SILC Client 0.9.14

The new version of the SILC Toolkit is now available!  The source package
of the software is available from the following sources:

        http://silcnet.org/
        ftp://ftp.silcnet.org/

In this version you will find support for the multimedia features, with
introduction of new command MMSG.  Also several bugfixes has been made so
upgrading is recommended.


Summary of Changes
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o Introduction of multimedia message sending and reception.  A perl script
  silc-mime will introduce a new command MMSG, which can be used to send
  MIME messages.  This enables users to send for example images and other
  messages.  The SILC Client will automatically launch the application
  that is able to view the message.

  To start the script give command /script load silc-mime.  It will try
  to find a mailcap file which defines the MIME types and applications
  that can show the MIME messages.  If you want to receive MIME messages
  you will also need to load the script.

  To send a messages use /MMSG command.  Give for example
  /MMSG -channel foobar /path/to/file.gif to send a GIF image to channel
  foobar.  A shortcoming in the MMSG command makes it impossible to send
  private messages without first opening a window for the query.  This
  will be fixed later.

o Fixed a crashbug that occurred frequently when joining and leaving
  channels.

o Fixed a crashbug in secure file transfer.

o Several other bugfixes were made.

The full list of changes is available on the website and in CHANGES file
in the source package.


Installation
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The source package is compiled and installed as instructed in the INSTALL
file found from the package.  Quick installation:

  ./configure
  make
  make install


Known Issues
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- Known Issues in SILC Client

  - It is possible that some times the user list is not printed or is
    printed as incomplete when joining to a channel.  This is due to a
    failure in the user resolvings and can happen for example when some
    user quits the network at the same time you join the channel.  In
    this case the failure of the resolving may leave the user list
    printing incomplete.

  - It is possible that some notifications, such as channel join,
    are not delivered to user interface due to same resolving reason as
    described above.

	Pekka
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 Pekka Riikonen                                 priikone at silcnet.org
 Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC)       http://silcnet.org/
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