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date Fri, 05 May 2000 21:26:14 +0100
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2 NOFFLE NEWS -- User visible changes
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5 1.0pre6
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8 * Forget cached group info when group database closed.
9 * Added list of 'forbidden' newsgroup specs., as defined in draft IETF
10 Newsgroup Format (C.Lindsey), tracked to replace RFC1036. This defines
11 newsgroup names that should only be used for server-local groups and
12 server pseudo-groups (e.g. INN's to.*, cancel, cancel.*, junk). These
13 are now intercepted when querying server groups and ignored. Group names
14 omitted are any single component names, any 'control.*', 'to' or
15 'to.*',and any with a component 'all' or 'ctl'.
16 Note these restrictions do not apply to local group names.
17 * Fixed problem with article numbering if the overview file empties,
18 e.g. due to all articles in a very low volume group expiring. This
19 would cause article numbers to be set back to 1 when a new article
20 arrives.
21 * New groups now always start numbering at article 1. Previously article
22 numbering would start with the first held remote article number, in an
23 attempt to avoid newsreaders noticing if noffle is deleted and
24 reinstalled. Given Noffle may well not collect the first held article
25 anyway - it only will if the default number of articles to retrieve on
26 a first connect is big enough - and the fact that Noffle's pseudo
27 articles make it impossible to keep local article numbers in lock-step
28 with the server, there is the chance this scheme would just cause
29 readers to miss new articles.
30 * Record newsgroup posting status. Enforce it at posting time.
31 Added --modify to change newsgroup descriptions for all groups and
32 posting status for local groups.
33 * Added group deletion.
34 * Added message cancellation - from command line or by control message.
35 Note command line only cancels locally - it can't be used to cancel a
36 message that has already gone offsite. A control messages cancels
37 locally if possible; it is only propaged offsite if the target is in a
38 non-local group and has itself already gone offsite.
39 * Added wildmat code taken from INN - ensure Noffle wildcarding is
40 exactly to spec.
41 * Added group-specific expire times.
42 * Noffle now sends a "MODE READER" command after connecting to the
43 remote server. INN needs this before it will permit POST.
44 * added support for local groups
45 * new command line options --create and --cancel
46 * Changed output of 'noffle -a all' to standard mailbox format,
47 so that tools like grepmail work.
48 * documentation updates
49 * NOFFLE now uses the autoconf/automake build-system
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52 0.16 - 1.0pre6pre
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55 * See ChangeLog
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