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From: Tj Barlow 
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 22:40:41 -0500
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Subject: Re: [WINServer] Platinum Xpress
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Will the PXWIN 7.0 be a Free UPGrade or not ? if not what are we looking at
to get the new PWX thats cool tho thanks ive been waiting for this for a
wile
will it ever have Binkp support?

Terry

On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 10:32 PM Antonio Rico  wrote:

> Cool.
>
> Newer standards support the following: cram-md5, AES-256 encryption for
> netmail and echomail that is transparent to unsupported systems. hide akas,
> UTC time, local time and time zone information when connecting.
>
> Hope to see these in the newer pxw.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listadmin-winserver@winserver.com
> [mailto:listadmin-winserver@winserver.com] On Behalf Of Hector Santos
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 7:01 PM
> To: WINServer@winserver.com
> Subject: Re: [WINServer] Platinum Xpress
>
> Oops.  Added to the setup.   Its the same one from the old setup. Copy
> it over for now.
>
> On 1/1/2019 12:11 PM, Lee Green wrote:
> > PXUTILS.EXE is in the PXW root folder.
> >
> > When you run the program it says:
> > ! Missing help file: PXUTILS.TXT
> > which it is I've never been able to run it, I haven't tried the new
> > one yet.
> >
> > On 1/1/2019 12:41 AM, robert.wolfe@winserver.org wrote:
> >> Why since it would probably be best when run from the command line.
> >> And where do you see PXUTILS.EXE at?
> >>
> >> On Dec 31, 2018 05:18pm, WINServer@winserver.com wrote to ROBERT
> >> WOLFE:
> >>
> >>   > pxutils.txt is missing from the install CD.
> >>
> >>   > A GUI version of pxutils.exe is welcomed.
> >>
> >>   >   _____
> >>
> >>   > From: listadmin-winserver@winserver.com
> >>   > [mailto:listadmin-winserver@winserver.com] On Behalf Of Hector
> >> Santos
> >>   > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 12:10 PM
> >>   > To: list-fidonet@winserver.com; winserver list
> >>   > Subject: [WINServer] Platinum Xpress
> >>
> >>
> >>   > Hi Folks,
> >>
> >>   > With the new 2019 year coming, there are an old 1990s things I
> >> decided to
> >>   > resurrect -- Platinum Xpress!!
> >>
> >>   > PX/WIN was updated and what this means so far at this point is;
> >> PX/WIN
> >>   > was compiled using the latest wcSDK headers  and a new setup
> >> utility
> >>   > (INNO) was used with offers 32/64bit support. This means the new
> >> PX/WIN
> >>   > 7.0 setup/CD will work on modern OSes, unlike the PX/WIN 2.0
> >> Setup/CD
> >>   > which only worked on 32 bit machines.   We never did have a
> >> PX/WIN 3.0
> >>   > Setup/CD.  You first installed 2.0 via the CD and then upgraded
> >> to 3.0
> >>   > using the BBS online product update patches and zip files.
> >>
> >>   > We are giving this new PX/WIN a version 7.0 build 454.6 to make
> >> it align
> >>   > with Wildcat!.   If you are interested in refreshing your PX/WIN
> >>   > installation and given it a whirl,  please contact me off list.
> >>
> >>   > No deep testing has been done.  Nothing "Fido" related has been
> >> tested,
> >>   > i.e. imports/exports, attachments, etc.   I am using, testing
> >> and playing
> >>   > with PXTOOLS Sysop Editor now that I have PX/WIN v7.0 installed
> >> on my 64
> >>   > bit Windows 7 home machine.   It all seems to work but I am
> >> only using
> >>   > PXTOOLS Sysop Editor, testing email and sending/receiving LONG
> >> FILE NAME
> >>   > (LFN) attachments.    Overall, LFN vs SFN related stuff needs
> >> to be
> >>   > tested and reviewed since LFN/SFN is really the only difference
> >> between
> >>   > the older WCSDK headers used for PX/WIN 4.0 and the current WCSDK
> >> headers
> >>   > used for PX/WIN 7.0.
> >>
> >>   > I should note that the following:
> >>
> >>   > o Still has the old *.HLP (help) files.  I can't find the help
> >> source
> >>   > files to recompile as *.CHM help files.  Maybe there is a  HLP
> >> file
> >>   > decompiler like there is for CHM files.
> >>
> >>   > o The same exact PX/WIN 2.0 CD installed fidonet related files
> >> were used
> >>   > for installation, that means the old mail/file echo, backhone
> >> files were
> >>   > provided.  The installation will not overwrite any existing
> >> subfolder
> >>   > files if you upgrade on top of your current PXW folder. In fact,
> >> the
> >>   > following are the files that are part of the new
> >> setup/installation:
> >>
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:52 |   103936 | default\abookapi.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 21:28:01 |     3702 | default\areafix.txt
> >>   > - 1991/05/30 08:37:52 |    99940 | default\arj.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:51 |    61440 | default\bbsdlgs.dll
> >>   > - 1997/01/06 00:30:00 |   181743 | default\docs\fidohubs.txt
> >>   > - 2018/12/28 15:16:01 |     1647 | default\docs\fidomsg.txt
> >>   > - 1997/02/07 11:31:14 |    17582 | default\docs\gamenet.txt
> >>   > - 1997/02/27 19:59:32 |     1666 | default\docs\install.txt
> >>   > - 1997/02/27 20:03:04 |     1715 | default\docs\license.txt
> >>   > - 1997/01/06 00:30:00 |    75962 | default\docs\policy4.txt
> >>   > - 1998/05/08 18:14:32 |     5799 | default\docs\pxnet.txt
> >>   > - 1996/12/24 03:06:54 |     3256 | default\docs\pxusrban.txt
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 14:32:02 |     2089 | default\docs\readme.txt
> >>   > - 1996/10/08 18:40:46 |     2392 | default\docs\wcerrors.txt
> >>   > - 2000/02/12 18:41:36 |     2725 | default\docs\website.htm
> >>   > - 2018/12/28 15:16:05 |     5397 | default\fidomsg\fidomsg-src.zip
> >>   > - 2018/12/28 15:16:01 |     1647 | default\fidomsg\fidomsg.txt
> >>   > - 1997/07/11 15:43:46 |     3552 | default\fidomsg\fidomsg.wcx
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:06 |    55296 | default\fidomsg\pxnl.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:06 |    25088 | default\fidomsg\pxsrv.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 21:28:15 |     3173 | default\filefix.txt
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:52 |    62464 | default\holdapi.dll
> >>   > - 1991/02/24 21:11:18 |    33951 | default\lha.exe
> >>   > - 1998/07/06 01:38:30 |    35140 | default\nano\backbone.na
> >>   > - 1998/06/24 04:29:16 |     4328 | default\nano\backbone.no
> >>   > - 1998/06/22 03:29:00 |   117057 | default\nano\filebone.na
> >>   > - 1998/06/22 03:28:02 |    11130 | default\nano\filebone.no
> >>   > - 1995/12/12 07:36:16 |      116 | default\nano\pxfnet.na
> >>   > - 2018/12/28 14:00:11 |      263 | default\nano\pxmnet.na
> >>   > - 1997/02/05 21:54:08 |    50121 | default\nodelist\xnetlist.038
> >>   > - 1990/10/08 02:51:00 |   106236 | default\pak.exe
> >>   > - 2002/07/13 08:16:07 |   258048 | default\pkzip.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:51 |    28672 | default\pxbmark.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:53 |    44544 | default\pxcid.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:04 |    42496 | default\pxcmd.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:59 |   699904 | default\pxconfig.exe
> >>   > - 1998/07/20 04:28:34 |   319322 | default\pxconfig.hlp
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:51 |    26112 | default\pxdlgs.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:54 |   477696 | default\pxecho.exe
> >>   > - 1997/02/12 05:28:00 |    49378 | default\pxecho.hlp
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:01 |   166400 | default\pxfix.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:59 |   101376 | default\pxhatch.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:03 |    60416 | default\pxmagic.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:02 |   307712 | default\pxmail.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:02 |   170496 | default\pxnet.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:06 |    55296 | default\pxnl.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:59 |   188416 | default\pxnlist.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:53 |   582144 | default\pxonline.exe
> >>   > - 1997/02/12 05:28:26 |    46885 | default\pxonline.hlp
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:00 |   122880 | default\pxrepair.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:05 |    60416 | default\pxretmsg.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:52 |    17408 | default\pxscript.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:03 |    74240 | default\pxsend.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:05 |   550400 | default\pxsetup.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:50 |    19968 | default\pxspell.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:06 |    25088 | default\pxsrv.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:00 |    74240 | default\pxstart.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:52 |    56832 | default\pxtaglib.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:01 |   201216 | default\pxtic.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:01 |    50176 | default\pxticapi.dll
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:55 |   504832 | default\pxtools.exe
> >>   > - 2005/05/06 13:46:42 |    70405 | default\pxtools.hlp
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:00 |    18432 | default\pxusered.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:02 |   187392 | default\pxutils.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:06 |   102912 | default\sdm2wc.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:49:52 |    16896 | default\ssutil.dll
> >>   > - 1998/07/21 19:54:10 |     1617 | default\system\admin.in_
> >>   > - 1998/05/09 15:45:22 |      237 | default\system\ann.tpl
> >>   > - 1996/10/30 05:28:14 |    41946 | default\system\backbone.na
> >>   > - 1996/10/30 05:27:46 |     3326 | default\system\backbone.no
> >>   > - 1998/03/21 04:09:52 |      190 | default\system\fann.tpl
> >>   > - 1995/03/30 00:00:00 |    63716 | default\system\filebone.na
> >>   > - 1994/08/19 12:49:24 |    21646 | default\system\filebone.no
> >>   > - 1998/06/17 01:16:52 |     1067 | default\system\fnotify.tpl
> >>   > - 1996/12/07 14:11:42 |     1453 | default\system\freqresp.tpl
> >>   > - 1996/11/30 05:26:00 |    14641 | default\system\ftscprod.dat
> >>   > - 1998/06/17 01:17:02 |      931 | default\system\mnotify.tpl
> >>   > - 1996/11/08 14:21:10 |     1390 | default\system\pxarch.dat
> >>   > - 1996/11/08 14:21:10 |     1390 | default\system\pxarch.def
> >>   > - 1995/12/12 06:29:32 |     4032 | default\system\pxdsecf.dat
> >>   > - 1995/12/12 06:29:32 |      231 | default\system\pxdsecv.dat
> >>   > - 1996/10/07 13:21:40 |     1118 | default\system\pxfnet.dat
> >>   > - 1995/12/12 06:36:16 |      116 | default\system\pxfnet.na
> >>   > - 1996/10/07 13:21:40 |     1118 | default\system\pxmnet.dat
> >>   > - 1996/10/07 12:55:18 |      263 | default\system\pxmnet.na
> >>   > - 1995/03/30 00:00:00 |       72 | default\system\pxorigin.txt
> >>   > - 1998/06/30 19:10:18 |      941 | default\system\pxzone.txt
> >>   > - 1998/06/17 01:15:08 |      256 | default\system\tann.tpl
> >>   > - 1996/03/11 05:00:00 |   113152 | default\unzip.exe
> >>   > - 1997/10/23 02:02:00 |  1287088 | default\vcl30.dpl
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:03 |    93184 | default\viewfat.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:04 |    62464 | default\viewnet.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:04 |    70656 | default\viewout.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 19:50:04 |    65536 | default\viewpoll.exe
> >>   > - 2018/12/30 14:28:05 |    76288 | default\wcfront.dll
> >>   > - 2018/11/13 22:41:02 |   238080 | default\wcsrv2.dll
> >>   > - 1996/03/11 05:00:00 |   112128 | default\zip.exe
> >>
> >>   > # Total Files      : 97
> >>   > # Total Size       : 9139872
> >>
> >>
> >>   > Some of the plans are:
> >>
> >>   > o Making PX/WIN part of the AUP,
> >>   > o Make sure the LFN/SFN is addressed where applicable,
> >>   > o Enhancing the PXTOOLS Sysop Editor to better support RFC5322,
> >> Mime Mail,
> >>   > o Extending the concepts of PX/WIN File/Mail Bone for a Wildcat!
> >>   > distributed network. i.e. PX/NET.
> >>
> >>   > Thanks for your long time support and have a great new year!
> >>
> >>
> >>   > --
> >>
> >>   > Hector, Engineering & Technical Support
> >>
> >>   > Santronics Software, Inc.
> >>
> >>   > http://www.santronics.com (sales)
> >>
> >>   > http://www.winserver.com (support)
> >>
> >>   > http://www.winserver.com/AupInfo (Online AUP Help)
> >>
> >>   > Office: 305-248-3204
> >>   >
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> >> ... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
> >>
> >>
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> --
> Hector, Engineering & Technical Support
> Santronics Software, Inc.
> http://www.santronics.com (sales)
> http://www.winserver.com (support)
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