Version history for NewsBin Pro (64-Bit)

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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 v6.50 - 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 v6.42 - 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 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 v5.53 Build 9507 - 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 v5.52 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 v5.50 Build 9337 - 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.

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