WebGate

Release Notes File for Version 3.6

WebGate has been replaced by PageGate

Overview: WebGate now includes a fully functional SMTP/POP mail server with it's E-mail interface. Previously, WebGate used a third-party mail server (Mdaemon) for part of it's functionality. By building all mail functions directly into it, WebGate has gained capabilities and speed, while being able to be offered at a lower price.

Changes: (since 3.5)
Ad-Hoc email delivery supported (i.e. 12345@pagingcarrier.com)
Added option to archive logs each day

Changes: (since 3.5 beta sp3)
Option added to not send 'from' field as part of the message text
Fixed problem in scheduler when messages are sent to an empty group
More options made available for ad-hoc recipients

Changes: (since 3.5 beta sp2)
PGAdmin
Preliminary help file documentation completed
Tone wait string not displaying correctly - resolved
Duplicate mailbox names are no longer allowed
New report added for messages sent by recipient

PGDial1
Error encountered after sending message - resolved

PGSched
Problem sending to groups fixed

Changes: (since 3.5 beta sp1)
Temporary evaluation keys no longer expires prematurely
Context sensitive help has been added.
Full help file still does not include documentation for new email service.

Changes: (since 3.5 beta)
PG Admin
The service pack version (SP) is now displayed on the top right corner of PG Admin when showing version info.
The formatting of the 'Pending Msg' button on the pending messages screen has been fixed.
On the 'Dial Up Networking Settings' screen, the 'Enabled' checkbox was not staying checked: fixed.

Dialer1/GetMail
Coordinated dialing between dial-up networking and message delivery now works correctly.
New log entries for dial-up networking progress added.

Scheduler
Trims new dial-up networking logs as part of nightly cleanup routine.
Problem with scheduling future/repeating messages (error message) resolved.

Changes: (since version 3.16)
WebGate now has all email function built-in (MDaemon is no longer used/required)
In this beta release, the help documentation has not been changed to reflect this change

Changes: (since version 3.15)
New setup program - smaller and faster Problem with too many users accessing database error fixed
Promptless setup options for administrators (see wgreadme.txt)

Changes: (since version 3.14)
A memory leak was fixed in pagegate.exe when running on Windows9x

Changes: (since version 3.13)
This version uses the newly released MS Jet Database engine v4.0 sp4
Problem with on-call groups fixed Improved automatic database rebuild routines Message count report format improved
Problem with WG Monitor becoming permanently minimized fixed
Problem in schedule when using multiple dialers fixed

Changes: (since version 3.12)
Problem fixed where full name group list web pages didn't update correctly

Changes: (since version 3.11)
Problem fixed in GetMail causing collection loop
Problem fixed in Scheduler in repeating messages

Changes: (since version 3.10)
Problem fixed where the cleanup routine was dropping leading zeros in the registration key information
Memory leak in pagegate.exe fixed
Problem fixed not allowing administrators to add new recipients
Problem fixed where modem in use error was not displayed correctly

Changes: (since version 3.07)
General WebGate is now fully Windows 2000 compatible
WebGate's database has been upgraded to be compatible MS Access 2000
Email messages sent as an attachment inside another mail message are accepted Web full names can be shown on group-list web pages

Changes: (since version 3.06)
New version of the jet database engine used (v4.0) to resolve intermittent database corruption problems

Changes: (since version 3.05)
Added new options when canceling messages from WG Admin
Readme and Release notes files can be viewed prior to install
Cosmetic fixes to WG Admin, WG Monitor and installation programs
Added to troubleshooting and faq sections of the help file Minor bug fixes

Changes: (since version 2.09)
Many new features and enhancements (almost a total rewrite)
New object oriented Admin user interface with many new features
Application runs as a NT and 9x system service 16 concurrent dialers supported with enhanced logic and throughput
Any dialer can support a direct connection or dedicated carrier Init string and dialing prefix settable at dialer level
Supports messages up to 2000 characters in length
Improved sendpage.exe and webgate.exe
Real-time monitoring program that can be run remotely over LAN/WAN/WWW
Network bandwidth use by all modules has been reduced
Three levels of password protection has been added
Formatting characters can be optionally removed from messages
Many more updates, improvements, and new features

Changes: (since version 2.07)
Microsoft Jet database engine has been upgraded to the latest version (version 3.51)
Significantly reduced processor utilization during modem connections

Changes: (since version 2.06)
Sending messages to numeric pagers using touch tones is now supported
The domain name added to the 'from' field of messages forwarded via email is now settable.
The default is 'mydomain'
Fixed problem where mail accounts are not always added correctly when there are a large number of mail accounts in MDaemon.
'Excessive database retries' error messages have been resolved

New Features: (since version 2.05)
Scheduling of multiple dialers has been rewritten and given to the sched program.
This will increase the dialer's efficiency and decrease duplicate dialing.
A new version of the web CGI program (webgate.exe) is included.
It supports drop-down lists on web pages generated by WebGate
Improved error handling to compensate for some bugs in the Microsoft Jet database engine

New Features: (since version 2.04)
Resolved 'Warning - excessive database errors' problem

New Features: (since version 1.4)
Test messages can be sent from within WebGate's Admin program
All pending messages for a user can be cancelled
WebGate's settings, carriers, users, and groups can be imported/exported from within WebGate's Admin program
Separate detailed logs are kept for each dialer
The number of retries, and the retry interval for each carrier is settable
Support for direct cable connection to paging terminals
Support for carriers that require a password
Support for pulse dialing
Settable notification code for numeric pagers
On-call groups supported
Long messages are broken up into several smaller messages

*** Here are some important file name changes in WebGate ***

File Name Changes: (since version 1.4)
WebGate's main database file has been changed from pgedb.mdb to pagegate.mdb. It usually resides in the WebGate program directory. The mailbox format file (.mbf) used with the Mdaemon mail server has been changed from notepage.mbf to pagegate.mbf. It resides in the \mdaemon\app directory The web interface's cgi program's name has changed from web2mail.exe to webgate.exe. It may reside in the \inetpub\cgi-bin directory or any other directory you setup. All of the above should be handled automatically by WebGate upgrade routine. NotePager Net's executable file has changed from NotePagerNet.exe to NPNet.exe. The new sendpage program for the commandline/ascii interface is sendpage.exe. Its syntax is displayed if it is run without any commandline options. Anyone that is updating the database directly should be sure to take notice of the name change. In addition WebGate now uses Microsoft's latest database engine (the files are part of the download and automatically installed). This may be a problem if you application is written to use an older version of MS Access.

Upgrade Information:
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of WebGate, please use the following procedure:
1) Make a full backup of your installation!!!
2) Uninstall the old version of WebGate by using the 'Add/Remove Programs' option in the Windows control panel. This will uninstall the program files, but will leave the data files intact.
3) Install WebGate Version 2 using the instructions above. Be sure to specify the same installation directory for version 2 that was used by the earlier version of WebGate.
4) Run pgadmin.exe (WebGate's Admin program) from WebGate's program directory. This will upgrade WebGate's database file without starting the other modules.
5) Quit out of WebGate and then start it as usual.