Synchronet v3.19b-Win32 (install) has been released (Jan-2022).

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Synchronet Version Number History and Release Dates

Version Level Date Change Summary
1A00 Alpha 04/27/91 Before Digital Dynamics
1A05 Release 02/19/92
1A08 Release 05/29/92 First commercial release (as Digital Dynamics)
1A09 Release 06/02/92 Bug fixes
1A10 Release 06/25/92 QWKnet, Alternate file paths, bi-dir QWK/REP, overlaid EXE only
1A11 Release 07/01/92 Bug fixes
1A12 Release 07/19/92 DESQview time-slice API, active nodes displayed at WFC, bug fixes
1A13 Release 08/03/92 Enhanced MODUSER.DAT, enhanced DESQview performance, bug fixes
1B00 Release 09/25/92 Multiple command sets, private node-to-node chat, FidoNet
1B01 Release 01/23/93 RIP, PostLink (UTI), quoting, FAX detection, QWKnet file xfers
1B02 Release 02/05/93 Reads DOOR.SYS
1B03 Release 03/11/93 Multiple CDROM drives, PCBOARD.SYS and USERS.SYS, Free K per Day
1B04 Release 04/30/93 EDITOR.INF, QUOTES.TXT, SFDOORS.DAT, CID, QWK FREQs, threading
1B05 Release 06/01/93 Bug fixes
1C00 Release 08/26/93 DIZ, ARS, dupe chking, @-Codes, reg key, WIN/OS2 time-slice API
1C01 Release 11/21/93 DigiBoard, RX flow ctrl, chat actions, file ratios, dumb modems
1C02 Release 11/30/93 Command line CID info, bug fixes
200A Release 06/02/94 SMB, Baja, FOSSIL, 115.2k DTE, swapping, blind uploads, bulkmail
200B Release 06/25/94 QWK *logons, STR_CMDS.BIN, bug fixes
200C Release 08/20/94 SCFG modem config database, bug fixes, compiled w/Borland C v4.0
200D Release 08/21/94 Recompiled with Borland C v3.1
200E Release 08/24/94 Bug fix via patch (unsuccessful)
200F Release 08/30/94 Bug fixes
200G Release 09/09/94 Bug fixes
210A Release 02/17/95 LZH compressed msg bases, QWK NetMail, split-screen pvt chat
211A Release 03/18/95 Baja enhancements, MSGTMP editors, upload conversions, pre-QWK
220A Release 08/31/95 WIP, major Baja enhancements, Multi-TEXT.DAT, SCFG32, LOGIN.BIN
220B Release 09/27/95 External editor quote options and unlimited lines, bug fixes
230A Release 05/30/97 OS/2 version, first FREEWARE release
230B Release 09/05/97 OS/2 bug fixes and patches submitted by Enigma
230C Beta 12/14/99 Y2K bug fixes
300B Release 06/25/00 Win32 version, GUI control panel, Telnet, FTP, and SMTP/POP3
300C Release 01/02/01 WinNT FOSSIL driver, 32-bit DOOR32.SYS and XSDK v3.0 support, first OPEN SOURCE release
300D Alpha ??/??/?? Node spying, local split-screen chat, RLogin server, SMTP Relay
300E Beta 04/20/01 Baja v2.30 (TCP and FTP and control flow functions)
300F Beta 06/08/01 SBBSCTRL Events log window, bug-fixes
310E Beta 10/05/01 JavaScript, config wizard, NNTP & Gopher services, first *nix release
310G Beta 03/05/02 SCFG v3
310I Beta 04/30/02 NewsLink modeule, sbbs.exe
310J Beta 07/31/02 Anti-SPAM, UDP services
310K Beta 11/11/02 Internet and FidoNet MSG-ID and Reply-ID support, static services
310L Beta 03/02/03 First *nix release, full Win32 and *nix installers, IRC client
311A Beta 12/09/03 NT Services, JSexec, external mail processors, ircd.js
311B Beta 02/27/04 Bug-fixes
312A Release 12/31/04 Web Server, ListServer, SMTP AUTH, Background JS
313A Release 09/11/05 Win32-CGI support, FTP Server NAT work-arounds, introduction of SEXYZ
314A Release 12/31/06 SSH server, UART emulator for NT, GTK/*nix utilities, Upgrade only
315B Release 10/17/11 *nix-64, SEXPOTS, fseditor.js, security enhancements, embedded text.dat, QWK headers.dat, JS performance and stability, Upgrade only
316C Release 08/15/15 JavaScript engine (libmozjs) v1.8.5, word-wrap, editor.tag, xtrn_sec.js, external message readers
317B Release 01/01/19 IPv6, TLS, fonts, XBin, avatars, message voting, BinkIT, SBBSecho v3, sbbslist.js, CBM/PETSCII terminals, ecWebv4
318B Release 09/20/20 UTF-8, mouse, Raw TCP connections, 40-char passwords, auto-setup FidoNet, auto-setup Xtrns, qnet-ftp.js, random display files

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