Reboots and shutdowns happen without losing connections, unless the talker crashes irrevocably. Reboot and shutdown messages changed to reflect their behaviour. It is possible to force an external shutdown even if the talker thinks it should reboot. If talker crashes irrevocably, or if it is shutdown, when starting up it now displays 'down' message instead of starting with inconsistent database. Initial login site recorded for newbies as their home site.
Prompts can contain macros which expand to time, location or player information.
Empty entermsgs are no longer allowed. Pager is now used on room descriptions and on help. Lots of text output coloured and some permissions problems fixed. Failed password logs include the user ident as well as the site. Automatic handling of leading apostrophes in emote commands made more intelligent.