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                    Copyright (c) by Nick J. Andre, Ltd.
 
VERSION 3.7 - DECEMBER 22 2011
------------------------------
 
NOTE: This should be treated as a major release. Make an entire backup of
      your existing D'Bridge system if you are upgrading. Newcomers who
      are installing 3.7 for the first time are advised to review this
      document as some important notes were specifically written for those
      of you taking the software for a test-drive.
 
D'Bridge now supports TIC processing.
 
The TIC system is completely integrated into the mailer, tosser and
scheduler. It is not "tacked on". It was written from the ground up to be
easy, seamless yet totally configurable for your needs.
 
For newcomers, Fileechos are simular to Echomail areas, except files are
being "echoed" instead of messages. Files are sent among systems along with
tiny text files known as "TIC" files. Those TIC files control
which fileecho
the file belongs to along with other criteria.
 
D'Bridge also supports internal "hatching" (posting) of new files to a
fileecho, either manually via console commands, or automated on a schedule.
It also supports automated management via FILEFIX, a system simular to
AREAFIX.
 
The internal FILEFIX system is 100% compatible with Harold Harm's ALLFIX
along with other 3rd-party TIC software.
 
I have done all the hard work in simplifying the whole process so really
all you need to worry about is the names of the fileechoes, who you get
them from, and what the passwords are. There are some new screens
which control all of the settings for how the TIC subsystem operates.
 
FILEECHO/TIC AREAS     Where you define the Fileecho areas.
ACTIONS/MAGIC NAMES    Where you define actions to take on the files.
FILEECHO/TIC SETTINGS  Where you configure TIC processing options.
HATCHING FILES         How to "post" a file into a fileecho.
 
There is no support in this version for adding files to incoming files
received, or modifying the comment-field of archives. However D'Bridge
does support virus-scanning of each incoming file, and executing commands
prior to (and after) file processing. And yes... there are a lot of "hooks"
to let you integrate your own batch files, software, etc during every
step of operations.
 
TIC support is not all that was done.
 
3.7 has a noticable and substantial amount of corrections, updates and
improvements to existing functions. Even if you do not care for TIC
processing or you use 3rd-party TIC software such as Allfix or HTick, you
should consider upgrading to 3.7 as it is been tested to be more stable
than prior versions... even more than the classic 1.58 release.
 
The work on 3.7 was ongoing if somewhat sporatic over the months since
the last version. To sum up the work, priority was placed on three factors:
 
BETTER STABILITY       Ongoing issues were resolved for long-term stability.
BETTER MANAGEMENT      Improved administrative and diagnostic functions.
BETTER PERFORMANCE     The code was revised to reduce memory and CPU usage.
 
(See the next four messages for more information)
 
Nick Andre
www.net229.org

--- D'Bridge 3.7