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From: esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us (Eric S Johansson)
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Subject: uupc, mailers, and news reader FAQ
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UUCP Mail, News, and Gateway Software for PCs and MACs
Eric S Johansson
Version: Issue #3.2 - Preliminary
Last Updated: Dec 29, 1992
Posted to: comp.mail.uucp, news.software.readers, vmsnet.uucp
This document is a list of UUCP Mail, News and Gateway implementations for the
PC and MAC. It does not currently include TCP/IP, POPn, SMTP, IMAP, or NNTP
packages unless they also support UUCP. If you have additions or changes please
send them to me:
Eric S Johansson esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us
Because I do not have much spare time, I am very slow at getting updates
incorporated into this document. When sending updates, the closer you can
make the changes to a cut and paste, the sooner I will get the changes
into this FAQ. Thanks for the help.
I would like to include news and mail packages for personal computers
other than DOS and Macintosh boxes (like the Atari ST and Amiga). Please
tell me what you know and I will include it.
Attributions:
I received this document from James H. Thompson (jimmy_t@verifone.com)
shortly after I foolishly proclaimed that I would build and maintain
a UUPC supplier FAQ. Thank you Jim for building this document and to
all the people who sent the information used to build this document.
Other helpful people include:
sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de (Stefan Reck)
Arthur Britto
stu@valinor.mythical.com (Stu Labovitz)
russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
Christophe Wolfhugel <Christophe.Wolfhugel@grasp.insa-lyon.fr>
No visible means of support:
THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Changes since prior issue:
added info on NWREADER
added info on RWMAIL
added info on HoloNet
updated Waffle info
added info RUSNEWS
Contents:
1. Recommended Reading
2. Commercial UUCP Network connections
Anterior Technology
DMConnection
HoloNet
MSEN
Netcom
PSI
UUNET
3. List of PC Packages
DistNet
EZ-Mail
FREDGATE
FSUUCP
MUSH
NWREADER
PCB/Usenet Gateway
PCElm
PCNews
PMAIL (Pegasus Mail)
RAMNET
READMAIL
RWMAIL
SMAIL
SNEWS
UFGATE
UGATE
UULINK
uuPCB
UUPC/extended
V-MailServer
WAFFLE
WafMail
WWCP
ZMail
3. List of MAC Packages
Fernmail
Mac/Gnuucp
uAccess
UUPC - MAC
1. Recommended Reading
"The Matrix - Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide"
Author: John S. Quarterman
Copyright: 1990
Publisher: Digital Press
TEL: 800-DIGITAL
Modem: 800-234-1998
"The User's Directory of Computer Networks"
Author: Tracy L LaQuey
Copyright: 1990
Publisher: Digital Press
TEL: 800-DIGITAL
Modem: 800-234-1998
"!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks"
Author: Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc
103 Morris Street, Suite A
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Email: nuts@ora.com
Phone: 800-338-6887
707-829-0515
FAX: 707-829-0104
"Managing UUCP and the Usenet"
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc
103 Morris Street, Suite A
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Email: nuts@ora.com
Phone: 800-338-6887
707-829-0515
FAX: 707-829-0104
BoardWatch Magazine
5970 South Vivian Street
Littleton, CO 80127
Tel: 800-933-6038
303-973-4222
FAX: 303-973-3731
Email: jrickard@boardwatch.com
Price: $36/year
"How to become a USENET site"
Author: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@athena.mit.edu>
Latest Version: 22 Mar 92 06:00:52 GMT
Where to get: Posted periodically in newsgroups:
news.admin,news.announce.newusers,news.answers
Summary: Periodic posting about the basic steps involved
getting connected to USENET.
"The BMUG Guide to Bulletin Boards and Beyond"
Author: Bernard Aboba
Publisher: Quantum Books
4 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Email: quanbook@world.std.com or aboba@world.std.com
Phone: 617-494-5042
FAX: 617-577-7282
Additonal Resources and Mailing Lists:
UUDOS is a general discussion on UUCP mail/news implementations
under the DOS environment. Subscribe by sending a message
with "subscribe uudos" (in lower case) to: infolist@pavnet.pcn.org
For more info on Amiga UUCP send a subscribe request to:
amiga-uucp-request@uunet.uu.net
If you are new to USENET the following articles which are
posted periodically in the newsgroup: news.answers
(unless noted otherwise) may be useful:
"What is Usenet?"
Original-author: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Last-change: 2 Dec 91 by chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
"A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
Latest Version: 24 Feb 92 06:10:16 GMT
Original-author: chuq@apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Last-change: 20 Feb 92 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"USENET Software: History and Sources"
Original-author: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 20 Feb 92 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"Hints on writing style for Usenet"
Original-author: ofut@hubcap.clemson.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
Last-change: 30 Nov 91 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"Rules for posting to Usenet"
Original-author: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton)
Last-change: 30 Nov 91 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"Answers to Frequently Asked Questions [about USENET]"
Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Last-change: 21 Feb 92 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"List of Active Newsgroups"
Last-change: 21 Feb 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"How to Get Information about Networks"
Original-author: Randall Atkinson <randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu>
Last-change: 20 Feb 92 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
"FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses"
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,soc.net-people,
news.newusers.questions,news.answers
Author: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Latest Version: 1 APR 92 06:00:28 GMT
"Updated Internet Services List"
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs.ads,comp.misc,biz.comp.services
Author: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff)
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:56:27 GMT
Summary: A list of services available via the network
"UNIX EMail Software - a Survey"
Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.misc,news.answers
Author: Chris Lewis <clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca>
Update Frequency: every 2 weeks
Summary: How to set up Email systems
"alt.bbs.internet Frequently asked Questions (with answers)"
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.internet
Last-modified: 15 Mar 92 00:00:01 EST
"How to find sources"
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted,news.answers
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Date: 18 Mar 92 06:00:36 GMT
Summary: How to find and retrieve source files
"List of Periodic Informational Postings, Part I"
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.announce.newusers,news.answers
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Date: 11 Mar 92 06:01:07 GMT
"Welcome to news.newusers.questions! (weekly posting)"
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,news.answers
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Date: 18 Mar 92 06:01:07 GMT
2. Commercial UUCP Network Connections:
Anterior Technology
P.O. Box 1206
Menlo Park, CA 94026-1206
Tel: 415-328-5615
FAX: 415-322-1753
Email: info@radiomail.net
Summary of services:
Anterior Technology is a value-added computer communications
services provider connected to BARRNet (Bay Area Regional Research
Network) and to PSINet (Performance Systems International's
network). Anterior is dedicated to full subscriber service and to
innovation in communication and information services for the
network community.
Services:
- Internet e-mail exchange via dial-up UUCP or Lotus cc:Mail
- USENET news distribution
- Help with the initial connection
- Off-hours access to Anterior Technology support personnel
- Internet FTP archive retrieval server (AutoFTP)
- Internet domain registration
- UUCP map registration
- ClariNet news distribution
- uAccess for Macintosh UUCP + Electronic Mail + USENET news
- RadioMail one-way and two-way wireless e-mail
- AgentSee Headlines Service (AHS) for alphanumeric pagers
- SMTP e-mail relay and domain name service for SLIP or PPP
sites connecting via BARRNet
- NNTP (Network News Transfer) to IP-connected Internet sites
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DMConnection
267 Cox St.
Hudson, Ma. 01749
TEL: 508-568-1618
FAX: 508-562-1133
email: dmc$info@dmc.com, dmc@dmc.com, info@dmc.com
Summary of Services:
DMConnection is a low cost alternative for UUCP mail exchange and
news feeds. We currently sell UUCP and NEWS feeds to the general
public and are currently negotiating a direct Internet connection.
We specialize in Macintosh and VAX/VMS support of UUCP and NEWS. We
provide several very large mail based file servers archiving most
of the major source news groups. Information on the supported file
servers can be retrieved by sending mail to fileserv@dmc.com with a
body containing the single line:
help
With the advent of a direct Internet connection, we will also offer
a mail based FTP server as well as interactive accounts for FTP,
TELNET, and BBS support.
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HoloNet
Information Access Technologies, Inc.
46 Shattuck Square, Suite 11
Berkeley, CA 94704-1152
Tel: 510-704-0160
FAX: 510-704-8019
BBS: 510-704-1058 (8N1)
Email: info@holonet.net (automated reply)
support@holonet.net
Summary of services:
Information Access Technologies, Inc. provides electronic
communications services for both business and private use.
* A local phone call in 850+ cities NATIONWIDE
* UUCP Feeds for Internet E-mail and USENET
* LAN E-mail (Macintosh, IBM PC, MHS, etc...)
* BBSes (Amiga, Macintosh, IBM PC, UNIX, etc..)
* UNIX Systems
* HoloNet BBS - Menu Based Internet Access
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MSEN, Inc.
628 Brooks Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Phone: +1 313 741-1120
email: info@msen.com
Summary of services:
MSEN was formed to bring reasonably priced internet connections to
the general public. We currently sell dialup IP and UUCP
mail/USENET news connections, and will be offering shell login/bbs
accounts in 1Q92. We provide services to help people find
resources on the Internet, either by connecting to our system and
searching our well-indexed archives, or through our consulting
services.
Owen Medd <osm@msen.com>
President, MSEN, Inc.
Netcom
4000 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 209
San Jose, CA 95117
Tel: 408-554-UNIX
FAX: 408-241-9145
Email: info@netcom.com
Summary of services:
NETCOM provides a complete comprehensive dialup computer and
communication service with over 100 Telebits available for
services such as:
o Dialup Shell access (telnet/ftp/irc)
o News/Mail/domain services (flat fee)
o UUCP services (no time charges)
o LOW COST SLIP/PPP Internet connections
o E-Mail (elm, mail, mush with username@machine formats)
o Netnews (2 weeks of news and over 2000 groups)
o News readers: rn, trn, nn, zn, tin, vnews, readnews, & more
o Shell access (csh, ksh, sh, tcsh, bash)
o Compilers (c, gcc, g++, lisp, prolog, clips)
o Over 200 custom utilities
o Access with a local phone call from many California cities.
Performance Systems International Inc.
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, #1100
Reston, VA 22091
Tel: 800-827-7482
703-620-6651
FAX: 703-620-4586
Email: info@psi.com
all-info@psi.com (for an automatic reply with
a summary of services)
Summary of services:
Full range of dialup and leased line UUCP and TCP/IP services.
UUNET Communications Services
3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
Falls Church, VA 22042
Tel: 703 204 8000 or 800-4uunet4
Fax: 703 204 8001
Email: info@uunet.uu.net
Summary of services:
Dial-up and leased line UUCP and TCP/IP services,
USENET news feeds, and Domain Name registration.
See: "How to become a USENET site" for listings
of more services. The "Recommended Reading" section
has more information about this document.
3. UUCP PC Packages
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Package Name: DistNet
Latest Version: 5.61R
Last updated: ?
Developer/Author: SKAN Communications Inc.
P.O. Box 3041, Stn C
Ottawa, Canada K1Y 4J3
EMAIL: software@uuisis.isis.org
TEL: (613) 729-0274 or (613) 722-4724
News Support: Yes
Price: ?
Availability: From developer
Support:
DistNet is fully supported software. Technical Support is available five
days a week, 9-5 Eastern Standard Time.
Source code available: ?
Platforms supported: PC w/DOS 3 or higher, 1MB Disk for software, 512K RAM
Protocols supported: UUCP G used for data transfer (uucico), 3-7 windows
Notable Features:
DistNet Mail & NEWS - UUCP for DOS
UUCP
- Full support for Telebit Trailblazer (over 1300 cps transfers)
- Permits definition of multiple UUCP neighbors for maximum connectivity
- easy-to-use editor for writing custom dialing and login scripts
Mail
- User-friendly mail-user agent
- Mail delivery and forwarding agents provide for flexible network topology
- RFC 822 message header structure observed for mail
- Domain Naming System and UUCP bang-path addressing fully supported
- Auto-reply with optional reply-quoting
- Aliasing, forward, Reply-To: and signature files supported
- fully automated uuencode/uudecode and zoo for binary transfers via mail
- Mailing list capability supported
News
- Capacity to handle 'Usenet' format conference material
- News Reader and conference subscription administration utilities
- Ability to Post, Reply-by-mail, and read conferences
- User-specific newsrc files to track read/unread news
- Inbound news searching for strings of interest
Administration
- multi-user capable
- LAN smart (on some LANs)
- full featured administrative utilities
- compressed mail (zoomail) for use with other DistNet or waffle systems
- configurable menu interface permitting flexible security
- open design allows a large scope for customization
- comprehensive installation and update scripts
- extensive documentation
Waffle
- Compatible with Waffle version 1.64 and below
- DistNet can be used as a console interface for Waffle
- DistNet supports dialing out, but needs Waffle to answer incoming calls
Reviews:
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Package Name: EZ-Mail
Latest Version: 2.01
Last updated: 14-APR-1992
Developer/Author: Cinetic Systems
4933 Verreau
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H1M 2C7
Email: Cinetic@Speedy.CAM.ORG
News Support: No
Price: Shareware $30 to register
Availability:
File names: ezml201f.zip (Windows 3.0)
ezml201s.zip (Windows 3.1)
FTP: ftp.cica.indiana.edu
garbo.uwasa.edu
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Compuserve: WINADV and/or IBMCOMM Forums
Support:
Email: Cinetic@Speedy.CAM.ORG and 71640,666 on Compuserve.
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC running Windows 3.x
80286 or better (80386 with 2Megs for Enhanced
mode), Windows 3.x, a VGA or EGA adapter.
Protocols supported: Ready to run with:
- FSUUCP by FUBAR Systems.
- PC-NFS by Sun Microsystems Inc.
- PC/TCP by FTP Software Inc.
- Pathway by the Wollongong Group.
- UUPC/extended by Drew Derbyshire
Notable Features:
EZ-Mail 2.0. This is a full featured mail reader/composer that let
you manage Internet mail under Windows. Works with popular UUCP
packages for DOS and with PC-NFS (or equivalent) network software.
It is fully configurable and support multi-user setups. Nice
3D-look easy-to-use user interface. It has a colorful toolbar and
an informative status bar. Ready to work with UUPC/Extended, FSUUCP,
PC-NFS (Sun MIcrosystems), PC/TCP (FTP Softwares) and Pathway (The
Wollongong Group). You can also configure it to work with others.
EZ-Mail's ancestor is WinMail. WinMail is no longer supported and all users
of WinMail 1.0 to 1.1a should now use EZ-Mail.
Reviews:
-- Supplied by vendor:
"EZ-Mail is a classy product, I now live by it. It is fast, easy, efficient,
reliable, and as far as I am concerned, much better than commercially
available products. In short, EZ-Mail is excellent and is the most
profound Windows application to hit my desktop."
-David J. Kovanen - Technical Editor, Procomm Magazine
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Package Name: FREDGATE
Latest Version: 1.8K
Last updated:
Developer/Author: J. W. Hance <joe@mgcind>
CIS: 72617,2205
Fido 1:231/270.0
News Support:
Price: Shareware - no fee for non-commercial use
Availability:
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: Fido BBS on PC
Protocols supported: UUCP (Uses the UUCICO program from Waffle)
Notable Features:
Mail & news/echos between FidoNet and UUCP
Puts messages into .PKT files.
Reviews:
Boardwatch Magazine, January/February 1992, pg 46
(For copies of the review:: 1-800-933-6038 or 303-973-4222)
-- Erik.Jacobson@p4.f31.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Erik Jacobson) writes:
| The newest version of FredGate now is 19H.
|
| This is a version by the new author. The old author lost interest/didn't have
| time to program FredGate so he let someone else take over.
|
| 19H is based on an older version of FredGate (Older than the newest one by Jo
| Hance). At any rate, it seems to be much more stable. It actually puts the
| correct "e-mailable" (is that a word?) address in gated EchoMail (Fido -->
| UseNet). This is something no other version of FredGate did, and they all sho
| have.
|
| Its got some better security options too.
|
| If you need help, I may be able to answer some questions about it. (I think
| should be moved to alt.bbs only right? This isn't WAFFLE... )
|
| I might as well note one thing that isn't in the docs (mainly because I don't
| believe the docs exist... just a small informational text file).
|
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Package Name: FSUUCP
Latest Version: 1.3 Release 1
Last updated: March 1992
Developer/Author: Christopher J. Ambler <chris@zeus.calpoly.edu>
Fubar Systems
1742 Lima Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-6817
Tel: 805-542-0336
BBS: 805-54-FUBAR (FSBBS 2.0 beta prototype system)
News Support: Batched, compressed (12-16 bit) B and C news
Price: Shareware - $35
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
polyslo.calpoly.edu /pub
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>FSUU12R4.ZIP
or from Boardwatch BBS: 303-973-4222
or floppy via mail from developer ($35)
Support:
Mailing list - send request to:
fsuucp-request@zeus.calpoly.edu
Source code available: no
Platforms supported: PC (2.0Mb disk space for programs)
Protocols supported: 1-7 window g
Notable Features:
FSUUCP implements a UUCP/Usenet transfer protocol for MSDOS based machines.
It comes complete with a uucico, uuxqt, rnews and rmail, mail, readnews,
postnews, uuq, uusnap, and news utilities like batcher and expire, as well
as other helpful utilities to maintain active files, news and mail rc files,
and user mailboxes.
Unlike other packages, FSUUCP implements these programmes as DOS commands
directly. By putting the executables on your PATH, and setting an environment
variable pointing to your configuration file, you can have UNIX mail and news
on your MSDOS machine from the prompt, just like UNIX.
Reviews:
Boardwatch Magazine, November 1991, pg 21,22,23
(For copies of the review:: 1-800-933-6038 or 303-973-4222)
-- wolfgang@netcom.COM (Wolfgang Henke) Date: 14 Feb 92 23:50:19 GMT
UUCP? I recommend FSUUCP from Chris Fubar. Its a complete package for
dial-up UUCP from a DOS machine. More advanced versions are also
available, but are not shareware. It took me about an hour to get UUCP up and
running from my DOS mail machine.
I met Chris at Uniforum. As I said, I recommend the product. It uses the
UUCP -g protocol over most modems. 2400 bps is just fine, if you dont have
long distance calls or large amounts of files, news and mail to transfer.
..
In a sense, one could say this is a QWK door-reader package, which are so
popular on DOS/PCBOARD BBSes, but based on UUCP.
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Package Name: MUSH
Latest Version: 7.1.0
UNIX: 7.2.4
DOS: 7.1.0
Last updated: Apr 25, 1990
Last updated: Feb 20, 1992
Developer/Author:
Dan Heller <argv@z-code.com>
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@z-code.com>, <schaefer@cse.ogi.edu>
News Support: no
Price: Free
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>MUSH71.ZIP
PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>MUSH7DOC.ZIP
Support: Newsgroup comp.mail.mush
Source code available: Yes
Platforms supported: UNIX, PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
MUSH = Mail User's Shell
This packages appears on a number of PC BBS systems. The
documentation states that it has no PC support, however the
author assures me that it does work on PCs.
Reviews:
-- From: "UNIX EMail Software - a Survey"
Posted in the comp.mail.misc newsgroup February 17, 1992
mush: author Dan Heller* <argv@z-code.com>
The "Mail User's Shell" is a "shell" for mail users. That is, it
has its own environment where you can configure not only the user
interface, but the actual internal mechanisms. Internally, mush
has a csh-like scripting language, altho it's not as powerful as
csh. It has command-line aliases, file completion, if-else state-
ments, command piping, and so on. Because you can build your own
commands, you can virtually build your own library of email features.
Mush has two tty-based interfaces: the standard tty-mode (ala BSD
Mail or sys-v mailx) and the fullscreen/curses mode (ala vi, emacs
or even Elm). You can set up key bindings that execute one or more
mush commands, personalized commands or even UNIX commands. You
can even emulate keyboard input with keyboard macros and mappings.
Mush also has a SunView interface that is more powerful than Sun's
Mailtool, yet backwards compatible with most versions. Most sunview
users (if there are any left these days) prefer MushView over Mailtool.
The current version of Mush is 7.2.3, last posted in comp.sources.misc
volume 18 (with subsequent patches). All three interfaces are
available in one runtime binary. Except for the MushView interface
(which is only available on for suns), Mush is portable to everything
that runs UNIX. There is also a DOS port available for PCs and can
run on most 286 machines. An older version of Mush (6.5) can run on
as little as 640 of RAM. (Mush-PC is typically used with UUPC.)
The "next generation" of Mush is a commercial product called Z-Mail
from Z-Code Software (mail argv@z-code.com for details). All aspects
of Mush are retained, yet it has grown to be far more powerful. It
runs under X windows with either a Motif or Open Look interface
and also supports multi-media, user "functions" and a suite of new
features.
Third party documentation is available from O'Reilly in the book
entitled "The Z-Mail Handbook" (by Hanna Nelson). This book not only
covers Z-Mail, but Mush as well.
Mush stores its messages in "mbox" format, or MMDF format if you're
using MMDF as your MTA.
The newsgroup comp.mail.mush is dedicated to it.
[Note: Z-Mail is not related at all to Zmailer. Zmailer is a MTA]
-- appel@xcf.Berkeley.EDU (Shannon D. Appel)
Subject:Question on DOS-MUSH
Date: 4 Mar 92 03:34:14 GMT
I've been trying to get the DOS-MUSH off of SIMTEL to work. It's a port of
7.1 for the IBM. Most of the stuff works fine, but some commands like ls and
using mush to send mail result in Access Denied results, which is quite strange
since my IBM has no concept of permissions. The access denied results are
always for directories...I don't know if that means anything or not. Any
ideas? I tried running it without the things that I assumed could be causing
problems (namely DesqView and 4dos), but the results still came out exactly
the same.
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Package Name: NWREADER (NN280.ZOO)
Latest Version: 2.80
Last updated: September 29, 1992
Developer/Author: Stefan Reck <sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de>
Attilastr. 130
W-1000 Berlin 42
Germany
News Support:
Price: Public Domain
Availability:
Via mail-server@giraffe.in-berlin.de Include the line:
GET MODEM/WAFFLE/NN280.ZOO
Support:
Mailing list - send a message to: mail-server@giraffe.in-berlin.de
Include the following command in the body of the message:
subscribe nn-rwmail-news
or email to sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
NWREADER is a powerful MSDOS based news reader. It provides all
the usual news reader features, plus writing uuencoded news to
files, sending binary files as news and additional commands. It
is designed to work with any RFC822-compliant news system that
runs under MSDOS and Waffle.
Features:
---------
News reader commands ( READ NEWS, POST NEWS, etc.)
Binary file support commands ( Write files as BIN, post binaries)
Set filter for displayed news
Fully configurable
Subscribe and unsubscribe to news groups
Reviews:
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Package Name: PCB/Usenet Gateway
Latest Version:
Last updated:
Developer/Author: Mark "Sparky" Herring
(Author of QMail Deluxe)
News Support: Yes
Price: $3000
Availability: Michael MacDonald
Canada Remote Systems
1331 Crestline Drive, Unit D
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L4W-2P9
TEL: 800-415-7562
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PC Board BBS on PC
Protocols supported: UUCP (Uses the UUCICO program from Waffle)
Notable Features:
Mail & news/echos between PCBoard and UUCP
Allow PCBOARD users to use QMAIL Deluxe to read and answer
Internet mail news offline.
QMAIL Deluxe is available from the QMAIL support BBS: 901-382-5583
Reviews:
Boardwatch Magazine, January/February 1992, pg 46
(For copies of the review:: 1-800-933-6038 or 303-973-4222)
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Package Name: PCElm
Latest Version: 3.01
Last updated: January 1, 1992
Developer/Author: Wolfgang Siebeck <siebeck@infoac.rmi.de>
P.O.Box 15 26
D-W-5100 Aachen
FAX: +49+241+47997-77
News Support: No
Price:
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, directory
pd1:<msdos.ka9q-tcpip> file name: PCELM301.ZIP
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
Mail user agent. Works with: KA9Q NOS, UUPC or Waffle
Quoting from the documentation:
PCElm is a mail user agent (UA) with a user interface closely
modeled after the USENET ELM. To avoid confusion, we would like to
mention that PCElm and USENET ELM are *not* related.
PCElm is intended to be used as a drop-in replacement for BM when
using the KA9Q NOS package or as a replacement for mail.exe when
using UUPC. It can also be used for other mail systems, as all relevant
things for compatibility with MTA's (Message Transfer Agents) are
configurable.
Highlights:
PCElm has a nice user interface, with easy to learn and easy to use
commands. UN*X users will already be familiar with the more important
commands. It can be made to work with just about every mail system
there is for PC's, as PCElm makes no assumptions at all about the
underlying network software. Finally, PCElm is multilingual; you can
make all messages appear in your favorite language. Message files
for English and German currently exist.
Reviews:
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Package Name: PCNews
Latest Version: 123beta
Last updated: February 19, 1992
Developer/Author: Andrew Lindh <lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu>
News Support: Yes
Price:
Availability:
PCNews is on ftp.hartford.edu (/pub/pcnews/pcn120.zip)
Support:
USENET News group: alt.pcnews
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PCs running UUCP/Extended
Protocols supported: see UUCP/Extended
Notable Features:
PCNews is a full USENET News package.
Quoting from the documentation:
1. INTRODUCTION
This guide covers the system operations except the user
interface. It will give you a basic idea on how to setup and
manage a USENet News (or NetNews) connection. It does not cover
UUCP (from the UUPC program), what news is, or how to obtain a
news connection. It also does not cover rules or ethics of
NetNews. PCNews is a full news system. It contains a full user
interface for reading and posting news. It also contains full
programs for deleting news by date or usage. The PCNews package
is also a full news server to send news feeds to other systems.
PCNews has also successfully been used in multi-user and multi-
workstation (Networked) environments. The whole PCNews package is
similar to the B-News found on UNIX systems. PCNews is only for
the DOS environment, if you wish to use a NetNews package under
UNIX, this is not it. You would be better off with B-News 2.11 or
C-News.
Reviews:
--John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> in News posting of 4-FEB-1992:
"This is a very nice news package for MS-DOS. It includes full
control message processing (the only one I know of on DOS) and other
nice features. You need uupc-extended 1.11r to use this.
This package is still in beta, but it seems pretty solid."
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Package Name: PMAIL/Pegasus Mail
Latest Version: v2.3 (R1)
Last updated:
Developer/Author: David Harris
Consultant
Computing Services Centre
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
TEL: (+64) 3-4798598
FAX: (+64) 3-4798577
Email: david@otago.ac.nz
News Support: No
Price: $0
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
risc.ua.edu /pub/network/pegasus/pmail231.exe
omnigate.clarkson.edu /pub/pmail/pmail231.exe
splicer.cba.hawaii.edu /files/pegasus
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported: Novell or UUCP via Waffle or user defined gateway
Notable Features:
Pmail 2.3 is the legendary "standalone" Pmail: it can run without NetWare,
and has limited support for non-NetWare LANs. A sample user-defined gateway
which interfaces Pmail to Waffle 1.6x for uucp mail is included in the
distribution archive, as is comprehensive documentation on user-defined
gateways. An Asynch mail gateway will be released for 2.3 in the next few
weeks.
Changes from previous versions:
* User-defined gateway support has been heavily improved, and a quite
comprehensive guide is included, along with a sample gateway, both
source and executable to interface to Waffle.
Reviews:
-- John Ho hho@ALUDRA.USC.EDU in comp.bbs.waffle 29-apr-1992
New version of Pegasus mail has just been release, and I have tested with
Novell 386 v3.11 and Waffle 1.64.. Neat.. It runs perfect..
Pmail can call uucico directly or read directly from the user directory..
You have a choice of either login waffle and read mail or using Pmail
which has a great user interface (color, fullscreen) etc, like NOvell..
Until Chrome come out, I'll have to settle with Pmail..
:-)
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Package Name: RAMNET
Latest Version:
Last updated:
Developer/Author: Ross Greenberg
Software Concepts Design
594 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10016
TEL: 212-889-6431
FAX: 212-889-9730
News Support:
Price: Commercial - < $200
Availability: Developer
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
Runs as a TSR. Sends and receives email using UUCP.
Reviews:
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Package Name: READMAIL
Latest Version: 4.01
Last updated: July 4, 1991
Developer/Author: Jeroen Schipper <jschippe@cs.ruu.nl>
Grunoplantsoen 17
3981 GS Bunnik
The Netherlands
Tel. +(31)3405-61733
Internet: jschippe@cs.ruu.nl
BBS: Dutch BBS 'Julliet'
Fido net/node 2:286/315
(username Jeroen Schipper)
News Support:
Price: Free
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL>RMAIL401.ZIP
Source code available: Unknown - Written in Turbo Pascal 6.0
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
A mail reader -- Cannot be used to send mail!
Handles a max of 500 messages at a time if there is enough memory.
Can read messages in the following formats:
UNIX, EchoMail, Prof. Timo Salmi's FAQ lists, MBBS, MMDF mail,
and UseNet messages
Allow the user to add the ability to read new mail formats via
a simple parameter file.
Tracks message status (read, selected, deleted).
Context sensitive help.
Reviews:
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Package Name: RWMAIL (RWM218.ZOO)
Latest Version: 2.18
Last updated: September 29, 1992
Developer/Author: Stefan Reck <sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de>
Attilastr. 130
W-1000 Berlin 42
Germany
News Support:
Price: Public Domain
Availability:
Via mail-server@giraffe.in-berlin.de Include the line:
GET MODEM/WAFFLE/NN280.ZOO
Support:
Mailing list - send a message to: mail-server@giraffe.in-berlin.de
Include the following command in the body of the message:
subscribe nn-rwmail-news
or email to sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
RWMAIL is a powerful MSDOS based mail reader. It provides all
the usual mail reader features, plus writing uuencoded mails to
files, sending binary files as mail and additional commands. It
is designed to work with mail system that runs under MSDOS
and Waffle.
Features:
---------
mail reader commands ( READ MAIL, POST NEWS, etc.)
Binary file support commands ( Write files as BIN, post binaries)
Fully configurable
multi folder manager
Reviews:
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Package Name: RUSNEWS
Latest Version: 0.9
Last updated: ???
Developer/Author: Russell Schulz - russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
News Support: yes
Price: ??
Availability:
FTP
halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/rusn-09.zip
simtel20:PD:<MSDOS.WAFFLE>RUSN-09.ZIP
Support:
None mentioned but try the author.
Source code available: ??
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
Threaded newsreader with killfiles and crosspost filtering for ms-dos waffle.
(see also trived07.zip in <msdos.editor> section for a companion editor)
with v0.9, rusnews can be run over the phone lines. when run over the
phone lines, it defaults to a non-trusted mode (which can be overridden
by the command line (using different extern entries)) which does not
allow users to edit articles or change their From: lines.
Additional Redeeming Features
-----------------------------
- compatible with waffle - no separate database or maintenance required
- hit `k' while reading to kill that subject or author, either in that
group or in all groups
- automatic filtering of crossposts - any article which is crossposted
will only be shown if the group you're reading is the first one in your
join file to which it was posted.
- can be used over a phone line
Limitations
-----------
quite a few - listed in start of rusnews.pas
the one that will seem to concern most users will be lack of posting
capability. I send out far more email than postings, and I don't miss
it much yet. I personally believe this tends to keep the quality of
net postings higher, since flamage is confined to the one person to
whom you're sending mail, as opposed to being broadcast to the world.
maybe I just flame too often. :-)
Reviews:
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Package Name: SMAIL
Latest Version: smail 2.5, PC Release 1.0 beta
Last updated: April 2, 1990
Developer/Author: Stephen C. Trier
News Support: No
Price: Free?
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>SMAILBIN.ZIP
PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>SMAILSRC.ZIP
Support:
Source code available: Yes - Turbo C 2.0
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
A port of the UNIX smail program to the PC - works with MUSH.
Appears that no updates have been made since 1990.
Reviews:
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Package Name: SNEWS
Latest Version: 1.12 (but see notes below for new version in alpha)
Last updated: 10-Nov-1991
Developer/Author: John McCombs <john@ahuriri.gen.nz>
Michael Studte <michael@izumi.dialix.oz.au>
News Support: Yes
Price: Free - distributed under GNU Public License
Availability: Posted in comp.binaries.ibm.pc in 4 parts
Date: 19 Mar 92 20:21:37 GMT
Posting-number: Volume 17, Issue 102
Archive-names: snews112/part01 .. snews112/part04
Support: "Yes, but only after you've tried hard yourself"
Source code available: Yes - C source included in distribution
Platforms supported: PCs running UUPC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
'Simple NEWS' is an news add-on for UUPC. It is intended for use as a
leaf node and offers:
- Threaded news reading. This allows you to be much more
selective about what you read, enabling you to cover many more
newsgroups.
- The when a cross-posted article is read the news-reader marks all
the other instances of the article as read too.
- Separate rc files are kept for each user, which record the individual
articles that you have seen. This is in contrast to some readers
which simply record the highest article number read. The user is
defined, as for mail users, in the file pointed to by the UUPCUSRRC
environment variable.
- Usual range of response facilities: follow-up news, reply by mail,
forward by mail, save article/thread to disk.
- Articles are now stored in one file per newsgroup, rather than
one file per article. This results in an enormous saving (up to 3:1)
in disk space on disks with with a default cluster size of 4kb per
cluster.
- Processing of batched/compressed news. Unbatched and uncompressed
are not processed. Control messages are not processed.
- Posting - Posts are unbatched and uncompressed. You can only post
to your 'mailserv'. You cannot feed another site. Posting can only
be done from within the news reader SNEWS. If you are looking for
something to feed other sites why not try Waffle?
- 'Received date' oriented expire to maintain the news database.
Msg from Author - 4-May-1992
Firstly there is a new release which fixes many of the deficiencies in
version 1.12, and cleans up/replaces much crufty code. This release has
been prepared by a group of Australians, coordinated by Michael Studte
<michael@izumi.dialix.oz.au>.
Reviews:
-- Steve Kohlenberger <presoft!Steve@uunet.uu.net> review with posting
SNEWS is a simple news program to be compatible with the UUCP package
called UUPC. I have been happily using it for a few months now and
watched it improve. It handles all my basic needs and I am
comfortable with it. It also saves a lot of disk space because all
the messages for one message group are saved in one file and a
corresponding index file. That literally cut my disk space usage
down to less than half of what it was. Its relatively fast and quite
easy to install and use.
I can recommend it for anyone with a recent copy of UUPC, some
version of DOS, and a news feed.
-- Russ Nelson <cheetah.ece.clarkson.edu!nelson> on uupc-info list 9-APR-1992
Subj: Simple News works great.
I'm using Simple News to read news now. Works great, although the code
is a bit crufty in spots. However, it works quite nicely, and was very
easy to install.
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Package Name: UFGATE
Latest Version: 1.03
Last updated:
Developer/Author: Tim Pozar
Late Night Software
671 28th Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
TEL: 415-695-7727
FAX: 415-695-0759
News Support: Some
Price: Shareware - $35 non-commercial $195 commercial/corporate/govt.
Availability:
Late Night Software
Anonymous FTP from:
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.FIDO>UFG_103.ZIP
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: Fido BBS on PC
Protocols supported: UUCP
Notable Features:
Mail & news/echos between FidoNet and UUCP
Puts messages into .MSG files.
Reviews:
Boardwatch Magazine, January/February 1992, pg 46
(For copies of the review:: 1-800-933-6038 or 303-973-4222)
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Package Name: UGATE
Latest Version:
Last updated: 13 January 1992
Developer/Author: John Coonrod <cdp.igc.org!thp!jc>
The Hunger Project
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010 USA
MCI: JCoonrod
MHS: jc@thp hvia NHUB or CSERVE (Compuserve)
UUCP/Internet: cdp.igc.org!thp!jc
Compuserve: 76660,16
Dialcom: 31060:MCI209
Fax: 212-532-9785
News Support: No
Price: Shareware - $200 to Hunger Project
Availability: Author
Support: email
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: Novell LAN's running MHS software
Protocols supported: UUCP "g"
Notable Features:
Links a PC MHS based email packages to UUCP email networks.
Reviews:
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Package Name: UULINK
Latest Version:
Last updated:
Developer/Author: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Vortex Technology
P.O. Box 1323
Topanga, CA 90290-1323
310-455-9300
FAX: 310-455-2364
News Support: Limited
Price: Commercial - $335
Availability: Floppies from Vortex Technology
Support: Phone
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC 256K Memory, Hard disk recommended but not
required, MS-DOS 2.0 and later
Protocols supported: UUCP "g"
Notable Features:
Multiple mail users on same PC (not simultaneously)
Max of approximately 320 (next version to support 9999) messages
per each processed mail folder. No limit to the number of messages
which may be received in a user mailbox.
Automatic scheduling, RFC-822 headers, mail route through
to other sites, thousands of copies sold.
Reviews:
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Package Name: uuPCB
Latest Version: in Beta Test as of 1/1/92
Last updated:
Developer/Author: Ed Hopper <ed.hopper@ehbbs.hou.tx.us>
3403 Jacquelyn
Pearland, TX 77581
TEL: 713-997-9834
BBS: 713-997-7575
News Support: Yes
Price: $49 to $199 depending on number of lines supported on PC Board system
Availability: Author's BBS - see above
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: PC Board BBS on PC
Protocols supported: UUCP
Notable Features:
Mail & news/echos between PCBoard and UUCP
Reviews:
Boardwatch Magazine, January/February 1992, pg 46-47
(For copies of the review:: 1-800-933-6038 or 303-973-4222)
-- tim.meade@conex.uucp (Tim Meade)
Subject:PCBOARD AND USENET
Date: 22 Feb 92 17:36:00 GMT
-> There's a new program called uuPCB which allows a usenet-pcboard link
-> without having to go through any other programs.
->
And it works great! We are using it here and have full USENET access
directly into the PCB conference base. Offline Mail doors and readers
work fine with USENET.
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Package Name: UUPC/Extended
Latest Version: 1.11q
Last updated: December 8, 1991
Developer/Author: Drew Derbyshire
Email: help@kew.com
Kendra Electronic Wonderworks
Post Office Box 132
Arlington, MA 02174-0002
News Support: Not included (in development) but see SNEWS and PCNews
Price: Shareware - $20 to $50
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/uupc
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.UUCP>UUPC*.*
Automated mail server running on Clarkson University's
sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Clarkson University BBS
The Kermit server running on kewgate, Kendra Electronic
Wonderworks's file server
Anonymous UUCP from kewgate
BIX
CompuServe
Ordering floppies by mail from Crynwr Software
Support:
Listserv Mailing list:
email to: "listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu"
body: "add your_email_address uupc-info"
and
Email to help@kew.com
Source code available: Yes - Included in distribution (Mostly C)
Platforms supported: MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Desqview, OS/2
Protocols supported: UUCP "g"
Notable Features:
Supports UUPOLL, UUSTAT, aliases, multiple hosts, RFC-822 headers,
signature blocks, modem configuration files, Kanji character set, etc.
Can handle news with add on software (SNEWS and PCNews).
May support Internet MIME MultiMedia Mail soon.
Reviews:
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Package Name: V-MailServer
Latest Version: 1.20
Last updated: March 10, 1992
Developer/Author: Rick Vandenberg <rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca>
Vandenberg Systems Research
# 103 - 1016 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6H 1L3
For info on V-MailServer send a blank message to
vmail-info-request@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca
News Support:
Price: $39 (Canadian), $30 US
Availability:
Via mail-server@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca. Include the line:
GET VMS120.ZIP
Support:
Mailing list - send a message to: mail-server@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca
Include the following command in the body of the message:
subscribe vmail-l
or email to rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca
A series of application notes is also being created. Send the
command 'GET appnotes/index' to mail-server@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca for
a list of available notes.
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
V-MailServer is a powerful MSDOS based mail server. It provides all
the usual file server features, plus public and private mailing
lists, automatic file requests, and additional commands. It is
designed to work with any RFC822-compliant mail system that runs
under MSDOS.
Features:
---------
File Server commands ( /GET, SEND, etc )
Mailing List Server commands ( SUBSCRIBE, SIGNOFF, REVIEW )
Automatic file sending features
Password capability
Fully configurable
Definable daily and per message limits
Full request logging
For info on V-MailServer send a blank message to
vmail-info-request@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca
Reviews:
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Package Name: WAFFLE
Latest Version: v1.65
Last updated: 02 aug 92
Developer/Author: Thomas E Dell <dell@vox.darkside.com (...vox!dell)>
Darkside International
Post Office Box 4436
Mountain View CA 94040-0436
News Support: Yes - BBS style
Price: Shareware
MSDOS: $30 for executable, $120 for source code
UNIX: $120 source only no binaries available
Availability:
o By X,Y,ZMODEM download
+1 408 245 SPAM (2400 baud), in /files/waffle/wafxxx.zip
o By Anonymous FTP
simtel20.army.mil PD1:<MSDOS.WAFFLE>WAFxxx.ZIP
wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors/msdos/waffle/wafxxx.zip
wiretap.spies.com /waffle/wafxxx.zip
halcyon.com /pub/waffle/wafxxx.zip
o By postal mail
Support:
Email: root@vox.darkside.com
Usenet Newsgroup: comp.bbs.waffle
Source code available: Yes
Platforms supported:
MS-DOS
A/UX Apple Macintosh Unix
BSD 4.3 Berkeley Unix
HP/UX Hewlett Packard HP/UX
NeXT NeXT OS
Sun OS Sun Microsystems SunOS
Ultrix DEC Ultrix
Wicat Sys V Wicat's System V
Xenix SCO Xenix, 286 and 386 flavors
386/ix Interactive Systems
Protocols supported: UUCP "g", batched and compressed news feeds
Notable Features:
Support mail and news. Includes DOS equivalents of:
UUX, UUQ, UUCP, RMAIL, RNEWS and a news and mail reader.
Can be used as a single-user UUCP node or a BBS
with email, editor, transfer section, security,
doors, cookies, etc. A scheduler can execute
DOS commands as well as invoke UUCP tasks.
Supports FOSSIL comm drivers in addition to
its own interrupt package.
Most of the time it is fairly easy (usually takes
us an hour) to port to other flavors of Unix.
Reviews:
-- Vince Skahan <vince@atc.boeing.com> in comp.mail.uucp 18-MAR-1992
>Would someone please send me info on the versions of uucp which are
>available for MS-DOS machines, including info on how to acquire copies of
>them. Thanks.
There are 3 good ones currently.
Waffle has full USENET news/mail/uucp in addition to being an actual
dial-in/dial-out BBS. Available on SIMTEL20 in pd1:<msdos.waffle>
Shareware $30.00
UUPC/Extended has uucp/mail (no USENET unless you use one of the
add-in packages like 'snews'). Available in pd1:<msdos.uucp>
Totally free.
FSUUCP has news/mail but I'm not sure if it has uucp or not.
Available in pd1:<msdos.uucp>, shareware $35.00 or so.
I've run them all and would recommend Waffle over the others
by a wide margin, especially if you want to have your system
up all the time 'answering the phone'. It also has a wonderful
cron facility so you can automate your system dialing out, etc.
to save phone $$$ by calling at night. There's really nothing that
it can't do very reliably and simply.
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Package Name: WafMail
Latest Version: 1.0
Last updated:
Developer/Author:
News Support: Yes
Price:
Availability:
WLM v1.0 for Waffle 1.64 on COW Pastures BBS 404-421-0764
Directory: WAFFLE Filename: WAFM10.ZIP
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported:
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
Offline QWK mail and news reader for Waffle. Handles both
QWK and RNEWS packets.
Reviews:
--John K. <minotaur@labyrnth.via.mind.org> in alt.bbs.waffle 25-MAR-1992
Subject:Re: QWK mail for DOS Waffle
Get WafMail, the Waffle Offline Mail system. It will not only provide you and
your users with QWK, but with straight text and Rnews packets as well. My
users LOVE it.
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Package Name: WWCP
Latest Version: 1.20
Last updated: 5/1/92
Developer/Author: Anthony W. Hursh
email: tsawh@acad1.alaska.edu
WWIVnet: 1@500
News Support: Yes
Price: Shareware - Registration $25
Availability:
The latest version of WWCP will always be available on The Fredbox
(907) 344-8437 (@502 WWIVnet), Someplace Else BBS (907) 338-1612
(@9702 WWIVnet), Virtual Reality (907) 345-7728 (@9704 WWIVnet).
WWCP is also available by email. The most recent version can be retrieved
by sending mail to file-request%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu, with the message
/GET wwcp/wwcp120.arj
Do not include a signature, unless you really want to see the help
file. The /GET *is* case-sensitive, unfortunately.
WWCP should be uploaded to wsmr-simtel20.army.mil very soon, for
those who would rather retrieve the package by FTP.
Support: Author available through email, also a WWIV netsub (similar to
a newsgroup).
Source code available: No
Platforms supported: PC running Waffle
Protocols supported: XYZmodem and HS/Link for the WWIVnet connect
Notable Features:
The WWCP package allows you to exchange email between the WWIVnet
and the Waffle BBS (and thus, Usenet/Internet if the Waffle system is
connected). WWIV netsubs can be carrried as newsgroups on the Waffle
system and vice-versa. The interface is totally invisible to the user. No
kludges (such as manually adding special address lines to email or posts)
are necessary. All routing is fully automatic.
WWCP runs on the Waffle system. No special setup is necessary
for the WWIVnet connect. As far as WWIVnet can tell, the Waffle system
looks like a normal WWIVnet node. WWCP is shareware with a $25
registration fee.
Reviews:
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Package Name: ZMAIL
Latest Version: UNIX shipping, MS-DOS version in development
Last updated:
Developer/Author:
Dan Heller <argv@z-code.com>
News Support:
Price:
Availability: contact developer
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: UNIX, PC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
ZMAIL's ancestor is MUSH. They share the same author.
The MS-DOS version of Z-Mail can run in 16 bit real mode
with a tty or full-screen (curses) interface. A GUI interface
will also be available when DESQView/X is appears.
It will interface to SMTP or UUCP MS-DOS transports.
"The Z-Mail Handbook" (by Hanna Nelson) is available from O'Reilly.
It covers Z-Mail and Mush.
Reviews:
"Email for Power Users", David Fieldler, BYTE December 1991 pg 295-298
4. UUCP MAC Packages
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Package Name: Fernmail
Latest Version: 1.1
Last updated: 2/11/92
Developer/Author: Dave Platt Snulbug Software <dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us>
News Support: limited - can post (define headers and execute rnews command)
but not read.
Price: Shareware - $20
Availability:
contact author for latest version
sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Support: email to author
Source code available: no
Platforms supported: MAC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
A Mac-based mail reader/poster. Supports multiple users, not simultaneously.
Can read mail transported by UUPC, Mac/Gnuucp, and UUMac.
Reviews:
-- David <audit036@spacm1.spac.spc.com>
"It's a real snazzy tool, allowing multiple mailboxes open concurrently,
encoding & decoding on the fly, and multiple windows."
--Paul Robichaux <robichau@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov> email of: January 22, 1992
"I use it and love it. Best non-commercial Mac RFC822 reader
I've seen."
-- .Boyd Ostroff <ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu> from email of: January 22, 1992
"Excellent all around. Very easy to use. MultiFinder compatible. My 9 year
old daughter uses it! Has built-in support for BinHexing/de-BinHexing binary
files automatically."
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Package Name: Mac/Gnuucp
Latest Version:
Last updated:
Developer/Author:
News Support:
Price:
Availability:
sumex-aim.stanford.edu
rascal.ics.utexas.edu
Support:
Source code available:
Platforms supported: MAC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
Has a HyperCard-based user interface.
Reviews:
-- .Boyd Ostroff <ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu> from email of: January 22, 1992
"A nice try but the throughput is extremely poor. In testing it I could
not get much better than 100 cps even with a 9600 baud direct connection.
UUPC is much better (until a rewrite of gnuucp comes along)."
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Package Name: uAccess
Latest Version: 1.5
Last updated:
Developer/Author: ICE Engineering <time@ice.com>
8840 Main Street
Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
Tel: 313-449-8288
News Support: Yes
Price:
Availability:
US Customers:
Griffin Software (213) 541-6414
Anterior Technologies (415) 328-5615
United Kingdom Customers:
Network Analysis Ltd (+44) 203 419996
Call ICE for the latest list of distributors and dealers.
Support: from ICE
Source code available:
Platforms supported: MAC
System Requirements:
o Minimum: Macintosh Plus 1MB RAM, Hard Disk, Modem
o Ideal: Macintosh IIcx 4MB RAM, 80MB Hard Disk, Telebit modem
Protocols supported: G with 7 frame windows, call in and out
Notable Features:
uAccess provides a complete environment for reading electronic mail and
Usenet news transported via the UUCP protocol. uAccess implements the UUCP
communications protocol using Apple's new Communications Toolbox, allowing
you to use many connections such as serial, modem, AppleTalk, MacTCP,
MacISDN, and MacX.25, as well as any future connection tool created by
third party vendors. uAccess provides a builtin terminal emulator which
provides vt100 emulation, among others, and file transfer capability
including MacBinary XMODEM. Finally, uAccess provides a complete Macintosh
interface to these services, as well as the administrative tasks that are
normally prohibitive in most UUCP implementations.
* supports compressed batched news
* a plethora of file conversion routines including:
MacBinary, Binhex, UUEncode/UUDecode, Decompress, split/join, etc...
* XCMD capability much like HyperCard with hooks so you can
write your own code to process incoming mail and news
* Version 2.0 will have both "tcl" the scripting language out of
Berkley, AND Apple Events including "DoScript"
* Full Mail support with MAC style interface
* Full News support with MAC style interface
* cron-like background tasks
* custom scripting ability for special communications needs
Reviews:
-- Dick Munroe <munroe@dmc.com> from email of: January 21, 1992
"A full featured mail and news implementation, fast, robust and it can even act
as a server if you want it to."
-- cusozim@cusozim.UUCP (CUSO Zimbabwe)
"I am one happy guy. The file transfer went without a hitch. Un-binhexing,
extraction and installation were flawless. Got through to isishq in
Ottawa first try."
-- daveh@cvedc.uucp (Dave Heinen)
"Subject: Re: UUCP/Usenet for Mac
Conclusion:
if your are serious about uucp,mail/netnews for the mac
and you want to use your machine during transfers
you need to get uAccess. It's worth the price.
-- glenn%gla-aux.uucp@skinner.cs.uoregon.edu (Glenn Austin)
"Subject: Re: Mac/gnuucp 4.3?
Date: 1 Jun 91 01:24:15 GMT
In article <1CE00001...>, stui@avalon.caladan.wa.com (Stuart Burden) writes:
> Opinion Alert: I've used UUPC on the Mac and PC, dicked around with GNU's,
> looked at TCP front ends.. on and on and on... nothing comes close..
> not even an ant within the shadow of uAccess as far as power and usability
> are concerned.. and if ICE won't blow uAccess's horn on the net, then
> I will! I use it daily. It is THE best thing out there..
I agree! In fact, it is FASTER than A/UX!!! (570 cps for A/UX vs. 685
cps for uAccess on a V.32 9600 baud link)."
-- mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel)
"Subject: Re: Mac news/mail software
I've been extremely happy with uAccess. Even though it is a bit expensive, it
has been one of the few Email packages which I don't find myself cursing for
the kludgy way it does things. If you seriously need uucp mail, and you can't
afford to have something make your machine something you're afraid to touch,
it's probably worth it. If I could afford to use it as my network email system,
I probably would recommend it over MS Mail/QuickMail."
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Package Name: UUPC - MAC
Latest Version: UUPC 3.0
Last updated: 2/10/92
Developer/Author: Dave Platt <dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us>
News Support:
Limited. It will spool incoming news articles or batches for offline
processing, but doesn't include the software to do said processing...
I'm hoping somebody will write some. It will transmit outbound news
jobs if another program sets them up (e.g. Fernmail can post outbound
news articles).
Price: Freeware
Availability:
Anonymous FTP from:
ftp.uu.net ~/communications/uupc
SUMEX
RASCAL
or contact author
Support: None promised.
Source code available: Yes... from author or on FTP.UU.NET, and elsewhere.
Platforms supported: MAC
Protocols supported:
Notable Features:
A Mac port of UUPC; includes the UUPC/Extended 'g' protocol code.
Also supports the 'f' protocol.
Offers Mac-style interface with menus and windows.
MultiFinder compatible. Can run in the background and be driven by a
crontab-style schedule file. Supports file transfer & anonymous uucp
from a public directory.
Reviews:
-- .Boyd Ostroff <ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu> from email of: January 22, 1992
"Excellent re-write of the old version. I have been beta testing for several
months. Dave has really done a nice job here. The old, confusing command
line interface is gone. You can set it up to poll systems automatically in
the background (mine calls my unix box every hour), it can accept incoming
calls. Once you get it properly setup you can basically just forget about
it and let it do its thing automatically in the background."
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