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Backtalk

This is the core backtalk system, including the pistachio and abalone interfaces.

Some older versions are no longer kept on-line, to conserve disk space.

Backtalk Version 1.4.x Branch

1.4.12 devel 1362492 bytes Jul 2 2010 Important bug fixes.

1.4.11 devel 1325052 bytes Aug 13 2009 More updates to make it work properly with more recent Unix versions. More work on email. Probably a somewhat subpar release in terms of stability.

1.4.10 devel 1309527 bytes Aug 11 2009 Compatibility with newer versions of Berkeley DB.

1.4.9 devel 1300109 bytes May 9 2006 Bug fixes. Autoconf update. 64-bit processor support. Partial email support.

1.4.8 devel 1091060 bytes Nov 9 2005 Bug fixes

1.4.7 devel 1091720 bytes Nov 3 2005 Bug fixes

1.4.6 devel 1087456 bytes Sep 29 2005 Upgrade tools and docs, bug fixes, robot exclusion.

1.4.5 devel 1068741 bytes Jun 24 2005 Anonymous posting and bug fixes.

1.4.4 devel 1069160 bytes Jun 24 2005 Fixes, and prep for future features.

1.4.3 devel 1061933 bytes May 5 2005 Small fixes, and prep for future features.

1.4.2 devel 1038828 bytes Nov 23 2004 Small enhancements and more RSS support.

1.4.1 devel 1033447 bytes Nov 10 2004 Small bug fixes and cinnamon support.

1.4.0 devel 1032309 bytes Jul 12 2004 Validation of email addresses. Improved protection of email addresses from spam address harvestors. Start of SQL-based conference indexing.

Backtalk Version 1.3.x Branch

1.3.30 stable 1216680 bytes Aug 10 2009 Belated release with some bug fixes.

1.3.29 stable 1206044 bytes May 9 2006 Bug fixes. Autoconf update. 64-bit processor support.

1.3.28 stable 1016731 bytes Feb 8 2006 Bug fix.

1.3.27 stable 1016648 bytes Nov 20 2005 Bug fix.

1.3.26 stable 1016609 bytes Nov 9 2005 Dumpuser bug fix.

1.3.25 stable 1016567 bytes Nov 3 2005 Bug fixes.

1.3.24 stable 1015418 bytes Sep 29 2005 Robot exclusion, bug fixes.

1.3.23 devel 1012711 bytes Jun 23 2005 More bug fixes.

1.3.22 devel 1012614 bytes May 27 2005 More bug fixes.

1.3.21 devel 1012540 bytes May 26 2005 Bug fix for annonymous reading.

1.3.20 devel 1012455 bytes Mar 1 2005 Fix to tagfile bug introduced in 1.3.18 release.

1.3.19 devel 1012367 bytes Jan 26 2005 Small but important fix to IE incompatiblity introduced in previous release.

1.3.18 devel 1012253 bytes Jan 25 2005 Signficant bug fixes. Dumpuser.

1.3.17 devel 1004644 bytes Nov 23 2004 Small enhancements and more RSS support.

1.3.16 devel 1002384 bytes Nov 10 2004 Bug fixes and cinnamon support.

1.3.15 devel 1000202 bytes Jul 7 2004 Significant fixes and enhancements to session handling for --login=form configurations. Fixes to email sending.

1.3.14 devel 1000038 bytes Jun 2 2004 Support for some odd configurations.

1.3.13 devel 999532 bytes Jan 2 2004 Major bug fixes for attachments and sessions.

1.3.12 devel 1003089 bytes Oct 30 2003 Bug fixes.

1.3.11 devel 1002936 bytes Oct 28 2003 Bug fixes.

1.3.10 devel 999020 bytes Sep 3 2003 Strip javascript entities out of tags in HTML posts.

1.3.9 devel 998554 bytes Aug 6 2003 Bug fixes.

1.3.8 devel 997147 bytes Jul 25 2003 Fixes for rare configurations.

1.3.7 devel 996308 bytes Jun 29 2003 Sends 'welcome' email when new accounts are created. Improved session ID generation.

1.3.6 devel 986984 bytes Jun 17 2003 Compilation bug fixes for --disable-attachments flag.

1.3.5 devel 986704 bytes Jun 13 2003 Compilation bug fix for systems with Unix logins.

1.3.4 devel 985335 bytes May 7 2003 Bug fixes and non-working fragments of email support.

1.3.3 devel 974709 bytes Apr 30 2003 Attachment addition/deletion/editing tools. Bug fixes.

1.3.2 devel 969884 bytes Apr 7 2003 First draft of attachment support. Not really ready for prime time.

1.3.1 devel 941514 bytes Mar 14 2003 Minor enhancements for odd configurations.

1.3.0 devel 939691 bytes Mar 11 2003 Abalone converted to use cascading style sheets. Vanilla removed from distribution.

Backtalk Version 1.2.x Branch

1.2.37 stable 958957 bytes Nov 23 2004 More RSS support.

1.2.36 stable 958494 bytes Nov 10 2004 Bug fixes and cinnamon support.

1.2.35 stable 957419 bytes Jun 25 2004 small fixs.

1.2.34 stable 957319 bytes Jun 25 2004 tiny fix.

1.2.33 stable 957322 bytes Jun 2 2004 tiny fix.

1.2.32 stable 957266 bytes Jan 2 2004 minor documentation fixes.

1.2.31 stable 956947 bytes Oct 30 2003 Trivial bug fixes.

1.2.30 stable 956992 bytes Oct 28 2003 Bug fixes.

1.2.29 stable 956856 bytes Sep 4 2003 Bug fixes.

1.2.28 stable 956766 bytes Aug 6 2003 Bug fixes.

1.2.27 stable 956461 bytes Jul 25 2003 A fix for a rare configuration.

1.2.26 stable 956429 bytes Jul 23 2003 Fixed a bug for Unix login systems.

1.2.25 stable 956317 bytes Jul 17 2003 Two tiny bug fixes.

1.2.24 stable 956294 bytes Jun 29 2003 Big fixes to Fronttalk support.

1.2.23 stable 955598 bytes Jun 22 2003 Biggish bug fix.

1.2.22 stable 954818 bytes Jun 20 2003 Minor install script bug fix.

1.2.21 stable 955562 bytes Jun 17 2003 Several minor bug fixes.

1.2.20 stable 954703 bytes Apr 29 2003 Two bug fixes.

1.2.19 stable 954512 bytes Apr 29 2003 Two bug fixes.

1.2.18 stable 954413 bytes Apr 26 2003 Several small bug fixes.

1.2.17 stable 952393 bytes Apr 13 2003 Bug fix and Yapp compatibility fix.

1.2.16 stable 952344 bytes Apr 9 2003 Minor fixes.

1.2.15 stable 952260 bytes Apr 7 2003 Minor fix.

1.2.14 devel 952239 bytes Apr 5 2003 Minor fixes.

1.2.13 devel 952625 bytes Mar 13 2003 A couple significant bug fixes.

1.2.12 devel 952483 bytes Mar 11 2003 Minor Bug fixes, documentation updates.

1.2.11 devel 950179 bytes Mar 8 2003 Bug fixes.

1.2.10 devel 949170 bytes Mar 5 2003 HTML formatting improvements. Lots of bug fixes.

1.2.9 devel 944909 bytes Mar 1 2003 Posting Logs, bug fixes. Flakey.

1.2.8 devel 934310 bytes Feb 26 2003 More web Yapp compatibility, text formatting and other fixes.

1.2.7 devel 919337 bytes Feb 17 2003 Abalone feature upgrades, minor bug fixes.

1.2.6 devel 909478 bytes Jan 21 2003 Minor bug fixes.

1.2.5 devel 909470 bytes Dec 3 2002 Minor bug fixes.

1.2.4 devel 902802 bytes Oct 28 2002 Mostly bug fixes.

1.2.3 devel 902370 bytes Oct 5 2002 Favorite items, private item titles, user settable conference colors. Many bug fixes.

1.2.2 devel 881605 bytes Sep 9 2002 Major abalone feature upgrades. Unusually flakey.

1.2.1 devel 847661 bytes Aug 25 2002 Performance improvements. Script language extensions.

1.2.0 devel 833311 bytes Aug 8 2002 Compatibility with Yapp 3.0.

Backtalk Version 1.1.x Branch

1.1.25 stable 833334 bytes Mar 5 2003 Minor portability bug fix.

1.1.24 stable 833262 bytes Feb 26 2003 Minor bug fix.

1.1.23 stable 833256 bytes Jan 13 2003 Minor bug and grammar fixes.

1.1.22 stable 833222 bytes Dec 3 2002 Minor bug fixes.

1.1.21 stable 833141 bytes Oct 14 2002 Fixed broken "Allow HTML without images" option.

1.1.20 stable 833220 bytes Oct 5 2002 Minor portability fix.

1.1.19 stable 833153 bytes Sep 20 2002 Small bug fixes.

1.1.18 stable 832939 bytes Sep 9 2002 Not quite so small bug fixes.

1.1.17 stable 832602 bytes Aug 25 2002 Small bug fixes.

1.1.16 stable 832524 bytes Aug 23 2002 Fixed Abalone's overzealous creation of participation files plus several small fixes.

1.1.15 stable 831132 bytes Aug 8 2002 Several small bug fixes.

1.1.14 stable 831074 bytes Jun 27 2002 Minor documentation fixes.

1.1.13 stable 831015 bytes Jun 26 2002 Improved https support. Minor Abalone enhancements.

1.1.12 stable 831099 bytes Feb 12 2002 Significant bug fixes. Minor Abalone enhancements.

1.1.11 stable 825559 bytes Feb 6 2002 Bug fixes. Script tutorial.

1.1.10 devel 824787 bytes Feb 3 2002 MySQL support. Significant bug fixes.

1.1.9 devel 808647 bytes Jan 17 2002 Minor bug fixes.

1.1.8 devel 808099 bytes Jan 2 2002 Pistachio and motd enhancements.

1.1.7 devel Nov 28 2002 (Limited Release) Modularized authentication system. Partial SQL support. Session IDs. Fronttalk support. Bug fixes.

1.1.6 devel 742107 bytes Oct 1 2001 Minor bug fix.

1.1.5 devel 742037 bytes Jun 18 2001 Many bug fixes.

1.1.4 devel 734243 bytes Jan 24 2001 GPL. btinstall script.

1.1.3 devel 734502 bytes Jan 21 2001 Spell cheking. Bug fixes.

1.1.2 devel 725522 bytes Jan 11 2001 User groups. Integration of account creation. Dynamic loading. Admin tool improvements. Booktalk support. Bug fixes.

1.1.1 devel 599326 bytes Jun 26 2000 Bug fixes. Minor pistachio improvements.

1.1.0 devel 592946 bytes May 31 2000 Abalone. Better regexp code.

Backtalk Version 1.0.x Branch

1.0.9 stable 518886 bytes Jan 24 2001 GPL. Bug fixes.

1.0.8 stable 521216 bytes Jan 21 2001 Bug fixes.

1.0.7 stable 520916 bytes Jan 11 2001 Bug fixes.

1.0.6 stable 520556 bytes Jan 7 2001 Bug fixes.

1.0.5 stable 520250 bytes Dec 29 2000 Bug fixes.

1.0.4 stable 519858 bytes Jun 26 2000 Bug fixes.

1.0.3 devel 519759 bytes Jun 1 2000 Bug fixes.

1.0.2 devel 519694 bytes May 7 2000 Bug fixes.

1.0.1 devel 519390 bytes Apr 25 2000 Many bug fixes. Keyword configurability. Yapp compatibility fixes. Participation lists. Pistachio conference summary, read unseen, mark seen.

1.0.0 devel 508393 bytes Apr 11 2000 Autoconf. Portability improvements. Response editing. Install manual.

Backtalk Version 0.9.x Pre-Release Branch

0.9.13 devel 459373 bytes May 24 1999 Bug fixes.

0.9.12 devel 459218 bytes Apr 19 1999 Bug fixes. Bozo filter.

0.9.11 devel 457255 bytes Apr 9 1999 Global headers. HTML fixes.

0.9.10 devel Apr 1 1999 HTML posting enhancements.

0.9.9 devel 453127 bytes Mar 23 1999 Bug fixes.

0.9.8 devel 452584 bytes Mar 11 1999 Initial new items configurability. Broke out pwauth.

0.9.7 devel 465148 bytes Mar 5 1999 HTML postings enhancements. Bug fixes.

0.9.6 devel 461842 bytes Feb 26 1999 HTML postings. Passworded conferences. Y2K and 2038 fixes. Bug fixes.

0.9.5 devel 420593 bytes Dec 1 1998 Bug fixes.

0.9.4 devel 414032 bytes Feb 28 1998 Response slip-in trap. Conference titles. Full disk testing. Bug fixes.

0.9.3 devel 405918 bytes Feb 2 1998 Bug fixes.

0.9.2 devel Jan 6 1998 Cookies. Command line admin tools. Conference menu database. Hotlist editing. Timezones.

0.9.1 devel Nov 10 1997 Item indexing. Bug fixes.

0.9.0 devel Oct 6 1997 Script compilation. Admin manual.

Bubblegum Kid-Friendly Interface

The bubblegum interface is a simplified interface, originally designed for use by school children, but also useful for other applications.

bubblegum-1.2.4	81493 bytes	Sep 29 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.24 or 1.4.6 or later
bubblegum-1.2.3	81323 bytes	Nov 10 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
bubblegum-1.2.2	81296 bytes	Jul 7 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
bubblegum-1.2.1	81271 bytes	May 8 2003	for Backtalk 1.3.2 or later
bubblegum-1.2.0	81199 bytes	Apr 7 2003	for Backtalk 1.3.2 or later
bubblegum-1.1.7	68597 bytes	Mar 14 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.10 - 1.3.1
bubblegum-1.1.6	68399 bytes	Mar 5 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.10 - 1.3.1
bubblegum-1.1.5	68377 bytes	Mar 1 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.9
bubblegum-1.1.4	68338 bytes	Feb 25 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.8
bubblegum-1.1.3	68329 bytes	Feb 17 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.2 - 1.2.7
bubblegum-1.1.2	68261 bytes	Oct 5 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.2 or later
bubblegum-1.1.1	68275 bytes	Aug 25 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.1
bubblegum-1.1.0	68352 bytes	Aug 8 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.0
bubblegum-1.0.6	68408 bytes	Feb 13 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.8 - 1.1.x
bubblegum-1.0.5	68306 bytes	Feb 6 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.8 - 1.1.x
bubblegum-1.0.4	67017 bytes	Feb 3 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.8 - 1.1.x
bubblegum-1.0.3	66732 bytes	Jan 2 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.8 - 1.1.x
bubblegum-1.0.2	66171 bytes	Jun 24 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.3 - 1.1.5
bubblegum-1.0.1	66156 bytes	Jun 15 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.3 - 1.1.4
bubblegum-1.0.0	66073 bytes	Jan 24 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.3 - 1.1.4

Gumball/Gumdrop Single-Conference/Single-Item Interfaces

The gumball interface presents a single conferences without links to other conferences. The gumdrop interface presents a single item without links to other items. With these tools, a single item in a conference can be used as a blog or guest book, without having it obviously be part of a larger system (though, of course, the same conference or item could also be viewed through the standard interfaces). These interfaces are actually wrappers around the bubblegum interface, so bubblegum must be installed for them to work.

gumball-0.1.0

10828 bytes

Mar 14 2003

for Backtalk 1.3.1 or later
and Bubblegum 1.1.7 or later

Papaya Yapp-like Interface

The papaya interface provides a look and feel similar to that of web Yapp (specifically web Yapp as installed on M-Net before they converted to Backtalk). It's mainly interesting to long time web Yapp users.

papaya-1.1.5	52895 bytes	May 9, 2006	for Backtalk 1.3.24 or Backtalk 1.4.6 or later
papaya-1.1.4	52467 bytes	Sep 29 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.24 or Backtalk 1.4.6 or later
papaya-1.1.3	51443 bytes	Nov 23 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.17 or later
papaya-1.1.2	50942 bytes	Nov 10 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
papaya-1.1.1	50900 bytes	Jul 7 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
papaya-1.1.0	50881 bytes	Apr 7 2003	for Backtalk 1.3.2 or later
papaya-1.0.4	50148 bytes	Mar 5 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.10 - 1.3.1
papaya-1.0.3	50115 bytes	Mar 1 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.9
papaya-1.0.2	50052 bytes	Feb 25 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.8
papaya-1.0.1	49959 bytes	Oct 5 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.2 - 1.2.7
papaya-1.0.0	49834 bytes	Aug 25 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.1

Vanilla Text-oriented Interface

Vanilla was the original interface Steve Weiss implemented for Backtalk. It is included in the basic Backtalk distribution until version 1.3.0, when it was broken out as a separately distributed package. It is heavily text-oriented, being designed to work will with text browsers like lynx. It's feature set is somewhat impoverished, and not much is being done with it except to keep it working as Backtalk evolves.

vanilla-1.3.5	24168 bytes	Sep 29 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.24 or Backtalk 1.4.6 or later
vanilla-1.3.4	22830 bytes	Jan 12 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
vanilla-1.3.3	22793 bytes	Nov 10 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
vanilla-1.3.2	22676 bytes	Jul 7 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.15 or later
vanilla-1.3.1	22722 bytes	Jul 17 2003	for Backtalk 1.3.0 or later
vanilla-1.3.0	22686 bytes	Mar 11 2003	for Backtalk 1.3.0 or later

Wasabi Web Magazine Interface

Wasabi was developed for my personal weblog, except it isn't exactly a web log. It presents a backtalk conference as a collection of articles, which may be updated from time to time by the author of the article. Readers may make comments and veiw comments from other users, but these are de-emphasized by the interface design. This interface is still immature, and not as easily configurable for other sites as I would like.

wasabi-1.0.5	19070 bytes	Jun 11 2007	for Backtalk 1.4.6 or later
wasabi-1.0.4	18990 bytes	Sep 29 2005	for Backtalk 1.4.6 or later
wasabi-1.0.3	18513 bytes	Jun 24 2005	for Backtalk 1.4.5 or later
wasabi-1.0.2	18293 bytes	May 5 2005	for Backtalk 1.4.2 or later
wasabi-1.0.1	17337 bytes	Nov 10 2004	for Backtalk 1.4.0 or later
wasabi-1.0.0	16860 bytes	Jul 12 2004	for Backtalk 1.4.0 or later

Cinnamon Syndication Interface

Cinnamon is an interface that provides RSS (version 0.91, 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0) or Atom (version 1.0) feeds from a Backtalk site.

cinnamon-0.8.6	24559 bytes	Nov 8 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.17 or later
cinnamon-0.8.5	24539 bytes	Jun 27 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.17 or later
cinnamon-0.8.4	19567 bytes	May 4 2005	for Backtalk 1.3.17 or later
cinnamon-0.8.3	19447 bytes	Nov 23 2004	for Backtalk 1.3.17 or later
cinnamon-0.8.2	18052 bytes	Nov 14 2004	for Backtalk 1.2.36 or 1.3.16 or 1.4.1
cinnamon-0.8.1	16784 bytes	Nov 12 2004	for Backtalk 1.2.36 or 1.3.16 or 1.4.1
cinnamon-0.8.0	16333 bytes	Nov 10 2004	for Backtalk 1.2.36 or 1.3.16 or 1.4.1

Booktalk Admin Tools and Installation Documents

This is not a user interface, merely a set of very specialized admin tools built for the Canton Public Library's PULSE system. It is only interesting if you are planning to build an extremely similar site.

booktalk-1.0.1	19579 bytes	Oct 5 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.2 or later
booktalk-1.0.0	19417 bytes	Jun 18 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.5 or later

Fronttalk Command Line Interface

The Fronttalk distribution contains both the server scripts and the client Perl program. The 'gate' text gatherer is recommended for use with the client program.

fronttalk-0.9.2	100503 bytes	Sep 29 2005	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Backtalk 1.4 compatibility.
fronttalk-0.9.1	100174 bytes	Feb 2 2005	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later More bug fixes and enhancements.
fronttalk-0.9.0	96415 bytes	Jan 31 2005	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Many bug fexes and enhancements.
fronttalk-0.3.7	91814 bytes	Jan 25 2005	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Readline support, job control fixes, "read since" fixes.
fronttalk-0.3.6	84684 bytes	Jan 2 2004	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Add support for servers with form-based authentication.
fronttalk-0.3.5	83939 bytes	Dec 27 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Minor changes and addition of two omitted files.
fronttalk-0.3.4	82613 bytes	Mar 1 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.9 or later Minor changes.
fronttalk-0.3.3	82240 bytes	Jan 21 2003	for Backtalk 1.2.3 - 1.2.7 Bug fix.
fronttalk-0.3.2	82122 bytes	Oct 28 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.3 or later Bug fix.
fronttalk-0.3.1	82078 bytes	Oct 7 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.3 or later Favorites, private item titles.
fronttalk-0.3.0	79693 bytes	Aug 8 2002	for Backtalk 1.2.0 or later Yapp 3.0 compatibility.
fronttalk-0.2.4	79695 bytes	Feb 6 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.9 - 1.1.x Report server version.
fronttalk-0.2.3	79557 bytes	Feb 3 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.9 - 1.1.x Find, Fixseen and participants commands. Bug fixes and performance improvements.
fronttalk-0.2.2	75075 bytes	Jan 4 2002	for Backtalk 1.1.9 - 1.1.x Help files. Installation instructions. Misc features.
fronttalk-0.2.1		Dec 26 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.7 Dynamic loading. Misc features.
fronttalk-0.2.0		Dec 18 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.7 'Read' code speedup. Misc features.
fronttalk-0.1.1		Dec 5 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.7 Bug fixes. Interupt handling.
fronttalk-0.1.0		Dec 4 2001	for Backtalk 1.1.7 Initial version.
Gate Text Gatherer (used with Fronttalk)
gate 2.05a	57722 bytes	Dec 21 2003	config script bug fix
gate 2.05	57674 bytes	Jun 19 2003	Portability improvements
gate 2.04c	35557 bytes	Dec 31 1998

E-Mail Jan Wolter
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Backtalk Version 1.4.x Branch
1.4.12	devel	1362492 bytes	Jul 2 2010	Important bug fixes.
1.4.11	devel	1325052 bytes	Aug 13 2009	More updates to make it work properly with more recent Unix versions. More work on email. Probably a somewhat subpar release in terms of stability.
1.4.10	devel	1309527 bytes	Aug 11 2009	Compatibility with newer versions of Berkeley DB.
1.4.9	devel	1300109 bytes	May 9 2006	Bug fixes. Autoconf update. 64-bit processor support. Partial email support.
1.4.8	devel	1091060 bytes	Nov 9 2005	Bug fixes
1.4.7	devel	1091720 bytes	Nov 3 2005	Bug fixes
1.4.6	devel	1087456 bytes	Sep 29 2005	Upgrade tools and docs, bug fixes, robot exclusion.
1.4.5	devel	1068741 bytes	Jun 24 2005	Anonymous posting and bug fixes.
1.4.4	devel	1069160 bytes	Jun 24 2005	Fixes, and prep for future features.
1.4.3	devel	1061933 bytes	May 5 2005	Small fixes, and prep for future features.
1.4.2	devel	1038828 bytes	Nov 23 2004	Small enhancements and more RSS support.
1.4.1	devel	1033447 bytes	Nov 10 2004	Small bug fixes and cinnamon support.
1.4.0	devel	1032309 bytes	Jul 12 2004	Validation of email addresses. Improved protection of email addresses from spam address harvestors. Start of SQL-based conference indexing.
Backtalk Version 1.3.x Branch
1.3.30	stable	1216680 bytes	Aug 10 2009	Belated release with some bug fixes.
1.3.29	stable	1206044 bytes	May 9 2006	Bug fixes. Autoconf update. 64-bit processor support.
1.3.28	stable	1016731 bytes	Feb 8 2006	Bug fix.
1.3.27	stable	1016648 bytes	Nov 20 2005	Bug fix.
1.3.26	stable	1016609 bytes	Nov 9 2005	Dumpuser bug fix.
1.3.25	stable	1016567 bytes	Nov 3 2005	Bug fixes.
1.3.24	stable	1015418 bytes	Sep 29 2005	Robot exclusion, bug fixes.
1.3.23	devel	1012711 bytes	Jun 23 2005	More bug fixes.
1.3.22	devel	1012614 bytes	May 27 2005	More bug fixes.
1.3.21	devel	1012540 bytes	May 26 2005	Bug fix for annonymous reading.
1.3.20	devel	1012455 bytes	Mar 1 2005	Fix to tagfile bug introduced in 1.3.18 release.
1.3.19	devel	1012367 bytes	Jan 26 2005	Small but important fix to IE incompatiblity introduced in previous release.
1.3.18	devel	1012253 bytes	Jan 25 2005	Signficant bug fixes. Dumpuser.
1.3.17	devel	1004644 bytes	Nov 23 2004	Small enhancements and more RSS support.
1.3.16	devel	1002384 bytes	Nov 10 2004	Bug fixes and cinnamon support.
1.3.15	devel	1000202 bytes	Jul 7 2004	Significant fixes and enhancements to session handling for --login=form configurations. Fixes to email sending.
1.3.14	devel	1000038 bytes	Jun 2 2004	Support for some odd configurations.
1.3.13	devel	999532 bytes	Jan 2 2004	Major bug fixes for attachments and sessions.
1.3.12	devel	1003089 bytes	Oct 30 2003	Bug fixes.
1.3.11	devel	1002936 bytes	Oct 28 2003	Bug fixes.
1.3.10	devel	999020 bytes	Sep 3 2003	Strip javascript entities out of tags in HTML posts.
1.3.9	devel	998554 bytes	Aug 6 2003	Bug fixes.
1.3.8	devel	997147 bytes	Jul 25 2003	Fixes for rare configurations.
1.3.7	devel	996308 bytes	Jun 29 2003	Sends 'welcome' email when new accounts are created. Improved session ID generation.
1.3.6	devel	986984 bytes	Jun 17 2003	Compilation bug fixes for --disable-attachments flag.
1.3.5	devel	986704 bytes	Jun 13 2003	Compilation bug fix for systems with Unix logins.
1.3.4	devel	985335 bytes	May 7 2003	Bug fixes and non-working fragments of email support.
1.3.3	devel	974709 bytes	Apr 30 2003	Attachment addition/deletion/editing tools. Bug fixes.
1.3.2	devel	969884 bytes	Apr 7 2003	First draft of attachment support. Not really ready for prime time.
1.3.1	devel	941514 bytes	Mar 14 2003	Minor enhancements for odd configurations.
1.3.0	devel	939691 bytes	Mar 11 2003	Abalone converted to use cascading style sheets. Vanilla removed from distribution.
Backtalk Version 1.2.x Branch
1.2.37	stable	958957 bytes	Nov 23 2004	More RSS support.
1.2.36	stable	958494 bytes	Nov 10 2004	Bug fixes and cinnamon support.
1.2.35	stable	957419 bytes	Jun 25 2004	small fixs.
1.2.34	stable	957319 bytes	Jun 25 2004	tiny fix.
1.2.33	stable	957322 bytes	Jun 2 2004	tiny fix.
1.2.32	stable	957266 bytes	Jan 2 2004	minor documentation fixes.
1.2.31	stable	956947 bytes	Oct 30 2003	Trivial bug fixes.
1.2.30	stable	956992 bytes	Oct 28 2003	Bug fixes.
1.2.29	stable	956856 bytes	Sep 4 2003	Bug fixes.
1.2.28	stable	956766 bytes	Aug 6 2003	Bug fixes.
1.2.27	stable	956461 bytes	Jul 25 2003	A fix for a rare configuration.
1.2.26	stable	956429 bytes	Jul 23 2003	Fixed a bug for Unix login systems.
1.2.25	stable	956317 bytes	Jul 17 2003	Two tiny bug fixes.
1.2.24	stable	956294 bytes	Jun 29 2003	Big fixes to Fronttalk support.
1.2.23	stable	955598 bytes	Jun 22 2003	Biggish bug fix.
1.2.22	stable	954818 bytes	Jun 20 2003	Minor install script bug fix.
1.2.21	stable	955562 bytes	Jun 17 2003	Several minor bug fixes.
1.2.20	stable	954703 bytes	Apr 29 2003	Two bug fixes.
1.2.19	stable	954512 bytes	Apr 29 2003	Two bug fixes.
1.2.18	stable	954413 bytes	Apr 26 2003	Several small bug fixes.
1.2.17	stable	952393 bytes	Apr 13 2003	Bug fix and Yapp compatibility fix.
1.2.16	stable	952344 bytes	Apr 9 2003	Minor fixes.
1.2.15	stable	952260 bytes	Apr 7 2003	Minor fix.
1.2.14	devel	952239 bytes	Apr 5 2003	Minor fixes.
1.2.13	devel	952625 bytes	Mar 13 2003	A couple significant bug fixes.
1.2.12	devel	952483 bytes	Mar 11 2003	Minor Bug fixes, documentation updates.
1.2.11	devel	950179 bytes	Mar 8 2003	Bug fixes.
1.2.10	devel	949170 bytes	Mar 5 2003	HTML formatting improvements. Lots of bug fixes.
1.2.9	devel	944909 bytes	Mar 1 2003	Posting Logs, bug fixes. Flakey.
1.2.8	devel	934310 bytes	Feb 26 2003	More web Yapp compatibility, text formatting and other fixes.
1.2.7	devel	919337 bytes	Feb 17 2003	Abalone feature upgrades, minor bug fixes.
1.2.6	devel	909478 bytes	Jan 21 2003	Minor bug fixes.
1.2.5	devel	909470 bytes	Dec 3 2002	Minor bug fixes.
1.2.4	devel	902802 bytes	Oct 28 2002	Mostly bug fixes.
1.2.3	devel	902370 bytes	Oct 5 2002	Favorite items, private item titles, user settable conference colors. Many bug fixes.
1.2.2	devel	881605 bytes	Sep 9 2002	Major abalone feature upgrades. Unusually flakey.
1.2.1	devel	847661 bytes	Aug 25 2002	Performance improvements. Script language extensions.
1.2.0	devel	833311 bytes	Aug 8 2002	Compatibility with Yapp 3.0.
Backtalk Version 1.1.x Branch
1.1.25	stable	833334 bytes	Mar 5 2003	Minor portability bug fix.
1.1.24	stable	833262 bytes	Feb 26 2003	Minor bug fix.
1.1.23	stable	833256 bytes	Jan 13 2003	Minor bug and grammar fixes.
1.1.22	stable	833222 bytes	Dec 3 2002	Minor bug fixes.
1.1.21	stable	833141 bytes	Oct 14 2002	Fixed broken "Allow HTML without images" option.
1.1.20	stable	833220 bytes	Oct 5 2002	Minor portability fix.
1.1.19	stable	833153 bytes	Sep 20 2002	Small bug fixes.
1.1.18	stable	832939 bytes	Sep 9 2002	Not quite so small bug fixes.
1.1.17	stable	832602 bytes	Aug 25 2002	Small bug fixes.
1.1.16	stable	832524 bytes	Aug 23 2002	Fixed Abalone's overzealous creation of participation files plus several small fixes.
1.1.15	stable	831132 bytes	Aug 8 2002	Several small bug fixes.
1.1.14	stable	831074 bytes	Jun 27 2002	Minor documentation fixes.
1.1.13	stable	831015 bytes	Jun 26 2002	Improved https support. Minor Abalone enhancements.
1.1.12	stable	831099 bytes	Feb 12 2002	Significant bug fixes. Minor Abalone enhancements.
1.1.11	stable	825559 bytes	Feb 6 2002	Bug fixes. Script tutorial.
1.1.10	devel	824787 bytes	Feb 3 2002	MySQL support. Significant bug fixes.
1.1.9	devel	808647 bytes	Jan 17 2002	Minor bug fixes.
1.1.8	devel	808099 bytes	Jan 2 2002	Pistachio and motd enhancements.
1.1.7	devel		Nov 28 2002	(Limited Release) Modularized authentication system. Partial SQL support. Session IDs. Fronttalk support. Bug fixes.
1.1.6	devel	742107 bytes	Oct 1 2001	Minor bug fix.
1.1.5	devel	742037 bytes	Jun 18 2001	Many bug fixes.
1.1.4	devel	734243 bytes	Jan 24 2001	GPL. btinstall script.
1.1.3	devel	734502 bytes	Jan 21 2001	Spell cheking. Bug fixes.
1.1.2	devel	725522 bytes	Jan 11 2001	User groups. Integration of account creation. Dynamic loading. Admin tool improvements. Booktalk support. Bug fixes.
1.1.1	devel	599326 bytes	Jun 26 2000	Bug fixes. Minor pistachio improvements.
1.1.0	devel	592946 bytes	May 31 2000	Abalone. Better regexp code.
Backtalk Version 1.0.x Branch
1.0.9	stable	518886 bytes	Jan 24 2001	GPL. Bug fixes.
1.0.8	stable	521216 bytes	Jan 21 2001	Bug fixes.
1.0.7	stable	520916 bytes	Jan 11 2001	Bug fixes.
1.0.6	stable	520556 bytes	Jan 7 2001	Bug fixes.
1.0.5	stable	520250 bytes	Dec 29 2000	Bug fixes.
1.0.4	stable	519858 bytes	Jun 26 2000	Bug fixes.
1.0.3	devel	519759 bytes	Jun 1 2000	Bug fixes.
1.0.2	devel	519694 bytes	May 7 2000	Bug fixes.
1.0.1	devel	519390 bytes	Apr 25 2000	Many bug fixes. Keyword configurability. Yapp compatibility fixes. Participation lists. Pistachio conference summary, read unseen, mark seen.
1.0.0	devel	508393 bytes	Apr 11 2000	Autoconf. Portability improvements. Response editing. Install manual.
Backtalk Version 0.9.x Pre-Release Branch
0.9.13	devel	459373 bytes	May 24 1999	Bug fixes.
0.9.12	devel	459218 bytes	Apr 19 1999	Bug fixes. Bozo filter.
0.9.11	devel	457255 bytes	Apr 9 1999	Global headers. HTML fixes.
0.9.10	devel		Apr 1 1999	HTML posting enhancements.
0.9.9	devel	453127 bytes	Mar 23 1999	Bug fixes.
0.9.8	devel	452584 bytes	Mar 11 1999	Initial new items configurability. Broke out pwauth.
0.9.7	devel	465148 bytes	Mar 5 1999	HTML postings enhancements. Bug fixes.
0.9.6	devel	461842 bytes	Feb 26 1999	HTML postings. Passworded conferences. Y2K and 2038 fixes. Bug fixes.
0.9.5	devel	420593 bytes	Dec 1 1998	Bug fixes.
0.9.4	devel	414032 bytes	Feb 28 1998	Response slip-in trap. Conference titles. Full disk testing. Bug fixes.
0.9.3	devel	405918 bytes	Feb 2 1998	Bug fixes.
0.9.2	devel		Jan 6 1998	Cookies. Command line admin tools. Conference menu database. Hotlist editing. Timezones.
0.9.1	devel		Nov 10 1997	Item indexing. Bug fixes.
0.9.0	devel		Oct 6 1997	Script compilation. Admin manual.