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From: Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net (Iain Lea)
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Tin v1.1 PL6 newsreader posted to alt.sources
Summary: Full screen easy to use threaded Unix and AmigaOS newsreader
Keywords: tin newsreader news nntp cdrom unix amiga
Reply-To: Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net
Organization: ANL A433, Siemens AG., Germany.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I have posted TIN v1.1 PL6 to alt.sources in 15 parts. 

NOTE:  !!! DELETE ALL YOUR OLD TIN INDEX FILES BEFORE USING v1.1 PL6 !!!
The index file structure was changed again because of the following reasons:
1. Dates are now parsed to allow timezone info to be used. 
3. Memory usage for the arts[] array has been reduced by 20%.
2. The size of index files has been reduced by 5%.

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This is version 1.1 PL6 (patchlevel 6) of the tin newsreader.

o  Runs on Unix and AmigaOS. 
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  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  Auto-selection (hot) of interesting articles.
o  Batch mode to mail/save new news when user is on holiday.
o  Reposting of articles from one newsgroup to another.
o  Builtin NNTP mini-inews & clientlib.c
o  NNTP extensions XUSER & XINDEX to allow central index files. 

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Major improvements over tin 1.1 PL5 are the following:

o  Added support for Commodore AmigaOS machines.
o  Added support for Acorn RISCiX machines.
o  Added support for Mach386 machines.
o  Added more support for HPUX machines.
o  Added config.h for OS specific defines of include files & features.
o  Added i)spell option to bug report command.
o  Added -w command line switch for quickly posting an article.
o  Added 'delete_tmp_files=ON/OFF' to group attributes.
o  Added support for comments starting with # in subscriptions file.
o  Added tinrc variable to specify saving to MMDF style mailboxs.
o  Added tinrc variable to specify if inverse video should be used.
o  Added TINRC env variable so that options can be specified at login.
o  Changed index file format to parse dates correctly and reduced size by 5%.
o  Changed arts[] to use time_t instead of string and reduced size by 20%.
o  Changed 'u' unsubscribe group command to auto advance to next group.
o  Changed 'T' tag articles so that whole threads can be tagged/untagged.
o  Fixed subscribe new group that caused SIGSEGV on Apollo machines.
o  Fixed '?' command at group selection level that caused SIGSEGV.
o  Fixed highlighted bar problem on HP terminals.
o  Fixed one off error in 'r' command at group selection level.
o  Fixed setuid problem caused by set_tin_uid_gid() routine in kill.c.
o  Fixed $TINDIR homedir problem when reading from multiple NNTP servers.
o  Fixed change spooldir problem that was stopping attributes being set.
o  Fixed printer problem by removing get_val(PRINTER, "ps") routine.
o  Fixed rereading newsgroups file so that a copy is cached locally.
o  Fixed 's' subscribe command so that 'u' is deleted from screen.
o  Fixed 'post_proc_type' group attribute.
o  Fixed 'sort_art_type' group attribute.
o  Fixed -M command line option that was causing SIGSEGV.
o  Fixed -f command line option so it was used by tind index daemon.
o  Fixed -c command line option so that catchup in background works (again).
o  Fixed -u command line option so that indexing in background works (again).

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For more bug fixes, changes & additions read the CHANGES & TODO files.

For compilation and installation information read the INSTALL file.

For ftp & non-ftp source & binary availability read the FTP file.

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I wish to thank all the people that sent me bug fixes and comments
(especially 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 :-)!.

Enjoy
	Iain.

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NAME   Iain Lea 
EMAIL  Iain.Lea%anl433.uucp@Germany.EU.net
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