READ.ME for WAIS SERVER 0.3 for Windows NT


New features in version 0.3
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* Bug fixed: if client goes away while server is in recv(), the thread gets stuck
  for ever.

* Limits the length of text which can be typed into the edit controls in the
  control panel applet.

* WAISS command-line syntax formally documented.


Features
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* WAIS Server runs as a Windows NT Service, so that it keeps going even
  when there's no-one logged in to the machine.

* Port of freeWAIS 0.202.

* WAIS Toolkit also required.

* Handles multiple simultaneous connections using multiple threads and
  multiple search processes.

* Available for DEC Alpha, MIPS and Intel architectures.

* WAIS search log written to text file.  New file created every
  day.  Log file location is configurable.

* Logs errors using the Windows NT Event Logger.

* Configuration through the Control Panel, with configuration
  information stored in the Registry.

* Special -ipaddress option to help identify mis-configured TCP/IP software.



Chris Adie
C.J.Adie@edinburgh.ac.uk

