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!TTFN/Docs/!BUGS!
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1995-07.adf » !Internet_StarterPak |
| Filename: | !TTFN/Docs/!BUGS! |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0499 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
A list of - ahem - "Known Design Features"
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1. If a Followup-To: line containing "Sender" or "Poster" then it tries to
send it to a newsgroup called "Sender" or "Poster". Will be easier to
fix when Adam gets round to releasing a version of TCPIP that doesn't have
screwed direct nntp posting.
2. Deleting the last message in an Email group causes a number of unread
articles to be erroneously reported. Any subsequent incoming email will
result in it being corrected as and when the offending email.whatever
group has been opened. Temporarily avoided by not letting the user
delete the last article!
3. Sometimes TTFN seems to forget what articles have been read and which
haven't, and presents the user with a display showing all articles being
unread. This is caused by not being able to open the appropriate
NewsRC file, which in turn could be because <UserHome$Dir> is
inappropriately set. Who knows, not me that's for sure...
Fixed in 0.26. Occurred when a new group was created and TTFN hadn't
yet grabbed a list of newsgroups.
And there's undoubtedly more...
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Will b| 000000e0 65 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 20 74 6f 0a 20 20 20 66 |e easier to. f| 000000f0 69 78 20 77 68 65 6e 20 41 64 61 6d 20 67 65 74 |ix when Adam get| 00000100 73 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6c 65 61 |s round to relea| 00000110 73 69 6e 67 20 61 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f |sing a version o| 00000120 66 20 54 43 50 49 50 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 6f 65 |f TCPIP that doe| 00000130 73 6e 27 74 20 68 61 76 65 0a 20 20 20 73 63 72 |sn't have. scr| 00000140 65 77 65 64 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 20 6e 6e 74 70 |ewed direct nntp| 00000150 20 70 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 32 2e 20 44 65 | posting...2. De| 00000160 6c 65 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 |leting the last | 00000170 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 20 45 6d |message in an Em| 00000180 61 69 6c 20 67 72 6f 75 70 20 63 61 75 73 65 73 |ail group causes| 00000190 20 61 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 75 6e 72 | a number of unr| 000001a0 65 61 64 0a 20 20 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 73 20 |ead. articles | 000001b0 74 6f 20 62 65 20 65 72 72 6f 6e 65 6f 75 73 6c |to be erroneousl| 000001c0 79 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 65 64 2e 20 20 41 6e 79 |y reported. Any| 000001d0 20 73 75 62 73 65 71 75 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 63 6f | subsequent inco| 000001e0 6d 69 6e 67 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a |ming email will.| 000001f0 20 20 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 69 74 20 | result in it | 00000200 62 65 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 65 64 20 |being corrected | 00000210 61 73 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |as and when the | 00000220 6f 66 66 65 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 65 6d 61 69 6c 2e |offending email.| 00000230 77 68 61 74 65 76 65 72 0a 20 20 20 67 72 6f 75 |whatever. grou| 00000240 70 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 65 |p has been opene| 00000250 64 2e 20 20 54 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 69 6c 79 20 |d. Temporarily | 00000260 61 76 6f 69 64 65 64 20 62 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 6c |avoided by not l| 00000270 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 |etting the user | 00000280 0a 20 20 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 6c |. delete the l| 00000290 61 73 74 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 21 20 0a 0a 33 |ast article! ..3| 000002a0 2e 20 53 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 54 54 46 4e |. Sometimes TTFN| 000002b0 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 67 65 74 | seems to forget| 000002c0 20 77 68 61 74 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 73 20 68 | what articles h| 000002d0 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 72 65 61 64 20 61 6e |ave been read an| 000002e0 64 20 77 68 69 63 68 0a 20 20 20 68 61 76 65 6e |d which. haven| 000002f0 27 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 73 |'t, and presents| 00000300 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 | the user with a| 00000310 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 73 68 6f 77 69 6e 67 | display showing| 00000320 20 61 6c 6c 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 73 20 62 65 | all articles be| 00000330 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 75 6e 72 65 61 64 2e 20 20 |ing. unread. | 00000340 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 63 61 75 73 65 64 20 62 |This is caused b| 00000350 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 62 6c 65 |y not being able| 00000360 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 | to open the app| 00000370 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 0a 20 20 20 4e 65 77 73 |ropriate. News| 00000380 52 43 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 |RC file, which i| 00000390 6e 20 74 75 72 6e 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 |n turn could be | 000003a0 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 3c 55 73 65 72 48 6f 6d |because <UserHom| 000003b0 65 24 44 69 72 3e 20 69 73 0a 20 20 20 69 6e 61 |e$Dir> is. ina| 000003c0 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 6c 79 20 73 65 74 |ppropriately set| 000003d0 2e 20 20 57 68 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 73 2c 20 6e 6f |. Who knows, no| 000003e0 74 20 6d 65 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 66 6f 72 20 |t me that's for | 000003f0 73 75 72 65 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 46 69 78 65 |sure..... Fixe| 00000400 64 20 69 6e 20 30 2e 32 36 2e 20 20 4f 63 63 75 |d in 0.26. Occu| 00000410 72 72 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 |rred when a new | 00000420 67 72 6f 75 70 20 77 61 73 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 |group was create| 00000430 64 20 61 6e 64 20 54 54 46 4e 20 68 61 64 6e 27 |d and TTFN hadn'| 00000440 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |t. | 00000450 20 20 20 20 20 79 65 74 20 67 72 61 62 62 65 64 | yet grabbed| 00000460 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 6e 65 77 73 67 | a list of newsg| 00000470 72 6f 75 70 73 2e 0a 0a 41 6e 64 20 74 68 65 72 |roups...And ther| 00000480 65 27 73 20 75 6e 64 6f 75 62 74 65 64 6c 79 20 |e's undoubtedly | 00000490 6d 6f 72 65 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a |more.....| 00000499
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