NOFFLE Changelog
Current developer version
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Noffle now sends a "MODE READER" command after connecting to the remote
server. INN needs this before it will permit POST.
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Applied patch from Jim Hague: support for local groups / new command
line options --create and --cancel.
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Change output of
noffle -a all
to standard mailbox format,
so that tools like grepmail work.
Version 1.0pre5
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Fixed bug: multiple-line headers of posted articles were truncated.
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Core files are always enabled when running as server and debugging
symbols are always in the executable.
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Use GDBM_FAST flag for hash files.
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Fixed a bug in online mode with servers that need authentication.
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Minor changes and improvements
Version 1.0pre4
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Fixed a bug that broke cross-posting of articles
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Fixed a bug that truncated headers of posted articles.
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Long overview header lines are now split into multiple lines in response
to HEAD or ARTICLE commands.
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Fixed a bug that caused a crash sometimes when updating the requested
article list after releasing/regetting the global lock
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Server is now allowed to generate core files on crash (in spool directory)
if compiled with -DDEBUG option
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Opening an article additionally marks all references as interesting,
so more articles are fetched in thread mode, if one article of a thread
was opened.
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New config option "connect-timeout"
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Minor improvements and bug-fixes
Version 1.0pre3
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Added XPAT command. Not full syntax, but enough for making slrn's thread
reconstruction work
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Storing of requested message-ids completely rewritten (thanks to
Volker Wysk for the patch). Much more efficient now. Bug removed
that broke requesting articles with message-IDs containing a slash.
Added --requested option.
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When fetching requested articles, do not send more than 20 ARTICLE commands
at once, before parsing the server response.
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Minor bug fixes and improvements.
Version 1.0pre2
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Added RPM_BUILD_ROOT variable to Makefile (useful for creating RPM source
packages)
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Removed terrible bug that truncated article body after releasing and re-getting
global lock
Version 1.0pre1
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needs complete re-installing, some formats have changed
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Support for multiple remote servers
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Faster download when fetching news, because articles are prepared
in database while parsing response to XOVER and all ARTICLE commands
are sent at once
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Bug removed that made authetication only work with lower-case passwords
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Other small bug fixes and improvements
Version 0.19
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Fix broken full mode
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Fix cutting of articles after line beginning with '.'
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Other bug fixes
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LIST commands can have pattern argument now
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initial-fetch option removed (same as max-fetch now)
Version 0.18
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needs complete re-installing, most file format have changed
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Group database uses gdbm, databases moved to /var/spool/noffle/data
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Most config options changed their names, some do not longer exists
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New fetch mode "thread" added
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Different --fetch invocations replaced by single option
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Meaning of "--database" option changed, "--article" option added
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Failed postings are now returned to sender by "mail" command
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Expire uses last access time
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Auto-subscribe option only subscribes groups now, if an article
body is opened (no longer if group is selected).
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Improve posting at German T-Online provider: rename X-Sender header,
Reply-To header is added, if missing (T-Online overwrites From headers),
allow to remove Message-ID as a config option.
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Doc files are now copied to $(PREFIX)/doc/noffle
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Y2K compliance of NEWGROUPS command
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Various bug fixes (thanks to all users helping with bug reports)
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Various changes for tuning and improvement
Version 0.17
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Bug removed that caused NOFFLE to exceed the allowed maximum number
of open files on longer sessions.
Version 0.16
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Noffle generates Message-ID if a message received for posting has none.