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v2026.10.1-beta
Release Notes
    Implemented
  • #183 Added the OptermX User Basics Guide, providing operating instructions for the OptermX terminal application.
  • #193 Updated the Custom OutpostX Forms documentation with radio-button and selection-list fields, PDF coordinate-grid support, and additional form-definition examples.
  • #189 Improved Serial Port selection to list the available serial/COM ports detected on Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, and macOS.
    New
  • #190 Added a sample Santa Clara County ICS-213 form (SCCO.ICS213) and implemented the Forms substitution service for automatically populating supported form values such $MSG_ID, $CALL_SIGN, $USER_NAME, $CURRENT_DATE, and $CURRENT_TIME.
  • #192 Added “Use Form as New Message”, essentially clone an existing form into a new message. This allows an existing form message to be used as the starting point for a new message while preserving the original.
  • #194 Added “Edit Form” for Draft and Queued form messages. This allows an existing form message to be reopened, changed, and saved back to the same message.
    Fixed
  • #186 Removed the deprecated Serial Test Open/Close control from OptermX Preferences.
  • #187 Removed the deprecated Telnet Negotiation / Terminal Type setting from OptermX Preferences.
    Outstanding
  • #80 Add NTS Message Maker.
  • #196 Ubuntu, Forms "View in PDF" feature error. evince: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0: failed to map segment from shared object.
Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) opmx-26101-win10-11-x86_64 100 MB
Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) opmx-26101-rpios-arm64 204 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 opmx-26101-ubuntu22.04-x86_64 144 MB
macOS Intel opmx-26101-macos-intel 208 MB
openSUSE 16.0 Leap opmx-26101-opensuse16-x86_64 152 MB
v2026.09.2-beta
Release Notes
    Implemented
  • #164 Added support for the ICS 213 General Message Form.
  • #172 Added Insert Text File… to the message form for inserting the contents of a text file into a message.
    New
  • #169 Added the App Note “Creating Custom OutpostX Forms”, documenting the OutpostX form-definition language and how to create custom forms.
  • #171 Added a configurable Tools menu for launching external applications, with the OpTermX Terminal Emulator included as the default tool.
    Fixed
  • #173 Added support in OpTermX for sending single characters to a TNC without appending CR/LF, as required by functions such as Kantronics TNC calibration.
  • #174 Reworked Preferences > New to initialize new profiles with the appropriate default settings.
  • #175 Improved serial-port selection to show externally connected serial devices appropriate for OutpostX use rather than every serial endpoint exposed by the operating system.
  • #176 Reworked Preferences validation to identify required fields and prevent incomplete configurations from being saved.
Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) opmx-26092-win10-11-x86_64 76 MB
Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) opmx-26092-rpios-arm64 172 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 opmx-26092-ubuntu22.04-x86_64 113 MB
macOS Intel opmx-26092-macos-intel 240 MB
openSUSE 16.0 Leap opmx-26092-opensuse16-x86_64 118 MB
v2026.08.3-beta
Release Notes
    Implemented
  • (#101) added Preference > General Settings and logic to “Start in Inbox” (default off).
  • Developed a Path Scripting HOWTO that describes how to define one or more hops to get to a remote BBS.
    Fixed
  • (#152) Fixed blank Session dialog header fields.
  • (#161) Fixed Preference's 'New' function to have the same effect on each config area.
  • (#162) After a message is downloaded, list is now refreshed.
  • (#165) After highlighting a message, pressing 'ENTER' now opens it.
    Changed
  • (#96) added "base group subject sorting": Sort RE:, FW:, and DELIVERED: messages by the balance of the subject line.
Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) opmx-26083-win10-11-x86_64 60 MB
Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) opmx-26083-rpios-arm64 151 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 opmx-26083-ubuntu22.04-x86_64 90 MB
macOS Intel opmx-26083-macos-intel 221 MB
openSUSE 16.0 Leap opmx-26083-opensuse16-x86_64 95 MB
v2026.08.2-beta
Release Notes
    Implemented
  • (#112) Added Base64 message encoding and tag support.
  • (#148, #149) Enhanced the About OutpostX information and updated OutpostX form labeling.
  • (#158) Received messages marked Urgent are now displayed with the entire message-list row in red text.
    Fixed
  • (#41) Forwarding a bulletin now defaults the forwarded message type to Private, rather than creating another bulletin.
  • (#67) Editing and saving a Queued message now changes its state back to Draft, rather than leaving it queued.
  • (#134) Fixed Linux Open Data Folder failures in PyInstaller builds by launching the system file manager using a cleaned external-process environment. Verified on openSUSE 16.0 with Plasma/Wayland, Plasma/X11, LXQt, Openbox, and Xfce.
  • (#147) Made Preferences > Copy functionality consistent across all configuration areas.
  • (#153) Fixed Delivery Receipt handling so receipts are not sent for downloaded bulletins.
  • (#154) OutpostX no longer attempts to delete downloaded bulletins from the BBS, regardless of who sent them.
  • (#155) Downloaded bulletins are now correctly identified as Bulletin messages rather than Private messages.
Changed
  • (#157) Changed the main message list 'Dir' column to 'Type'. Message types are displayed as B for Bulletin, NTS for NTS traffic, and blank for Private messages.
      • Known Issues
    • Send/Receive: Session dialog header fields may appear blank.
    • macOS Apple Chipset: Application packages are not yet code signed.
    • Scripting: Not yet implemented.
    • Forms: ICS-213 support is planned for a future release.
    Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) opmx-26082-win10-11-x86_64 60 MB
    Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) opmx-26082-rpios-arm64 151 MB
    Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 opmx-26082-ubuntu22.04-x86_64 90 MB
    macOS Intel opmx-26082-macos-intel 221 MB
    openSUSE 16.0 Leap opmx-26082-opensuse16-x86_64 95 MB
    v2026.08.0-beta1
    Release Notes
      New
    • Updated the Installation Guide and Quick Start Guide.
    • Expanded the Linux Compatibility documentation.
    • Added Processor Requirements to the Compatibility page.
    • Documented that Linux x86-64 builds require a processor supporting SSE4.2 and POPCNT. Older Intel Core 2 systems may fail to launch with a Qt "Incompatible processor" error.
      Fixed
    • Documented the missing libgthread dependency required on some Linux distributions.
    • Fixed Setup dialog profile switching that could discard unsaved changes when changing configuration areas. (#133)
    • Clarified processor compatibility for older openSUSE Tumbleweed systems. (#135, #136), see Linux Compatibility, Processor Requirements.
    • Fixed duplicate retrieval of replicated JNOS messages across multiple BBSs. (#138)
    • Fixed new Message forms so the BBS field is initialized to the active BBS profile. (#139)
      Known Issues
    • Preferences: Copy Profile is not yet implemented for all configuration areas.
    • Send/Receive: Session dialog header fields may appear blank.
    • macOS Apple Chipset: Application packages are not yet code signed.
    • Scripting: Not yet implemented.
    • Forms: ICS-213 support is planned for a future release.
    Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) opmx-26080-win10-11-x86_64 59 MB
    Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) opmx-26080-rpios-arm64 148 MB
    Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 opmx-26080-ubuntu22.04-x86_64 88 MB
    macOS Intel opmx-26080-macos-intel 216 MB
    openSUSE 16.0 Leap opmx-26080-opensuse16-x86_64 93 MB
    v2026.07.2-beta2
    Release Notes
    New
    * SQLite message database
    * Packet BBS message management
    * Message composition and editing
    * Send/Receive automation
    * Multiple configuration profiles
    * Session logging
    * Notification center
    * Printing and exporting
    * Transport Support:
       - Serial TNC
       - TELNET
       - AGWPE
    * Platform Support:
       - Windows 10 & 11
       - Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS +
       - Raspberry Pi OS
       - openSUSE 16.0 Leap
       - macOS Intel
    * BBS Support:
       - JNOS
       - BPQ
       - KPC PBBS
       - Winlink CMS
    Known Issues
    * macOS packages are not yet code signed.
    * duplicate downloads of the same message from different JNOS BBSs
    Windows 10, 11 (64-bit) outpostpmx-windows 59 MB
    Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) outpostpmx-rpios-arm64 148 MB
    Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 outpostpmx-ubuntu22 88 MB
    macOS Intel outpostpmx-macOS 216 MB
    openSUSE 16.0 Leap outpostpmx-opensuse16 93 MB

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