Date:  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:20 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: Mr. Message (AIM/ICQ client) update 2/24/2008

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From: Marty Amodeo <martyamodeoDESPAM at DESPAMcomcast.net>

Mr. Message for OS/2 is an instant messenger client which is capable of 
communicating over AOL's Instant Messenger network using the OSCAR protocol 
(used in the Win32 AIM clients, jBuddy, Pidgin, Kopete, ICQ,  and a variety 
of other clients).

There were some stability problems with the last release, and I think I 
have them all fixed now, so I'm putting out an interim release with these 
fixes before new features are added.

This release has the following fixes and changes:
* Fixed a crash in the settings window when using the new file browser
    if the filename is empty.
* Fixed some double memory frees when a person who had a profile goes
    offline, and then comes back online in the same session.
* Fixed a 1-byte overwrite into free memory when the session names are
    read from the profile.
* Fixed a memory leak when redundant typing notifications are not sent.
* Fixed a small memory overwrite when lines from a profile are long and
    must be split (when the pop-up information window is displayed).  This
    was a major cause of instability.
* Fixed a missing WinEndPaint when updating the login progress percent
     bar.
* Fixed the behavior of adjusting the ticker settings dialog window when
    the ticker settings are changed directly via drag and drop to the ticker
    window itself when a session is active.
* Fixed the memory checking debug code when more than 1024 allocations to
    unique block addresses occur (special debug build only).
* Enhanced memory checking code significantly to allow detection of
    out-of-bounds buffer writes, added the ability to check for leaks in C++
    objects, and eliminated false hits from static allocated variables.
    Also now checks for frees on new'd objects and deletes on malloc'd
    objects. (special debug build only)
* Changed the popup windows to be limited on the number of lines they
    display.
* Changed to interpret LF (from *nix IMs) to CR/LF so they are displayed
    properly in Mr. Message.
* Increased the stack size in thread 1 to improve stability when recursion
    is required in various window procedures.
* Worked around a PM bug which would not properly load icons from a DLL
    for push button controls.  This caused the new session settings window
    to fail to appear on the affected systems.
* Changed client indentification to hopefully convince the server to send
    messages from mobile users to me.
* Moved compiler platform from OpenWatcom 1.5 to 1.7a.
* Turned on size and speed optimizations in release code.
* Wrote a makefile which is much more managable for people who want to
    create their own Mr. Message builds, rather than shipping the
    automatically generated makefile from the OpenWatcom GUI.
* Added ReadMe.build to the source distribution to help users build their
    own version of Mr. Message if they want.

To download, please visit the official Mr. Message web page:
http://mamodeo.dyndns.org/MrMessage

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