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║ Release : 15.57 │ ShareWare │░░░░│
║ Rel.Date: March 7th, 1994 │ Programmer│░░░░│
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║ Address: Robert W. van Hoeven
║ PO. Box 131
║ 1170 AC Badhoevedorp
║ Nederland / Holland
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│ 0 │ Table of contents │
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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 Preface
2.2 Requirements
2.3 Usage
3 ---- Installation description
3.1 Installation
3.2 Remarks on archives
3.3 MTA.CTL
4 ---- Runtime information
4.1 Running MTL
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 │
└───────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
1.1 Copyrights and License 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 license 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 license 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 license);
- 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 echomail 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 1990,94 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 license agreements;
- It is forbidden to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer,
decompile 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 2:281/904 (PB 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
2:281/904. MTA is also distributed thru a number of DISP support
nodes and thru some forums in CompuServe. There are six ways in which
you can obtain newer versions of MTA:
- Logging on at DISP-HQ or a support node (FidoNet)
Look into the file SUPPORT.MTA for a full list of support nodes;
- 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;
- Logging on to CompuServe;
Important versions of MTA are uploaded to several CompuServe forums.
It is intended to upload versions to the SYMANTEC and IBMSYS forums
but depend on the authorization of the forum sysops. If you are not
sure, you can contact me on CompuServe personally;
- 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 2:281/904 or (better) 2:281/904.5;
- A Message in the FidoNet <tm> DISP echomail <tm> area;
- A message (mail forum) in CompuServe to user Robert van Hoeven,
with account/user number 100120,1146;
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│ 2 │ Package description and requirements │
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2.1 Preface
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MTL is an add-on utility for MTA and is distributed in the same
release archive that contains MTA. This program may) NOT be
distributed as a stand-alone package.
2.2 Requirements
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MTL requires: - PC XT/AT/386
- At least 300K free memory
- DOS 3.xx (4.xx not tested)
(also tested under 4Dos);
- HDU optional
- MTA's original CTL-alike file
- MTA's logging files
2.3 Usage
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MTL comes as an add-on to MTA. MTA can create a log-file (look into the
LogPath option in MTADOCEN.DOC) which contains all relevant information
from previous runs. This log-file can, in time, get very large. MTL is
written with two options in mind:
1) MTL can compile the information in the MTA log-file into one screen
of usefull information. This information will show the number of
files converted up to now (splitting most of the popular archive
extensions) and the total reduction (growth) as a result of this
conversion;
2) MTL can optionally strip redunant information from the log-file.
When you choose to compress the log, MTL will read ALL log-file
records and will create a new log-file, containing only a few
lines (between 1 and 20 lines). All other information is removed.
When you use a log-file that is accessed by other programs as well
(mailer, BBS program and so on), you must take care of this infor-
mation BEFORE you compress the log with MTL, otherwise all this
information is gone. When you compress the MTA-log, MTL will also
write a second log-file, containing the filenames of all files
that have been compressed with MTA and that had a negative reduction
(so they got bigger, not smaller). You can use this log to your own
needs and throw it away (MTA.NEG) after you have (or not have) taken
a look inside;
MTL will also compress and clean the AV-log. This compress
is ALWAYS done (so if you reply 'N' to the compress question in MTL,
the AV-log will still be compressed). Compressing is done in one simple
way. All records with the same AV-code AND same AV-names will be
reduced to one record with the AV-code and the AV-name. After the com-
press, all records will be in ascending order. MTA will append new
records to this log, but with the next run of MTL, they will be sorted
in place (or removed when they are duplicate).
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│ 3 │ Installation description │
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3.1 Installation
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See the documentation for MTA (MTADOCEN.DOC).
3.2 Remarks on archives
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MTL does not use any archivers. It will only process the MTA-log file.
3.3 MTA.CTL
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MTL will use some of the MTA options. In general all special options
in MTA (exits, CRC, Virus, includes and so on) are not used but all
logging option ARE used. MTL MUST find a file called MTA.CTL somewhere
in the DOS-path (later versions will fix this limitation). When you use
another name for the MTA.CTL alike file, you need to copy this file to
MTA.CTL, somewhere in the DOS-path to make MTL work.
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│ 4 │ Runtime Information │
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4.1 Running MTL
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The calling syntax of MTL is:
MTL {/BATCH}
/BATCH : If this option is supplied, MTL will run unattended (batch
mode) and no questions will be asked. If the LOGTHRESHOLD
option in MTA.CTL is set, MTL will cleanup the MTA-log when
the total size of the log is greater than the value you did
supply with this option, MTL will compress the log. MTL will
do give a warning while running unattended but without the
LOGTHRESHOLD option in MTA.CTL.
In unattended mode (/BATCH), MTL will make no noice (beeps and bells)
when registered.
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│ 5 │ Version information and credits │
└───────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
5.1 The BETA-team
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See the file SUPPORT.MTA for a full list of beta-testers;
5.2 Credits
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See MTADOCEN.DOC
5.3 Version history
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┌───────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 15.05 │ Minor Release │
└───────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
■ Added options to compress the MTA.AVS log (AV-log) if it is set in
the MTA.CTL alike file.
■ Fixed bug in the processing of the 'negative' log. The new log that
contains the negative reduced files did not display the name of the
file in question. This is fixed;
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│ 15.06 │ Version Release │
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■ Only version number is changed;
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│ 15.07 │ Version Release │
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■ Only version number is changed;
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│ 15.08 │ Version Release │
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■ Only version number is changed;
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│ 15.10 │ Version Release │
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■ Only version number is changed;
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│ 15.20 │ Version Release │
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■ Changed the reports. LZS is moved to the group 'OTHER' and replaced
by SQZ. The first compression of the LOG-file will add the remaining
LZS files to the 'OTHER' group;
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│ 15.21 │ Bug release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Some new routines caused a number of cosmetic bugs. These are now
fixed (registered users!!!). Also registered users should unpack the
supplied MTA__REG.EXE (which contains MTAREG.EXE and MTAREG.DOC) and
run the MTAREG.EXE file once;
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│ 15.30 │ Major release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Added command-line parameter to run MTL in unattended mode while MTL
is reducing the log-files (/BATCH);
■ MTL will detect the LOGTHRESHOLD option in MTA.CTL. If MTL is run in
batch-mode, it will only reduce the log-file if the total size of
this file is larger than the value supplied with LOGTHRESHOLD;
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│ 15.35 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Nothing changed in this version of this program.
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│ 15.36 │ Minor release │
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■ Nothing changed in this version of this program.
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│ 15.40 │ Minor release │
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■ Nothing changed in this version of this program.
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│ 15.50 │ Minor release │
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■ Nothing changed in this version of this program.
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│ 15.55 │ Minor release │
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■ Replaced the DWC statistics with those for the UC2 compression;
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│ 15.57 │ Minor release │
└───────┴────────────────────────────┘
■ Changed some internal code to optimize performance;
5.4 Copyrights, Trademarks
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PKPAK, PKUNPAK, PKZIP and PKUNZIP are trademarks of PKWare Inc.
SQZ is a trademark of Jonas I Hammarberg.
UC2 is a trademark of Ad Infinitum Programs (AIP-NL)
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
ARJ is a trademark of Robert K. Jung
HYPER is a trademark of Peter Sawatzki and Klaus Peter Nischke
4Dos is a trademark of Rex Conn and JP software
MTL is written in Borland Pascal 7.0, with help of the Turbo Debugger
│3.0 and makes extensive use of Object Professional 1.22 and OPCFI V
│20.03. Some routines are obtained from TurboPower's Asynch
│Professional 2.00.
Borland Pascal is a trademark of Borland International
Turbo Debugger is a trademark of Borland International
Object Professional is a trademark of TurboPower Inc.
Asynch Professional is a trademark of TurboPower Inc.
Pascal+ is a trademark of StonyBrook software Inc.
OPCFI is a trademark of Robert W. van Hoeven
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