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- This is version 1.2 PL1 (patchlevel 1) of the tin newsreader.
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- o Compiles & runs on Unix, AmigaDOS & OS/2 (Not finished).
- o Based more on Notes and tass than rn type newreaders.
- o Full screen, easy to use with on-line help at all levels.
- o Reads news locally (ie. /usr/spool/news) and/or via NNTP/INN/CD-ROM.
- o Supports the XOVER news overview index file standard.
- o Threads on Subject: and/or Archive-name: mail headers.
- o Five different operating levels:
- - Spooldir selection level (CD-ROM only)
- - Group selection level
- - Thread selection level
- - Article selection level
- - Article viewer
- o Same interface to mail, pipe, print and save articles.
- o Auto unpacking of multi-part shar & uuencoded articles.
- o Killing and auto-selection (hot) of articles.
- o History of user posted articles.
- o Reposting of articles from one newsgroup to another.
- o Batch mode to mail/save new news when user is on holiday.
- o Random signature generator on a per newsgroup basis.
- o Builtin NNTP mini-inews & clientlib.c
- o NNTP extensions XINDEX, XMOTD & XUSER to allow better admin.
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- Major improvements over tin 1.2 PL0 are the following:
-
- o Added support for ATT 3b2/400 machines.
- o Added support for DDE Supermax machines.
- o Added support for DEC Alpha OSF/1 machines.
- o Added support for Mips & CDC EPIX machines.
- o Added support for QNX machines.
- o Added some support for OS/2 machines.
- o Added more support for Apollo machines.
- o Added more support for BSDI machines.
- o Added more support for Convex machines.
- o Added more support for SysVR4 machines.
- o Added Xref: processing to mark crossposted articles as read.
- o Added Lines: number to thread level screen.
- o Added -DNOVROOTDIR to allow other than newsspool dir for NOV index files.
- o Added -DNNTP_ABLE as default for machines that have net code in libc.
- o Added article posting checks.
- o Added formatting of editor string for more flexibility.
- o Added better documentation for configuring tind to INSTALL document.
- o Added support for the poll() syscall if on SysV for aborting indexing.
- o Changed -M cmd line option so that -c catchup must be expicitly specified.
- o Changed check for newsgroups on local news machine to use faster algorithm.
- o Fixed saving with regex pattern that caused SIGSEGV.
- o Fixed 'g'oto group when new groupname longer than all other groups.
- o Fixed user aborting of article indexing at lower levels.
- o Fixed builtin inews to add '.' to lines beginning with a '.'.
- o Fixed not finding first few articles when reading via nntp.
- o Fixed config error for include files <sys/time.h> <sys/times.h>.
- o Fixed builtin inews to check for LIBDIR/[sitename|mailname] files.
- o Fixed builtin inews to handle &'s correctly in /etc/passwd file.
- o Fixed typo's in the install rules of the Makefile.
- o Fixed setup_base() which was being called twice when reading tin indexes.
- o Fixed get_archive_file() to use opendir()/closedir() dir routines.
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- For info. about the AmigaDOS port read the README.AMI file.
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- For info. about the OS/2 port read the README.OS2 file.
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- For compilation and installation information read the INSTALL file.
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- For more bug fixes, changes & additions read the CHANGES & TODO files.
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- For info. about my NNTP patches read the README.NNTP & INSTALL.NNTP files.
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- For ftp & non-ftp source & binary availability read the FTP file.
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- For an internal overview of tin read the HACKERS file.
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- I wish to thank all the people that sent me bug fixes and comments
- (especially Herman ten Brugge, Clifton Royston & Andreas Wrede).
- I still want to hear of any bug reports, gripes and comments but
- *PLEASE* read the INSTALL, TODO and tin.1 manual page before doing
- anything :-)!.
-
- Also please make sure you have the newest release of tin before
- reporting any problems to me. My time is limited and I don't
- want to have to backtrack to assist with an old problem when it
- may have already been fixed in the newest release.
-
- I read & reply to questions that are posted to news.software.readers
-
- Enjoy
- Iain (iain.lea@erlm.siemens.de)
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