Internet Rex News!!

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October 21, 2001
    Version 2.29 fixes one or two bugs that have popped up over the months.

May 5, 2001
    Version 2.28 is a bug fix release, with one or two small new additions.

February 21, 2001
    Version 2.27 is a bug fix release, with enhancements to the FTP server's speed.

December 18, 2000
    Version 2.26 is primarily a bug fix release, though it also includes multihoming for all the servers.

October 23, 2000
    Version 2.25 improves FREQ support, including support for external FREQ processors. And as usual, there's a few little bug fixes.

September 17, 2000
    Version 2.24 adds support for BinkP 1.1, improvements to the FTP server, better news gating and various bug fixes.

June 14, 2000
    Version 2.23 improves semaphore support, various gateway features and processing of huge outbounds. Some bug fixes are also included.

May 17, 2000
    Version 2.22 adds support for bang paths in the gateway and includes various bug fixes.

April 21, 2000
    Version 2.21 adds log trimming for the FTP, SMTP and POP3 daemons and fixes various small bugs.

April 8, 2000
    With version 2.20 of Internet Rex, you can now download and gate newsgroups. 2.20 also includes much more flexibility for the gateway, better filters and matching rules and various bugfixes.

March 18, 2000
    Version 2.03 adds support for codepage and character set translation for the gateway, reduces memory requirements for the DOS 16-bit version, patches a security hole in the FTP server under Win9x and fixes a few small bugs.

March 3, 2000
    Version 2.02 fixes various small problems with 2.01.

February 17, 2000
    Shortly following 2.00, 2.01 is now available. This fixes various small bugs and some nasty ones with UUCP processing, archive unbundling and stats generation.

February 13, 2000
    At long last, version 2.00 is here!
    Want to run your own FTP server? Want a full BBS/internet gateway? Want a fast, powerful multithreaded program that'll send your files safely over the internet? Head over to the download page and pick it up!

June 12, 1999
    Version 1.19 is now available. Includes support for auto-configuring nodes via compiled nodelists, and fixes for many accumulated bug reports.

February 12, 1999
    Version 1.18 is now available. It fixes a number of small bugs in 1.17 and adds a couple of minor features.

January 24, 1999
    Version 1.17 is now available. This fixes a nasty bug which could corrupt the config files and a couple other important bugs.

January 11, 1999
    Version 1.16 is now available, a bug fix release for various small problems with 1.15.

December 16, 1998
    Version 1.15 is now available. It adds a number of new FTP scripting commands and features, as well as a few bug fixes.

November 18, 1998
    Version 1.12 is now available. This is mainly a bug fix release for users of the 32-bit DOS version and Platinum Xpress.

November 6, 1998
    Version 1.11 is now available. This version corrects a few problems in 1.10 and introduces the 32-bit DOS version of Internet Rex.

November 1, 1998
    Version 1.10 is now available. New features include remote maintenance of connections via RexFix and daemon mode operation.

September 26, 1998
    Version 1.01 is now available. This is a bug fix release of interest mainly to users of the DOS version or people interfacing with PCBoard, QFront or Platinum Xpress.

September 21, 1998
    Version 1.00 is now available. A few new features, including TransX compatible encoding.

    Quick update for those who got 1.00 off the IREX FDN. The DOS distribution's Rexdial.exe has a bug which causes a crash when initialising the modem. A corrected version is available here.

September 1, 1998
    Version 0.99 wide beta C is now available.

August 28, 1998
    Version 0.99 wide beta B is now available.

August 18, 1998
    Version 0.99 wide beta A is now available. This fixes some problems with the DOS version and with FTP connections.

August 17, 1998
    Version 0.99 wide beta is now available. This version includes lots of new features, such as BinkP support, a Linux version and CC email file attaches.

June 27, 1998
    Version 0.98 wide beta C is now available.

June 9, 1998
    Users can now register at our registration site in the United Kingdom.

June 6, 1998
    Version 0.98 wide beta B is now available.

April 28, 1998
    Version 0.98 wide beta A is now available. This version fixes a few small problems in 0.98 wide beta.

April 13, 1998
    Version 0.98 wide beta is now available.

January 19, 1998
    Version 0.97 wide beta is now available.

January 9, 1998
    European users can now register at our registration site in Germany.

December 29, 1997
    Version 0.96 wide beta E has been made available to fix a number of bugs in the initial release of 0.96.

December 24, 1997
    The update program for converting version 0.95 to 0.96 was accidentally not included in the first release of version 0.96.  That has been corrected in the current archives.  If you would like to download only the update program, click here.

December 23, 1997
    Version 0.96 wide beta is now available.
    Registrations in Australia can now be sent to our Australian registration site.

December 8, 1997
    U.S. registration and online registration now available at BBSDirect.com.  Check the registration page for more details.

December 1, 1997
    First public release of the wide beta versions of Internet Rex for OS/2 and Win95/WinNT.