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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.


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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.