eMule 0.49c

eMule 0.49c
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- Feb, 18. 2009 -
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.: Fixed a minor GUI drawing issue in the transfer window [dolphinX]
.: Added GUI name references to some more Kad queries [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Added sanity check for rare issue seen in crashdumps concerning SourceExchange responses

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- Feb, 15. 2009 -
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.: Fixed the following BETA bugs:
- Popups on the shared files list were not working
- The shared files count in the GUI wasn't always accurate
- Resolved shell links had some issues, preventing them from getting shared
- The GUI wasn't always properly updated when deleting a file in the shared files window

eMule 0.49c BETA2
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- Feb, 11. 2009 -
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.: Fixed a BETA bug in the new part.met recovery function

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- Feb, 10. 2009 -
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.: Resolve shared shell links has now its own option in the extend dialog instead beeing a preferences.ini only option
.: Added the preferences.ini only option "FileBufferTimeLimit" ("eMule" section) which lets you set the maximum seconds before flushing the buffer of downloading files (default 60)

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- Feb, 9. 2009 -
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.: When another client requests to view your shared files and directories (and you allow it), eMule will now attach only the directory names (or relative paths if it is a shared subdir) instead the full path for privacy reasons
.: Fixed a BETA bug which caused eMule to not send single shared files when answering view shared files requests

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- Feb, 8. 2009 -
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.: On a fresh eMule installation, several less important list columns are now hidden by default to avoid overloading the interface
.: Fixed some BETA bugs with creating collections
.: Slightly increased the max. button size of the maintoolbar
.: You can no longer share single files within unshareable directories (like your temp dir)

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- Feb, 7. 2009 -
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.: Fixed a BETA bug which made eMule ignore the longest keyword on server searches
.: Added sanity checks for some problems seen in crashdumps when sending responses
.: Added sanity range check for preferences.ini only option: tcp obfuscation padding length

eMule 0.49c BETA1
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- Feb, 4. 2009 -
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.: Dates shown in the download list have their own time format setting ("DateTimeFormat4Lists" in preferences.ini) which is by default more compact than the old one
.: Added a column to the download list which shows the date when the download was started

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- Feb, 2. 2009 -
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.: Kad routing query contacts are checked against the routing table
.: Kad no longer allows more than 2 IPs from the same subnet within one routing query reply (except on LANs)
.: Fixed small bug in the uploadthrottler [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]

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- Jan, 27. 2009 -
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.: The Kad UDP firewalltest now asks several clients for its external port, avoiding to get a wrong "Open" state on NATs which change the source port on each request but behave like a Full-Cone otherwise
.: Kad now rechecks incoming search results against the filters used for a search and drops all results which fail (which should only happen for buggy clients and spam results)

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- Jan, 25. 2009 -
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.: When corrupted part.met files are detected, eMule now automatically tries to use the part.met.bak files instead
.: Some data (like the AICH hashset, statistics, metadata etc) from known/downloaded files which were not shared within the last month now gets purged to save ressources and avoid an unlimited growth of the known.met files
(the first purge will be done one month after upgrading, if you have "Remember downloaded files" disabled all unshared files are completely deleted right away so this change would have no further effect)
.: If you want to avoid this purging for some reason you can put "PartiallyPurgeOldKnownFiles=0" in the "eMule" section of your preferences.ini

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- Jan, 20. 2009 -
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.: When sorting lists for file types, eMule now further sorts by extension when the filetype is the equal

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- Jan, 11. 2009 -
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: On simple search queries Kad now rearrenges the used keywords itself and uses the longest keyword to determine which node to ask. This reduces the search load on common used keyword nodes like "and", makes such keyword a less viable target to attackers and allows users to do a search which begina with a short keyword like "An eMule"
.: You can deactivate this by putting "RearrangeKadSearchKeywords=0" into the "eMule" section of the preferences.in (there isn't much reason to do so for normal users however)

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- Jan, 10. 2009 -
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.: You can now also share single file and directories by Drag&Drop - simply drag them from (for example) the Windows Explorer into your Shared Files list
.: You can now share and unshare single files in the shared files window by chking/unchecking the files in the "All directories" tree. Downloading files and files in the incoming directory cannot be unshared
(first one is required for the network the second one is for consistency as the incoming dir is not handled as optional shared dir, therefore not marked in the tree as shared which again would make it pretty hard to find it to reshare any excluded files)
.: Kad file/source search answers now try to avoid using fragmented packets, making it more compatible to zealous firewalls routers which block those (effect increases as more nodes update to this version)

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- Jan, 5. 2009 -
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.: Fixed a possible crash in the (minilib) UPnP implementation
.: The Webinterface port can now also be forwarded by UPnP (Options->Webinterface)
.: The UPnP mappings are checked and refreshed if needed before Kad firewallchecks, after waking up from suspend and on smart lowid detection when connecting to servers

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- Jan, 3. 2009 -
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.: The allowed comment size has been increased to 128 characters
.: Fixed a bug which made the download list use the wrong text color in some cases, mostly noticed on special windows themes

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- Dec, 22. 2008 -
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.: Added support for Windows 'Heap Corruption Detection' security feature (Windows Vista)
.: Added support for Windows 'Address Space Layout Randomization' security feature (Windows Vista)

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- Dec, 21. 2008 -
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.: Added support for preview the content of ISO files. (file details->content)
Reads the content of ISO9660 and Joliet images. (no UDF support)
.: Made sure a received Kad routing answer doesn't contain more contacts than requested [Xin Sun]

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- Dec, 19. 2008 -
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.: Added support for Windows 'Data Execution Prevention' security feature (Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista)
.: Added support for Windows 'Exception Handling Protection' security feature (Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista)

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- Oct, 22. 2008 -
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.: Added: Crash dump files are created in the 'config' directory. [thx tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Fixed a flaw which caused too few randomness when generating a new ed2k userhash [godlaugh2007]

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- Oct, 21. 2008 -
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.: Added showing of watermark images to listviews (see "LvBkImg" entries in "Template.eMuleSkin.ini")

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- Oct, 18. 2008 -
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.: Unified drawing of multiple selected items in all listviews.
.: Several optimizations in listview drawing.
.: Added drag image for files in Transfers window (used when dragging selected items onto a category tab).
.: Fixed showing of tooltips for multiple selected items in Server and Search window.

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- Oct, 11. 2008 -
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.: Added auto-sizezing of column widths to all list views (double clicking on column divider will size the column width appropriatly)
.: Added label tips for partially visible sub items in all list views.
.: Added default sort orders to list views in Transfers window.
.: Added list view search functions for sub items.
.: Fixed sorting bug in File Name dialog.

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- Sep, 27. 2008 -
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.: Added support for DVR-MS files to "Content" page of File Details dialog and published meta data.
.: Minor change in auto-sizing controls of Search Parameters pane.
.: Added reading of meta data for WAV files to "Content" page of File Details dialog.
.: Added publishing of ED2K specific meta data for WAV and WMA files.
.: Added columns for ED2K meta data to Shared Files window.

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- Sep, 23. 2008 -
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.: Added Options->Extended->Resolve shell links which lets eMule share 'linked' files (Windows Explorer shortcuts). This way one can also share single files within unshared directories.
.: Added reading of meta data for Windows Media files to "Content" page of File Details dialog.

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- Sep, 14. 2008 -
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.: Added yet another method to determine whether the MediaInfo library is installed.
.: Added support for multi-user configurations for Win9X/WinME/WinNT (requires at least IE5).
.: Added support for previewing self extracting RAR archives.
.: Fixed broken ED2K link and eMule Collection file registry functions for Win98/WinME/WinNT.

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- Sep, 13. 2008 -
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.: Fixed a resizing bug with the main toolbar under Win98.
.: Fixed message box contents for downloading a proper version of DBGHELP.DLL for Win9x/WinME/Win2000.
.: Fixed a crash with deleting completed or shared files under Win98.
.: Added: Downloaded files are marked in the same way as by 'Internet Explorer' which leads to showing a warning message from 'Windows' when opening potential malicious files (for Windows XP SP2 or later).
.: Added: Opening DRM protected files shows a warning message to prevent accidental opening of a web browser and navigating to malicious sites.

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- Sep, 11. 2008 -
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.: Fixed bug with missing update for filter text on changing the language [JvA]
.: (Win98) Fixed bug with default search file type setting

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- Sep, 4. 2008 -
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.: Added new browse file/directory buttons to property pages in Options dialog.

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- Sep, 2. 2008 -
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.: Fixed some redrawing/resizing problems and reduced flickering in several main eMule windows.

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- Sep, 1. 2008 -
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.: Fixed bugs with file tooltips for Win98/Win2000.
.: Fixed a problem with corrupt stored search results [George1]

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- Aug, 30. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: It was possible to add eMule installation folder(s) to the shared files list when using the directory tree control in the Shared Files window.
.: Fixed a bug with disk space statistics for newly added downloads [fox88]
.: Fixed some potential compatibility problems with Windows NT 4.0.
.: Fixed problem with some missing icons under Win98.

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- Aug, 24. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Some Unicode strings where not stored correctly in meta data for part files.
.: Fixed some possible Unicode issues in Kad search expressions.
.: Removed the "Search with Unicode" search option - searches are always with Unicode.
.: Removed support for *.met file backward compatibility with non-Unicode eMule versions.
.: Removed support for the "SetSystemACP" setting in preferences.ini.
.: Added support for detecting if the MediaInfo library (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/) is installed on the system and automatically using it within the "Content" page for part/shared files.
.: Updated Kad Unicode mapping table for supporting current Unicode standard used by Vista.

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- Aug, 16. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Some Unicode strings where not stored correctly in search spam filter.

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- Aug, 15. 2008 -
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.: Added a NT-volume info cache to speed up handling of shared directories on non-fixed drives.
.: Fixed: With certain code pages some Unicode characters where not stored correctly in *.met files [Borschtsch]
.: Fixed: Some Unicode strings where not stored correctly in meta data for shared files.

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- Aug, 11. 2008 -
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.: Changed location for "downloads.txt" to eMule-config folder.

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- Aug, 10. 2008 -
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.: Added sorting of entries in "Shared Directories" and "Incoming Files" section of "Shared Files" tree view.
.: Added showing of the parent folder for entries in "Shared Directories" and "Incoming Files" section of "Shared Files" tree view.
.: Added showing of 'not connected' shared directories to "Shared Directories" and "Incoming Files" section of "Shared Files" tree view.
.: Added keeping of shared directories which are 'not connected' when starting eMule.
.: Added populating of a warning icon overlay to "Shared Directories" and "Incoming Files" section of "Shared Files" tree view to indicate that there is at least one directory in that folder which is 'not connected'.
.: Added verifying of the 'connected' state for all shared directories when updating the "Shared Files" tree view by using the 'Reload' button.

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- Aug, 9. 2008 -
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.: Fixed enablement of Start/Cancel button in Search Window for closed Kad searches.
.: Fixed invisible gripper control in Transfer Window.
.: Fixed standard Windows Property Sheet shortcuts in Options dialog.
.: Fixed several unlikely to happen but theoretically though possibles crashes.
.: Removed restrictions for sharing drives 'A:' and 'B:'.


eMule 0.49b

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- Jul, 31. 2008 -
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.: Fixed some rare possible crashes

eMule 0.49b BETA2
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- Jul, 28. 2008 -
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.: Added deleting of single entries from AutoComplete drop down lists by pressing the DEL key.
.: Added a new search method option "Automatic" which lets eMule choose which search method to use. eMule will select either Servers (Local) or Kad, based on which network we are connected to and some other indicators if connected to both networks.
.: Removed a general exception handler for the Beta version. This means eMule crashes instead of ignoring unexpected errors, which however is needed so we actually can find such bugs (if any exist) in the crashdumps.

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- Jul, 26. 2008 -
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.: Implemented a special nodes.dat version, which is more suited for mass distribution without causing significant additional traffic for the included nodes. This hopefully allows us to add a nodes.dat to the installer, so that new user can connect to Kad without having to connect to servers or downloading a nodes.dat themself

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- Jul, 15. 2008 -
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.: Implemented an alternate method to estimate the total user count in the Kad network, which is not based on our local routing table. Its experimental and only shown in the network dialog (double click the world icon in the status bar)
.: Adjusted the displaying of the user count by not showing numbers for a network we are nto connected to

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- Jul, 14. 2008 -
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.: Fixed a minor bug with kad obfuscation when contacting answering unbofuscated hello-requests
.: Made sure that only one challenge to verify a contact is sent at a time to the same IP

eMule 0.49b BETA1
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- Jul, 11. 2008 -
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.: Added MiniUPnPLib as additional UPnP implementation, the current Windows service based implementation is used as fallback. This will hopefully make eMule's UPnP compatible to most available routers. [miniupnplib by Thomas Bernard, Test & Suggestion: leuk_he]
.: A specific UPnP implementation can be disabled by adding "DisableMiniUPNPLibImpl=1" or "DisableWinServImpl=1" into the "UPnP" section of the preferences.ini

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- Jul, 5. 2008 -
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.: When reading a nodes.dat without any verified contacts (possible an old file version), eMule will assume all contacts to be verified to avoid slowing down the connecting process
.: Project files for VS2005 and VS2008 have been added, however the official eMule is still developed and compiled on VS2003

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- Jun, 27. 2008 -
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.: Several changes were made to Kad in order to defy routing attacks researched by University of Minnesota guys [Peng Wang, James Tyra, Eric Chan-Tin, Tyson Malchow, Denis Foo Kune, Nicholas Hopper, Yongdae Kim], in particular:
.: Kad contacts will only be able to update themself in others routing tables if they provide the proper key (supported by 0.49a+ nodes) in order to make it impossible to hijack them
.: Kad uses now a three-way-handshake (or for older version a similar check) for new contacts, making sure they do not use a spoofed IP
.: Unverified contacts are not used for routing tasks and a marked with a special icon in the GUI

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- Jun, 22. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Shared Files window splitter did not properly save/restore position.
.: Did first small step in dropping Kad1 support by not probing unknown Kad contacts for Kad1 anymore to save overhead. Kad1 clients will nevertheless still be work for now.
.: Fixed a bug which let Kad sometimes assume a Kad2 contact to be Kad1 after probing for both versions

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- Jun, 18. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Memory leak in context menus.
.: Added: Vista styles for context menus.

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- Jun, 12. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Pressing ESC in Shared Files window filter destroyed the entire window.

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- Jun, 10. 2008 -
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.: Added additional sanitize checks to make sure eMule never writes downloaded data into an already completed part
.: Optimized the Kad packettracking code to only tack packets which we check later, to save ressources

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- Jun, 9. 2008 -
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.: Fixed 100% CPU usage bug with tooltips in Statistics Graphs.
.: Added: Tooltip in Statistics Graphs show the Y-value.
.: Kad no longer tries to add UDP firewalled (and therefore mostly unreachable) nodes into its routing table, reducing overhead and increasing reliability [Idea: Netfinity]
.: Kad tries to determine the overall ration of firewalled clients in the Kad network and shows them in the statistics tree. This will only work if you are not firewalled yourself and know enough 0.49b+ nodes
.: When calculating the total user count, Kad now uses (if available) the real number of firewalled clients for the calculation instead a fixed value. This will take more effect when 0.49+ nodes become common

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- Jun, 5. 2008 -
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.: The "Handle eD2k-Links" button now also works properly with Vista's UAC enabled

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- May, 31. 2008 -
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.: Added: Unshare context menu entries for directories within the virtual "Shared Directories" folder.

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- May, 28. 2008 -
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.: Added: Vista themes for all owner drawn tab controls.
.: Added: Vista themes for category selector controls.

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- May, 25. 2008 -
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.: Fixed main toolbar redrawing problems under Vista.
.: Reworked connecting code, fixing some minor and some major bugs, including a possible loop in unreachable DirectCallback sources

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- May, 19. 2008 -
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.: Added new close icons for closeable tab controls.
.: Kad now ignores multiple IDs pointing to one IP in routing request answers

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- May, 18. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Tab controls were not sized correctly on certain text contents.

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- May, 17. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Category tabs in Transfers window did not show correct default text color.
.: Fixed: Category properties dialog did not always show the correct (default) category color.
.: Added: Hot tracking effects for Vista themes for all (owner drawn) tab controls.

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- May, 12. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Tooltips did not show correctly with Vista Aero theme.

eMule 0.49a

0.49a
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- May, 8. 2008 -
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.: If extended controls are enabled (and if available) Kad search results show the amount of known unique publishers for a file in parentheses in the availability column (this isn't equal to sources, but it is a bit more trustworthy indicator how common a file is).
.: Updated CxImage lib to the latest version (6.0), fixes some image processing vulnability (low risk for eMule) [reported: Steve Manzuik/Juniper Networks]
.: Fixed Unicode issue in stored and loading searches
.: DirectCallback sources are now properly added to and checked against the deadsource list

0.49a BETA3
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- May, 5. 2008 -
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.: Made sure to always use the intern UDP port if both (intern and extern) ports succeed in the firewall test
.: Control chars are now filtered out of ed2k-links / received filenames [eklmn]
.: Fixed a small bug with handling removed category directories on startup [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Changed installer to set the currently used shared usage setting as default if available

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- May, 3. 2008 -
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.: Fixed another bug in the new UDP firewalltest, causing it to fail for results on the extern UDP port and for unreachable clients
.: Captchas can consist of numbers now too (except 0)
.: Fixed a smaller issue with finding and connecting to a buddy
.: Buddy search interval has been reduced, to increase the chance to find a buddy without waiting too long

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- May, 1. 2008 -
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.: Changed the Crypt functions a bit for faster processing [netfinity]

0.49a BETA2
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- Apr, 29. 2008 -
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.: Fixed some rare bug which could cause rerequesting already transferred (buffered) data [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Tweaked UPnP a bit to support some more routers [leuk_he]
.: Updated libpng to the most current version 1.2.27

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- Apr, 27. 2008 -
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.: Changed the kad tcp firewalltest protocol to make it possible to archive the tcp open state if the UDP port is firewalled
.: Each dialog (kad, server, etc) has now its own "doorway" helptopic which eMule shows when pressing F1 or the Helpbutton, instead of only calling the helpindex

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- Apr, 23. 2008 -
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.: Fixed two bugs in the new kad firewalltesting which may lead to wrong results [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: eMule now supports ed2k-links for downloading the nodes.dat from an URL. A link to a nodes.dat should look this way: ed2k://|nodeslist|http://domain/nodes.dat|/
.: Fixed two minor display bugs realted to the waiting queue and the requests statistics for files [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]

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- Apr, 20. 2008 -
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.: Loading stored kad keywords and sources has been moved into a seperate thread to avoid interface lockups, while the data is loading
.: Kad (tcp)firewalltest and buddy tcp connection now properly support protocol obfuscation too, on require obfuscation setting those connections (and therefore its functionality) didn't worked before

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- Apr, 15. 2008 -
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.: Ctrl+W now closes the active searchtab in the search dialog

0.49a BETA1
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- Apr, 12. 2008 -
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.: Beta versions now create a small test text file which is shared by eMule to help us debugging protocol changes (esp Kad). On exit this file is deleted
.: Fixed a bug with the "Open Directory" menuitem in the shared files window [Stulle]

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- Apr, 11. 2008 -
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.: Added the obfuscation setting to the First Time wizard and removed the full chunk upload setting instead
.: Disabled peercache downloads by default (deprecated)
.: Added a Beta nagging dialog

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- Apr, 6. 2008 -
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.: Fixed several bugs in the new Kad firewall testing, obfuscation and direct callback functions

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- Mar, 30. 2008 -
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.: eMule is now aware of windows standby modes and reconnects after waking up [MorphXt]

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- Mar, 18. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: File tooltips used wrong font sizes when using customized Windows metrics.
.: Added: Support for using Windows default fonts for listview and treeview controls in eMule's main windows. This way one can specify larger fonts for almost all eMule lists via the Windows System Metrics. Specify "UseSystemFontForMainControls=1" in "preferences.ini" to enable.
.: Fixed: Shared directory treeview control lost icons after Windows System settings were changed.
.: Fixed: Wrong font mapping for some GUI elements in non-Western locales.

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- Mar, 17. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: Shared Files list did not show focus rectangle for listview items.

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- Mar, 16. 2008 -
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.: Fixed: "Search related Files" context menu entry in search results pane was not properly enabled/disabled [Tuxman]
.: Fixed: Memory corruption for column properties in WebServer [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Fixed: Normalized search labels in WebServer [ducho]
.: Fixed: Some search results where still shown after invoking 'Close All Search Results' [bengarchy]
.: Fixed: Enabling/Disabling the "Queued Clients" and "Known Clients" lists did not always fill/clear the list views [Xman]
.: Fixed: Toolbars in Transfere window were not showing tooltips after enabling/disabling "Queued Clients" and/or "Known Clients".

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- Mar, 15. 2008 -
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.: Fixed some GDI resouce leaks. [Rapid_Mule]
.: Fxied a minor possible bug in creating random numbers [leuk_he]
.: Fxied a bug in the new store searches function [netfinity]

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- Feb, 26. 2008 -
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.: When deleting more than 50 files the first 50 names are shown in the confirmation dialog [tHeWiZaRdOfDoS]
.: Fixed a bug in finding the senders of corrupt data which may lead to false positives [DavidXanatos]

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- Feb, 10. 2008 -
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.: Kad will now enforce certain limits when adding new contacts to the routing table: No more than 1 KadNode per IP, 2 similar KadNodes (same bin) from a /24 network and max 10 different KadNodes from a /24 network are allowed. This is supposed to make routing attacks against kad more difficult / resource-intensive
You can still run more than one kad client from a single IP without any problems, they just don't become part of the internal kad routing but still work without any limitations.

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- Feb, 3. 2008 -
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.: The download comments dialog has now a direct possibility to edit the comment spam filter, changes are instantly applied to all existing comments
.: Clients which sent comments which get filtered by the comment spam filter are now treated like message spammers (banned)
.: The ed2k: in ed2k-links is no longer case sensitive
.: When connecting to Ed2K eMule starts with a random server instead using first on in the server.met. Any sorting, priority, etc. is not affected by this

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- Feb, 1. 2008 -
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.: Several changes have been made to improve kads resistance against malicious keyword publishing:
.: Kad now keeps track which filenames were published by different sources for the same file and uses the most common name (instead the last published one) when responding search requests
.: Same hashs (files) which have different filesizes are now properly stored seperatly instead overwriting eachother
.: Kad calculates a rating based on how many different sources publish a file and how many files publishes a source. When responding to a search request, files with a rating below a set limit will be sent last in order to avoid that spammed files push out valid ones.
.: The Kad rating for published files is also sent in search results to be used in the future version as indicator

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- Jan, 16. 2008 -
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.: Added a general anti-flood-protection to kad. If Kad receives more request of a specific type from one IP than it would expect, it starts ignoring those requests and envetually banning the source. This is supposed to avoid or slow down several attack scenarios.
.: Fixed a problem with injection of DNS servers into the routing tables which were able to stay because of a porotcol mixup between kad and dns. Old sources with port 53 as kad port are ignored, new clients (0.49a+) can use port 53 as kad port again but it is not recommended [found by netfinity]
.: Fixed a bug in kad2 with publishing >4GB files [netfinity]

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- Jan, 11. 2008 -
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.: If you select a non-default incoming directory which already contains files, eMule notices you that those files are automatically shared by eMule

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- Jan, 8. 2008 -
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.: Added a filter box (like in the search results) for on-the-fly filtering of shared files into the shared files tab. This filter is supposed to help finding specific shared files, it has no effect on which files are actually published
.: Rearranged the symbols in the shared files directory tree a bit

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- Dec, 15. 2007 -
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.: The onlinehelp for the options dialog is now topic sensitive for all languages instead only for english (well actually it is not, but this is serverside work which will be done step by step till the release). More areas to get topic sensitive to come in the future
.: Open searches are now stored if you close eMule and restored on restart. This way you don't have to research your favourite words in case you didn't get to finish looking at the results. Can be disabled in Options->Display

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- Dec, 2. 2007 -
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.: Reworked Kads Firewall handling and testing:
The kad firewall state is now split into TCP and UDP. The TCP state is basically the old state, which tests if your TCP port is reachable. The UDP state is new and checks if your UDP port is reachable. For example on Full Cone NAT Routers, without portforwarding you will get TCP firewalled (as before) but UDP open (new). If you have the UDP open state, eMule doesn't needs a buddy any longer and will fully participate in the KAD network and therefore take away the overhead they caused in earlier versions (you still cannot connect to other TCP firewalled clients if you are TCP firewalled yourself).
.: The new UDP state is shown in the MyInfo field in the Server Tab. As long as the UDP firewalltest is unfinished "(unverified)" is appended
.: Clients which have the Kad UDP open state, now support direct callbacks (invoked by an UDP packet) to connect to not firewalled clients. These callbacks are faster, more reliable and use less ressources than buddy or server callbacks.
.: The new firewall test also fixes a bug / design flaw which caused eMule to always use the use the clients source UDP port, instead testing if the internal set UDP port might be the propper choice instead. This was especially a problem on Restricted Cone Routers with PAT (Port Address Translation)

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- Nov, 29. 2007 -
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.: Fixed bug with possible wrong local IP address in case the "BindAddr" option is used.
.: Fixed bug with missing update of details of a selected friend in friends list.

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- Nov, 24. 2007 -
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.: Fixed bug in tooltips which were showing certain list items partially in bold.

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- Nov, 19. 2007 -
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.: Added missing Unicode support for 'Static Servers' feature.

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- Nov, 12. 2007 -
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.: Fixed several of our listcontrols to show Windows' context menu of scrollbars
.: Added an option (Options->General) to prevent Windows from going into standby mode while eMule is running (and doing something)

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- Nov, 11. 2007 -
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.: Fixed bug in IRC window with channel windows opening in reverse order.
.: Fixed bug with dead servers occasionally not deleted from GUI [fox88].
.: Fixed bug with disabled E-Mail notifications on particular Windows systems [Lewpy]
.: Added showing of IRC-warning and error messages to the active channel window.
.: Added auto-activating of private IRC channel windows when self-initiating the conversation.
.: Fixed bug with extra large icons in file tooltips.
.: Fixed bug with HTTP downloads which could create a crash in case the HD is full.
.: Fixed a memory leak with failed gzip'd HTTP downloads.

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- Nov, 07. 2007 -
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.: Fixed garbled display of HTTP download status information

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- October, 31. 2007 -
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.: The messagesystem is now able to find your friends even if their IP changed if you and they are in Kad and not firewalled. This will help to stay in contact with friends longer than one session (Only works for new added/new seen friends which have Kad enabled).
.: When messaging a friend, eMule now makes sure that the userhash still matches after connecting and SecureIdent (if enabled) is passed in order to ensure that its really your friend.

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- October, 28. 2007 -
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.: You can now bootstrap to kad from an URL which points to a nodes.dat file (in the Kad tab)

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- October, 22. 2007 -
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.: In order to reduce spam messages and by this make the messagesystem more useable again, eMule now supports Captcha authentification:
If enabled, someone who messages you has first to solve a cpatcha (an image which shows letters) before the message is shown to you. Older clients who do not support captchas will be unable to message you and receive a notice about this.

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- Jule, 11. 2007 -
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.: Added obfuscation to the Kad UDP protocol. Kad obfuscation is part of the protocol and is unrelated to the Ed2K-Obfuscation settings

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- June, 5. 2007 -
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.: Fixed a bug which let Kad try to load its preferences from the old config directory location

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- May, 16. 2007 -
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.: Added Uyghur translation [translated by Abduqadir]

eMule 0.49c:

installer: eMule-0.49c-Installer.exe

bin: eMule-0.49c-bin.zip

src: eMule-0.49c-src.zip

mirrors:

installer: eMule-0.49c-Installer.exe

bin: eMule-0.49c-bin.zip

src: eMule-0.49c-src.zip

mirrors:

installer: eMule-0.49c-Installer.exe

bin: eMule-0.49c-bin.zip

src: eMule-0.49c-src.zip