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A.6 Release 1.2.04 Changes
1. The / DELETE option may now be used on the VMS PRINT command when it is used to send FAXes.
A new directory, FAX$SCRATCH is used as a holding area for PRINTed files until they can be sent.
2. The time of original issue and the time of the last send attempt have been added to the SHOW
QUEUE/ FULL display.
3. Log file entries are now made when the CompuFax system or an individual device is shut down. Log
entries are also made when a FAX device is started.
4. Command line recall has been added to the CompuFax command processor so commands other than the
most recent may be recalled.
5. In earlier releases, if the / NOTE string used in the VMS PRINT command resulted in an illegal SEND
command, the entry would hang in the SYS$FAX queue. This has been corrected. This condition was
commonly caused by not including a leading slash (/ ) in the / NOTE string as in:
PRIN T/ QUEUE= SYS$FAX/ N OTE= "N UMBER= 555-5555" MYFILE.TXT
The symbiont has been modified to supply the leading slash if it is not present.
6. The handling of SENDs which include a database lookup has been changed. It is now possible for a
number of lookup requests to be done in advance and separate queue entries are made for each valid
database response. This prevents a database lookup sequence from being stalled by a single failed send.
The server option LOOKUP_MAXIMUM has been added to give the maximum number of queue
entries that will exist at any one time for a database lookup. The LOOKUP_MAXIMUM option is fully
described in the CompuFax command processor HELP under Server_Options.
7. Server QUEUE_MAXIMUM default increased from 200 to 500 to account for the additional queue
entries that may result from database lookup.
8. The / ALL qualifier has been added to the DELETE and STOP commands to delete all queue entries
associated with a given database lookup.
9. The / DATABASE qualifier has been added to the SHOW QUEUE command to include the database
queue. Additionally, / NODEVICE and/ or / NODATABASE may be used to exclude device and/ or
database queues.
10. The processing of FAXes using the VMS MAIL utility has been enhanced to correctly respond to options
(such as SET CC_PROMPT) the user may have set for the account from which CompuFax is started.
11. The priority of the server process ("Fax server") has been increased from 4 to 7 to eliminate FAX
machine time outs on a busy system.
12. Message and completion information display has been expanded in the log file and user messages to fully
describe the activity.
13. The processing of files has been expanded to process printer-format files such as those created by
external networks (such as PCSA) and some word processors. These files may now be sent as FAXes.