Changes Vr. 1.16 (2004-06-01)

• New: The new '#!meta <keyword> <parameter>" preprocessor command is used to store additional information about the script within the script.
  
  HControl makes use of the following meta keywords to detect and ask for required parameters automatically: ParamTitle (title of parameter window), ParamCount (number of required parameters), ParamPrompt (prompt text), ParamDefault (the initial value), e. g.:
   
  #!meta ParamTitle "The meaning of life"
#!meta ParamCount 1
#!meta ParamPrompt 1 "Your answer:"
#!meta ParamDefault 1 "42"
   
  The new script "Delete-Article-By-Message-ID.hsc" contains a working example to delete articles in Hamster's database.
   
• Fix: Tried to fix a (non reproducable) "stack overflow" error when retrieving mails. Additionally some Debug log entries were added in this area in case it happens again.
   
• New: The global inactivity timeout can now be overridden per server.
  (HControl -> Config. -> Hamster Settings -> Local Details)
   
• New: New SMTP server option to reject mails that would not pass "Mail Traps". Offending mails are rejected with "554 ... Mail violates server policy".
  (HControl -> Config. -> Hamster Settings -> Local Mail)
    
  Note: Unlike when fetching mails, it is intended that no content of the rejected mails are logged in this case but only matching rules (i. e. backup and spam report settings do not work in this case).
   
• New: New action "NewsInLocal" that gets triggered whenever a new message is posted to local NNTP server. A parameter describes what will happen if the message is not invalidated within the action.
   
• New: HControl's "Tasks" page now shows more details on transfer threads for long running tasks (send/receive large mails, pull many news).
   
• Fix: When deleting a newsserver, its pulls were not deleted.
   
• Chg: Changed defaults of account "admin" to enable automatic subscription of newsgroups. Should only affect new installations where the default "admin" account is automatically created for the first time.
   
  Note: I have planned to enable other "auto pilots" like this by default in one of the next versions, presumably even somewhat "harmful" ones like "auto unsubscribe" and "auto purge" (the related default periods will also be raised significantly in such cases). Like above setting, these changes should not affect already existing installations.
  

Changes Vr. 1.15

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