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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Fido-compatable message reader wanted
Message-ID: <58.23F20D92@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 9 Feb 89 22:12:51 GMT
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I have recently gotten and set up UFGATE, which is a news/mail package that 
runs on the PC.  Although it includes the translation software to go between 
Usenet/UUCP and Fido, and a uucico(1) implimentation, it doesn't include a 
message reader.  Since I have no desire to set up an Opus BBS just to use the 
message-reading portion of it, I'm looking for a Fido-compatable message 
reader to use with UFGATE.

I've already tried Sirius, OverDrive, and MSGED.  I never got Sirius to run 
(probably because of lack of documentation, and because I didn't know how to 
generate the proper config file), and I'm using MSGED now.  However, I don't 
like MSGED's interface, its editor, and just the way it works.  Is there 
another one out there?

Note:  I need a message reader who's editor will allow the entry of a ^A 
(ASCII 0x01) into a message.  For some reason, UFGATE refuses to export a 
message unless the first line starts with a "^AUUCP".  The manual says "To:" 
will also work, but I haven't gotten it to.



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Marc Unangst
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