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Version history for NewsBin Pro

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Changes for v6.56 - v6.60 Beta 14

Fixed long standing issue where Newsbin would hang when you press tab when focus is on the Search field.
Fixed auto-download mode for Watch List items in Search Engine mode.
Addressed issue where artifacts would display on the screen when toggling filters on a large post list. Not perfect but better than it was.
Fixed Local Search on poster function.
Fixed issue where Download List find wasn't populating the drop down.
Added the enable filters button back to toolbar.
Fixed issue where Files were showing par state and not download state during download
Fixed issue in Watch tab. If you load, then subsearch and hit enter, it wouldn't re-display the data
Fixed issue with Posting
Fixed issue deleting files from the files list that were renamed during unrar.
Fixed crash issue that could occur if you close a tab and there is still background processing going on that needs access to it.
Fixed issue where the files list sometimes stops updating.
Fixed issue where you can't add the same file to download even if it's removed from the list.
Fixed issue with search results not becoming complete if the first search returned an incomplete.
Made changes so a CTRL-R of the post and download of the posted file can be queued at the same time.
Fixed issue where disabling servers from main menu wasn't re-painting the servers tab.
Changed to how new files are counted. Only really new files are counted now. Files that get updated with new data aren't counted.
Some changes to header loading to improve responsiveness.
Sonarr now correctly handles when Newsbin reports files failed to download.
Hardened header import logic.
Changed from GZ import files to text import files. It will import both types.
Change to how chunk cache flushes. It always flushes out at least 10%

Changes for v6.55 - v6.56

We have released version 6.56 as the official production version. The only change is addition of TLS support for secure connections.

Changes for v6.52 - v6.54

Included "i" icon in the icon legend which shows rar/par set that includes nfo/sfv files.
Includes latest sqlite
Fix for potential crash issue when processing NZB files produced by NewsMangler
Fix issue where icons on Search tab would change if you switch to a post list and back.
Fix Read Post Body to show header text if there is no body data - specifically (0/1) posts.
Bumped header import priority, should be a little faster
Changed retries to never fail files with pars.
Fixed column sorting on Status column in Failed list.
Fixed issue where spam filter for encrypted files could not be disabled.
Fixed issue where nbi setting of "KeepFilestamp" was not being honored. Documented here
Note: Version 6.54 will NOT run on Windows 98 or Windows 2000.

Changes for v6.52 - v6.53 RC 3

Fixed issue unraring RAR sets that have no associated PAR2 files.
Changed how header importing works in an effort to reduce total load and speed feeding.

Changes for v6.50 - v6.52

Internet Search results now have special icons showing password protected files and potential spam files.
Improved spam filters allow you to hide password protected and spam files from your search results list.
Performance enhancements and upgrade to latest version of sqlite for the working databases.
New icon on toolbar to toggle automatic shutdown mode on/off
Compaction scheme now pulls in .nfo, .sfv, .srr files into the set.
Shows a special icon when a .nfo file exists in the set. Look for a small "i" in a circle, like an information icon.
Read Post Body (ctrl-r) on a set now reads first chunks of one rar, one par, and any .nfo or .sfv files.
If an NZB file includes password information for the rar file, Newsbin can now extract and use it.
Improved speed when downloading from servers with the "Typical Retention" setting being used.
New 6.50+ Features
New Watch feature. Configure Newsbin to pull out items of interest during header downloads.
New Priority scheme for configuring multiple news servers.
Supports RAR5 archives
Ability to open multiple Search tabs. Hit the Search icon in the toolbar to open a new tab.
Ability to launch post unrar processing scripts.
Provides the ability to download parts of a post to one drive and have them assembled to another. Useful if you want to minimize I/O bottlenecks by downloading to a fast internal drive then save the assembled files on larger external media like a NAS.
Optimizations for downloading to SSD drives
Uses new hashing code. Seems to solve the rare problem where Newsbin and quickpar don't agree on the hash value
If you have two unique Regular Expressions with a space between them, it'll AND the results.
Intermediate NB2 files are no longer used.
New logic to verify all downloaded files even without pars so it won't download dup files ever.
Startup checking is much faster, like if you exit with large sets in the download list.
Compacts more posting styles
The "Small File Filter" is now disabled by default (Show PAR/NFO)
Unnecessary files in the data folder gets purged on startup now.
Now supports SMTP authentication for email notifications.
New toolbar icons, should be prettier.
Tech Notes:
When downloading, all the chunks go to a common folder in the data folder.
When downloading headers, all the updates are sent to a common folder and not "per group".
Only 2 downloading modes, fully buffered in memory or chunks in the common folder.
The chunks folder is only used if the memory cache has to be flushed.
Current in memory chunks get flushed out.
Concept of Fill Servers has changed. There is no specific "Fill Server" option to set now. Lower priority servers will only get used if all higher priority servers have failures.

Changes for v6.51 Beta 1 - v6.52 Beta 3

Changed interface to the spam filter DLL and implemented better filtering. Version will now show as 2.00 in the logging tab at startup.
All spam filters are on by default. Any can be overridden by using ctrl-y (or right-click and select Download - Bypass Filters).
Fixed issue where some passwords aren't being found in NZB Filenames.
Fixed issue when marking old in search tab and from loaded NZB file tab.
Fixed some file purging issues. Loaded NZB files now go to the temp folder and get purged after 2 days.
Now deletes any non-GZ files from the import folder as part of data folder cleanup.
Made changes when feeding an NZB into the autoload folder, now makes sure the load works even if it initially fails

Changes for v6.50 RC 4 - v6.51 Beta 1

Fixed Socks proxy support. Was broken in 6.50
Fixed issue where typing in a specific group for Internet Search wasn't getting applied.
Age filter now persists over reloading the headers.
Fixed a couple of cases where RAR passwords were failing on some rar files.
Fixed issue with some passworded rar inside rar files getting through the spam filter.
Fixed issue with Newsbin ignoring the "Automatically unrar complete files" option. You couldn't turn it off.
Fixed issue with unrar not keeping the PC awake.
Fixed issue with combining related headers representing one file set together into one line.
When compacting the database, now does a "storage age" purge first.
Fixed the "Find" feature when using the image DB.
Added logging for when the file exists on disk and the download is abandoned.

Changes for v6.50 RC 4 - v6.50

New Watch feature. Configure Newsbin to pull out items of interest during header downloads.
New Priority scheme for configuring multiple news servers.
Supports RAR5 archives
Ability to open multiple Search tabs. Hit the Search icon in the toolbar to open a new tab.
Ability to launch post unrar processing scripts.
Provides the ability to download parts of a post to one drive and have them assembled to another. Useful if you want to minimize I/O bottlenecks by downloading to a fast internal drive then save the assembled files on larger external media like a NAS.
Optimizations for downloading to SSD drives
Uses new hashing code. Seems to solve the rare problem where Newsbin and quickpar don't agree on the hash value
If you have two unique Regular Expressions with a space between them, it'll AND the results.
Intermediate NB2 files are no longer used.
New logic to verify all downloaded files even without pars so it won't download dup files ever.
Startup checking is much faster, like if you exit with large sets in the download list.
Compacts more posting styles
The "Small File Filter" is now disabled by default (Show PAR/NFO)
Unnecessary files in the data folder gets purged on startup now.
Now supports SMTP authentication for email notifications.
New toolbar icons, should be prettier.
Tech Notes:
When downloading, all the chunks go to a common folder in the data folder.
When downloading headers, all the updates are sent to a common folder and not "per group".
Only 2 downloading modes, fully buffered in memory or chunks in the common folder.
The chunks folder is only used if the memory cache has to be flushed.
Current in memory chunks get flushed out.
Concept of Fill Servers has changed. There is no specific "Fill Server" option to set now. Lower priority servers will only get used if all higher priority servers have failures.

Changes for v6.42 - v6.50 RC 4

New Watch feature. Configure Newsbin to pull out items of interest during header downloads.
New Priority scheme for configuring multiple news servers.
Supports RAR5 archives
Ability to open multiple Search tabs. Hit the Search icon in the toolbar to open a new tab.
Ability to launch post unrar processing scripts.
Provides the ability to download parts of a post to one drive and have them assembled to another. Useful if you want to minimize I/O bottlenecks by downloading to a fast internal drive then save the assembled files on larger external media like a NAS.
Optimizations for downloading to SSD drives
Uses new hashing code. Seems to solve the rare problem where Newsbin and quickpar don't agree on the hash value
If you have two unique Regular Expressions with a space between them, it'll AND the results.
Intermediate NB2 files are no longer used.
New logic to verify all downloaded files even without pars so it won't download dup files ever.
Startup checking is much faster, like if you exit with large sets in the download list.
Compacts more posting styles
The "Small File Filter" is now disabled by default (Show PAR/NFO)
Unnecessary files in the data folder gets purged on startup now.
Now supports SMTP authentication for email notifications.
New toolbar icons, should be prettier.
Tech Notes:
When downloading, all the chunks go to a common folder in the data folder.
When downloading headers, all the updates are sent to a common folder and not "per group".
Only 2 downloading modes, fully buffered in memory or chunks in the common folder.
The chunks folder is only used if the memory cache has to be flushed.
Current in memory chunks get flushed out.
Concept of Fill Servers has changed. There is no specific "Fill Server" option to set now. Lower priority servers will only get used if all higher priority servers have failures.

Changes for v6.30 - v6.41

NOTE: If you are upgrading from 6.32 or prior and use any Download Folder Modes, you will want to check your Download Path settings when you upgrade to this version. Newsbin makes an effort to convert old path settings upon upgrade.
Bug fixes to 6.40
Performance enhancements
Fixed issue with non-English characters in key information.
Reverted download path to work like the last release candidate before the final 6.40. People preferred that method better.
Now leaves the T attribute off on downloaded files. Was interfering with other software use of this attribute.
Fixed issue where Drag and drop of a .zip file containing NZB files was not working

Changes for v6.00 Beta 8 - v6.30

New Video Sampling feature allows you to view the beginning of a video before the entire rar set completes downloading. Available from the Download tab or the Files tab, both in the toolbar and in the right-click menu Also mentioned on the Newsgroup Reviews Blog.
New feature added to tell Newsbin to either shutdown your PC, make it go to sleep, or hibernate when the download list empties.
Growl support for notifying on certain events.
Made retries configurable. Should help for iffy connections. Default is 2. Can modify under Options/Setup.
New column in Groups tab called "New Records" lists number of new posts since the last load.
Better progress reporting in Download tab
Fixed memory problems on 32 bit systems
Ctrl-Y to force a download now bypasses spam filters too (Add to Download List - Bypass Filters)
New authentication scheme for Remote Control Interface so you don't have to enter your Newsbin key anymore (which is a pain on an iPhone).
Expanded Unicode (UTF-8) support for folder names and throughout program.

Changes for v6.00 build 876 bèta 7 - v6.00 Beta 8

Hopefully fixed a crash but people were reporting when interacting with the Download list.
Header downloads now trigger real time update of any incomplete files in the Download list.
Hooked up "Use Chunks Folder" under Options/Advanced
Fixed problem deleting a large number of posts from a post list (using shift/delete).
Fixed problem with accented characters in the unrar path
Add Filters dialog has been re-arranged. Filters can be edited now instead of having to delete and re-enter them.
Added line counts to the tabs in the Add Filters dialog
Hooked up selection counter in the Status bar. it is to the left of the Pause and Speed Limit indicators
Fixed issue with the progress bars in the download list not reflecting true progress when downloads are resumed after restart.
Files completely downloaded no longer hang out in the Download list if AutoPAR is disabled.
Made change so only one par2 file downloads when AutoPAR is disabled instead of the entire set.
Added ability to lock the GUI so you don't accidentally drag things around. It's the lock icon on the toolbar.
Fixed issue sorting on date in the Download list
Removed the "Clear List" option from the Connections tab, it doesn't apply here.
Fixed issue using accented characters in file paths.
Hooked up the Download All Posts from Poster option.
Made the ability to force download to folder modes optional
Fixed issue with AutoPAR downloading the largest PAR2 instead of the smallest.
Added SRR files to the "Early UnRAR" filter.
When restarting and re-checking the files in the download list, if the file is already in the good list
and it's the same size as the one on disk, AutoPAR won't re-scan it anymore.

Changes for v5.59 - v6.00 build 876 bèta 7

Total re-design of the User Interface.
Menu Bar is dockable, can move it wherever you like
Groups tab is now dockable, can make it standalone or stick it somewhere within Newsbin.
Status Bar now has components you can interact with. Right-click lets you customize it
GUI themes now available under View/Application Look
Download tab now displays as a Compact View.
AutoPAR tab is gone, function now is performed in the Download tab. Has color coded progress:
Blue = Download
Green = UnRAR
Yellow = Repair
Can create custom key mappings for many commands under View/Customize menu.
Groups tab has a small toolbar containing allowing access to common functions like update and load.
Download state of a post is now remembered whether downloading from headers, loading an NZB, or from Internet Search.
Now has a tree view for headers. Each compacted line can be expanded to see the posts comprising each set.
Vast improvement in handling headers. All of boneless can now be loaded if you really want to.
New caching mechanism that helps achieve smoother processing and higher download speeds. Clocked at almost 1gbps to a local server.
New image rendering library in use that renders more image types than before.
Can perform a Local Search for subjects or on posters now by selecting "From" on Search tab. (Not hooked up for Internet Search... yet).
Right-click in the download list on a file with PAR files and select Properties to get a QuickPAR like window.
Post list now has a Load Older and Load Newer function to easily browse a group or Group of Groups without loading all headers.
If a password protected RAR set is encountered, Newsbin can either fail the file or prompt for a password.

Changes for v5.58 - v5.59

Fixed issue handling article numbers over 4 billion.
Tweak for cases where the par16K hash is missing from the beginning of a par2 file
Includes new par2dll.dll and tbb.dll files. Improves repair performance.

Changes for v5.57 - v5.58

Fixed a memory leak and potential crash problem.
Fixed issue where rapid subsequent header updates could cause Newsbin to download all headers.
Fixed issue where .r00 and .rar files for the same rar set may be displayed in compact view.

Changes for v5.56 - v5.57

A number of bug fixes to the 5.56 release
Added shortcuts for Download to Folder in the right-click menu for the Search tab

Changes for v5.56 RC 5 - v5.56

Modifications to work with new Internet Search server with 700+ days retention
Pop-up screen indicating critical errors
Compact View disabled on Search tab since search results are now pre-compacted. Includes an option to uncompact entries after search results are received.
Global Filters now apply to Search tab contents as well as Post lists.
Status column in post list now shows number of files and PARS represented instead of number of records

Changes for v5.56 RC 4 - v5.56 RC 5

One change to internal limits checking to increase robustness
Removed RC designation to get ready for final release

Changes for v5.52 Build 9399 - v5.53 Build 9507

Supports header compression for Giganews. Allows you to bypass the Giganews Accelerator.
Performance optimizations for loading stored headers and processing single part posts.
Added progress bars to show progress of certain tasks (configurable).
Added logic to better handle possible conflicts with anti-virus software.
Full list of changes are in the release notes available for viewing upon installation.

Changes for v5.51 Build 9378 - v5.52 Build 9399

Date column in Post lists and the Search tab now can be viewed as either an absolute date or, relative age. Toggle the display using ctrl-t or under Options/Advanced.
Fixed issue where setting the crosspost filter to 1 would filter everything.
Reverted to the bandwidth limiter logic from version 5.42. The one used in 5.50 and 5.51 wasn't working reliably for many people. This one is ineffective over 12mbps though.
When adding a group of RAR/PAR sets for download, either in NZB files, from the Search tab, or from a Post list, the smallest PAR2 file will get queued to the top of the list so AutoPAR will reflect the full list of files queued for download.

Changes for v5.42 - v5.50 Build 9337

Downloads binary posts from Usenet newsgroups. Supports yEnc, UUEncoded and Mime encoded posts. BinHex encoded posts are supported by saving into a separate file for processing by a third party decoder.
Compact View: combines all the posts in each RAR set into one line.
Built in RAR Processing: AutoPAR combines split RAR files and QuickPAR/Master Splitter (QPMS) files, repairs if needed, and extracts the contents.
Internet Search: Optional service, search our database over the Internet for Usenet posts.
Local Search: Search downloaded headers on your machine.
SSL Support: Be secure when using news servers providing SSL connections.
Custom Post Lists: move selected posts into a post list with your customized settings for processing.
NZB File Support: automatically loads NZB files, or click and drag.
MP3 Organizer: use MP3 tags to organize by albums and artist.
On-the-fly Download Prioritization: get the important stuff first.
Multiple Server Support: configure multiple news servers for simultaneous use.
Automatic Download Mode: Configurable per newsgroup to automatically download files while you sleep.
Dual Core support: Makes use of multiple processor systems, or CPUs with Hyperthreading
Advanced Download Management: use the Scratch list to park posts for downloading later
Automatic Header Updates: always have the most recent headers available for browsing.
Newsgroup Organization Features: act on an individual group or a group of groups.
Optimal Resource Management: uses significantly less RAM than versions prior to 5.42
Image Database and Viewer: store images to a database and view with built-in viewer.
Posting Capabilities: Post requests, short text messages, and files to the newsgroups.
Customization: Apply different color schemes to identify post status, minimize to system tray.

Changes for v5.50 Beta 7 Build 9218 - v5.50 Beta 8 Build 9246

New feature: added "Load" drop down on the post list tab that allows you to select a month of posts to load.
Fixed Properties in the AutoPAR tab.
Now processes .RAR files in the NZB Autoload folder to extract and load any .nzb files.
Fixed XZVR problem when no data comes down from the server, was treated as a fatal error.
Read Post Body (RPB) has been reworked. No longer uses RPB.db3. Files now goes into its own folder in the NewsBin Data Folder as .txt files and are listed in the Files tab.

Changes for 5.50 Beta Build 9177 - v5.50 Beta 2 Build 9193

Fixed issue where having an embedded space in a custom list name would not save properly
Major re-work to AutoPAR. Should be more accurate now. May be slow if you have a large download list.
Error messages now list logging level
Fixed issue with scrolling and word wrapping when posting text.
Re-worked installer:
Now adds newsbin to the firewall exclusion list
The 64 bit installer no longer installs in x86 program files folder, gives 64 bit icon, and will recognize if the 32 bit version is installed and will offer to let you provide a new installation folder.

Changes for v5.42 RC3 Build 8974 - v5.42

Performance improvements to allow faster header downloads.
Fixed issue when hard drive runs out of disk space.
Fixed Status message display for server authentication errors.
Fixed issue where you could not get AutoPAR to process a file with Refresh if realtime scan was turned off.
Fixed issue where NZB's containing extremely large multipart files (like > 1000 parts) were not loaded properly

Changes for v5.42 RC2 Build 8972 - v5.42 RC3 Build 8974

Fixed problem handling if you run out of disk space.

Changes for v5.41 RC2 Build 8933 - v5.41

Modified post list display to show new headers sooner when it is open during a header download.
Performance improvements to AutoPAR
Performance improvements to the Image Database feature.
Added support for .RAR files that use .s00, .s01... extensions
Implemented demand loading for Add Groups screen and Image Database. This reduces memory use and increases display speed for large lists.
Fixed crash on startup problem for some types of database corruption that may occur if NewsBin is closed unexpectedly
Fixed problem with MOTD not working on Vista machines
Modified installer to better detect and install upgrades.

Changes for v5.41 RC1 - v5.41 RC2 Build 8933

Fixed problem running on Windows 2000 machines.
Changed how often new headers are displayed in a post list during header download.
Fixed problem parsing filenames for some non-quoted yEnc posts.

Changes for v5.40 RC4 Build 8904 - v5.40 Build 8907

Features:
Downloads binary posts from Usenet newsgroups. Supports yEnc, UUEncoded and Mime encoded posts.
Compact View: combines all the posts in each RAR set into one line.
Built in RAR Processing: AutoPAR combines split RAR files, repairs if needed, and extracts the contents.
Internet Search: Optional service, search our database over the Internet for Usenet posts.
Local Search: Search downloaded headers on your machine.
SSL Support: Be secure when using news servers providing SSL connections.
Custom Post Lists: move selected posts into a post list with your customized settings for processing.
NZB File Support: automatically loads NZB files, or click and drag.
MP3 Organizer: use MP3 tags to organize by albums and artist.
On-the-fly Download Prioritization: get the important stuff first.
Multiple Server Support: configure multiple news servers for simultaneous use.
Automatic Download Mode: Configurable per newsgroup to automatically download files while you sleep.
Dual Core support: Makes use of multiple processor systems, or CPUs with Hyperthreading
Advanced Download Management: use the Scratch list to park posts for downloading later
Automatic Header Updates: always have the most recent headers available for browsing.
Newsgroup Organization Features: act on an individual group or a group of groups.
Optimal Resource Management: uses significantly less RAM than Version 4.x
Image Database and Viewer: store images to a database and view with built-in viewer.
Posting Capabilities: Post requests, short text messages, and files to the newsgroups.
Customization: Apply different color schemes to identify post status, minmize to system tray.
Notes and Known Issues:
Combine Files from Files tab will not combine .rar sets that have .rar, .r00, .r01, .r02 format. It lists them correctly but fails with "Needs Repair" next to the .r00 file.
Decoded Files listed in the Files tab over 4GB in size do not have the correct file size listed.
System Tray icon does not reflect speed limit changes trigered through the TCP interface.
You can't change the download path for a file currently being downloaded.
Downloaded status is not persistent for incompletes. On group reload, it'll say "Incomplete" again, after it was already downloaded.
AutoPAR does not check for available free space before doing the decode. Reports that it gets stuck in an endless loop decoding and failing until space is freed.
Issue when autorar decodes a RAR, it also copies any of the extra files mentioned in the RAR to the new destination but, the old name is still in the files list.
It happens anytime you have NFO/SFV's mentioned in a PAR and a different decode folder than the current one.
If a right-click menu is open and NewsBin tries to auto-shutdown when the download list empties, you get into a state where you can't close the right-click menu or newsbin.
Shift-del does not work if spool files are still loading. No change planned to accomodate this.
Post list does not reflect correct status of failed posts, for example a Duplicate is not marked "D" in the post list.
You can increase server connections and see the result when the options menu is closed but, you can't decrease connections and see the result until you restart NewsBin.
Any columns dragged to the left of the Subject column in the post list only shows the subject when a tooltip pops up on dwell.
Text posts with the same subject all get lumped together so text replies may be hidden.
Hitting ctrl-a in Read Posts tab marks post text instead of selecting posts in the list
Ctrl-D in post list does not remove RPB entries from download list. Bug #455
Kill Connections in Connections tab does not give feedback. Does not kill connections on some machines for some reason. Bug #531
Post Properties does not show accurate "Missing" info in "Compact Mode" for compacted posts.
In post list, Compact Mode will sometimes hide non-yEnc posts that pretend to be yEnc.
In Read Posts tab, if you delete the last post, the window jumps up to the beginning of the list.
Known Cosmetic Issues:
There is a line overwriting Accept Filter and Reject Filter on the Filter Profiles screen.
The "X" to close a post list will ride over other post list options on lower screen resolutions.

Changes for v5.40 RC3 Build 8874 - v5.40 RC4 Build 8904

Restored duplicate filename rename logic to how 5.35 worked.
Fixed a problem where a PAR that contained only a single NFO file caused other files to delete from the download list.
Fixed issue with connection timeouts.
Returned shift-drag select to how it worked before
Added logic to keep a corrupted database from crashing NewsBin

Changes for v5.40 RC2 Build 8838 - v5.40 RC3 Build 8874

New AutoPAR database to make a clean start before release. Any items in AutoPAR tab from previous releases will be lost.
Max Post Age is now "Display Age". Default on clean installs is 7 days.
Record Storage Age is now "Storage Age"
Removed Add Group button from Post dialog and Rebuild Database from Groups tab right-click menu, neither was hooked up.
Changed wording of Mark Posts Old confirmation box, just for DThor.
Fixed repaint problem when deleting lots of posts from a post list. Only seemed to affect Vista machines.
Cleaned up some of the descriptions in the GUI
System Tray icon now reflects pause and speed limit changes due to limit timers.
Fixed issue with automatic purge of stored headers
Made changes to avoid reprocessing a PAR file that's already been added to AutoPAR
Now maintains case of QuickPAR Master Splitter (QPMS) filenames. Before it was down-casing the files.
Fixed issue where .1 files would be left when returning from a failed repair.
Cleaned up PAR dll code, made internal search and sort case independent.
Fixed issue with import dialog popping up in empty groups.
Fixed issue where AutoPAR wouldn't properly recognize available PAR blocks for some Master Splitter file sets.
Fixed issue where AutoPAR would create a folder for a file to be decoded well before it started decoding. Meant that you could have a bunch of empty folders laying around if you delete stuff from AutoPAR that you decided not to decode.
Fixed issue where speed limiter would not turn off when using the limit timers
Fixed problem where a set decode path in AutoPAR would get reset if you hit the Refresh/Rescan button.
Changed how Storage Age of 0 is handled. Treats it as 1 day now so it won't purge all your headers.
"Hide Incompletes" is now toggled on and off with the filters.
When loading NZB's into a post list, now forces the filters off.
Added "Decode Path" column to AutoPAR.
Added option to change the decode path on the right-click menu in AutoPAR
New delete method now forces a repaint
Now reads NZB's in smaller chunks to make the progress bar work smoother.
Now uses newest file if the original filename has PARS too. Never renames PAR2 files anymore, always overwrites.
If the download path and base download path don't work. The default "My Documents" path is used
Fixed a bug in repair DLL that wouldn't properly return a repair failure and subsequently would cause the downloads to delete
AutoRAR now needs a good file list to avoid re-scans
For autoloaded NZBs, the small pars are now queued to the top of the download list
Fixed issue where, dDuring massive deletes of display data, the gui could become disconnected from processing and crashes could happen.
New modal dialog that prevents display changes while deleting/marking old is now in place.

Changes for v5.40 Beta 10 Build 8486 - v5.40 Beta 11 Build 8537

Newsbin now downloads multipart posts in place, we call it "chunkless" downloads. A temporary file with a .nb! extension is filled in as chunks are downloaded and then moved to the final filename when complete. This decreases memory usage from the chunk caching NewsBin had and removes the assembly task since the file is assembled in place.
Fixed issue where post lists weren't always reflecting status of posts as they were processed.
Fixed issue where posting tasks don't get removed from download list when posting completes.
Changed post list icons, compact view icon is more obvious now.
Download list sorting warning can now be enabled/disabled under Options/Confirmation Windows
IndexDB: change the filenames to always use the current data folder. Strip the path down and add the existing data folder
ISO and IMG files added to items that can be compacted
Fixed issues downloading UUencoded files
Changed the wording for signature cache. It's now the "duplicate detector".
Fix for a case where the resolver would include duplicate records which could result in many single parters getting
added to the download list instead of 2-3 unique ones. Might have affected single part pictures too. Should reduce download list memory usage.
Moving the data folder no longer disconnects the RV2's from the index.db3's
Set a spool chunk limit of 20,000
Moved par2 checking blocks into DB so, the PAR2 file can go away and it still works.
Fixed issue when you add something from an Internet Searchto scratch, you couldn't download after a restart.
Does not permit download path to change once download has commenced
Fixed possible crash issue during SSL negotiation
Fixed issue where download list order was not preserved. Was an issue updating the download list on exit.

Changes for v5.40 Beta 6 - v5.40 Beta 7 Build 8355

Fixed issue that kept NewsBin from working on Windows 2000.
Fixed memory usage problem when NZB processing
Performance improvements when adding posts to the download list.
Read Post Body now loads all the related post into a single notepad window.
Duplicate entries in the notepad window when doing Read Post Body eliminated.
No longer includes PAR sizes in the size column when in Compact view unless it represents only PAR files
Set First Time Records really high (400 million) to force a Download All headers by default.
Now only checks the DB if the group being updated is the one being monitored.
Fixed zero date issue on segments from NZB and Internet Search.
Fixed issue when making a custom list, if there's a name collision, there was no warning.
Added group name to descript.ion file
Purge to MRA updated for new DB methods - Deletes RV2's and purges the DB.
Added new option to compact databases in right-click menu in Groups tab. Works in the background,
shows progress in status tab as each database is compacted. Compact all groups by selecting all first,
then bring up the right-click menu. Compaction decreases the size of the .db3 files if items had previously been deleted.
Local search now dynamically updates the results list.
Fixed problems with dynamic update of post list

Changes for v5.40 Beta 3 Build 8236 - v5.40 Beta 4 Build 8277

AutoRAR working much better, autodecode again.
Underlying PAR processing working but not correcting errors yet
Speed improvement loading NZB files
Download list is saved including deletions for each entry now.
Removed AutoSave configuration (not needed anymore)
Added option to configure header overlap for servers that backfill
Added ability to create folder on download to folder if using "Old" folder picker.

Changes for v5.40 Beta 2 - v5.40 Beta 3 Build 8236

Fixed problem when adding to scratch and back to download list. It was losing track of already downloaded posts.
Fixed problem where load special ignored the cancel button and would do a load all.
Fixed the default robot icon.
Changes to how retry download works.

Changes for v5.40 Beta 1 - v5.40 Beta 2

New Features
Added more info to Show Posts Special dialog. Can now either select from a calendar
or enter number of days in the past to load.
Implemented case independent From sort
Bug Fixes
RPB now pops up text editor again. When text posts are not explicitly downloaded with ctrl-r, they
only go to the Read Posts tab, no text editor is launched.
Fixed Show Headers in Read Posts tab
Fixed problem where load special ignored the cancel button and would do a load all.
Default robot icon was not coming up on clean installs.
Files from Scratch list were not being added to Download list after a restart.
Fixed problem converting .nzz download list from previous version to db3.
Fixed problem adding to existing custom group list
Creation and writing of descript.ion files wasn't working.
Second smallest PAR file was added instead of the smallest when selecting post from compact view and "Add PARs to Scratch" was enabled.

Changes for v5.35 RC 3 - v5.35 RC 4

Fixed issue where files downloaded from the Search tab would be saved in a folder called "SearchTab" if Folder Mode was turned on.

Changes for v5.34 RC 1 - v5.34 RC 2

NOTE: If you have not run RC1,Tab and pane positions get reset to 2 pane mode on first install.
NZB's are now written out in nummeric order
The "Download First chunks first" code has been commented out to solve the "post doesn't download if first chunk fails" problem. It's back to working like 5.33 in terms of duplicate detection for multipart posts. This means it still works, there is just some wasted bandwidth for the other chunks that happen to get downloaded before the first chunk is checked.
Header downloads are now in natural order (as listed in groups list).

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