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+NOFFLE ChangeLog
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+
+Fri May  5 22:24:37 CEST 2000  Uwe Hermann <uh1763@bingo-ev.de>
+
+ * AUTHORS.html, CHANGELOG.html, COPYING.html, README.html, FAQ.html,
+   NOTES.html, INSTALL.html: Removed files.
+ 
+ * AUTHORS, COPYING, ChangeLog, README, INSTALL, NEWS, docs/FAQ, docs/NOTES:
+   Added files.
+
+ * TODO.TXT: Renamed to TODO. Slightly changed formatting.
+
+ * README: Reformatted the file. Added info about CVS. Added a pointer to
+   the file INSTALL.
+
+ * noffle.1, noffle.conf.5: Moved to docs/
+
+ * LSM.TXT: Moved to docs/noffle.lsm. Small fix.
+
+ * INSTALL: Adapted to autoconf build-system. A few minor fixes.
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.0pre6pre
+
+     * Forget cached group info when group database closed.
+     * Added list of 'forbidden' newsgroup specs., as defined in draft IETF
+       Newsgroup Format (C.Lindsey), tracked to replace RFC1036. This defines
+       newsgroup names that should only be used for server-local groups and
+       server pseudo-groups (e.g. INN's to.*, cancel, cancel.*, junk). These
+       are now intercepted when querying server groups and ignored. Group names
+       omitted are any single component names, any 'control.*', 'to' or
+       'to.*',and any with a component 'all' or 'ctl'.
+       Note these restrictions do not apply to local group names.
+     * Fixed problem with article numbering if the overview file empties,
+       e.g. due to all articles in a very low volume group expiring. This
+       would cause article numbers to be set back to 1 when a new article
+       arrives.
+     * Changed %i to %d in sscanfs everywhere. INN often (as it is entitled
+       to do) has leading zeros on numbers. %i interprets these as octal
+       numbers. Also changed %i to %d in printfs, for no good reason.
+     * New groups now always start numbering at article 1. Previously article
+       numbering would start with the first held remote article number, in an
+       attempt to avoid newsreaders noticing if noffle is deleted and
+       reinstalled. Given Noffle may well not collect the first held article
+       anyway - it only will if the default number of articles to retrieve on
+       a first connect is big enough - and the fact that Noffle's pseudo
+       articles make it impossible to keep local article numbers in lock-step
+       with the server, there is the chance this scheme would just cause
+       readers to miss new articles.
+     * Record newsgroup posting status. Enforce it at posting time.
+       Added --modify to change newsgroup descriptions for all groups and
+       posting status for local groups.
+     * Added group deletion.
+     * Added message cancellation - from command line or by control message.
+       Note command line only cancels locally - it can't be used to cancel a
+       message that has already gone offsite. A control messages cancels
+       locally if possible; it is only propaged offsite if the target is in a
+       non-local group and has itself already gone offsite.
+     * Added wildmat code taken from INN - ensure Noffle wildcarding is
+       exactly to spec.
+     * Added group-specific expire times.
+     * Noffle now sends a "MODE READER" command after connecting to the
+       remote server. INN needs this before it will permit POST.
+     * Applied patch from Jim Hague: support for local groups / new command
+       line options --create and --cancel.
+     * Changed output of 'noffle -a all' to standard mailbox format,
+       so that tools like grepmail work.
+
+Version 1.0pre5
+
+     * Core files are always enabled when running as server and debugging
+       symbols are always in the executable.
+     * Use GDBM_FAST flag for hash files.
+     * Fixed a bug in online mode with servers that need authentication.
+     * Minor changes and improvements
+
+Version 1.0pre4
+
+     * Fixed a bug that broke cross-posting of articles
+     * Fixed a bug that truncated headers of posted articles.
+     * Long overview header lines are now split into multiple lines in
+       response to HEAD or ARTICLE commands.
+     * Fixed a bug that caused a crash sometimes when updating the
+       requested article list after releasing/regetting the global lock
+     * Server is now allowed to generate core files on crash (in spool
+       directory) if compiled with -DDEBUG option
+     * 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.
+     * New config option "connect-timeout"
+     * Minor improvements and bug-fixes
+
+Version 1.0pre3
+
+     * Added XPAT command. Not full syntax, but enough for making slrn's
+       thread reconstruction work
+     * 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.
+     * When fetching requested articles, do not send more than 20 ARTICLE
+       commands at once, before parsing the server response.
+     * Minor bug fixes and improvements.
+
+Version 1.0pre2
+
+     * Added RPM_BUILD_ROOT variable to Makefile (useful for creating RPM
+       source packages)
+     * Removed terrible bug that truncated article body after releasing
+       and re-getting global lock
+
+Version 1.0pre1
+
+     * needs complete re-installing, some formats have changed
+     * Support for multiple remote servers
+     * Faster download when fetching news, because articles are prepared
+       in database while parsing response to XOVER and all ARTICLE
+       commands are sent at once
+     * Bug removed that made authetication only work with lower-case
+       passwords
+     * Other small bug fixes and improvements
+
+Version 0.19
+
+     * Fix broken full mode
+     * Fix cutting of articles after line beginning with '.'
+     * Other bug fixes
+     * LIST commands can have pattern argument now
+     * initial-fetch option removed (same as max-fetch now)
+
+Version 0.18
+
+     * needs complete re-installing, most file format have changed
+     * Group database uses gdbm, databases moved to
+       /var/spool/noffle/data
+     * Most config options changed their names, some do not longer exists
+     * New fetch mode "thread" added
+     * Different --fetch invocations replaced by single option
+     * Meaning of "--database" option changed, "--article" option added
+     * Failed postings are now returned to sender by "mail" command
+     * Expire uses last access time
+     * Auto-subscribe option only subscribes groups now, if an article
+       body is opened (no longer if group is selected).
+     * 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.
+     * Doc files are now copied to $(PREFIX)/doc/noffle
+     * Y2K compliance of NEWGROUPS command
+     * Various bug fixes (thanks to all users helping with bug reports)
+     * Various changes for tuning and improvement
+
+Version 0.17
+
+     * Bug removed that caused NOFFLE to exceed the allowed maximum number of
+       open files on longer sessions.
+
+Version 0.16
+
+     * Noffle generates Message-ID if a message received for posting has none.
+