Version 2.3a of WWWOFFLE released : Tue Aug 25 18:50:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 Configuration file reading of URL-SPECIFICATION fixed.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.3 of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Aug 22 12:20:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 Relocated URLs now get fetched even if not in a recursive mode.  Password
 handling for command line requests added.  upgrade-config.pl problems with
 comments fixed.

Server features:
 Add in an option to require confirmation of all offline requests for pages.

Logging:
 A Perl script to collate the log information has been added.

wwwoffle-tools:
 Can now read and write directly to the cache.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.3-beta of WWWOFFLE released : Tue Aug 4 18:30:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 The Netscape bug fix from 2.2c has been improved.  Several recursive fetching
 bugs have been fixed.

Server features:
 Store password protected pages with password needed to access cached version.
 Added a lock file for better interaction between fetching and online accesses.
 Made all of the index pages customisable.

Purging:
 Can purge all pages from hosts in the DontGet and DontCache section.
 Purging can be specified on a URL by URL basis rather than host by host.
 Made the purge process clean out any junk files that should not be in cache.

Index:
 Allow specified pages to be excluded from the index.

Aliases:
 New name for the index section of the configuration file.
 Allows aliasing on the level of sub-directories not just whole hosts.

Configuration file:
 Change the format of sections to allow a unified approach to URL specification.
 Allow a replacement URL to be used for those in the DontGet section.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.2c of WWWOFFLE released : Fri Jul 10 15:30:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 Added Solaris ix86 into the STD_ARG test.  Stop crashes with monitor age of
 zero.  Stop Netscape complaining about a broken connection.  Make the refresh
 button work when online.  Check the protocol and notgot status correctly when
 refreshing.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.2b of WWWOFFLE released : Mon Jun 22 18:30:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 Pass on the If-Modified-Since header to servers that are not cached.  Check for
 If-Modified-Since header on local pages.  Fix bug in header checking.  Fix bug
 in meta-refresh requesting.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.2a of WWWOFFLE released : Sun Jun 21 16:30:00 1998
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Bug Fixes:
 Zero length POSTed forms work.  All HTTP headers are tested without checking
 case.  Allow access to other www servers on localhost.  Ensure the installed
 html files are world readable.

HTML Parser
 Add the BASE tag to the html parser.

Control program (wwwoffle):
  Disable the add-info-refresh option when using 'wwwoffle (-o|-O)'.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.[01] see also the NEWS for version 2.2 below.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.2 of WWWOFFLE released : Tue Jun 16 20:40:00 1998
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Web pages:
 Make the error message and other control pages user customisable.
 Added a built-in trivial web server for local pages.
 Added Netscape automatic proxy configuration file, a robots.txt file, the FAQ.

Server features:
 Use the Host header on http requests to act as firewall and not as proxy.
 Changed a lot of the wwwoffle URLs to cope with customisable web pages.

Indexes:
 Keep the contents of the lasttime index in some prevtime indexes.
 Added a 'delete all' button for each host in the protocol indexes.
 Added a 'delete all' button for the monitored index.

Fetching / Refreshing:
 Get images from input entries in forms when parsing HTML.
 Follow links in image maps when doing recursive fetching.
 Allow recursive fetching of applets, stylesheets and scripts as well.

Monitoring:
 Allow the monitored pages to have user specified intervals.

Purging:
 When using max-size option scale the host's purge age to chose final age.

Configuration file:
 Put the socket timeout value as a configuration file option.
 Allow fake values to be used to replace censored headers.
 Include a program to update the configuration file.

Control program (wwwoffle):
 Add an option to wwwoffle to allow a URL to be output with header.
 Change the options used to select fetching of embedded images/frames etc.

Cache format
 Added a program to convert the cache to the correct format (endian problem).

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 2.x on a big-endian machine (e.g. sparc,68000)
       you *MUST* run the program endian-cache before using the new version.
       See the file CONVERT for details.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.1c of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Apr 25 08:30:00 1998
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Bug fixes:
  Bug with meta-refresh if URL is given as relative rather than absolute.
  URLs not deletable from info-refresh banner if they have an '&' in them.
  Bug in wwwoffle-tools wwwoffle-(ls|rm|mv).

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.1b of WWWOFFLE released : Wed Apr 15 18:10:00 1998
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Bug fixes:
  Bug with the timestamp on the If-Modified-Since header.  Name lookup for
  numeric IP addresses fixed for some UNIXs.  Pointer confusion with isdigit()
  in URL parsing fixed.  Lookup IP address and use that when checking allowed
  connections.  Makefile fixed for SunOS/Solaris make.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.1a of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Mar 28 17:30:00 1998
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Bug fixes:
  Fixed the crashes that came from recursive downloads.
  Return the host indexes to having only pathname and not full URL.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.1 of WWWOFFLE released : Thu Mar 5 17:50:00 1998
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Bug fixes:
  Modified the ftp web-pages to work with Netscape.  Explicitly deny access to
  URLS that include usernames and passwords instead of mishandling them.  Allow
  '!' in URLs except immediately after a '?'.  Don't recursively fetch, or get
  images, from pages with an error status.  Follow Meta Refresh links when
  fetching.

Use stricter checking in the config file.

Allow a username and password to be specified for external proxy authorisation.
Allow a username and password to be specified for different FTP servers.

Specify the maximum age of cached pages to use while online instead of a yes/no.
Allow users to cancel their own requests without a password (one chance only).

Added an option to not make requests while used offline.
Added an autodial mode that uses cached file if exists or gets from network.

Provide an index of all files fetched while online the last time.

Store a list of URLs to be fetched at regular intervals automatically.

Keep backup copies of pages so remote server errors do not overwrite the cache.

Added the finger protocol as an option.

Add a WWWOFFLE_PROXY environment variable option to the wwwoffle program.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.0c of WWWOFFLE released : Mon Jan 12 18:40:00 1998
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Bug fixes:
   When using 'wwwoffle -o' stop core dumps, make HTML better, fix bug that
   stopped images or frames from being fetched automatically, stop HTTP header
   information appearing in browser, use add-info-refresh on all spooled pages
   even errors.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0b below.


Version 2.0b of WWWOFFLE released : Fri Jan 02 19:30:00 1998
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A bug fix to stop crashes when used while online.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0a below.


Version 2.0a of WWWOFFLE released : Wed Dec 31 19:30:00 1997
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Bug fixes:
   When purging it now deletes all appropriate files if atime is used, the
   default FTPPassWord code is more portable, forms using POST work, FTP access
   to Microsoft servers works, some Makefile fixes, MIME Types file extensions
   match more sensibly.

Print more useful error messages for hostname lookup errors.
Allow the error level for stderr to be specified on the wwwoffled command line.

Added some more automation scripts to the contrib directory.

*NOTE* If upgrading from version 1.x see also the NEWS for version 2.0 below.


Version 2.0 of WWWOFFLE released : Sun Dec 21 10:30:00 1997
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Updated and improved all of the README files.

Fixed several small bugs:
  Config file editing page file parser, closing outgoing spool file, Location
  header will not get missed in reply.

FTP directory listings are now in clickable HTML format.
FTP requests for directories without a traiing '/' now redirect browser.

Added a button to the index to delete all pages from a host or all requests.

Included some scripts to automate using wwwoffle (in contrib directory).

*NOTE* See also the NEWS for version 2.0-beta below.


Version 2.0-beta of WWWOFFLE released : Sun Dec 14 12:30:00 1997
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Upgraded the cache file format:
   More extensible to new protocols (ftp etc.).
   Better hashing function (md5, less collisions).
   Outgoing directory same format as cache.
   No 'special cases' in filename to URL conversion.
   URL-encoding of URLs handled better.

Re-written a lot of the code to make it easier to maintain.

Improved the index - easier to navigate.
Pages that are requested but not yet fetched do not appear in index.

Added in a '-kill' option to wwwoffle to kill the server.
Allow wwwoffle to read a file to specify the links to get.

Added a Mirror section to the config file for mirrored hosts.
Rewritten the proxy section to allow different proxies for different protocols.
Rewritten the DontCache, DontGet and DontGetRecursive sections to simplify them.

Added in the ftp protocol.

*NOTE* You *MUST* run the upgrade-cache program before using version 2.x.
       See the file UPGRADE for details.

*NOTE* The wwwoffle.conf file has changed format in some sections, see the file
       CHANGES.CONF for details of the changes.


Version 1.3a of WWWOFFLE released : Mon Oct 6 18:00:00 1997
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Fixed a bug where the index links did not work for URL-encoded URLs.


Version 1.3 of WWWOFFLE released : Wed Sep 24 19:00:00 1997
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Added an interactive configuration file editing web-page.

Recursive fetching now uses more than one server process.
Added in a DontGetRecursive section to the configuration file.
Fixed bugs with recursive getting of pages containing frames.

Proxy now recognises the If-Modified-Since header and gives suitable reply.
Optionally ignore the 'Pragma: no-cache' header with a config file switch.

Small improvements to the indexes.
Added in a CONFDIR option for the configuration file location.
Formalise the way that logical links work for directories in the cache.

*NOTE* The loglevel option in the configuration file is now called log-level.


Version 1.2e of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Aug 30 14:00:00 1997
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Better handling of child servers exiting.
Optimised outgoing directory for large numbers of requests.
Added the age of the page to the 'add-info-refresh' option.

Added in two new options to the wwwoffle.conf file:
  The maximum number of servers and the maximum number of fetch servers.
  The logging level of error messages.

Bug fixes
  Recursive fetching could fail or hangup the program.
  URLS with names like http://www.foo.com/. did not work.
  Fix the outgoing directory index for certain URLs.


Version 1.2d of WWWOFFLE released : Sun Aug  3 10:30:00 1997
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Added in more information about the compile time options in INSTALL.

Added the ability to index the outgoing directory.
Added in the ability to delete pages from the outgoing directory and the cache.


Version 1.2c of WWWOFFLE released : Thu Jul 17 16:40:00 1997
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Added in a fetch-frames option that works like fetch-images but gets frames.

Fixed a bug in the DontGet and DontCache sections ('host=foo' was broken).
Fixed a bug that caused a proxy to be used for pages on the local network.

Added config options for user/group id to run as.
Make wwwoffled detach from the terminal when started (no '&' needed).
Allow a HUP signal to force a re-read of the config file.

*NOTE* wwwoffled now detaches itself from the console by default and syslog is
       needed to get the error messages, use '-d' to get the previous behaviour.

*NOTE* The force option to wwwoffle is now '-F' not '-f' so that '-f' can be
       used for frames.


Version 1.2b of WWWOFFLE released : Thu Jun 26 16:20:00 1997
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Changed the operation of the 'wwwoffle -f' option to work better.

Better handling of POST method
  - Works with posting to a URL with args.
  - POST method always gets sent again even if currently cached.
  - No longer allow refresh of a POSTed URL.

Added an Options button pointing to the refresh page with URL filled in.
  - In the indexes.
  - In the add-info-refresh tag on the bottom of the page.
  - On the 'WWWOFFLE will get' message page.

Changed the add-info-refresh time-tag to local time not GMT.


Version 1.2a of WWWOFFLE released : Fri Jun 13 20:45:00 1997
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A couple of minor bug-fixes for fetching and outgoing dir handling.
  - Possible race condition in outgoing directory.
  - Failure to get all pages requested in outgoing directory.
  - Refresh of remote host error pages gives wwwoffle error page.
  - Remote host error message handling improved.

Added a 'wwwoffle -f' option to force refreshing of a page.


Version 1.2 of WWWOFFLE released : Thu May 29 17:00:00 1997
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Added the ability to get a URL from the cache using the wwwoffle command line.

Added a config file option to use a file from the cache even when online.
Added in a method of not getting files based on the file extension or host.
Added in a method of not caching files based on the file extension or host.

Recursive fetch while offline works exactly like when online.
Recursive fetch can be limited to links in the same directory or sub-dir.

Censorship can be applied to outgoing headers (username, browser version etc).
Added in a Host header in HTTP requests for browsers that do not add it.

Can now purge the oldest files until the cache is down to a specified size.

Support 'Pragma: no-cache' used by browsers to force a refresh through proxies.

Fixed a number of bugs that caused crashes due to signal handling.
Zero length files in the spool are refetched or deleted as appropriate.


Version 1.1 of WWWOFFLE released : Wed Mar 26 20:00:00 1997
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Provide cache size information when doing a purge.

Maintain directory access times even after doing an index.

Improved the options for the recursive fetching using wwwoffle.
Added an interactive page to the server for refresh or recursive fetching.


Version 1.1-beta of WWWOFFLE released : Mon Mar 10 18:00:00 1997
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Added a Welcome Page with info and links to the index, control and homepage.
Made the index more user-friendly and moved it to /index/.
Added an interactive web page to control the server, as well as wwwoffle.

Pages requested while online are refreshed only if newer than the one in cache.
If the page requested while offline has been moved then the link is followed.

Merged wwwoffles into wwwoffled to simplify them and allow future iprovements.

Allow wwwoffle to optionally fetch links from the specified page.

Added the option to use syslog for messages as well as standard error.

Changed to a configuration file:
   Removed the wwwoffled command line parameters.
   Added cache purge ages on a host by host basis, and mtime or atime choice.
   Added a list of server host names, allowed client hosts and non-cached hosts.
   Allow different proxies for different hosts.
   Added a password to control the use of wwwoffle to configure wwwoffled.
   Added an option to fetch images that are contained in requested pages.
   Added the option to put a refresh button at the bottom of every spooled page.


Version 1.0 of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Jan 25 13:00:00 1997
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Made POST method work for the more general case.
Changed the way wwwoffle requests URLs, now the same as refresh button in index.
Tidied up the code ready for first release version.


Version 0.9b (beta) of WWWOFFLE released : Sun Jan 19 17:30:00 1997
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Added support for POST method, but no refresh available (impossible).
Server messages have correct status codes.
A server reply with code 304 does not get cached.
Accesses to localhost do not go via the specified external proxy.
Refresh button in index fetches or stores request and shows cached version.
The index process does not modify the access time of the files for purging.


Version 0.9a (beta) of WWWOFFLE released : Fri Jan 17 21:00:00 1997
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Localhost is not cached, all requests are fetched.
Purge does not alter the time of the directories, and now works on access time.
When connected, requested pages that are already cached are not fetched again.
The index can now be sorted by time, or alphabetical, and can force refreshing.


Version 0.9 (beta) of WWWOFFLE released : Sat Jan 11 13:30:00 1997
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The WWWOFFLE programs simplify World Wide Web browsing from computers that use
intermittent (dial-up) connections to the internet.

      - Caching of pages that are viewed while connected for review later.
      - Browsing of cached pages while not connected, with the ability to follow
        links and mark other pages for download.
      - Downloading of specified pages non-interactively.
      - Command line interface to select pages for downloading.
      - Index of pages stored in cache for easy selection.
