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From: theborg!locutus%sbanet.uucp@dschub.stanford.edu (Locutus of Borg)
Subject: QWK, a mail reader for Macintosh:comp.binaries.mac [part 1 of 2]
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 22:07:15 -0700 (PDT)
This is a program that a friend of mine wrote. It will allow you to
read messages produced by "QWK" compatible message archiveing doors,
typically found on PC-based BBS's. Using these doors, you can "pack"
all of your new messages into a single file, download that file, and
read it "offline" (while NOT connected to the BBS) at your convenience.
This saves in telephone charges and time on the phone, especially if you
are calling a long distance BBS.
This program is currently rather crude. It will only "de-crypt" the
messages, and place them in an ASCII text file. It is up to you to read
the messages (using a separate text editor or word processor), and it
is up to you to compose replies, by logging in to the BBS and typing
them yourself. This is explained below.
This program is being written with little or no knowledge of the format
of QWK packets and ".REP" reply packets. Therefore, any information you
can provide would be extremely helpful to the author. It will enable
him to add more features to this program, including message reading
while within the program, automatic creation of reply ".REP" packets,
etc. If you have this information, PLEASE send a message to either the
author, or me (from Internet: dburr@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu or
DonaldBurr@aol.com; America Online: DonaldBurr)
This program has been tested on a variety of Macs, running under various
flavors of system software. It is System 7 compatible, and is 32-bit
clean. It has also been tested with various PC BBS's and QWK doors.
This file is compressed using StuffIt 1.5.1, which just about any pro-
gram out there can read.
It is shareware. The only restriction as to its distribution is that
it may not be distributed through, or by, the CompuServe Information
Service network or any of its affiliates.
The author may be reached from the Internet at "TheBob@aol.com", or
on America Online as "TheBob".
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+----------------------------------------+-[Internet Addresses]---------------+
: Locutus of Borg : dburr@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu :
: (In real life: Donald Burr) : theborg!locutus@uunet.uu.net :
: Carpinteria, CA USA : locutus%theborg.UUCP@uunet.uu.net :
: dschub!sbanet!theborg!locutus@dsc.com : America Online: DonaldBurr :
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: Resistance is futile. :
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