Subj : Re: tin v2.6.4
To   : Nick Boel
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Wed Jan 01 2025 14:39:48

Nick Boel <0@700.154.1> wrote:
> Hey All!
>
> The latest release of tin (v2.6.4) now does not work with Smapinntpd or
> Jamnntpd (the previous release did), and I'm not sure why just yet. It
> gets the groups as well as displays the number of new messages,
> subscribes, etc, but when you try to view the list of articles it shows
> a blank screen and marks all messages read when you back out of the
> article list.
>
> This began within the past year of tin snapshots, but I couldn't figure
> out which one, since snapshots were always replaced with new ones, and
> the code isn't up on github or anything. I waited to report anything
> until there was an actual public release to see if anything would change
> during that time, and it hasn't.
>
> I haven't been able to view or create any error logs yet, except that
> "Xref" isn't used by the server which may slow things down in tin (I
> don't think that's the problem since the old version reported this,
> also), and this new version does indeed work fine with Synchronet's NNTP
> server, as I'm using that to post this message.
>
> slrn (hasn't been updated in awhile) and Thunderbird (who's NNTP code
> probably hasn't been touched in awhile, either) both work fine with
> Smapinntpd/Jamnntpd still. So something has changed in tin, but I think
> it's safe to guess the problem probably lies in Smapinntpd/Jamnntpd's
> aged code, since the developers of tin are _very_ keen and strict to the
> standards they follow, and Smapinntpd/Jamnntpd was basically created for
> Fidonet-specific usage.
>
> If anyone cares to try it out and possibly help debug, the latest
> version can be found at http://tin.org and will need to be built for
> whatever platform you're going to use it on.
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
> ... He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
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Testing TIN.

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'Tommi

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