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║ Address: Robert W. van Hoeven
║ PO. Box 131
║ 1170 AC Badhoevedorp
║ Nederland / Holland
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1 ---- General information
1.1 Copyrights and License Agreement
1.2 Newer versions and contacting the author
2 ---- Package description and requirements
2.1 Requirements
2.2 Introduction & specs
3 ---- Installation description
3.1 Installation
4 ---- Runtime information
4.1 Command-line switches
5 ---- Version information and credits
5.1 The BETA-team
5.2 Credits
5.3 Version history
5.4 Copyright, Trademarks
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│ 1 │ General information │
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1.1 Copyrights and Licence Agreement
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- Users of the MTA-package must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- The MTA-package is supplied as is. The author disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of the MTA-package;
- The MTA-package is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends,
but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system.
The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal
computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to
provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products.
- If you find this program useful and find that you are using and
continue the use of the MTA-package after a 30 days trial period,
you must register the MTA-package as described below;
- Non-commercial can get a licence for the usage up to this release
of the MTA-package for a small amount of money. Look into the
details in REGISTER.MTA. Previous registered users will receive
a big reduction to upgrade to the newer versions. These users
should look into the details in UPGRADE.MTA.
For Non-commercial users there is a POSSIBILITY to submit to one
of the special contracts as explained in the file REGISTER.MTA.
- Commercial usage of MTA will cost somewhat more. Also, a so called
'closed' Bulletin Board System (a system where the user must pay
direct to the SysOp to get full access) is has to pay more than
a Non-commercial user. Both types of users should look into the
details in REGISTER.MTA;
- The registration of the MTA-package will licence ONE copy for use on
any computer at any one time, as long as the usage confirms to the
type of registration you have done (so NON-commercial usage when you
have a non-commercial licence);
- Anyone distributing the MTA-package for any kind of remuneration must
first contact the Author at the address above for authorization.
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of the MTA-package along to your
friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
copy if they find that they can use it;
- Support on MTA, when used in a non-commercial environment, is
available by means of written letters or by entering the inter-
national echomaol area DISP;
- Problems and suggestions can be entered in the FidoNet <tm> Echomail
conference <tm> called DISP (international). Entering this echo does
not exclude you of the duty to register the MTA-package, though users
who evaluate the product can enter the echo for questions;
- The MTA-package, all programs, the documentation and support-files is
copyrighted 1990 by Robert W. van Hoeven, PO. Box 131, Badhoevedorp
1170AC, Holland. All rights are reserved. You may copy this package
for backup purposes. Also you may copy and share unmodified copies of
the whole package, providing that the copyright notice is reproduced
and included on all copies.
Excluded from this statement are the support-files written by other
authors. Please refer to the documentation of these programs for
copyrights and licence agreements;
- It is forbidden to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, de-
compile and/or disassemble the software in the MTA-package. Patching
the medium at places that carry the software is seen as a program
change and is also forbidden. It is forbidden to create a so called
'bypass' to skip the original introduction screens and delay. Also
it is forbidden to use such a 'bypass' unless supplied by the author
(Robert W. van Hoeven) himself;
- Performing any of the illegal actions as stated in the previous
lines, is a theft and no fair play to the author and, more important,
to the registered users;
- Bulletin Board Systems that distribute the MTA package can convert
the WHOLE package to any archive-system they like but all original
files must be included in the new archive. The MTA-package on the
Bulletin Board can contain at the most 2 extra files. These files
can only be a commercial for that Bulletin Board and/or validation
data that is presented as a service to all users and shall have no
other functions;
- After the normal trial period of 30 days, you must register the soft-
ware (see REGISTER.MTA) or you must remove it from your PC;
- Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome and will be answered
as soon I have the time to do so. You can send me a letter of leave a
NetMail <tm> message named to Rob Van.hoeven (mind the point) on node
2:512/100 (RA Support, Monster, Holland, SysOp is Reinier de Groot).
When you want to send me normal mail, address it to:
Robert W. van Hoeven, PO. Box 131, 1171 AC Badhoevedorp, Holland;
Also you can enter messages in the FidoNet <tm> DISP Echomail <tm>
area;
1.2 Newer versions and contacting the author
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The newest version of MTA is always available at the DISP-HQ on node
2:512/100. MTA is also distributed thru a number of DISP support nodes.
You can obtain MTA in four different ways:
- Logging on at DISP-HQ or a support node
All zones : 2:512/100 (Multiline Paradise NL #1) DISP-HQ
(Sysop: Reinier de Groot )
2:512/129 (MultiLine Paradise NL #2) DISP-HQ
(Sysop: Reinier de Groot )
For zone 1: 1:203/988 (Amber Shadow USA ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Dave Overton )
(The Chess Board USA ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Ken Givens )
For zone 2: 2:280/216 (Sirex NL ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Gerry Ulrich )
2:242/4 (GOLEM Meerbusch FRG ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Hanstheo Wolf )
2:241/5603 (FunBoard Felbert FRG ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Dirk Astrath )
2:244/8500 (Nilpferd BBS FRG ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Joerg Dassler )
2:403/139 (The Black Universe ISR ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Saar Blitz & )
( Addy Santos )
2:405/166 (Hith Hiker BBS ISR ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Alon Gingold )
2:200/407 (Secret Blue Valley SWE ) Support & beta
(Sysop: Andreas Birgerson)
2:257/168 (Barnabas the Caring UK ) Support & beta
(Sysop: John Barton )
For zone 3,4,5 and 6 (vacant )
The BBS's above will always have the most current version of MTA
available. Also, in some cases, it is possible to request the
newest MTA with a standard file-request (ask the SysOp in question).
On 2:512/100 you can use MTANEW as magical name to Freq. the newest
version.
The actual DISP-HQ is point 2:512/100.5, but this is a closed system
and can not be accessed from the 'outside'). You CAN address netmail
to this point though !
- Logging on to a SDS node
MTA is distributed thru SDS/SDN, but only big minors (x.10, x.20 and
so on) and majors (14.01, 15.01 and so on) are submitted to the SDS
distribution point in Holland;
- Logging on to your own BBS;
Chances are, that you will find an older version (international
users) because it will take some time for the new version to
'bleed' thru the net;
- Update service;
You can enter a special update service (read REGISTER.MTA).
If you think you have found problems in MTA, or in any other case,
you wish to contact the author, you can send me:
- A letter to the address you can find in the header of this file;
- A NetMail <tm> message to Rob Van.hoeven (please mind the point
between Van and Hoeven) at 2:512/100 or (better) 2:512/100.5;
- A Message in the FidoNet <tm> DISP echomail <tm> area;
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│ 2 │ Package description and requirements │
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2.1 Requirements
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MTZ requires: - PC XT/AT/386
- At least 256K free memory
- DOS 3.xx or higher (4.xx not tested)
(tested with 4Dos 3.01a, should work with lower
versions);
- DOS 2.xx ONLY when registered. In this case, a
customized version will be created;
- HDU optional
2.2 Introduction & specs
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MTZ is a special utility for those people who frequently decompress
archives, look at the program and then throw everything away. MTZ
zap's all files on the drive, depending on the list inside the ar-
chive(s) itself.
An example:
- Given a file TEST.ZIP with TEST.EXE and TEST.DOC inside;
- PKUNZIP TEST.ZIP (will give TEST.EXE and TEST.DOC);
- Read TEST.DOC, execute TEST.EXE;
- MTZ TEST.ZIP (will delete TEST.EXE and TEST.DOC);
This is only a small example, but there are archives with more than
100 files and cleaning all these files will be a hell of a job (even
with a special delete-shell) if the files are placed inside a directory
with many other files.
MTZ will compare the files inside the archive (date/time and size)
with the files on the drive. If the specs are the same, MTZ will
delete the file, if they aren't, MTZ will leave the files on the
drive and give a warning.
Unlike many other programs with the same features, MTZ is fast,
uses (when available) a full EGA/VGA screen (with extended text-
modes) and fully supports wildcards.
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│ 3 │ Installation description │
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3.1 Installation
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There is no installation at all. MTZ can be executed 'out of the box'.
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│ 4 │ Runtime information │
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4.1 Command-line switches
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The general format to execute MTZ is:
MTZ [mask] {/P} {/N}
[mask] Over here, you MUST supply a valid DOS-mask (including the
'*' and '?' wildcards if needed). This can vary from *.*
to a single file. Also you can add a drive and path before
the mask. In that case MTZ will work on that directory and
not on the CURRENT directory (default).
{/N} /N is optional. If you include /N, MTZ will not ask any
questions when, based on the mask, more than one archive
is selected to process. By default, MTZ will ask you if
you want to ZAP files from an archive, when based on the
mask, more than one archive is selected;
{/P} /P is optional. Normally MTZ will display all its actions,
but MTZ is rather fast, so it could be possible that you
miss one or more messages. When you supply /P, MTZ will
ask you to display a next page, when all lines on the
current page are used. By default, MTZ will scroll without
any pause.
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│ 5 │ Version information and credits │
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5.1 The BETA-team
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The following Sysop's and their CoSysop's (only if they use the same
BBS or a NON-user (closed) shadow BBS) are allowed to make use of the
BETA-releases on their own risk:
- Remote Access Multiline/Multiport Paradise 2:512/100 (*)
Sysop: Reinier De Groot
- GOLEM Service BBS 2:242/4
Sysop: Hanstheo Wolf
- Sirex BBS 2:280/216
Sysop: Gerry Ulrich
- Funboard BBS
Sysop: Dirk Astrath 2:244/12
- Amber Shadow
Sysop: Dave Overton 1:203/988
The BBS marked with (*) will always test the newest version and is
also the main distribution node for the MT-series. Also mail to me
can be send to this system. The other BBS's are asked, if they like,
to test the new versions, but if there is no time, or if they find
the risk to high I don't mind. I would be pleased though, if these
BBS's would like to look into the new BETA version.
5.2 Credits
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Thanks to the following people:
- All users who did write me a message and/or sent me a postcard;
- The BETA-team;
- A special 'thanks' to Reinier de Groot, Hanstheo Wolf and
Dirk Astrath. They keep coming with nice suggestions;
5.3 Version history
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│ 14.01 │ Major release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ First release;
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│ 14.05 │ Minor release │
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■ Added ARJ support;
■ Changed behavior a bit. If you supply a file-mask with a path
(like C:\TUP\*.*) and you are in a different directory, MTZ
will now delete files from the archives in the supplied path
in the current directory. This was not the case with the previous
release.
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│ 14.06 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Upgraded ARJ support to ARJ version 0.14alpha;
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│ 14.07 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Improved the ARJ detection algorithm
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│ 14.10 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Added HYPER support
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│ 14.20 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Changed to Turbo Pascal 6.0 and OPRO 1.10;
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│ 14.30 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Fixed a problem with parsing of pathnames. When you supplied
MTZ A:*.ZIP to delete files in the current directory of (lets
say) C:, MTZ would report an error. MTZ will now expand this
command-line to a complete path (so the current directory on
A:);
┌───────┬────────────────────────────┐
│ 14.35 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ If no file-mask is supplied, MTZ will default to *.*
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│ 14.40 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ The order of the command-line options is not important anymore;
■ /? is added to get a little help;
■ A mask without an extension gets .* as an extension;
┌───────┬────────────────────────────┐
│ 14.45 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Nothing changed
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│ 14.50 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Nothing changed
MTZ is tested with PKWare PKPAK release 3.61, PKWare ZIP release 1.10,
NoGate PAK release 2.51, ARC release 6.02 and ZOO release 2.01(X),
DWC release 5.10, LHarc release 1.13c/d/212, LARC release 3.33, MDCD
version 1.0, ARJ 2.00 and HYPER version 25.
5.4 Copyright, Trademarks
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PKPAK, PKUNPAK, PKZIP and PKUNZIP are trademarks of PKWare Inc.
PAK is a trademark of NoGate Consulting.
ARC is a trademark of SEA inc.
ZOO is a trademark of R. Dhesi.
DWC is a trademark of Dean W. Cooper
LZH and LHarc are trademarks of Yoshi;
LZS and LARC are trademarks of K.Miki H.Okumura and K.Masuyama
MD is a trademark of Michael Davenport
ARJ is a trademark of Robert K. Jung
HYPER is a trademark of Peter Sawatzki and Klaus Peter Nischke
CRA is a trademark of DISP and donated to public domain
Windows is a trademark of The Microsoft Corporation
4Dos is a trademark of J.P. Software / R.C. Conn and T. Rawson
FrontDoor is a trademark of J. Homrichhausen
SWAP is a trademark of Nico Mak / Mansfield Software Group
SCAN is a trademark of McAfee Associates
VIRSCAN is a trademark of J.P. van der Landen
VALIDATE is a trademark of McAfee Associates
CRC.EXE is copyrighted by Howard Vigorita but seems to be
public domain;
CRC32.EXE is copyrighted by Barry Geller but seems to be
public domain;
QuickBBS is a trademark of the QuickBBS group Inc.
Remote Access is a trademark of Continental Software
MTZ is written in Turbo Pascal 6.0, with help of the Turbo Debugger 2.0
and makes extensive use of Object Professional 1.11 and OPCFI V 9.11.
Also SYS60a and STRG61 (commercially licensed to me) are used;
Turbo Pascal is a trademark of Borland International
Turbo Debugger is a trademark of Borland International
Object Professional is a trademark of TurboPower Inc.
OPCFI is a trademark of Robert W. van Hoeven
Strg61 is a trademark of Eagle Performance Software
SYS60a is a trademark of Eagle Performance Software
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