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   ⌐ 1995-98 Michael Neuweiler <[e-mail]>
   ⌐ 1999    Jamie van den Berge <[e-mail]>
   ⌐ 2000-01 Zeus Developments <[e-mail]>
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Welcome to mFTP-II version 1.3.

mFTP-II is a file transfer protocol (FTP) client for
AmigaOS. It works over any TCP/IP link (including
non-world-visible machines behind IP-NAT gateways) and uses
modern object oriented design to allow any number of
simultaneous connections and file transfers between
any two locations, such as between a local directory and an
FTP server or even two FTP servers.

Version 1.3 is an evolutionary step from 1.2. <=1.2 has been
notoriously buggy and very unforgiving with some FTP servers.
1.3 improves on this.

To read about what has been improved since 1.2, please read
the log below.

Reporting Bugs:

Please please please, if anything goes wrong make a note of
every detail you can and describe it in a message on the mFTP
mailing list.

To subscribe, mail to:

 <[e-mail]>

and put "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject or body of the mail.

The mailing list is archived at:

 http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/

You might like to try using the automated bug tracking
system located at:

 http://bugs.vapor.com/



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0.97alpha
=============
- Development taken over by Jamie van den Berge
- General: Lotsa changes :)

0.98alpha
=============
- GUI: fixed hit on reading dir
- Net: fixed cd to /pub/aminet on non-ADT servers
- GUI: added context menu to filelist

0.99alpha
=========
- General: implemented keyfile system
- Net: fixed login failure race condition
- GUI: prefs window now opens on 640x256
- Net: fixed Nuke(TM) and/or Hang« on abort or failure of file transfer.
- GUI: local listers in dual list mode now show the right directory on open
  (set in host edit window)
- Net: added automatic transfer type stuff
- GUI: 'Start All' button in batch window should now work
- GUI: ghosting of toolbar icons in dual list adt mode now working
- Net: fixed connection lockup on failure to read the dir
- GUI: added primitive download status indication to batch window

1.0
===
- WOA Prerelease

1.0.1alpha
==========
- GUI: fixed stringgadget showing crap in makedir requester
- GUI: fixed local listers not being refreshed after makedir
- General: hostlist is now automatically saved on exit
- GUI: added menu option to save hostlist w/o requester
- Net: fixed a filelist parsing bug causing weird effects on
  some FTP servers

1.0.2alpha
==========
- ADT: added search feature
- GUI: dirs show up white now
- GUI: added seperator thingies to filelist context menu
- GUI: added parent button next to path string
- Net: fixed false reporting of 'No control connection' when
  uploading

1.0.3alpha
==========
- GUI: toolbar now made using SpeedBar.mcc (by Wiz)
- Net: added VMS support code
- GUI: fixed Select files thingy (was broken due to chaning
  toolbar to SpeedBar.mcc)
- Net: added 'Send NOOPs' option in host edit window
- GUI: added Batch Window item to lister menu
- ADT: viewing of .readmes now possible
- GUI: added option to change the pen and background
  colour/image of the statusbar in the listers
- Net: fixed some hickups in the parser that could cause
  crashes
- GUI: added new 'GUI' tab in Settings window
- GUI: removed redundant 'Host type' from lister menus

1.0.4alpha
==========
- GUI: fixed Anonymous checkmark not unghosting user/pass
- GUI: added RMB menu to lister status bar to select
  SRCE/DEST/OFF state
- Net: added IsOnline check to determine online status
  before trying stuff like connecting to a site or commencing
  a download
- GUI: when adding a new host/group, the list will jump
  to the new entry
- GUI: when creating a new group mFTP now asks for a name
- Net: added passive FTP (PASV) support
- Net: disabling 'Show Hidden files' now works :^)
- GUI: bottom half of icon bar no longer partially disappears
  vertical if window is made (too) small
- GUI: added back/forward buttons to toolbar
- Net: added resume support
- Net: added auto hosttype detection (VMS/normal)
- Cache: disk cache is now actually used and expires at after
  user definable period
- GUI: 'New Group' and 'NewHost' now add the new item in the
  currently active group
- Net: added option to use STAT <dir> for reading the
  directory contents instead of the classic PORT/PASV, TYPE,
  LIST combo. This is generally faster and more efficient,
  but cannot be interrupted. (Only used for non-VMS hosts)

1.0.5alpha
==========
- Prefs: remote dir now 'empty' by default, and no longer always
  CWDs to / in that case (this was already fixed in 1.0.4 ;)
- GUI: password win would show up even when anonymous was checked

1.0.6alpha
==========
- Net: seems 211 is not the only replycode to STAT. Added 213,
  otherwise the dir is requested two times (STAT + LIST), with
  the stat being show in the FTP output list (argh!)
- GUI: fixed some improper menu labels/shortcuts
- GUI: added hotkeys to buttons in main window
- GUI: a new group is now removed if name requester is cancelled
- GUI: FTP output list now no longer removes the top line for
  EVERY extra line received beyond the set limit
- GUI: overwrite/resume requester now also shows in ADT mode
- Net: fixed broken file transfer in 1.0.5
- General: removed some nasty enforcerhits here and there

1.0.7alpha
==========
- GUI: removed enforcerhits when ordering a file transfer in a
  double list window
- GUI: dates of files are now correctly shown in the
  overwrite/resume requester
- ADT: option to set maximum number of search results added
- ADT: added basic ADT 'filter' system (only wildcard hilite atm)

1.0.8alpha
==========
- GUI: removed enforcer hits when closing requesters
- GUI: now downloads to default download directory if there is
  no destination lister
- Net: fixed not being able to connect if PASV is not enabled
- GUI: improved ADT filter a lot
- Net: on failing to read dir, cache is no longer saved
- GUI: added Recent 7/14 starting choice cycle in prefs
- General: cache now only used in online mode if that setting is
  enabled
- General: listers now auto-refresh when content changed
- General: killed some more nasty enforcer hits

1.0.9alpha
==========
- ADT: it's now possible to specify what to do with highlighted
  entries (don't do anything, top of list, or exclusively show them)
- GUI: you can now Drag&Drop files from remote listers into the
  batch list, which will download them to default download directory

1.0.10alpha
===========
- GUI: 'local dir' string in host prefs wasn't disabled when ADT
  was checked.
- ADT: directory field of entries now also processed by filter
- GUI: after toolbar prefs change, all buttons were displayed
  in ADT listers

1.0.11alpha
===========
- GUI: added option to use a Contact Manager front end instead of
  mFTP's own host list
- GUI: listers now close on fatal error

1.0.12alpha
===========
- GUI: Contact Manager is now entirely optional :^)
- GUI: moved around some prefs items to make it fit on 640x256
- General: localized some hardcoded strings (still some left)
- Net: fixed mFTP asking login/pass in some circumstances when
  using the CM interface
- General: a keyfile in one of the hardcoded locations was
  not be recognised if KEYFILES and/or KEYPATH variable(s)
  existed
- GUI: overwrite/resume requester now also states the size of
  the two files involved :^)

1.1
===
- GUI: window titles of CM launched listers were trashed
- General: fixed nuke bug on exit caused by too old CM
- GUI: added immediate update of toolbar images when prefs changed
- General: added vapor_update.library support
- First release

1.1.1alpha
==========
- GUI: fixed popping up of error requester causing major mayhem when
  ftp service is not defined in services database of the TCP/IP stack
- General: added AmFTP profiles import feature (Internal host manager)
- GUI: (hopefully) fixed Resume/Overwrite window showing trash
- General: added check for cmanager.library before trying to create
  the CM object, to prevent a Total and Utter Mess«
- GUI: listers opened using CM can now be snapshotted as well
- GUI: non-relevant menu items now disabled when in CM mode
- GUI: added CHMOD support

1.2
===
- NC3 Release
- GUI: fixed 'Finished' time in download window showing nonsense in case
  of HUGE files

1.2.1
=====
- General: amftp profiles file was not closed on import (Entity)
- GUI: demo timeut requester had body/buttons mixed up (Entity)
- GUI: added list backgrounds where appropriate (KingGuppy)
- Locale: fixed the English string for the "Treat links" menu item (KingGuppy)
- GUI: made single-lister directory lists the default object of their window,
  allowing easier keyboard control (KingGuppy)
- GUI: fixed the cyclechain in directory views (KingGuppy)

1.2.2alpha
==========
- Development taken over by Zeus Developments
- Net: Added option to skip online check, see prefs/net options (nOw2)

1.2.3alpha
==========
- General: Enforcer hits fixed (hosts lists -> save as) (nOw2)
- GUI: Localised some more strings. (nOw2)
- Prefs: If the prefs dir is retrieved from env:mftpConfigPath, the string
  will be terminated at the first line feed, if any. (nOw2)
- GUI: Localised 'demo period over' requester, added register & homepage
  buttons. (nOw2)
- GUI: The status line in the directory transfer info window updates only
  once a second, not on every data packet. (nOw2)
- GUI: Status windows now have window borders and depth gadgets. (nOw2)
- General: Corrected help file path. Erm.. help file? (nOw2)
- Prefs: New hosts default to dual list mode. (nOw2)
- Prefs: Imported AmFTP hosts default to NoOps, and dual list mode if not
  ADT, and also have more sensible 'buffer' and 'lines' settings. (nOw2)
- ADT: Defaults sorting to group/area first, then name, etc. (nOw2)
- GUI: The Speedbar class redraws on every set(), whether there was a
  change or not, so now a set() is only performed if necessary. (nOw2)

1.2.4alpha
==========
- GUI: Whoops, unintentional self-modifying code meant that the SpeedBar
  redraw fix crashed on the second run. (nOw2)
- GUI: Directory status line redraws once per half second and the bytes
  reading is emboldened when the transfer is finished. (nOw2)
- ADT: Was displaying dates 1 day in the future for files. Completely
  overhauled date code, now supports Localised formats. (nOw2)
- Prefs: Due to some broken STAT implementations (i.e. Microsoft), each
  host now has an individual option to use STAT or not. (nOw2)
- Prefs: The main "Use STAT" setting is now used as a default to set the
  Use STAT option in a new host's preferences. (nOw2)
- Net: Implemented a simple check which detects broken STAT implementations
  and if necessary disables it for that host, warning the user of this.
  (nOw2)
- GUI: FTP output now uses small font (like AmFTP) and is being expanded
  into a general logging/info/debug list. (nOw2)
- Net: Added code/option to download Aminet readme files. Check the option
  in Settings->ADT to enable it (it's global, and enabled by default). (nOw2)
- General: Fixed enforcer hit loading non-ADT directory listing of AmiNet
  on WuArchive. (nOw2)

1.3
===
- General: Cleaned up some debug code and error requesters, going for
  semi-beta release... (nOw2)
- GUI: Batch List window could cause a divide by zero guru with very small
  files (less than 1KB). (nOw2)
- Net: Clicking "Cancel" or "Overwrite" on a 'file exists' requester would
  upload the file anyway. Fixed. (nOw2)
- GUI: If you clicked Abort while reading a directory, the Connection Status
  window would remain forevermore. (nOw2)
- General: Fixed hang on some FTP servers: was checking for data which would
  never arrive, and the 'never arrive' handling was broken. (nOw2)
- Net: No longer attempts to check every possible socket that could ever exist
  when downloading directory lists.  So it's faster. (nOw2)
- Net: If a server sends 'extra' data after a directory change command, mFTP
  now knows to ignore this. (nOw2)
- Net: Handles servers which send extra blank lines in their output. (nOw2)
- GUI: (Local-) file exists requester was completely broken. Fixed. (nOw2)
- Prefs: Implemented DOpusFTP configuration importing. This was partially done
  in the source, but I had to rewrite most of it anyway. HoHum. By default it
  points directly at DOpus5:System/ftp.config. (nOw2)

1.3.1
=====
- General: Gone back to beta release version numbering. (nOw2)
- GUI: Locale works again. (nOw2)
- Net: Fixed Symlinks handling. (nOw2)