melange chat server for linux --> history
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MELANGE USER GUIDE 1.10 - INDEX |

HISTORY
    Version 1.10
        Released Apr-25-1999

        - Bugfixes
        - Easier commands, espacially the join command.
        - Introduced groups.
        - Introduced unique nicknames.
        - Idletime implemented
        - Many new admin commands (11 commands !)
        - A couple of new user commands
        - New additional logfile
        - 2 new clients.
        - Both clients have the fullscreen feature.
        - And of course, we have our own vhost now: melange.terminal.at

    Version 1.02
        Released on Feb-26-1999

        - Bugfixes
        - New "goodies" - directory
        - Users can change to an existing channel using the # before the channelname, too.

    Version 1.01
        Released on Feb-23-1999

        - New "system messages" feature
        - New clients
        - Users can yell now more than one word. (bugfix)
        - Fixed a bug which wrote errormessages to the logfile until the disk was full.
        - Fixed a bufferoverflow which lead to wrong uptimes and server crashes.
        - Fixed some other smaller bugs

    Version 0.99b
        Released on Dec-16-1998

        - Fixed a bug which BMT (displays beats > 1000)
        - Fixed a bug which could lead to an infinite loop

    Version 0.99a
        Released on Dec-15-1998

        - Completly rewritten code from the scratch up !!!
        - New /TIME command.
        - New administrator commands: /LOGLEVEL, /STAT and /SHUTDOWN.
        - Support for BMT (Biel Mean Time, Internet Time)

    Version 0.94a
        Released on Dec-03-1998

        - Some really small fixes
        - New "printable" HTML-Documentation

    Version 0.94
        Released on Nov-25-1998

        - New features for banning/allowing hosts
        - You can now use different logfiles for each server running
        - New admin features for security handling
        - New "uptime" command
        - Users, who have been kicked out, now have to wait some time before they can come back
        - Changes in the client's srollbar behaviour
        - New HTML-Documentation

    Version 0.93-2
        Released on Oct-31-1998

        - New Client added. It has a scrollbar now and works with the older browsers
          again.
        - Added additional melange.conf parameters.
        - Fixed a bug, which squelched a channel if the line had crashed before

    Version 0.93
        Released on Oct-29-1998

        - Complete redesign of the Client (It's now 100% JAVA 1.1 compatible)
        - Added kick out by channel owner
        - Added invite user to channel
        - Added COMMANDS file
        - Fixed some minor bugs with the command line parameters
        - Fixed a bug with channel locking.

    Version 0.92-2
        Released on Oct-25-1998

        - International server version introduced (support for language.h)
        - Added language support for german and english

    Version 0.92
        Released on Oct-24-1998

        - Admin command handling changed and new admin features added.
        - Changed internal command-line handling
        - Additional command set added. (IRC-compatible commands !!!)
        - Command line parameter for admin-file added.

    Version 0.91
        Released on Oct-21-1998

        - Added support for admin login (melange.conf)
        - Added user "kick out" for administrators

    Version 0.90-2b
        Released on Oct-19-1998

        - Fixed user could change their name to (null)
        - Fixed buffer overflow, when user entered text bigger than 500 bytes
        - Minor bugs fixes:
    	    * user could send private messages without text - fixed
    	    * user could change to invalid channels - fixed
    	    * user could change their names to invalid values - fixed
    	    * some other similar bugs - fixed
        - Offers better resistance against server attacks !!!
        - New: Change to a new channel by typing it's number or it's NAME !
        - Added Makefile for Solaris 2.x ( Thanks to Frank Stolze !)
        - Changed timeout value in select statement to NULL (CPU state not longer
          at 99,999% :) (Thanks to Sven Lankes !)

    Version 0.90-2a
        Released on Oct-15-1998

        - English Translation
        - Some minor changes in logfile handling

    Version 0.90-2
        Released on Oct-10-1998 (German Version)

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