SFSME v.75 - 2026 Gold-Standard Preservation Build
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STATUS
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This archive contains the currently validated SFSME preservation build for
SPITFIRE v3.7 systems.

Gold-standard binaries:
  SFSME.EXE  38,512 bytes
  SHA256: 44bce90b8747d8e155f76e6ae37f5eb400c5e23d2c0d248705a774d568d53d54

  SFSME.OVR  181,258 bytes
  SHA256: fbd8fd490cbf374897bc06ac4e4468141b4584f1788eb2ea6ef694267918c1dc

INCLUDED PRESERVATION WORK
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  - Registered operation preserved; synthetic SFAME.KEY included
  - Reply-thread safety correction preventing malformed self-thread records
  - Custom ANSI/color menu filename: SFSMEMNU.CLR
  - Private/public messages, echomail, and direct netmail validated

MAIN-MENU DISPLAY FILES
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  MAINMENU.BBS  Text/monochrome display; original filename unchanged
  SFSMEMNU.CLR  ANSI/color display; preservation filename

Do not name the text file SFSMEMNU.BBS. Only the .CLR filename was renamed.

THREAD-SAFETY TRADEOFF
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Corrected replies are stored safely without an active thread link. The
SPITFIRE Follow Thread command may not connect those replies. Message text,
public/private status, echomail export, and netmail remain usable.

INSTALLATION
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Keep SFSME.EXE, SFSME.OVR, and SFAME.KEY together. Back up the current
SFSME directory, make sure nobody is inside SFSME, and copy the package
files into that directory. SPITFIRE nodes do not need to be stopped merely
to replace this external editor when SFSME is idle.

See SFSME.DOC for normal operation and PATCH.TXT for exact preservation
details.
