uMRC v102

[codefenix-dev]

v102 - April 3, 2026:

• Improved string handling all throughout the code, preventing potential crashes.
• Default max minutes in local sysop mode raised from 60 to 1000.
• Fixed some flawed wrapping logic for long words. Hopefully for the last time.
• Added a platform identifier in parentheses next to uMRC in CTCP VERSION responses (w = Windows, l = Linux, m = macOS).
• Input color cycling is disabled anytime input text is masked, to prevent masked text becoming unmasked if inadvertently pressing an arrow key.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while using TAB username autocompletion on macOS.
• umrc-bridge now makes unlimited reconnection attempts by default, instead of 10 in previous versions. This may still be changed to a finite value if the sysop wishes with the -r option. At least one successful connection must be established, otherwise umrc-bridge will fail after 10 tries. This is in case the MRC host is offline, or the URL is wrong, etc.
• The number of seconds to wait before umrc-bridge retries the connection can now be specified with the -w option (e.g.: -w10 to wait 10 seconds before making another connection attempt). Default is 5 seconds if omitted or a zero or negative value.
• umrc-client now takes an OPTIONAL -IP parameter, so that sysops may include the user's IP address (if the BBS is capable). If used, umrc-client reports the user IP to the host, which grants the host greater control over banning users without banning an entire BBS.
  Usage: -IPxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (no space between "IP" and the actual IP)
  On Synchronet, %i specifies the user's IP: -IP%i
  On Mystic, %4 specifies the user's IP: -IP%4
  Check your BBS's documentation.
• Improved BANNER and NOTIF display, now that banners are sent a from the host when using the /BANNERS command.
• Latency values greater than 999 are now displayed as ">999".
• Latency values are now color-coded. Greater than 200 is yellow, and greater than 400 is red. Any other color is white.
• Latency stat has been removed from the title screen, since it's not helpful information out of chat, and potentially problematic to include in the external stats file (mrcstats.dat).
• Buffer display turns red when length is over 135, to warn when reaching the maximum input length.
• Fixed an issue in setup where the background color wouldn't reset to black after the SSL Y/N prompt on Linux and macOS.

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This discussion was created from the release uMRC v102.