NewsMerge 1.3 Final Release Available

Erftstadt, 2002-01-10.

Adiscon GmbH today announced immediate availability of NewsMerge Version 1.3 Final Release. This new version has passed a long beta phase and offers a very high stability now. 

The new Version offers the following enhancements and fixes:

• Improved the stability of NewsMerge. Also removed some known bugs.
• Added a new Subscription view to manage subscriptions easier.
• Added Database Update support. If you are updating from an older NewsMerge version, your database will updated easily by NewsMerge.
• Full Support for Windows XP added. The NewsMerge database is installed into the common documents folder which makes it possible, that Limited Users can also work with NewsMerge.
• Added support for the new Windows XP visual styles. 
• Enhanced the Database to store more information’s about subscribers like Age and Custom Fields.
• Issues can now contain an optional file which will be included into each issue as attachment.
• The database can now automatically be compressed by NewsMerge on exit. This will help you to keep the database at a small size and to optimize its performance.
• added a "publish now" button to issues - makes publishing much easier
• Added additional error handling into the POP3 Checking.
• Increased compatibility to free public formmail script by adding new mail commands to management mail.
• German localization added (updated message file)
  

Special thanks to all of the many users of the rolling beta program. Your help really enabled us to create an even greater release!

NewsMerge 1.3 is a free download found at Adiscon's web site. To update a previous version of NewsMerge, download the 1.3 version from the web and install it. NewsMerge will convert your database to the new format automatically.