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- From: patlee@panix.com (Patrick Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.misc,alt.bbs,news.software.readers
- Subject: Re: Database off-line reader
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.031212.27651@panix.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 03:12:12 GMT
- References: <u1gZVB4w165w@visavis.uucp> <ZoR8VB2w164w@whitebase.ukp.com> <1992Dec29.095354.13628@catfish.az05.bull.com>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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- In article <1992Dec29.095354.13628@catfish.az05.bull.com> pls@cibecue.az05.bull.com (Paul Schauble) writes:
- > I'm looking for a database oriented offline message reader. By
- > this I mean one that doesn't work on a packet by packet basis,
- > but which copies the packets int into a running database.
-
- If you are referring to QWK format mail readers, there are a few
- you can look at. SPEED READ (SPEED120.ZIP) has a fairly nice
- user interface and allows purging of message by # of dates and
- some other criteria. Its main lack, to me, is no internal editor
- and the inability to read more than one message at the same time.
- When I have a database, I would like to quote and reference saved
- messages easily while I type my reply, hence the need for both of
- the above.
-
- MegaMail Reader (MEGAR210.ZIP) reads both QWK and MegaMail for-
- mat. It is one of the first database type reader on the market.
- It does have a useable internal editor and the ability to refer-
- ence messages in any conference/echo and any BBS. Its user
- interface can use some work, IMO.
-
- There is a new program coming out soon called RoboMail by the
- author who brought us Robocomm. It is both one-packet-at-a-time
- reader and database. From his work on Robocomm, I would say he
- has no problem with user interface. What features the program
- has, I don't know. But beta testers say it will be out real soon
- now.
-
- --
- Patrick <patlee@panix.com>
-
- Maintainer of QWKLAY*, detailed QWK specification; and QWKP*,
- list of QWK format programs (readers, doors, and utilities).
-