MuGS 3.0 beta release

[taob@r-node.io.org (Brian Tao)]

     Version 3.0 of MuGS is basically complete except for the
documentation.  Rather than continually putting it off, I've decided
to release it in its current state as beta version 3.0d29 (without the
full documentation) and field comments and bug reports.  Obviously, it
works fine on my setup, but I've probably made a few assumptions which
don't hold on someone else's system.  That's why I want to distribute
it ASAP and get some feedback.

     I will include some brief documentation with the beta release,
but it will in no way cover all of MuGS' features.  For those of you
who have never heard of MuGS, it is a MicroEMACS-based offline news
and mail system for GNO.  MicroEMACS 3.11c itself does not require
GNO, so MuGS will probably work without GNO, but it has not been
tested in that configuration.  If you want to try it from ORCA or even
from the Finder, you are on your own for now!  MuGS is *not* a QWK
reader.  The QWK format was not designed to handle Internet-style
messages.  MuGS is currently the only GS-specific software available
for gathering, reading, replying and archiving Internet e-mail and
Usenet news.

     The UNIX utility for creating your news packet represents my
first substantial C program (ack!).  I would appreciate any and all
comments about proper coding techniques, style advice, outright
mistakes, etc.  Again, it compiles fine on my UNIX system, but it may
not be generic enough to work on other systems with different C
compilers.

    One last thing... MuGS currently does not support NNTP for news,
so you must have a local news system (e.g, in /usr/spool/news) on the
UNIX system.  Otherwise MuGS will collect only your e-mail.

    Below is a revision list detailing the changes from 2.0 (the last
widely released version) and 3.0d29.  Although I won't add any new
features to 3.0, I welcome suggestions for future versions.  Please
contact me at taob@io.org or 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca  Thanks.
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BUG FIXES
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# Doesn't crash if 'mugs.aliases' file not found.
# Warns if destination address is truncated (greater than 126 characters)
# Fixed bug where ThreadForward would never find the first message.
# NextUnread works slightly differently now (will stay on same message
	if it hasn't been read)
# Now finds headers separated from field contents by a tab as well
	as a space
# SaveMessage correctly updates status of message
# Threading forward erroneously matched subject in name column
# Last line of last message accidentally cut off


CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Code overlays split into smaller files
# Startup progress counter
# Now uses 'inews' for Usenet news articles
# More descriptive variable names
# Appending "?" to any pathname now shows directory listing
# Outgoing messages archived by login name of recipient
# Message archives moved to your personal MuGS folder
# Can override default %incoming mailbox on startup by typing filename
	(pathname tokens allowed) while MuGS is starting up
# Outgoing messages now have unique, serialized ID's
# One command to collect and download mail and news
# One command to deliver mail and news replies
# Index can be generated on the UNIX system (much faster!)
# Now supports subject-based and name-based kill files
# Execute user-supplied commands with mugs.init startup script
# Newsgroup(s) displayed in message line
# More concise help screens
# Now asks for subject when replying or following up
# MuGS command files can now reside anywhere
# Will support mail and news delivery daemons for GNO when available


NEW COMMANDS
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# Option to auto-quote original message in reply
# Compose new mail or news article
# Can save contents of editor to a file and resume editing
# Save messages with or without headers
# Skip quoted portion of message
# Tag messages for keeping, saving or deleting
# Bulk message commands for mass deleting, saving and tagging
# Kill subject thread
# Goto first unread message
# Revert edited reply to original
# More user-friendly search and replace in editor
# Edit alias database, mugs.rc, killfile, signature, variables or any file
# Bounce messages


MORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 
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# Option to append signature to either mail and/or news articles
# Pathname tokens for quick access to commonly-used folders
# Configurable mode line display
# Option to quote headers in reply
# Separate user-defined headers for mail and news
# Option to show current time in mode line
# Configurable subject-matching tolerances
# Automatically skip header when displaying messages
# Repeat last status line message
# Separate news and mail attribution lines
# Save outgoing messages in home directory if outgoing folder not found
# AutoDir changed to log all read messages
# Time zone specification (%time-zone)
-- 
Brian Tao:: taob@io.org (Internex Online, 416-363-3783, 17 lines, v.32bis)
::::::::::: 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (University of Toronto, 9T4)