Sep 2012 12:45:47 -0400   
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   From: peterDESPAM@DESPAMpmoylan.org   
      
   Weasel, a mail server for OS/2, has now been updated to version 1.81.   
   You can obtain it from   
    ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/Weasel/weasel1.81.zip   
   or from   
    http://www.pmoylan.org/pages/os2/weasel.html   
   of from Hobbes.     
      
   Because the many intermediate versions since version 1.80 have been made   
   available only to members of the Weasel mailing list, the list of   
   changes is rather large.     
      
   LIST OF CHANGES since version 1.80     
      
   Version 1.81 (8 Sep 2012)   
    Fixed: Weasel was not unhiding the files in the   
    'forward' directory on startup.   
    LoadINI and DumpINI are no longer included in the Weasel   
    distribution. You have to download GenINI separately.   
    (Luckily, GenINI does not often get updated.)   
    The "fetch last" POP option is now obsolete. POP clients   
    now see all of the messages on the server, rather   
    than the first or last 512 messages.   
    Fixed: an uninitialised pointer that was causing a   
    crash on some POP fetches.   
    Added log message that identifies the domain that an   
    SMTP outbound thread is trying to reach.   
    Fixed a stack overflow on USER command.   
    Some extra log messages for SMTP outbound.   
    Removed the obsolete "POP fetch starts with most recent"   
    checkbox from the Setup program.   
    New policy: 5-second delay added before closing the   
    connection from a blacklisted client.   
    Setup now accepts new command-line parameters. See   
    the manual for details.   
    Policy change to accommodate servers that do   
    greylisting: when sending out mail, we don't try   
    the relay backup host until the fifth retry.   
    Removed some obsolete code, cleaned up the POP data   
    structures.   
    Change to the interval between retries.   
    For SMTP outbound mail, authentication is not used   
    unless there is a relay host. The Setup notebook   
    and manual have been updated to make this clearer.   
    Fixed: when a backup relay is configured, the relay   
    was not always used, so some items remained   
    undeliverable.   
    Added: extra log line to show whether SMTP authentication   
    for outgoing mail was successful.   
    Removed code for the obsolete "POPFetchLatest"   
    option, an option that allowed fetching mail in   
    a nonstandard order.   
    Some minor changes to logging.   
    Fixed: crash on USER command when TNI file used.   
    Fixed: the next message number was not being updated   
    in INI or TNI file.   
    Fixed: in TNI mode, a zero-length WEASEL.INI was   
    being created if it didn't already exist.   
    Startup operations more carefully sequenced to take   
    into account task interdependencies.   
    Fixed: crash if INI or TNI file was missing.   
    New approach to dynamic control of the number of   
    Send_NN tasks.   
    Fixed: the wrong number of Send_NN tasks were   
    being started.   
    Change: you can now change the number of these tasks   
    (in Setup) without having to restart Weasel.   
    Build level information added to weasel.exe. (So   
    you can now find out its version number by   
    running "bldlevel weasel.exe".)   
    Fixed: the transaction log was not being cleanly closed on exit.   
    Policy change: transaction log now updated every minute   
    instead of once every 15 minutes.   
    Fixed: error when trying to write a number in too   
    small a field size.   
    Fixed: crash caused by missing CRLF in input line   
    or input line that is longer than the standards allow.   
    Fixed: we accept neither mail nor logins for an   
    account that has been marked inactive.   
    New protection against dictionary attack: when there   
    are too many password errors, the client IP   
    address is blocked for 10 seconds.   
    Misc changes to reduce stack usage.   
    The "status" thread that was putting three counts to   
    the log has been removed. It was created to track   
    down a memory leak, but it never found one.   
    New script "ban.cmd" added to tools directory on web site.   
    (But not to zip file.)   
    Converted many "value" string parameters to "var".   
    Corrected a spelling error in looking up "OurHostName"   
    in the INI or TNI file.   
    Fixed: incorrect handling of option to forward mail   
    for a local user to another address.   
    Minor update to kernel stack shifting code.   
    Fixed: Setup was crashing if SETUP.INI did not exist.   
    Updated Spanish language file.   
    Fixed small memory leak in TNI handling.   
    Added log message to show how much memory has been   
    allocated for TNI data (but only if extra logging   
    is specified and we are in TNI mode).   
    Added a "-i" parameter to explicitly turn off   
    TNI mode.   
    Fixed: Setup crash in TNI mode if MailRoot changed.   
    Added file WEASEL.FMT, for more readable layout of   
    TNI files if DumpINI is used.   
    Added check for accessibility of DOMAIN.INI   
    when clearing a recipient list.   
    Fixed: after dropping a new font on a Setup   
    notebook, the notebook sometimes reverted to   
    the old font on exit.   
    For consistency, Setup now saves its own options in   
    Setup.TNI if running in TNI mode. Note that this   
    implies that you can have two independent sets   
    of fonts and window positions depending on whether   
    you start Setup in INI or TNI mode.   
    Added logging of heap usage, as a check for   
    memory leaks.   
    Removed OldDumpINI and OldLoadINI from the distribution.   
    These programs are now officially obsolete.   
    Added exceptq handling.   
    Fixed: Two semaphore leaks.     
      
   -- Peter Moylan mailto://peter@pmoylan.org   
    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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