List changes since v3.18 (rough draft)

docs/v319_new.txt

+***************************************************
+* What's New in Synchronet Version 3.19 for Win32 *
+* (ChangeLog since v3.18b for Win32 Sep 20, 2020) *
+***************************************************
+
+Terminal Server
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+o Allow FOSSIL mode of the Win32 virtual UART/FOSSIL driver to be disabled
+o Allow "FOSSIL Only" as a configuration option for external programs in SCFG
+o Add support for NTVDMx64 (16-bit DOS doors on x64 editions of Windows)
+o Don't force password-changes for users with blank passwords (e.g. Guest
+o Allow node directory to be configured in adv. node options
+o Support for manual terminal width setting and terminals w/ > 99 rows
+o String command (e.g. ';find') to find message and file areas by word
+o Access Requirement Strings (ARS)
+- SYSOP ARS keyword now applies to target user, not necessarily the user online
+o New @-codes:
+- !x to perform Ctrl-A style terminal/attribute control
+- TEXT:<num> to display text.dat string #num
+- NETMAIL: user's personal netmail or email address - for WitNik
+- FWD: "On" if the user has opted for forwarding their mail to netmail or "Off"
+- TMP: user's chosen temporay file type (e.g. "ZIP")
+- NOTE: user's note (same as MEMO1)
+- UDR (upload/download byte-ratio)
+- UDFR (file ratio)
+- LASTIP: user's most recent IP address at time of logoff
+- BDATEFMT
+- BIRTH: for full-format (MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY) user birthdate
+- SYSAVAILYN - same as SYSAVAIL but expands to Yes or No instead
+- SHOW:<ars> to only show text to users meeting ARS
+- MSG_THREAD_ID
+- MSG_THREAD_BACK
+- MSG_THREAD_NEXT
+- MSG_THREAD_FIRST
+- FREESPACEM - Mebibytes
+- FREESPACEG - Gibibytes
+- FREESPACET - Tebibytes
+- MAILR (read mail waiting)
+- MAILU (unread mail waiting)
+- GIT_HASH
+- GIT_BRANCH
+- SEX and GENDERS
+o New aliases (for consistency): BIRTHFMT -> BDATEFMT and BIRTH:<fmt> ->
+  BDATE:<fmt>
+o Support C escape sequences in FILL @-code argument
+  e.g. FILL:\x20 to fill with space
+o Support strftime format arguments to DATE/TIME @-codes
+- DATE: (alias: TIME:)
+- BDATE:
+- PWDATE:
+- SINCE:
+- LASTON:
+- FIRSTON:
+- LASTNEW:
+- EXPDATE:  
+- GETKEY
+- WAIT:<milliseconds>
+- CONTINUE
+o New option to create door drop files in node's temp directory
+o Changed user birthdate format to YYYYMMDD, input to YYYY/MM/DD
+o Support markup tags (optionally) when displaying post
+o Support PETSCII terminals connected to non-PETSCII ports
+o Support forwarding of local email msg to networked mail (w/comments)
+  and change of message subject
+o Store client terminal information in node#/terminal.ini
+o Create node#/client.ini for each node client connection
+o Load/keep/refresh each node's configuration in memory
+o Support 3rd party installer files for 150+ external programs (doors)
+  See xtrn/3rdp-intall/README.md for details
+o new text.dat strings:
+- InternetMailSent
+- FidoNetMailSent
+- QWKNetMailSent
+- FileInfoEditPrompt 
+- EditExtDescriptionQ
+Change SearchExtendedQ to DisplayExtendedFileInfoQ
+- FiAuthor
+- FiGroup 
+
+
+General
+~~~~~~~
+o New file base format (based on SMB), see docs/newfilebase.txt
+  - supports long filenames
+  - better support for files > 2GB and 4GB
+  - extended file descriptions up to 4000 chars are now supported
+DIZ enhancements: Read/use SAUCE data, support ANSI, increase max 1->4K
+
+Inspired by Blocktronics (and other ANSI art group) packs' FILE_ID.DIZ/ANS
+files:
+* Support (and prioritize) FILE_ID.ANS
+* Convert ANSI color/attribute sequences in DIZ files to Ctrl-A equivalent
+(uses SAUCE width and ICE color, if specified)
+* Don't treat DIZ as a series of lines, they're not always nowadays.
+* New putmsg() mode: P_INDENT to print files indented by current column
+* Display full (up to 64-char) filenames in lists when using 132+ column
+terminal.
+* Use the Author, Group, and Title fields from the SAUCE if present/non-blank
+o libarchive integration (into SBBS and SBBSecho)
+  built-in support for creating/extracting zip, 7zip, and tgz files
+  additional read-only formats: rar, lha/lzh, iso, xar, and cab
+o Recognize the "standard" USENET signature delimiter: "\n-- \n"
+o Use Linux OFD locks on 64-bit Linux builds
+o Use a more-liberal username matching algorithm
+  e.g. Ignore all non-trailing non-alphanumeric characters
+o HAPROXY support option
+o Support for single-part MIME-attachment decode/download
+o .ini file !include now supports wildcard patterns, e.g .!include modopts.d/*.ini
+Allow sysop to configure new user gender options (not just M/F)
+
+Up to 40 characters can be configured by the sysop for gender options.
+The default choice/configuration is now: "M/F/X" (not just "M/F")
+New @-code: GENDERS
+text.dat EnterYourSex -> EnterYourGender
+
+Add support for "name@address" syntax in twitlist.cfg
+
+Security
+~~~~~~~~
+o Give sysop more control over characters allowed in uploaded filenames
+  
+JavaScript
+~~~~~~~~~~
+o Added 'user' properties: birthyear, birthmonth, and birthday
+o Added 'system.text()' method: like bbs.text()
+o More control over console output streams (-A and -S options)
+New JS User.stats properties:
+- read_mail_waiting
+- unread_mail_waiting
+- spam_waiting
+New FileBase class
+New Archive class
+New JS system properties: git_hash and git_branch
+Add edit_msg() and forward_msg() methods to JS 'bbs' object
+Expose the next-run-date/time for an event as a new `next_run` property
+for `xtrn_area.event[]` (in `time_t` format) for easier debugging of these
+kinds of issues.
+Also expose the error log level as a new property: `error_level` while we're
+here.
+File.iniGetValue(), iniGetKeys(), iniGetObjects() no supported nested
+(!include'd) .ini files
+'jsexec -r<expression>' to evaluate a JS expression from command-line
+New bbs.view_file(filename) method
+Add bbs.export_filelist() method
+Add BBS property: msg_from_bbsid
+
+Exposes the FTN BBSID value from the message header (if there is one).
+
+Fix: can_* and is_* properties were not dynamic. Added "files" property.
+
+The following properties would only reflect the status at the time the
+file_area object was initialized:
+    - can_access
+    - can_upload
+    - can_download
+    - is_operator
+    - is_exempt
+
+ ... so if changes were made the user while online, for example, these property
+values would *not* also change to reflect the current state.
+
+The lib[] and lib_list[] 'can_access' properties still have this flaw.
+
+Also: Add a new "files" property to the dir[] and dir_list[] objects to report
+the current number of files in each directory database.
+
+Fix: can_* and is_* properties were not dynamic. Added "posts" property.
+
+The following properties would only reflect the status at the time the
+msg_area object was initialized:
+- can_access
+- can_read
+- can_post
+- is_operator
+- is_moderated
+
+... so if changes were made the user while online, for example, these
+property values would *not* also change to reflect the current state.
+
+The grp[] and grp_list[] 'can_access' properties still have this flaw.
+
+Also: Add a new "posts" property to the sub[] and sub_list[] objects to
+report the current number of posted messages (quicker than opening a MsgBase
+instance).
+
+SBBSecho
+~~~~~~~~
+o Signal the sub-board's configured semaphore file when importing echomail
+o Don't attempt to parse origin addr from origin lines in NetMail msgs
+o Support user netmail forwarding
+o Automatically route in-transit mail to points to boss nodes
+o When packing netmail (stored messages), don't discard non-zero zones
+o Log an error and exit immediately when a local linked-node is configured
+o Generate a MSGID kludge for netmail messages created by SBBSecho
+o Built-in sbbsecho.log rotation
+  New configuration params: MaxLogSize (default: 10M) and MaxLogsKept (10)
+
+
+Control Panel
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+New sem-file: ctrl/sound.mute
+Update sound (WAV) file play-on-event support in Windows build
+
+A "hack attempt" sound file is now supported in the Terminal Server, Mail
+Server,  and Services.
+
+"login" and "logoff" sound files are now supported in the Terminal Server, FTP
+Server, Web Server, Mail Server, and Services.
+This enhancement fixes Issue #157
+
+The following sound files may now be configured in the [Global] section of the
+ctrl/sbbs.ini file, if desired to set the default sound files for all
+servers/services in on place:
+- AnswerSound
+- LoginSound
+- LogoutSound
+- HangupSound
+- HackAttemptSound
+
+Web Server
+~~~~~~~~~~
+o Fix requests to the webserver using IPv6 address http://[1234:1234::]
+  requests
+o Fix heap corruption that could occur when HSTS feature is enabled
+
+FTP Server
+~~~~~~~~~~
+o Disable FTP Bounce (FXP) support by default (but configurable)
+o FTPS (FTP over TLS) fixes (e.g. uploads)
+o Implement max concurrent connections for FTP
+  by setting MaxConcurrentConnections in the [ftp] section of sbbs.ini
+
+Mail Server
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+o Optionally limit concurrent connections to mail server
+  via MaxConcurrentConnections key in [mail] section of sbbs.ini
+o Reject control chars in base64-decoded auth credentials (name/password)
+o POP3 CAPA cmd support in transaction state
+o Detect and reject forged "from" fields in submitted msg headers
+o No longer decodes based64-encoded messages before storing in msg/mail base
+o Support quoted filenames in message subjects
+
+smbutil
+~~~~~~~
+o Don't count vote/poll messages when purging to meet the maximum msgs setting
+o New commands to flag/unflag all messages for deletion
+o Replace ESC chars with '.' when viewing messages, support '-<count>' with 'r'
+o Also, allow continuous reading of 1 or more consecutive messages using the
+  -<digit> option (no prompting)