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The DosLynx version 0.31b e-mail client finally includes SMTP AUTH LOGIN support! This makes the DosLynx e-mail client useful with the many ISPs that have come to require AUTH LOGIN for relaying mail. To enable this support, you provide a base64 encoded version of your ID, for SMTP e-mail service, in the b64usrid= configuration option. You provide a base64 encoded version of your password in either the b64passw= configuration option or the new /S command line option. The /S command line option provides a way to keep your password data apart from your ID data in your system. DOSLYNX.CFG provides a new section describing this configuration. And, DOSLYNX.BA_ has been updated to provide a sample /S command line option. SMTP AUTH LOGIN configuration for DosLynx is similar to that for PMSMTP. So, the document: PMSMTP.TXT provides a reference for the base64 encoding needed for your ID and password data. See PMSMTP.TXT's section on Base64-Encoding for a detailed procedure for performing this encoding.

A Paste File button has also been added to the DosLynx e-mail dialog, rounding it out. This button provides for pasting or reading text file(s) into an e-mail note being composed. The same kind of Paste File button has also been added to the Form Textarea dialog.

The DosLynx 16 bit Protected Mode version, now in its second release, has lost all of its baby fat. And, the training wheels have come off. These improvements have eliminated any need to apologize for the Protected Mode version's size or performance! Work on the Protected Mode version has benefited the DosLynx Real Mode version, as well. This work and other improvements again make DosLynx v0.31b the strongest running version(s) of DosLynx, ever!

The Traditional DosLynx v0.31b package contains DOSLYNX.EXE and all of its supporting files. This is the Real Mode version, recommended for all users. The DosLynx v0.31b Protected Mode add-on contains DOSLYNXP.EXE, a sample DOSLYNXP.BA_ file, and an updated DPMIREVU.HTM document. It is recommended for users with systems that can provide DPMI service. Both of these .ZIP files may be un-zipped into the same directory, without conflict.

There are a couple other readme files for DosLynx. One is the again updated README.HTM which still tells about the original features, command line parameters, and other important stuff. There is also a history file which describes the major changes I've made in bringing DosLynx from v0.30b to v0.31b. The history file also contains known bugs or missing features. If you find one that isn't there, please e-mail me at the address in this graphic. As I don't have a '286 based PC, presently, I am especially interested in hearing from anyone who is able to try the DosLynx Protected Mode version on such a system. Finally, Wayne S. Buttles has provided a little cheat sheet listing the key commands to run DosLynx from the keyboard. It includes ones he added. I've brought it up to date and added a second page listing the "DosLynx Control, Movement, and Navigation Keys".

Remember that you can navigate with your numeric key pad by putting Num Lock ON.

DosLynx no longer contains a built-in graphics viewer. That has been replaced with a swap out and call to DLXVIEW with a parameter naming the .BMP, .GIF, .JPG, .PCX, or .TIF file to be viewed. You may edit DLXVIEW.BAT to invoke your favorite viewer. The DosLynx v0.31b package contains a sample DLXVIEW.BAT which invokes LXPIC (requires CGA+).

As Wayne said: "I have enhanced DosLynx for my own personal enjoyment. . . . I am just releasing my changes to the general public in hopes that it will help some other DOS User. I have made every attempt to keep it compatible with the lowest IBM-Compatible computer so that the greatest number of people can benefit and I will continue to do so as long as I play with the code."

Good luck, and happy browsing.

Fred C. Macall
8 April 2006