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                              News and Comments

     We have given up on majordomo, the email list server software that we
had been using since November for distribution of this newsletter.  We have
also been having problems with the IMAP interface of the email software on
the dbcsoftware.com LINUX computer.  Email is critical for us to be able to
provide good support for DB/C software.  So after some testing, we decided
to replace both majordomo and the email software with ComminicateGate Pro,
an email and list server product from a company called Stalker Software, Inc.
(That's a name I wouldn't have chosen, but it is easy to remember.)  Our
initial experience with this software has been great.  Its administration
is handled by a web interface that is really slick.  It has features galore
and so far we've not found any problems.  There really is a difference
between commercial and free software!  If you received this newsletter by
email, it was distributed using the new software.

     The big news this month is that on February 1st we are moving the
DB/C Software Company corporate offices to a new location, separate
from Subject, Wills & Company and from ProducePro, Inc.  When we have
completed our move, we'll post our new phone number and address on the
www.dbcsoftware.com web site.

     During this move, the DB/C Online Sales and Update System and email
should not be affected because the dbcsoftware.com computer is located at
an Internet hosting center in downtown Chicago.

     We still haven't started official beta testing of DB/C FS 3.  Feature
creep and the distraction of moving offices are the primary causes of the
delay.

     The most important feature that we've decided to add before starting
beta testing of DB/C FS 3 is encryption and authentication of the protocol
that is used between the client and the DB/C FS server.  Several customers
have told us that this is an important new feature for them.  Additionally,
we've committed to adding encryption and authentication to the Smart Client
protocol in a future release of DB/C DX.

     We've had several requests to provide the sample code to show how to
send email with attachments directly from a DB/C program.  This would expand
on the existing sample code that was described in the November 1999 DB/C
Newsletter.  We had hoped to have the sample code ready for this newsletter,
but we've been really busy this month, so it's not ready and there isn't an
article this month.  Hopefully, we'll have the email with attachments sample
code ready for next month's newsletter.

                                                     don.wills@dbcsoftware.com
 

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                             DB/C Class Schedule

   Class:     DB/C DX and JX Language Fundamentals
   Date:      June, 2001
   Location:  To be determined

   For information, send email to admin@dbcsoftware.com

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