* The files database has been overhauled and made more bullet proof.
* The YooHoo/2u2 handshake should be a little more robust now.
* Opus now supports password override on outgoing calls.  Wrong password
  sessions now log both our and their passwords.
* Modem answer should work more reliably.
* Opus supports the following "baud" rates: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 7200,
  9600, 12000, 14400, 16800, 19200, 38400, 57600.  V34+ and VFC modems
  should report DCE speed rather than DTE speed to Opus. Alternatively,
  you can still use a front-end mailer like BinkleyTerm.
* Zmodem send has been overhauled. It should be more robust, and the
  occasional "freeze" shouldn't occur anymore.
* Added alt-X as a keyboard exit (exit 1). Keyboard exit, ctl-C, alt-Q or
  alt-X, now also executes the modem busy string before exiting.  This
  eliminates having to execute an external utility to take the phone offhook
  after exiting. It also reduces the timing problem where a modem would
  answer an incoming call during the period that Opus was exiting, and the
  bat file executed the off_hook utility.
* In multi-tasking environments, Opus now creates XXXXYYYY.BSY fileflags in
  the outbound directory.  This is to provide outbound handling
  compatibility with Binkley, QMail, and CopyMail (among others).
* File requests now increment the download counter if the file is in an
  Opus area. The requested file will also be logged in the download log if
  it's configured.
* In order not to add anymore to the online time, files requested are
  logged to "reqlogxx.tmp" in the status directory. XX is the task number.
  After the session is completed, the files database file download counters
  are updated, and the the download log is updated.
* F_NEW (list new files) function skips permanent (CDROM) areas.
* Xmodem/ymodem/sealink downloads should be more reliable.
* FTS fallback (LoTek) mail sessions should be more reliable.
* Opus can be set up to handle all bundles and files received from
  passworded nodes as secure, and all inbound from other nodes as not
  secure. This feature means that there will be 2 inbound (filepath)
  directories.  If you enable this option, Opus will process mail only from
  the secure inbound directory. You will manually have to examine files,
  bundles and packets in the non-secure inbound, and if they seem ok, move
  them to the secure inbound directory so that Opus can process them.
* View contents of ARJ now works with type 4.
* A FTS-0001 session which reports a net/node address of 0/0 is now
  terminated immediately.
* The log file is now being force written (flushed) to disk.  This will
  allow other windows in multi-tasking environments to view the log in "real
  time", and called/spawned tasks (like ^OH) can write to the same Opus log
  without grunging the log.
* Support has been added for the following multi-taskers:
  - MOS, MultiLink, and OS/2 DOS box.
  - To verify that the specified multi-tasker was found, Opus displays
  the name of the multi-taker found during initialization.  Opus also
  uses the multi-tasker present flag to create the inmail busy flag files.
* The standard DOS idle interupt is called when no multi-tasker is
  specified or detected. This seems to keep Windows fairly happy.
* Opus should be cleaning up memory blocks a little better when a msg is
  aborted.
* Opus should handle grunged v7 nodelist entries better.
* Opus should detect blank new user logon questions better.
* You should be able to use numeric digits in ^OR menu lists.
* Re-arranged and added some items to the History menu.
* You should be able to run Opus without having a fossil loaded when OUTPUT
  = LOCAL in the equipment section, or invoking Opus with -k PROVIDED that
  your video mode is IBM or BIOS, and not FOSSIL.
* The user statistics should now display files upld/dwnld and netmail
  credits/debits correctly when the amount is greater than 32767.
* Opus now presents a "new look" for the system operator. The local console
  screen has been divided into 3 sections. The top section is system status
  information. Date and time, next event, user name or system net/node,
  connect speed, etc. The center section will scroll the current activity.
  The scroll section will work best in ibm or dos video modes. Rather slow
  in fossil mode. The bottom section will contain file transfer status
  information.
* Menu selection privilege now takes precedence over the other the other
  configurable variables.
* Changed the login prompt to "please enter you first and last name".
* The following embedded commands have been added:
    ^FD    display user's birthday
    ^FE    display user's alias/real name
    ^FF    display user's address
    ^FQ    display user's answer
    ^FT    display user's phone number
* When a user is on-line, the user's name, city, alias/real name, phone
  number, priv level, keys, upld/dnld totals, matrix credits/debits, and
  total calls will be displayed.
* When turning snoop on from the keyboard when a user is online will now
  clear the screen. This should be helpful if the user is entering something
  (like in an editor) since it won't be jumbled with whatever residue was
  still on the screen.
* New and improved MNP filter routine.
* The "responding to/as" log msg will now only be output when Opus is
  responding as other than the default address.
* Forced unpack (command line -u and matrix menu u)npack) should now unpack
  only from secure inbound directory.
* Killing a msg should now reset the current and high msg numbers when the
  highest numbered msg in an area is killed.
* Saving a msg shouldn't take "forever" in those rare circumstances where
  the timestamp/msgid in the event or common file was way out of date.
* Outgoing calls report cost of call.
* The notices screen (CR while idle) is now on a 1 minute timer. After 1
  minute the console screen will be repainted.
* Opus menu colors are now configurable.
  There's more... get the file 179feat.txt at an OPUS site near you.
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