mIRC 7.56 has been released! (July 6^th 2019)

This is a small update that addresses a number of issues reported by users since the last release. It includes improvements, changes and fixes to a number of features, including:

• Added $urlget() identifier that downloads content from http/https addresses.
• Fixed $regml().pos bug with multibyte characters.
• Updated libraries OpenSSL to v1.1.1b, LibZip to v1.5.2, and PCRE to v8.43.
• Reverted changes to $gmt(N) and $gmt(format).
• Fixed $astime() and other time/date features applying DST incorrectly.
• Changed time/date features to use threadsafe versions of CRT time functions.
• Changed $encode()/$decode() to allow non-literal keys longer than 56 characters.
• Fixed "try next server in group" option being incorrectly applied.
• Changed time/date routines to use Windows APIs, allowing extended date range 1601 to 9999.
• Changed /msg -switches support to enable backwards compatibility with certain BNCs.
• Added /server [-key filename] to set private key file to use for an SSL connection.
• Changed nickserv logon method to increase delay before triggering perform.
• Changed status window connect icons to distinguish between valid/non-valid SSL connections.

For a more detailed list of recent changes, please see the whatsnew.txt file.

As always, the latest version of mIRC can be downloaded from the download page.