PageGate

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Release Notes File for PageGate Version 5.0.93

Changes since 5.09
- Minor bug fixes

Changes since 5.0.8
- Fixed problem with sending of success/failure notifications
- Fixed problem when client security is not enabled, but admin security is, and using Windows credentials to try to get to client setup screen
- Fixed problem where interfaces were filtering out 'group_list' groups instead of 'display_group' groups.
- Increased number of recipients in envlope of incoming SMTP connections to 500

Changes since 5.0.7
- Send subject option on recipients changed to ALWAYS send something for the subject (sends 'Text Message' if a subject can't be found in the message test
- Domain POP collection can now use
- DomainAliases too Changed 'Show All Dialers' in PGMonitor to 'Show All Connectors'
- Added AdHoc support to the GetTap interface GetTap has been expanded to accept messages up to 2000 characters in length (was 240)
- Getmail will accept the subject of a message even if the body can't be read

Changes since 5.0.6
- Fixed problem where message text from incoming emails were converted to lowercase
- Fixed problem where incoming POP messages were sometimes marked as duplicates
- Fixed problem where recipients weren't recognized in some POP messages
- Removed control character encoding (transparent TAP) in Raw Serial protocol
- Fixed db error with synchronization importing recipients with web service enabled
- Fixed truncation problem in decoding multipart mime email messages Improved timeout detection on SMTP connections
- Fixed problem where email-only type recipients were leaving .pro files in the MailIn folder Added capability for multi-line presets messages in GUI Client Changes since 5.0.5 - Fixed totals on recipient sent message report (message total for each recipient was cumulative)
- Fixed syntax error in query expression when sending via GSM Fixed problem with domain POP collection where some headers had first character truncated
- Fixed problem with local domain being case sensitive for domain pop collection Fixed problem with too large of a timeout value for POP collection
- Fixed UIDL collection problem where same message is retrieved multiple times

Changes since 5.0.4
- Fixed problem with ad-hoc recipient processing introduced in v 5.0.2

Changes since 5.0.3
- Fixed problem with Advanced Ascii processing when the multiple character wildcard is changed from '*' to something else
- Changed logging to show ascii value of characters in '<>' instead of using a generic '^' character
- Fixed hourglass behavior on import screens
- Fixed auto-conversion of full recipient name to short name when the apostrophe is used
- Made changes to get rid of sporatic 3219 errors in GUI Client
- Added support for displaying a list of pagegate servers in GUI Client on startup (serverlist.txt)
- Fixed error 9 problem when using the brows button for selecting a new database location if current is invalid on startup
- Fixed problem using failure notification lists if the failure happend connecting to the carrier

Changes since 5.0.2
- Small delay added to initial 220 response of server, for some slow servers IP address text added to log for initial SMTP connection
- Improved how default values for advanced and unused settings are handled when creating and editing carriers and recipients
- Fixed 'Enabled' box on Ad-Hoc Mail screen.
- Fixed problem where the ad-hoc feature could be used to send a message to a id/pin that matched an existing recipient with that interface disabled
- Added spam keyword detection capability to GetMail interface

Changes since 5.0.1
- Fixed error in PG Admin when a static recipient was set for GetAscii advanced ascii or GetSerial, and the recipient was deleted fixed problem where an extra colon was being left in SMTP messages if the "don't send from" option is used lengthened password fields in database (means a database version update too)

Changes since 5.0.0
- Fixed error message that was displayed after database rebuild in PG Admin
- Changed behavior of dropped connections in pgmailserver
- Reworked email filtering in pgmailserver and pggmail

General Changes:
- Microsoft Vista Support
- Fax support added
- Linked tables MS SQL support
- Max message length increased to 6000 characters
- master/slave servers -a single master can propagate its changes to up to 8 slave servers. All the servers must be on the same LAN/WAN (shared folders)
- 3 Levels of logging (summary, detail, debug)
- Login name, machine naem, PG username, tracked with messages
- Expanded detail in logging (mostly when 'debug' level is used)

PG Admin Changes:
- Archive manager mode (/archive commandline parameter)
- Audit log stored in the PageGate database (all changes in PG Admin tracked)
- Display groups for GUI Client
- Security options. Each object (i.e. recipient, group, etc.) is assigned a creator/manager. Users can be setup so that only the 'manager' of the object can change or delete it. This can allow multiple administrator to only be able to manage their own recipients.
- Unchecking the 'enabled' box for interfaces will prompt to disable the interface for all recipients/groups.
- DNS values for GetMail are auto detected, if possible
- Greatly improved speed in some reports
- 'Sent by Recipient' report will show status of all messages to group members if 'recipient' is a group
- group loops no longer allowed to be created
- commandline options: /archive /archiveimport /showlogin
/archive will put PG Admin into 'Archive Manager' mode, and will import all pending archive files into the archive database
/archiveimport will import all pending archive files into the archive database, and then exit
/showlogin will not try to use the Windows login credentials, but will display a new login screen each time
- Special registry settings: NoLoginOption - won't show the login screen unless the /showlogin commandline option is used
- Hotkey - <ctrl>N pops up a menu of choices for new objects (carrier, recipient, group etc...)
- Rename option for recipients and groups
- New login behavior
- All logs now have 'find' button

- program ->. security -> settings
enable security for admin program (requires user /login)
enable security for GUI Client (requires user/login)
warning about creating an 'admin' user before enabling admin security

- program ->. security -> users
add/edit/delete user accounts

- program -> security -> users -> Add
username - unique login name
use windows login credentials - if checked client and admin will allow a user logged into windows with this name to access the program.
password - password for the user
alias - this user is just another name/password for the 'alias' user (basically gives them the same security and manager rights)
display group - overrides the display group settings in the client
sender - overrides the sender setting in the client
station - overrides the station setting in the cliet presets
file - overrides the preset file setting in the client
rights - check the rights for this user 'own' means they can only change the recipients/etc. that they are the creator/manager for

- program -> security ->
log shows all changes made in pg admin, and who did it

- program -> tools -> file version shows file version info for all programs in the pagegate program folder

- program -> tools -> modem scan
- program -> tools -> port scan
- database -> settings
run purge now button will purge message older than the 'purge after' setting immediately, instead of waiting for the nightly cleanup routine move messages to archive will move a copy of all messages older than the 'move after (days) into an archive database (good for retaining history while also keeping the pagegate database size down

- database -> statue new display group records field
- database -> tools -> import -> security

- database -> tools -> export -> security - database -> tools -> synchronization
used to synchronize one or more slave databases with a master database

- database -> tools -> synchronization -> export - this - database ->
would be setup on the 'master' server enable
automatic export - will export changes to the master database to export folders (one for each slave server) probably shouldn't be more often then once an hour
export interval - how often the export will happen
export folder 1-8 - up to 8 slave servers is supported
export carriers, recipients, groups, security - what data to export (note: messages can not be synchronized between servers. however, all the slave servers can use a common archive database to collect all the messages back to a central location, after the fact

- database -> tools -> synchronization -> import - this - database ->
would be setup on each of the 'slave' servers enable automatic import - will periodically check for import files from the master server import interval
- can be set for a short inteval (like 5 minutes), because most of the time it won't do anything. import folder
- should match one of the export folders on the master server import carriers, recipients, groups, security
- what type of import to do (add only, update only, add/update, add/update/remove)

- interfaces -> getmail -> settings email
outcome removed because it is now handled by the notification sending system

- interfaces -> getmail -> settings -> adhoc
enable adhoc mail - enables getmail to look for messages addressed to adhoc recipients (v4 this was always on)

- interface -> gettap -> settings
use 'direct' in init string for a direct serial connection, instead of a modem connection (undocumented in v4)

- interfaces -> getweb -> settings
CGI URL - the URL to the webgate.exe CGI as seen from the outside world. In combination with updated getweb template files the eliminates the need to manually edit the templates and updating the 'form action' line.
- interfaces -> getweb -> settings -> adhoc
same as getmail's adhoc capabilities

- carriers -> settings
new 'advanced' object under carriers for the more advanced options (moved from the regular settings object)
max PIN length - used to limit the number of digits from the PIN number used with this carrier (extra digits are stripped of the beginning)

new protocol -fax GSM protocol renamed to GSM-AT - recipients -> settings
order of full name and recipient name switched - recipient name is automatically offered after typing in full name manager
- the user that controlls this recipient.
If security is enabled, only managers can change/delete their own recipients
- recipients -> settings -> misc renamed to advanced - groups -> settings
order of description and group name switched

- group name is automatically offered after typing in description manager
- the user that controlls this group. If security is enabled, only managers can change/delete their own groups display groups
- used in GUI client, to setup different groups of recipients that each client has access to
- logging -> settings
logging level

- can set logging to summary, detail, or debug (no more modem.dbg needed for debugging in logs!)
- reports sever minor updates to reporting - minor changes to what info shows up on some reports (mostly to do with groups I think), and other minor improvements Archive Manager
- can pull reports for individual or all servers GetWeb
- ad-hoc web (kind of like ad-hoc mail)
- updated templates GetMail - can now pass messages with basic HTML bodies Dialers
- fax delivery capability - message templates, for carrier, recipient, global
- .mtp files if they exist, will be used
- send failure and/or success notifications to a list of email recipients (must have getmail setup): failurenotifylist.txt, successnotifylist.txt uses failure.mtp for format
- can specify max pin length. extra digits are stripped from the beginning (i.e. strip area code)
- https support PG Client
- display groups
- new security settings and login behavior
- pending/good/bad display forms can now be sorted by headings and requeue messages
- falilure warning popup
- preset prompting (if any presets are setup for recipient/group a list of message choices will be shown when the recipient/group is chosen)
- recipients can be tied to preset messages (if no message, then acts as shortcut to recipient)
- can view what groups a recipient belongs to
- special label names/values in 'extra' fields: %Pin%, %Carrier%, %Manager%
- more presets screen can be sorted by headings
- 'sent by recipient' report will show status of all message to group members if 'recipient' is a group - special registry settings: NoLoginOption
- won't show the login screen unless the /showlogin commandline option is used
- serverdown.txt (on startup or when date/time goes red)
- cancel all messages options (right-click on pend or hot-key)
- new hot-keys +
S - send message
A - cancel all pending messages
E - erase/clear recipient list and message box
C - clear message box
F - find recipient
P - show 'more presets'
R - set focus to the recipient list
T - set focus to message text area
X - clear selected recipients - numeric recipients have an (N)
- max message length
- limits # of chars that can be entered into message text area
- new login behavior

- File -> Setup
lock to group changed to display group max msg length field added

- File -> Setup -> Display Options
failure warning popup - pops up big warning message if a message fails (even if it is minimized)
confirm send - prompts before sending message

PG Monitor Changes:
- integration with notepager pro
- commandline options /p=### to set the port for PG monitor to watch

Release Notes File for PageGate Version 4.0b2

Changes: (since 4.0b1)
see below features

Features:
Serial (RS232) monitoring interface added
TAP incoming interface added
WCTP protocol supported
Failover for carriers
Improved reporting in PG Admin
Messages can be held for recipients until a time of day
Extra comment fields added to each recipient

ASCII Interface
GetAscii can now monitor for changes in files
GetAscii can parse info out of data files

GUI Client Interface
Hot-Key shortcuts added to PG Client
2 more levels of passwords added
GUI Client supports 100 preset messages
GUI Client can display the members of a greoup (shift-click groups name)
GUI Client can be minimized optionally to task bar or system tray
Client in the history log can be copied, modified or resent
Added reporting to PG Client
In PG Client can filter recipient list according to comment fields

Note: Importing and exporting between the database and text files is not enabled Documentation is not 100% complete

Release Notes File Information:

Release Notes File for PageGate Version 4.0 beta1

Changes: (since version 3.7)
see below features

Features:
SNPP protocol supported
UCP protocol supported
Failover recipients supported (if messages fail to one recipient they can be sent to another)
GUI Client now supports 100 preset messages
GUI Client can now display the members of a group (shift-click on the group's name in the recipient lists)
GUI Client can now be minimized to the regular Windows taskbar
GUI Client in the history log can be copied and modified or resent
PG Monitor updated
The number of messages delivered in a dial-up session can be limited
Dialers can be set to deliver internet based messages only (set modem port to 0)

PageGate Release Notes