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- From: tmcwill@iat.holonet.net (Thomas McWilliams)
- Subject: Re: Offline Mail Reader for Linux?
- Message-ID: <Bzss4E.LH7@iat.holonet.net>
- Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
- References: <ANDERSON.92Dec22091441@zymurgy.bms.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:21:48 GMT
- Lines: 86
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- anderson@zymurgy.bms.com (Jay Anderson) writes:
- : >>>>> On Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:02:04 GMT, erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) said:
- : Ed> Savio Lam (lam836@cs.cuhk.hk) wrote:
- :
- : Ed> : Can anyone suggest an offline mail reader for Linux that supports
- : Ed> : the QWK format?
- :
- : Ed> Yes. ATP QWK 1.3 is what I'm running - apparantly, there is a 1.4, but I
- : Ed> don't have it.
- : Ed> --
- :
- : Where can this package be found? Archie came up empty for me looking
- : for it.
-
-
- ATP 1.40 is a mail/news reader for QWK format mail-packets. This format
- is the de facto standard mail/news format for public access BBS. ATP 1.40
- can be found as LINUX binary and source at the following ftp locations:
-
- sunsite.unc.edu
- halcyon.com
- zeus.ieee.org
- tsx-11.mit.edu
-
- The following BBS also have copies of ATP 1.40:
-
- When Gravity Fails BBS (202) 686-9086
- MAC's Place BBS (919) 891-1111
- Prism BBS 1:272/38 (914) 344-0350
- Lunatic Fringe BBS (214) 422-2936
- Brodmann's Place (301) 843-5732
-
- This version provides considerable enhancement over earlier versions
- and a general clean-up of the code. It should compile without error
- on systems supporting ANSI/POSIX standard C. No oddball calls are
- used. K&R is NOT supported. ATP is distributed under the terms of
- the Free Software Foundation GNU General Public License. In other
- words, it is copyrighted but freely distributable under conditions
- contained in the GPL. ATP is derived from an earlier work of Rene
- Cougnenc (AzerTyuioP), but greatly enhanced. Users of earlier
- versions of ATP for Linux should try to upgrade to this version.
- ATP supports both French language and English language.
-
- New Features Include:
-
- * message size of up to 150,000 bytes (about 2500 to 3000 lines).
-
- * 8192 conferences (fully compatible with older mail doors).
-
- * dynamic memory management.
-
- * Emacs style command-line editing with command history (Salz/Tumlee
- editline library)
-
- * separate conference for replies.
-
- * re-edit, kill, or change security on replies.
-
- * export replies ONLY when you want to.
-
- * greatly expanded tagline manager.
-
- * no limits on number of taglines.
-
- * direct, random, or automatic tagline selection.
-
- * support for external spelling checkers
-
- * text search conferences and headers for strings.
-
- * ANSI/POSIX compliance with full function prototyping
-
- * load multiple packets for reading at one time (ATP is a database
- type reader).
-
- * support for 7bit, latin1, and msdos character sets.
-
- * DOS versions in both 16 bit mode and 32 bit protected mode.
-
- If you have further questions, I may be reached at tmcwill@ukelele.gcr.com
- or at thomas.mcwilliams@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
-
- Thanks to Cougnenc, Salz, Tumlee, and others who provided the code for me
- to build upon.
-
-
-