From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!list-mgr" 22-MAY-1992 19:15:54.45
To:	MX-List@WKUVX1.BITNET
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Subj:	Announcing MX V3.1 revision C

I have just issued another release OF MX V3.1, called revision C.  It is
primarily a maintenance release, but also adds a couple of new features.

V3.1C incorporates the following repairs to defects in V3.1B:

    1. Comments in VMS Mail distribution files were not getting handled
       properly, causing unusual-looking To headers in messages that used
       such comments.

    2. Syntactically invalid host names in addresses entered via VMS Mail
       could cause the Router to do unusual things if a domain expander
       was being used.  The Router now bypasses domain expansion on
       syntactically invalid addresses.

MX V3.1C also includes the following two new features:

    1. When using MX with DECUS UUCP, you can now have the MX_RMAIL
       program pass addresses through UUCP rewrite rules before MX
       does its standard UUCP->822 conversion.  The V3.1C release
       notes explain how to enable this new feature.

    2. The NAME_CONVERSION interface now supports the use of a
       FULL_CONVERT routine for username->nickname translations.
       The FULL_CONVERT routine allows you to convert a local
       username into a full RFC822-type address (as opposed to
       CONVERT, which just allows you to alter the username
       part of the address).  The MX Programmer's Guide has been
       updated to explain this change, and a new example
       NAME_CONVERSION.C is provided to illustrate it.

The MX031 save sets in [ANONYMOUS.MX.MX031] on vms.ecs.rpi.edu comprise the
V3.1C kit (save sets A,B,C,F,I,J,K, and L are changed over V3.1B).  There
is also a new kit, MX_REVC_UPGRADE031, for upgrading your existing V3.1
through V3.1B installation to revision C.  I will _not_ be putting the
new kits up on my file server, due to its imminent shutdown; perhaps Hunter
will put them up on his.

This revision repairs all defects in MX V3.1 for which I have reports.

Later,
-Matt
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