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12/28/2000 Release of version 1.4. This release features the introduction of the long-awaited disk-based article assembly capability. `ubh` can now accumulate the article(s) to be decoded into a disk file rather than system RAM. This now allows `ubh` to download arbitrarily large binaries, limited only by available disk space. This new version is due to the painstaking and tireless work of special guest programmer Jt "The Squeegy" Chiodi. Not only did he submit the disk-based article assembly modification, but he also incorporated all the pending bug fixes and suggestions from the `ubh-discuss` mailing list. Here is a summary of the changes for this version: Disk-based article assembly (-A). `TEMPDIR` keyword to specify where the temporary file goes. Thanks to Jt "The Squeegy" Chiodi. `PERMISSION` keyword to control default permission of created subdirectories. Thanks to Jt "The Squeegy" Chiodi. Made uudecode search for "end" case insensitive. Thanks to Michael Tiedge. Use "/o" modifier to only compile regexp's once. Thanks to Adam Rice. -O option to force overwriting of duplicate files instead of prepending article number. Thanks to coder_at_mindspring.com Default single and multi-part inclusion filter greatly expanded to be `(?i)asf|avi|gif|jpg|mov|mpg|mpeg|rm|[cdertsu]\d\d|rar|ace|zip|\d\d\d|nfo|sfv|mp3` Thanks to Jeff Hedgpeth and Andi L6hmus. Fixed documentation for -f and -l to say that they update the `.newsrc.` Thanks to Jeff Hedgpeth. Example ubhrc mentions OPT_c - should be OPT_C instead. Thanks to Ying Zhang. Tested on Mac OS X. Thanks to Michael J Paluka. -g was not updating `.newsrc`. Thanks to 3Jane Tessier Ashpool. -n was not documented. Thanks to 3Jane Tessier Ashpool. MacPerl platform support. Thanks to Mike W. mw487_at_yahoo.com -g was not obeying -I or -X filters. Thanks to Andreas Wenzel a.wenzel_at_aon.at Upgrading from any previous version to v1.4 is easy - just replace the executable. Your existing `.ubhrc` and `.newsrc` files are entirely forward compatible with v1.4. 10/10/2000 Release of version 1.3. This is a maintenance release which fixes several particularly nagging problems: Will detect a dropped NNTP connection during `group()` and `body()` calls, and will automatically reconnect, re-authenticate (if necessary), re-issue the `group()` call, and proceed from where it left off. Thanks to Adam Rice! Eliminated the ugly `goto`'s in the reconnect code. Made uudecode search for "begin" case insensitive. Thanks to Michael Tiedge! Now ignores trailing whitespace in ubhrc values. Thanks to Hsiao-Yu Chen! Upgrading from any previous version to v1.3 is easy - just replace the executable. Your existing `.ubhrc` and `.newsrc` files are entirely forward compatible with v1.3. 8/29/2000 Release of version 1.2. This is a maintenance release which fixes a nasty bug which was preventing the processing of single-part articles which contained a part/whole desginator "(1/1)". This is a one-line change, but you are strongly urged to upgrade. Upgrading from v1.1 to v1.2 is easy - just replace the executable. Your existing `.ubhrc` and `.newsrc` files are entirely forward compatible with v1.2. 8/10/2000 Release of version 1.1. This is a maintenance release which primarily improves the usability and robustness of `ubh`. Be sure to review the `CHANGES` file for details on all the new features that were added for this new version. Upgrading from v1.0 to v1.1 is easy - just replace the executable. Your existing `.ubhrc` and `.newsrc` files are entirely forward compatible with v1.1. This version of `ubh` features the work of special guest developer Mark Sullivan (ubh@markbs.com). Thanks, Mark! Unfortunately, disk-based article assembly did not make it into this version. I know many of you are anxiously awaiting this capability. Hopefully it will be ready in time for the next version. The v1.1 was long overdue; I didn't want to hold it up any longer. The Unix .tar.gz has been getting anywhere from 50-100 downloads per week. The Windows .zip gets 5-15 downloads a week. Thanks for downloading and trying `ubh`. Extra special thanks to everyone who has linked to the ubh page. 3/22/2000 First public release, version 1.0. 1/20/2000 Second beta distribution, version 0.4. 1/16/2000 First beta distribution, version 0.3. 1/4/2000 Initial creation of web site.

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