symptoms I should look for, or other tests? ==== Chris, no, that SDSOPUS test file did not arrive here. :-) jB-) --- * Origin: :nigirO * (1:141/355) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400001 Date: 04/01/97 From: JOE ROWEHL Time: 11:43pm \/To: CHRISTOPHER BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: did anyone see the test file? > in SDS area SDSOPUS? > > it's been awhile since i hatched it out and i haven't seen > any comments. I haven't gotten it here yet... Joe --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: Flashpoint Opus: (757)479-5408, Va Beach, VA (1:275/52.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400002 Date: 04/03/97 From: BOB JUGE Time: 09:27am \/To: CHRISTOPHER BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: did anyone see the test file? Christopher Baker wrote in a message to All: CB> in SDS area SDSOPUS? CB> CB> it's been awhile since i hatched it out and i haven't seen any CB> comments. SDS is mostly broken due to the fact that Tom Hendricks no longer passes files along to George Peace at 270/101. In fact, I think 261/662 (Hendricks' system) disappeared from the nodelist. - Bob Internet : bob@juge.com Telnet, Vmodem, WWW or FTP to juge.com --- timEd/386 1.10+ * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400003 Date: 04/02/97 From: HARRY OLDENHUIS Time: 10:15pm \/To: MEL PHEASANT (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Max v2.0x -> Opus 1.7x Hallo Mel MP> The FAT system is pretty sad. I think what happens is MP> that after a certain number of directory entries, the MP> directory structure itself becomes fragmented. I guess MP> I've been running for so long on an 8088 and then the MP> last few years on a fast ( :) ) AT I've never MP> considered speed an issue. My renum takes about 15-20 MP> minutes in the wee hours of the morning, so I've never MP> had reason to complain. I do have to defrag about once MP> a year though, for it to work. MP> Having said all that though, I'd still vote for *.msg, MP> unless someone can show me a bulletproof database MP> system. I run a os/2 system with hpf file system I also run a squish message base system with some areas havin 1400 messages in them. I have no problem with the system, but have learned a few tricks to make it work properly with no errors. I could not run a *.msg system even using the hpf file system it still takes up to mutch space. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: 1985 OziWest BBs Perth 61-[09-458-1255] (3:690/416) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400004 Date: 04/02/97 From: HARRY OLDENHUIS Time: 10:22pm \/To: CHRISTOPHER BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Opus Wishlist... Hallo Cristopher > 1 - Allow Opus to automatically create 'drop' files (Doorinfo.def, > Door.Sys, etc.) > 2 - Allow use of HTML graphics > 3 - Allow use of PCBoard PPE's, Proboard PEX, MAX's MEX and MECCA > 4 - Modify Message section LIST command to show one message per line CB> CB> incorporate PGP encryption calls into the editor. I have sent you net mail, have you recieved it? about fido news? Cheers Harry. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: 1985 OziWest BBs Perth 61-[09-458-1255] (3:690/416) > Does the mailer now connect to systems that are > not fully FTSC0001 compliant, including Santronics' > Platinum Xpress for WildCat? I would presume not; Opus' internal mailer is FTS compliant and is unlikely ever not to be. Anyone here using, or know the node number of anyone using, Hector's latest abortion? I'll try it out if I can find one. TREV. --- QM v1.30 * Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4400005 Date: 04/03/97 From: TREV ROYDHOUSE Time: 7:15 am \/To: STU TURK (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Opus Connects > Does the mailer now connect to systems that are > not fully FTSC0001 compliant, including Santronics' > Platinum Xpress for WildCat? I would presume not; Opus' internal mailer is FTS compliant and is unlikely ever not to be. Anyone here using, or know the node number of anyone using, Hector's latest abortion? I'll try it out if I can find one. TREV. --- QM v1.30 * Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4500000 Date: 04/04/97 From: STU TURK Time: 03:17pm \/To: TREV ROYDHOUSE (Read 0 times) Subj: Opus Connects Trev Roydhouse wrote in a message to Stu Turk: > Does the mailer now connect to systems that are > not fully FTSC0001 compliant, including Santronics' > Platinum Xpress for WildCat? TR> I would presume not; Opus' internal mailer is FTS compliant and is TR> unlikely ever not to be. TR> Anyone here using, or know the node number of anyone using, Hector's TR> latest abortion? I'll try it out if I can find one. Not in Zone 3. 1:129/41, 1:129/150, and 1:129/311 are suppose to be running it. Do you have any beta testers in Zone 1? --- timEd 1.10+ * Origin: SoundProof Point, Pittsburgh PA (1:129/26.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4A00000 Date: 04/03/97 From: CHRISTOPHER BAKER Time: 09:06pm \/To: TREV ROYDHOUSE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Opus Wishlist... >> >> incorporate PGP encryption calls into the editor. >> > Why? >> to facilitate the clear-signing or encryption of mail. > Encryption of mail runs counter to POLICY4 which gives each sysop the > right to inspect mail passing through his/her system. > If you really need such a feature, surely sending your mail direct on > your own dime is the answer. did i say anything about routing it? notwithstanding that Policy4 contravene's U.S. law, i'm merely asking for a hook into PGP. this is something a progressive program can do. QOFM. Chris --- DB B2300sl/001027 * Origin: Rights_On!-F/R OPUSFILE for 1.7+ List-Edgewater_FL_USA (1:18/14) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4A00001 Date: 04/05/97 From: MICHAEL EPLER Time: 12:33pm \/To: JOE ROWEHL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Opus Wishlist... > Hello, Joe Rowehl, I'd like you to meet my friend, Harvey... > JR> 2 - Allow use of HTML graphics > > What does this 'mean'? JR> That request came from Michael Epler... Mike, can you answer JR> that one for us?? The original message did not say that..... TO: trev@ibm.net Version of Opus: last ran 1.73a (still on a machine) public node now runs Maximus 2.02 Front end Mailer: (edited end note) I hope this helps in your development plans. It seems that a BBS that "bridges" the internet and fidonet would give the best of both worlds. Instead of fooling with ansi or rip graphics go right to HTML. Allow a user to call the system with a SLP or PPP script or as a regular BBS enduser. Have a system that can make all the needed drop files INTERNALLY like MAX does. How about an interface to allow the use of PCBoard PPE's or ProBoard PEX stuff along with the MAX MEX and MECCA. Don't kill the opus frontend in first release but update it for high speed modems and current full addressing so it can used as a powerful but very -easy- point system. That's my two cents worth....... (end of orginal message quoted here) --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: DelaMarPenn MicroNet -+- Newark, Delaware (1:150/115) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 195 MEADOW Ref: E4A00002 Date: 04/05/97 From: MICHAEL EPLER Time: 01:12pm \/To: JOE ROWEHL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Opus Wishlist... > JR> 2 - Allow use of HTML graphics > What does this 'mean'? JR> JR> That request came from Michael Epler... Mike, can you answer JR> that one for us?? As to "what it means" I'll put three little snippets here: A Simple HTML Example

HTML is Easy To Learn

Welcome to the world of HTML. This is the first paragraph. While short it is still a paragraph!

And this is the second paragraph.

The first part is a condensed "document" that illustrates HTML. HTML is nothing but ascii with the appropriate "tokens" that make the hyper text appear in a browser. If one thinks about OEC/MECCA anyone here already understands the concept......... And graphics can be displayed via HTML: Inline Images Most Web browsers can display inline images (that is, images next to text) that are in X Bitmap (XBM), GIF, or JPEG format. Other image formats are being incorporated into Web browsers [e.g., the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format]. Each image takes time to process and slows down the initial display of a document. Carefully select your images and the number of images in a document. Alternate Text

Embed a graphic image in the document. Attributes: src Specifies the location of the image. alt Allows a text string to be put in place of the image in clients that cannot display images. align Specify a relationship to surrounding text. The argument for align can be one of top, middle, or bottom. ismap If ismap is present and the image tag is within an anchor, the image will become a "clickable image". The pixel coordinates of Soooooooooo...... what I want is the ability to use HTML in a future release of opus..... in a product that bridges both the internet and a bbs (allows both kinds of callers, or with an "interface" knows how to use HTML to a BBS caller. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: DelaMarPenn MicroNet -+- Newark, Delaware (1:150/115)