5.3 Build 448.4: Info on update released March 6, 2000

This AUP contains some significant changes in the templates for the web server. Please review this information prior to updating your system. Changes are backward compatible with the old templates, and are compatible with 3rd party products, such as Web Messaging Professional (WMP).

New Web Interface:

A new web interface is now available for this release. This update effects the following web interfaces/pages:

Message System,
File System,
Who's Online,
Chat and,
Personal Options

Files related to this are located in the templates directory under the http directory. You can see a preview at online.winserver.com.

New Features included in the new WEB interface:

Conference Threading
Cleaner Design using Style Sheets
Improved Personal Options
Support for Selected Conferences
Support for Message attachments
Ability to delete multiple messages at once

Prior to updating:

Backup your existing HTTP directories. While we have taken great care not to introduce any problems with the new templates, however, many WINServer users may have highly customized systems. We do not want you accidentally overwriting your customized work and not having a backup! (We general recommend a backup of the whole \wc5 directory prior to running an AUP). This is especially important if you are running WMP, and you accidentally overwrite the templates during the AUP.
To use the new web templates, you must download the new templates during the AUP. This will overwrite files in your TEMPLATES directory. If you choose NO to the overwrite, the new templates will be stored in your http\templates\update directory, and will not overwrite your existing templates.
Some graphics (around 4Kb) will be put into your /public/graphics directory. The filenames are c-chat.gif, c-who.gif, c-personal.gif, c-file.gif and c-message.gif.
If you do not want to use the new templates, the system will work with your existing templates, whether or not they are customized.

wcSMTP

FIX: Now respects the Reverse DNS option in wcconfig/general info. Unchecking this should result in better SMTP performance.
NEW: wcSMTP.exe will now check for Socket error 11001 (Host not found) and use this as well to stamp the bad domain file. (More about bad domain/E-mail filter)
NEW: The wcsmtpft.dll file is now dynamically loaded. (Detail)

wchttps

FIX: PATH_TRANSLATED was incorrect for CGI programs
FIX: If a user was logged in via http, and then the sysop updated the user via wcReports (or other method), when the user was logged out, those changes were lost. This is now fixed.

wcListServe

FIX: a problem accessing the database in certain situations, which resulted in failure to deliver a message to the list(s).

wcStats

FIX: For VERY old log files (pre-sept99) that contained PPP login failures, dates were incorrectly entered to the activity log files. This caused wcStats to use incorrect dates (1/1/01). wcStats now invalidates dates that are in the future.

wcServer

NEW: File path checking. (Detail)
NEW: Fixed a bug in the Wildcat! Server file area library database system where there was a potential random server critical abort for setups having very large file areas systems.

wcFTP

FIX: FTP server was updating the TimeLeftToday. No need too because the update was done at the server level.

Dynamic File Download/Upload Statistics

NEW: All interactive connections (MODEM, TELNET, FTP, HTTP, WCNAV) now dynamically updates/check the download/upload statistics after each file transfer. The old way, the stats were only updated after the user FTP session ended (logged off WINServer).

QWK Sub-System

FIX: internal QWK Delete Directory (DeleteFiles) function that was broken in 448.1. It did not delete the directory files.

wcBasic

NEW: Updated wcBasic global "VERSION" constant to say "5.3". Previously, it was defined as "5.02"
FIX: Fixed up wcRun command line switch options so that long parameters with spaces can be passed to the wcx applications if surrounded by quotes. (Detail)
NEW: Changed menu.wcc to support an auto-colorized menu option. (Detail)

wcFile

FIX: Fixed auto command line exiting with push button stuff.

wcIDE

FIX: Fixed Internal Cut/Paste. In 448.3, the fix for external wcDraw cut/paste broke the internal.
FIX: Fixed Recent File list in menu. Somehow lost in *a* previous AUP.