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NEWSie Update History
0.50 - Aug 05, 1996 - Initial Release
0.52 - Aug 20, 1996
GDOS font support in windows (Font Preferences)
External Editor and Viewer (Path Preferences)
Post News article
Followup News article (w/quoted text, w/o references)
Expand and Collapse Threads (right and left arrows)
Newsreader Preferences (Create and Collapse Threads) reformats Overview window
Initial POP3 support (Check Mail)
Bug Fix - Overview data truncated, eliminate crash
Bug Fix - Reopen windows after External editor/viewer, eliminate crash
Bug Fix - Overview displays 1 less article than exists
0.54 - Sep 03, 1996
Bug Fix - missing v_clsvwk, could run out of virtual workstation ids
Improve Post/Followup dialog to cancel or send after edit
Create Mail/Reply/Forward dialog with similar features
Clear Password dialog before initial entry
Keep password for length of session
Store positions of windows, so that they may be re-positioned
Bug Fix - Read Others... was off by 1, did not read last message
Preliminary work on Offline reader capability
Added Manual Disconnect in Special Menu
Mail Send/Reply provides for blind copy to self, if requested
POP3 Support - added Get Mail
Mark Thread Read (Ctl-Y) marks all items in a thread as read
Improved Followup references (more than just original message id)
Added Open_URL - to retrieve http (Web) references
Implemented support for Extract Binaries with UUDecode (UUD.TTP)
Removal of Windows Menu title
Del key in Article window - erases article
0.55 - Sep 6, 1996
Bug Fix - removed hardcoded path for overview text, produced an
empty overview window, even when group had articles.
Handled '411' newsgroup not found response. Mark with '?'
Remove and compress unsubscribed newsgroups (Unsubscribe)
Added break after finding 'begin' in Extract Binaries
Remove 'Received (0) bytes' for messages with header only
0.56 - Sep 16, 1996
First cut at MIME base64 encoding/decoding. Not useable yet
Increased connection buffer from 512 to 2048 bytes
Bug Fix - limit read to maximum size of buffer, bug in original
CABOVL source. No more crashes to Desktop
Expanded Newsgroup names supported from 40 to 50 bytes
Improved handling of file sizing for large files (i.e. Full
Groups List)
Added status display for large file sizing (see above)
MIME User-Agent changed to NEWSie 0.56 (Atari)
Added 'period only' check for end of data
Limited Subscribe to Newsgroup to 50 characters
Enabled Path related titles to work like selecting pathnames
Positive indication of 'External Editor not found'
Bug Fix - waiting for GEM redraw event that didn't happen
Bug Fix - another hardcoded path in reading news article
Added ICON folder with NEWSie icon (Thanks Garfield!)
Bug Fix - Show Status being enabled after first hide_status()
0.58 - Sep 29, 1996
Implemented 'Catch Up...' for delete news articles
Added MailBox and Mail Message windows
Updated to support STiK 1.11 (carrier_detect())
Moved most display constants into Resource (other languages)
Updated Extract Binaries, Send/Reply/Forward email and Print to
work for MailBox and Mail windows
Created Mail Path and Mail Preferences
Support for Multiple Mailboxes and transfers
Bug Fix - insert newline before appending signature file
Added Newsgroup message limit (Newsreading Preferences)
Automated update of Preferences file from version to version
Bug Fix - removed double calls to get news-group()
Bug Fix - mail connection not closed if no available messages
Bug Fix - Control Keys not testing for Control Key pressed
Bug Fix - Added fflush(formfeed) for Print Article/Email
Bug Fix - missing break; on Send Mail
Bug Fix - Additional checks for NULL pointers in load_overview()
Bug Fix - NEWSie now works with multi-tasking systems (MagiC)
Bug Fix - 'Output Buffer full' message, retry send
0.60 - Oct 13, 1996
Bug Fix - problem with OutBox header formatting
Bug Fix - for send/reply from OutBox, message was overwritten
Send Queued mail on Check/Get Mail - Mail Prefs
Handle 'No Permission' message when connecting to mail server
Keep newgroup recent message even when testing offline
Better handling of Mailboxes, windows, titles, etc.
Set color for Unread 'U' e-mail messages to blue
Credit dialog for Beta Testers, attached to About NEWSie
Bug Fix - Reply/Forward w/no original file bombs
Delete Queued Output after send - Mail Prefs
Prevent reception of mail exceeding In Box available space
Handle Full Window gadget for all windows
Handle error on mail_receive and do not delete those messages
Provide Offline News Retrieval - 'Read for Offline' Menu item
New Offline Path in Path Preferences
'Allow Offline Mode' box in NewsReader Preferences
Delete Offline News with Delete key from Article window
Bug Fix - unload_overview corrupting next article for NewsGroup
Bug Fix - References not being included for Followups
Support for zetnet server, w/o Xref field in XOVER command
0.61 - Oct 20, 1996
Bug Fix - load_preferences problem w/undefined path names
Recent article number maintained w/411 - NewsGroup Not Found
Support for Delete key in Article Overview window in offline mode
Bug Fix - e-mail address formatted wrong when address is empty
Bug Fix - bombs in formatting OUTBOX w/long e-mail address
Bug Fix - Log file w/invalid path causes bomb at startup
Changed memcmp to strcmp for Thread procesing
Moved Mail related functions to MAILER.O
Expanded newgroups and fullgroups arrays for Full screen display
Remove extraneous "Newsgroup" log messages
Allowed carrier_detect()=0=unknown(CDVALID=FALSE) for GlueStiK
0.62 - Oct 27, 1996
Bug Fix - missing '\' setting directory path 'Editor not Found'
Issue window refresh after 'Read for Offline'
Missing subject line in emails, default '<no subject>'
Bug Fix - not checking for NULL file handle NewGroups & FullGroups
Format problem w/newsgroup names >50 characters, null terminated
Expand Server names to 40 chars, email id to 45 characters
Bug Fix - Close (File Menu) doesn't set windows[1].open=0
Set window[x].id=-1 after delete_window()
Validate Signature file path before copying
Set missing subject to '<no subject>' in parse_mail_header
Same '<no subject>' for parse_news_header
General check for NULL file pointers (prevent bombs)
Set Mouse to BUSY_BEE for unload_mailbox()
0.63 - Nov 4, 1996
Bug fix - Check for negative return code from wind_create()
Don't close window if open=false
Add hide_status() after 'Read For Offline'
Increase buffer sizes in parse_mail_header()
Hide mouse when opening window
Increase size of mailbox internal structure, subject[80], etc.
Change newserver_disconnect() to save before closing connection
Close window before deleting in deinitialize_gem()
Recompiled PROTOCOL with new STiK drivers.h and transport.h
0.64 - Nov 11, 1996
Limit string copy to <300 bytes in load_overview/parse_news_header
NEWSie now functions offline without STiK in system
Adjust resource for medium-res for UnSubsribe dialog
Support for window SIZER gadgets in all windows
Added No_STiK alert when trying to connect w/o STiK
Bug Fix - Resizing windows can run past end of text in mailbox window
Defined sizes via #define to make changes easier/fewer mistakes
Bug Fix - various 'select_' routines not performing array checks
Support for Offline Posts and Followups, 'Open Offline PostBox'
Add two names to Contributors list
Initial cut at e-mail Nicknames
Bug Fix - Clear mailbox[] array before loading mailbox