MuGS 2.0 features

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

    MuGS is an ongoing shareware Internet news and mail offline reader
project for the Apple IIGS.  Version 1.0 was my original public release
-- no more than a simple mailbox reader and reply editor.  Version 2.0
adds many more features, including more configuration options, a faster
indexer and generally more efficient operation.

MuGS 2.0 FEATURE LIST
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  o Eliminates mysterious startup MuGS 1.0 startup delay
  o Fast index generation (3-5 times faster than 1.0!)
  o Closely follows the RFC822 ("Standard For The Format Of ARPA
    Internet Text Messages") guidelines
  o User-definable key bindings (defaults to single-key or Open Apple
    commands)
  o Many user-configurable options (default mailbox path, signature
    file, mark personal e-mail, Organization: line, user headers,
    custom quote character, tab width, etc.)
  o Automatically opens default mailbox on startup
  o Download compressed mail packets using your favourite terminal
    program with a single command
  o UNIX scripts included for downloading mail and uploading replies
  o Robust indexer can handle invalid or corrupted message headers
  o Informative message index display (message status, date sent,
    sender's real name, full subject line)
  o Search index or entire mailbox for text
  o Optional case-matching and use of regular expressions in searches
  o Threading messages by subject
  o Online help screens
  o Issue shell commands
  o Status line reports on progress of long operations
  o Updates mailbox with only unread messages (version 1.0 only marked
    those messages as read in the index)
  o Better support for mailing lists
  o Full-screen reply editor: auto-quote reply, reformat reply, word
    wrap, include text file, etc.
  o Headers included in reply buffer for convenient editing
  o Address alias function
  o Auto-append signature file
  o Archives outgoing mail for future reference
  o One-step "Gripe" command for sending comments and bug reports  :)
  o Cool PSE title screen  ;-)

  o Commands:  ShowMessage       ShowIndex       SaveMessage
               NextMessage       PrevMessage     DeleteMessage
               NextUnread        PrevUnread      UndeleteMessage
               ThreadForward     ThreadBackward  GotoMessage
               OpenMailbox       Search          SearchAll
               Reply             Mail            Gripe
               Help              ShellCommand
               (Un)QuoteLine     ExpandAlias     Send
               insert-file       kill-region     copy-region
               yank              fill-paragraph  buffer-position
               count-words       Quit            Exit

MuGS 2.0 REQUIREMENTS
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  o Apple IIGS
  o GNO/ME 1.0 or higher (from Procyon, Inc.)
  o MicroEMACS 3.11c (available via FTP on sandman.caltech.edu)
  o some way of getting mail packets (e.g., modem)
  o suggested: UNIX 'compress' for GNO (pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu) or
    GS/ShrinkIt for uncompressing mail packets

    I am already working on the next version which will include
Usenet news support (as you can tell from the X-Newsreader: header of
this article) and many, many new features.  Dependence on the GNO
shell will also be removed so anyone can use MicroEMACS and MuGS.

    Please send comments, wish lists, criticisms and bug reports to
taob@r-node.hub.org (you may have to update the %gripe variable in the
MuGS configuration).
-- 
Brian Tao:: taob@r-node.hub.org (r-Node BBS, 416-249-5366, FREE!)
::::::::::: 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (University of Toronto)
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