Bulk Rate 2.5.2

BulkRate 2.5.2 Welcome to BulkRate 2.5.2. This document contains important info not included in the manual. BulkRate is an offline reader for FirstClass BBSs that runs on the Macintosh. It can capture messages for offline reading and replying, and can automatically retrieve attached files for you. BulkRate is shareware - $25 US. Shareware payments are now handled via Kagi. Use the Register program included with BulkRate, or register via the World-Wide-Web: <http://kagi.direct.net/cgi-bin/register1.cgi?IH> If you re-upload BulkRate to other BBSs or services, please include all the files that came with it, especially the documentation. Send bug reports or suggestions to greg_neagle@kagi.com or to the OneNet BulkRate conference. Note that my e-mail address has changed. BulkRate 2.5 adds support for TCP/IP connections to FirstClass servers, and in addition can make use of any available serial port for "normal" modem connections - even PC Card modems. Version 2.5.2 notes ______________ • Fixed some more date/time display problems that occured with certian non-US date formats. • Fixed a bug in the file transfer routines. • Added a delay between BBSs when calling mulitple BBSs with a script - this is the same as the redial delay. • Fixed a recurring bug that occured when BulkRate was waiting for certain responses from the server; one occasional symptom of this bug was a "Could not confirm message was sent" error. • Increased the time BulkRate will wait while trying to establish a TCP connection. • Other miscellaneous fixes. ___________ Version history: •• Changes in version 2.5.1 •• BulkRate 2.5.1 was written to fix some problems with using BulkRate with FirstClass 3.5 Servers. Two items have been addressed: 1) Failure while setting Preferences soon after log on. This was (mostly) fixed in BulkRate 2.5 (final), but there were still occasions in which it might fail. This version fixes that. 2) File transfers with a 3.5 Server. With BulkRate 2.5, downloads would use 128 byte blocks, affecting performance, and uploads simply didn't work at all. Some fixes have been put in place for these. See my notes below. Additionally: • The Palette should be more legible on black and white monitors. • I fixed a problem with the Speech menu becoming corrupted if the quit process was cancelled. Notes: -1- 1) The Preferences setting problem was caused by a new option in the terminal settings command in FirstClass Server 3.5. This option allows one to choose 8-bit character mapping. BulkRate 2.5 and 2.5.1 recognize and take advantage of that setting, so it is now possible to send and receive extended characters from BulkRate when connected to a 3.5 server. The method I used to detect the new option in BulkRate 2.5 failed if the server was a bit slow to respond; 2.5.1's method should be more robust. 2) FirstClass Server 3.5 introduced a variety of problems with file transfers. First, CLUI …