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This package contains version 2.0.15.1
(Beta 38) of the 40tude Dialog newsreader 
for Windows.

To install the program simply run the
file 4d2b38.exe and follow the installation
instructions.

WARNING: This is beta software.  Although there 
         has already been an extensive closed
         alpha and beta phase, you must be 
         prepared to lose all your articles, 
         emails and settings due to a yet 
         undiscovered bug.


If you are updating from a previous version,
simply close Dialog and install this version
over the old version, but please backup your Dialog 
directory first.

When updating from version 37 or earlier there 
are the following issues:

 * The address book format has changed. You might 
   want to keep a backup of your existing address 
   book file "addrbook.dat" in case you want to go
   back to a previous version.

When updating from version 36 or earlier there 
are the following issues:

 * Once you updated to and started this version of
   Dialog there is no way back. Some files now use
   a different file extension to prevent them from
   being accessed by the Windows Restore feature. 
   Existing files are renamed upon first start, so 
   afterwards an old version of Dialog will not be
   able to access the database files correctly.   


When updating from version 35 or earlier there 
are the following issues:

 * Once you updated to and started this version of
   Dialog there is no way back. The database has a
   slighly different format and all files will be
   automatically converted to the new format when 
   accessed for the first time. A previous version
   of Dialog will no longer be able to access these
   files. If you think you might want to go back to 
   a previous version, please backup your complete 
   Dialog directory before installing this version.

 * Attachments that were automatically saved to 
   disk might no longer be accessible from within
   Dialog. (This only refers to files with 
   non-ascii characters.)

 * You will need to recompile all your scripts.
 
 * There were some scripts in Wiki and in the 
   groups that used "NULL" incorrectly. While 
   previous versions of Dialog tolerated this, the
   new version does not. The scripts will compile, 
   but raise an error when executed. In the scripts 
   where NULL is used, it usually needs to be replaced
   with either 0 or an empty string ''. Please visit
   http://www.40tude.com/dialog/wiki/index.php?title=ScriptUpdateNotesToBeta36
   for further scripting update notes.


February 2005
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
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