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To: postmaster
From: newsbase@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
Subject: Updates to Newsbase 0.53
Reply-To: gta@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 17:12:53 -0600
Message-ID: <19950217.171253.38@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu>
Organization: Utility Spam Research Kitchen
Welcome to Newsbase 0.53. This message briefly describes some of the
changes since 0.51 and 0.52, the last generally-available versions.
* Filters
These are now much improved over the ones in 0.51. Up to 3 conditions may
be combined to trigger any one filter, based on the contents of the To,
From, Subject or Newsgroups headers. The "To" condition now also checks
the contents of "Cc:" and "X-Originally-To:" headers, if present. Multiple
conditions may be linked by AND or OR. Condition strings may now contain
"*" wildcards. The "Redirect" filter can now redirect articles to groups
in addition to the original destinations, as well as replacing the
originals.
* Cosmetics
Templates and other parts of the user interface have been changed to be
more closely compliant with the Style Guide.
* Outgoing news and mail
Newsbase will now internally queue news and mail if insufficient memory
is available to run the appropriate transport program. They will be
sent to the transport later when resources permit.
* News posting
The option of sending news by email via a mail2news gateway has been
added.
Newsbase now supports "local" newsgroups on the individual machine, under
the "newsbase.*" hierarchy. Articles posted to these groups are not sent
out via the network transport, but simply filed locally. Crossposting
between "newsbase.*" and real usenet groups is prevented.
* New groups
Newsbase can now process the "new groups" information returned by some
transports (eg ka9q). It is now possible to step through the list of new
groups and add them to your newsfeed individually.
* New options
Return-Receipt mail processing can now be disabled.
Creation of spurious newsgroups of the type
"alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork" can be selectively disabled.
Expiry time menus now have a writable entry to accept any value.
The minimum disk space threshold before Newsbase suspends operstions
is now configurable.
* News directory update
The !NewsDir application is now automatically updated with new !Boot, !Run
files, etc, if required.
* RISC OS 3.5
Newsbase now supports RISC OS 3.5 explicitly, using dynamic areas for
various memory buffers. Several bugs in dynamic area handling from
Newsbase 0.52 are now fixed.
* Article compression
Articles can now be compressed to save disc space. Articles are
compressed during group expiry, and decompressed when requested by a
client (eg, TTFN). For additional compression support, copy Acorn's
"squash" program (from !Squash, supplied with RISC OS) into
!Newsbase.support.newsbase, where Newsbase will use it as a fallback
should its own routines fail.
* Expiry scheduling
You can now specify a time of day for expiry to take place, rather than
it occurring automatically after a debatch.
* Log file
Newsbase now keeps fairly detailed information in its log file, including
details of new mail received, mail or news sent, batch files processed,
groups created or deleted, and any errors which occur.
* Errors
If Newsbase crashes or displays other errors, please report them to me
at allan@mnhep1.hep.umn.edu, including as much detail as possible. Useful
information includes:
- the version number of Newsbase
- type of computer (Risc PC or Archimedes) & memory size
- what Newsbase was doing at the time of the error, with related
information:
- batch type and size, if the error was during debatch
- transport type if the error was in sending mail or news
- any special circumstances (low disc space, low memory, etc).
Newsbase does now keep a fairly detailed logfile: please examine this
before reporting errors as it may contain useful information.
00000000 01 0a 54 6f 3a 20 70 6f 73 74 6d 61 73 74 65 72 |..To: postmaster| 00000010 0a 46 72 6f 6d 3a 20 6e 65 77 73 62 61 73 65 40 |.From: newsbase@| 00000020 6d 6e 68 65 70 31 2e 68 65 70 2e 75 6d 6e 2e 65 |mnhep1.hep.umn.e| 00000030 64 75 20 28 47 72 61 68 61 6d 20 41 6c 6c 61 6e |du (Graham Allan| 00000040 29 0a 53 75 62 6a 65 63 74 3a 20 55 70 64 61 74 |).Subject: Updat| 00000050 65 73 20 74 6f 20 4e 65 77 73 62 61 73 65 20 30 |es to Newsbase 0| 00000060 2e 35 33 0a 52 65 70 6c 79 2d 54 6f 3a 20 67 74 |.53.Reply-To: gt| 00000070 61 40 6d 6e 68 65 70 31 2e 68 65 70 2e 75 6d 6e |a@mnhep1.hep.umn| 00000080 2e 65 64 75 0a 44 61 74 65 3a 20 46 72 69 2c 20 |.edu.Date: Fri, | 00000090 31 37 20 46 65 62 20 31 39 39 35 20 31 37 3a 31 |17 Feb 1995 17:1| 000000a0 32 3a 35 33 20 2d 30 36 30 30 0a 4d 65 73 73 61 |2:53 -0600.Messa| 000000b0 67 65 2d 49 44 3a 20 3c 31 39 39 35 30 32 31 37 |ge-ID: <19950217| 000000c0 2e 31 37 31 32 35 33 2e 33 38 40 6d 6e 68 65 70 |.171253.38@mnhep| 000000d0 31 2e 68 65 70 2e 75 6d 6e 2e 65 64 75 3e 0a 4f |1.hep.umn.edu>.O| 000000e0 72 67 61 6e 69 7a 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 55 74 69 |rganization: Uti| 000000f0 6c 69 74 79 20 53 70 61 6d 20 52 65 73 65 61 72 |lity Spam Resear| 00000100 63 68 20 4b 69 74 63 68 65 6e 0a 0a 57 65 6c 63 |ch Kitchen..Welc| 00000110 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 4e 65 77 73 62 61 73 65 20 |ome to Newsbase | 00000120 30 2e 35 33 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 73 73 61 |0.53. 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