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- This is version 1.2 PL2 (patchlevel 2) 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 PL1 are the following:
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- o Added more support for 386BSD machines.
- o Added more support for AmigaDOS machines.
- o Added more support for HPUX machines.
- o Added more support for Mips machines.
- o Added more support for OS/2 machines.
- o Added more support for Pyramid machines.
- o Added more support for u3b2 machines.
- o Added reconnection to timed out nntp server.
- o Added group description text to groupname when searching at top level.
- o Added auto-subscribe/unsubscribe to/from new newsgroups.
- o Added basic navigation with mouse when running in a xterm window.
- o Added support for INN nntplib functions (GetFQDN() & GetConfigValue()).
- o Added -n cmd line option to read only subscribed to groups from active.
- o Added automatic entry into group when it was selected via a number.
- o Added basic MIME support (by calling Metamail).
- o Added more checking for article forging.
- o Changed article checking routine to be less facist when checking groups.
- o Fixed slowdown when entering a group compared to earlier releases.
- o Fixed -I cmd line option to specfiy different index directory.
- o Fixed direct use of getcwd() instead of get_cwd() in misc.c
- o Fixed 'Article rejected' error message from external inews.
- o Fixed reading of Xref: lines in xover data that could cause SIGSEGV.
- o Fixed connecting to ANU news server that was causing SIGSEGV.
- o Fixed poll() routine that was being initialized with wrong parameters.
- o Fixed valid_artnum() routine to use a binary instead of linear search.
- o Fixed strfpath() routine that was returning bogus filenames from env vars.
- o Fixed Makefile 'make install' rule.
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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 Bryan Dongray, Clifton Royston, John Schmitz & Mark Tomlinson).
- 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
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- Enjoy
- Iain (iain.lea@erlm.siemens.de)
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