VERSION 0.58

- Several users reported that when they try to send mail or news, the
  DOS extender reader replaced the entire message with a single "Lines: "
  header.  This problem does not happen with the real mode version. 
  Until this problem is resolved, the real mode reader is should be
  used by default and is named yarn.exe.  The DOS extender reader is
  named yarn-x.exe.

- Changed the command key mapping.

  Newsgroup selection level
             New Key  Command
              Alt-C   Mark all articles in newsgroup as read

  Article selection level
             New Key  Command
              Alt-U   Mark articles in thread as unread

  Article reading level
    Old Key  New Key  Command
                b     Scroll backward one page
       j        k     Mark article as read
       k        K     Mark articles in thread as read
                m     Mail article to someone
       m        u     Mark article as unread
                U     Mark articles in thread as unread
       z        S     Supersede article

  Mail reading level
    Old Key  New Key  Command
                f     Post followup article
       f        m     Forward message to someone
       m        u     Mark message as unread

- The package now includes a batch file to install Yarn.  Also
  introduced an adduser program to set up a user.

- Added yarn option -r to edit the reply packet.

- When the user replies to a mail message, it is flagged with the status
  'A' in the message selection list.

- Fix: When importing messages that were read online with Pine, the
  empty line that separates the header from the body was deleted.

- Fix: Yarn redirected the standard output of the spell program to
  the null device.  Output from the ispell program was not visible.

VERSION 0.57

- The subscribe to newsgroup command (Ins) caused a memory fault in the
  DOS extender version.

- Fixed To: header in outgoing mail messages to be compatible with uqwk
  version 1.7.

- Removed X-Status: header from outgoing messages.

- If the body of an outgoing message contains non-ASCII characters, assume
  the character set is ISO-8859/1 and add MIME headers.

VERSION 0.56

- The yarn program in the MS-DOS version now runs under a DOS extender.
  Included yarn-rm, which is the reader program running in real mode.

- Also map ISO-8859/1 character set in article selection list and
  editor.

- Display destination address/newsgroup in sent mail/news folder list.

- When replying to a mail message, copy the Cc: header from the
  original message to the outgoing message.

- Set the Bcc: header in outgoing messages by putting the line

      Bcc=<addresses>

  in the configuration file, where <addresses> is a list of mail
  addresses.

- Should only expand aliases in To:, Cc:, and Bcc; headers.

- Time zone field in Date: header of outgoing messages was incorrect
  if the time zone was more than 9 hours from GMT.

- Do not load and save the newsrc file when yarn is run with the -f or
  -m option.

- News format field in REPLIES file should be 'B'.

- To specify the maximum keep days for newsgroups added by the import
  program, put the line

      max-keep=<n>

  in the configuration file, where <n> is the number of days.

- To specify a spell check program, put the line

      spell=<program> %f

  in the configuration file, where <program> is the program name.

VERSION 0.55

- The rmgroup command corrupted the active newsgroup file.

- For the MS-DOS version, fixed the overlay thrashing while scrolling
  in the mail message selection level.

VERSION 0.54

- Added search commands to newsgroup selection level.  The '/', '?',
  ';' and ':' commands search for a newsgroup name containing a
  matching regular expression.

- Added search commands to article selection and article reading
  level.  The '/', '?', ';' and ':' commands search for an article
  containing a matching regular expression.  The 'g' and 'G' commands
  search for a regular expression within an article.

- If the reader selects a newsgroup containing a huge number of articles
  and there is insufficient memory to list every article, it displays
  an error message and list a subset of the articles.

- Added 'q' command to go from article reading level to article
  selection level (same as '=' command).

- Put the line

        next-screen-context-lines=<n>

  in the configuration file to redisplay the last <n> lines of the
  previous screen when paging through an article.

- When displaying articles, the reader maps the ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin 1)
  character set to IBM code page 850 if the configuration file contains
  the line

        charset=iso-8859-1

- The reader program displays "You have new mail" if the user has new
  mail in the incoming message folder.

- The newgroup program accepts an optional third parameter, the
  maximum number of days to keep an article.  If this is specified,
  articles that have an Expires: header are kept only for this number
  of days, instead of until the date specified in the header.

VERSION 0.53

- Added '!' command to run command shell.

- Mail aliases now stored in a separate file <user>\YARN\ALIASES.
  To specify another aliases file, use the statement

        aliases=<file>

  in the CONFIG file, where <file> is the full path of the aliases file.

- Added -r option to import program, to import rnews batches.

- If you unsubscribed from the last newsgroup in the newsgroup selection
  list, the highlight bar was positioned after the last newsgroup.

- Check return status from zip/unzip program when packing/unpacking
  reply packet.

- The OS/2 import program changed the current working directory before
  running unzip, which made unzip unable to find the packet file.

- If the import program read an article header exactly 511 characters
  long, it incorrectly saw the end of the headers when it read the next
  line.

VERSION 0.52

- Messages in reply packet can be modified.  Added the following commands:
    Newsgroup selection level and folder selection level
      Alt-R    List replies

- Changed keywords accepted by color statement in CONFIG file.
      menu-short-cut         changed to  menu-hotkey
      menu-select-short-cut  changed to  menu-select-hotkey

VERSION 0.51

- Display message count in folder selection list.

- The color statement in the CONFIG file accepts these additional keywords:
      menu-border
      menu-text
      menu-select
      menu-short-cut
      menu-select-short-cut

VERSION 0.50

- Fix: The 'd' command to mark a mail message for deletion also tried to
  post a followup to the message.

VERSION 0.49

- Added mail commands:
    Message selection level
      Alt-O    Save message to folder
    Message reading level
      F        Post followup, quoting original article

- Mark mail message for deletion after saving it to another folder.

- Save copy of sent articles in a folder by putting the line

      sent-news=POSTED

  in configuration file.

VERSION 0.48

- Can save messages to mail folders.
  Added folder commands:
    Newsgroup selection level
      Alt-F    List folders
    Article selection level
      Alt-O    Save thread to folder
    Article reading level
      o        Save article to folder

- Moved incoming mail folder from <home>\YARN\INBOX to <home>\MAIL\INBOX.

- Save copy of outgoing mail messages in a folder by putting the line

      sent-mail=SENT

  in configuration file.

- Set the Cc: header in outgoing messages by putting the line

      Cc=<addresses>

  in configuration file, where <addresses> is a list of mail addresses.

- Added forward mail command ('f') to mail reading level.

- Added -q option to import program to disable article number output.

- Added rmgroup program to remove newsgroup from active newsgroup list.

- Fix: The reader did not allow the external editor to be run with any
  command line options.

VERSION 0.47

- Fix: The file path passed to the editor should use \ as path separators.

- Disabled settings from environment variables USER and NAME.

- If set, the YARNRC environment variable specifies the configuration file
  to read instead of the default <home>\YARN\CONFIG.

VERSION 0.46

- The import program now handles the SOUP message formats 'm', 'M' and 'B'.

- Reader displays a message line at the bottom of the screen showing
  frequently used commands.  To turn off the message line, put

      message=off

  in the configuration file.

VERSION 0.45

- The Newsgroups: header is normally hidden unless the article is crossposted.

- Reader correctly displays headers that span multiple lines.

VERSION 0.44

- In the CONFIG file, colors for specific USENET headers are set using the
  statement

        color header-<name> <fg> <bg>

  The color statement can also set window colors.

- The MS-DOS version is compiled for the 8086/8088 instruction set.

VERSION 0.43

- Specify mail address aliases in the CONFIG file using the alias statement.

- If the import program finds a newsgroup in the AREAS file of a SOUP packet
  that is not in the active newsgroup list, it adds the newsgroup to the
  active list.  The keep days for the added newsgroup is specified by the
  "keep" setting in the CONFIG file.

- If free disk space runs lows while importing messages, the import program
  aborts.

- Message headers containing tab characters where parsed incorrectly.

VERSION 0.42

- Reader subscribes to all active newsgroups if newsrc does not exist.

- Reader hides headers beginning with '\t' by default.

VERSION 0.41

- Fixed bug in the subject truncation routine that caused reader to hang on
  subjects containing long words.

- At the end of the article, the reader shows the number of articles
  remaining in the thread.

- Increased maximum subject length stored in index files to 127 characters.
