Hi,

  This release has the "big" version jump to 2.0, because all the three modules
  are now compiled with the MingW32 windows compiler. MingW32 is in their own
  words: 'MinGW, a contraction of "Minimalist GNU for Windows", is a minimalist
  development environment for native Microsoft Windows applications.' It's a
  modern free compiler, derived from the gnu c compiler, which is more or less
  the standard compiler on Linux.

  As my development environment I'm using Code::Blocks
  .

  I think this is a big step, hence the version jump, and an important move
  towards Linux compatibility. We are not there yet, but it's next on my
agenda.

  Besides the MingW compatibility of the source code, the main new features
are:
  - 'Say Hi to the author' function in the FConfig 'Miscellaneous' menu.
    Please use this to let me know you are out there!
  - Using the FTSCPROD.nnn files, as published by the ftsc, for translating the
    product code in pkt files to product names in the log, instead of the
    internal table.
  - BCL reports: On receipt of a BCL file from one of your links, a report
    netmail with either the full content of the BCL file, or the changes since
    the last one can be generated.
  - Inbound and outbound .pkt file backups.
  - Lots of other small features and bug fixes, which you can read about in
    the ChangeLog file.

  A warning: If you are not using Binkd as your mailer, or one of the other
  mailers that use a Binkley Style Outbound: The other outbound styles are not
  very well tested, for this MingW32 release, because I and the other test node
  only use Binkd. So if you are a user of an other mailer, I'm very much
  interested in your experience with this version of FMail, so please let me
  know! (You could use the new "Say Hi" function for this ;))


Bye, Wilfred.


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