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PCBoard Implementation Notes
This chapter describes details about the implementation of the
PCBoard messagebase format in GoldED.
Netmail
GoldED 2.50 supported FidoPCB-style netmail areas, where the first
and second line of the msg had special meaning as FidoNet address
or attributes. This is no longer supported from version 2.51.
Instead, the official method used by PCBoard itself is supported.
This should be transparent to you.
Extended Headers
GoldED is aware of PCBoard v15.x extended headers in the message
text. The TO, TO2, FROM, FROM2 and SUBJECT extended headers are
directly supported and "swallowed" when reading a msg. Other
extended headers are currently treated like normal message text and
is therefore not hidden to the reader. In a later release, I plan
to internally convert the extended headers to kludges.
Long Names
GoldED 2.51 supports the long names that are possible with PCBoard.
You can both enter and edit them. GoldED 2.50 was limited to 35
chars.
Password
Passwords are not supported in msgs.
Attributes
The Private, Received, Crash and Direct attributed are supported.
Double-Byte Characters (Foreign Systems)
GoldED reads the PCBOARD.DAT file to determine whether to use E3h
or 0Dh (CR) as the line/paragraph termination character when
reading and writing message text.
Message Index
Only the new v15.x .IDX files are suppported. The old .NDX files
are not supported in any way.
Userbase
By default, the first set of lastreads is used. But if you set
PCBOARDUSERNO to -1, GoldED searches the userbase for your name to
find the lastread pointer set. If GoldED does not find you name, it
will NOT add a new userbase record for you, but instead uses the
first set of lastreads.
Mail Waiting Flag
The mail waiting flags are updated when you write to people that
are named in the userbase.
Changing a Message
When changing a message, the new edition is saved as if it were a
new message, with a new message number, and then the old edition is
deleted. This behaviour is consistent with the way PCBoard itself
works when changing a message. NOTE: The old edition will still be
visible with the DEL attribute until you exit the area.
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