NewsLeecher heeft zojuist de vierde bètarelease van versie 2.3 van het gelijknamige programma uitgebracht. Met NewsLeecher kunnen op Usenet berichten uit nieuwsgroepen worden gelezen en bestanden worden gedownload. In deze release kan onder andere de poort waarmee een verbinding naar de super search wordt opgezet worden aangepast en weer de nodige bugs verholpen. Het volledige changelog ziet er als volgt uit:
New features:Improved features:
- NewsLeecher can now be setup to use an alternative port when communicating with the SuperSearch server. This should solve the problems for those who have the standard SuperSearch port blocked for some reason. The new option is available from the 'Advanced' options tab: more info.
- The minimum auto-logoff timeout value has been decreased. It's now possible to setup NewsLeecher to disconnect after a certain amount of 'seconds' aswell as 'minutes': more info.
- Added an article maximum-group-crosspost filter that will skip articles posted to more than an optional number of groups at the same time.
Bugs fixed:
- The minimum search string length sent to the SuperSearch engine has been removed. Earlier it was set to 3 characters: more info.
- The LeechSmart and SmartSelect features have been improved. The destination folder for LeechSmart downloads are now more clean and human-readable.
- Various small improvements. (Detailed download logging turned 'ON' by default, visual improvements, etc)
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- Fixed and improved the Launch Security Password feature: more info.
- Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would miss-interpret download folders containing whitespaces at the end of the foldernames: more info.
- Fixed SuperSearch wait-delay bug: more info.