* Crossposted from: Fido Internet
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* Originally By: wsd.wline.se!Watergate
* Originally To: Szarka
* Originally Re: WaterGate 0.93 beta release announcement
* Original Date: 07-07-97 19:54
* Original Area: Internet Mail
* Forwarded by : Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30
**** OFFICIAL WTRGATE ANNOUNCEMENT ****
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WaterGate
Message processor for FidoNet and Internet/UseNet
Copyright (c) 1993-1997 Waterline Software Development
Malmoe, 7 July 1997
Hi WaterGaters!
WaterGate version 0.93 has been released into the public! The archive
is called WG093.ZIP (1.6Mb) and can be picked up from the usual sites:
File request from Ferrari BBS
2:200/111 +46-40-305982
magic name WTRGATE
Malmoe, Sweden
Also special guest account and direct download from the main menu.
File request from Sea of Noise
1:320/42 +1-860-886-1441
magic name WTRGATE
Norwich, CT, USA
World Wide Web
http://www.downcity.com/brazerko/watergate/
Anonymous FTP from ftp.sbbs.se
directory /pub/watergate
It can be picked up at once from the first three of these sites.
I have personally put it there or checked its presence before I sent
out this announcement. We are trying to get it on the SBBS ftp server.
You might have a better chance at the westsound ftp server (see below).
It should be available at the other sites within a few hours to a few
days. More sites are listed at the end of this message.
An incredible period of almost nine months have past since the
release of the previous public version. I am sure that the waiting
was worth it because there are loads of new and improved features
to enjoy!
We have not sat still during these nine months. There have been
over 40 pre-releases that were tested by Team WaterGate, which was
also formed during the same period. All of this to guarantee that
the new features will not explode in your face. The Team has done
a very fine job!
The changes that have to be mentioned are:
* Native, 32 bit OS/2 version of the entire package. Smaller, faster
and a lot of available memory!
* Gateway supporting MIME messages. No longer those strange hex
codes in your messages or equal signs at the end of each line.
Accented letters do not loose these accents anymore!
* 128 groups instead of just 26. A very simple coding scheme makes
it very easy to divide the groups amongst the networks you are a
member of.
* Support for POP3 mailboxes, both with mail for a single recipient
or for an entire network.
* BBS Interface for tight and easy integration with the BBS allowing
for the same node numbers for the BBS as for WaterGate. Separate
inbound and outbound.
* Direct support for WildCat message bases, including file decoding,
WtrUtil Import, etc.
* Tell WaterGate about the users on your BBS via a simple ASCII file
and it will automatically import netmails for them into a special
area and gated e-mails into another.
* List Server can send re-confirmation messages to subscribers with
a configurable interval. A simply reply keeps the subscriber
listed, while no reply removes the address and keeps the list
clean.
* News posting is now supported via a so called "mail to news"
gateway in addition to the UUCP uplink.
* Minimum required machine is now an IBM PC/XT.
See CHANGES.TXT in the distribution archive for a comprehensive
listing of the changes.
You can also try one of these sites:
Nemesis INFOsystems
2:254/5 +44-171-431-5315
magic name WTRGATE
V34+/VFc/V32t/HsT
London, UK
File request from BBS Waterland
2:280/802 +31-299-640202
magic name WTRGATE
Download as well
Purmerend, The Netherlands
File request from American Connection BBS
1:373/26 +1-205-772-7837
magic name WTRGATE
USA
File request from SkyLab BBS
2:362/15 +351-1-7275486 (19k2 ZyXEL)
2:362/1500 +351-1-7210045 (ISDN)
magic name WTRGATE
Lisboa, Portugal
File request from Boudicca's Bard
2:244/1195 +49-6434-900980
magic name WTRGATE
Idstein, Germany
File request from Kruemel Boks
2:240/2188 +49-431-3292929 up to 28k8
2:240/2189 +49-431-3292929 ISDN
2:240/2187 +49-431-3292928 ISDN only
magic name WTRGATE
Altenholz, Germany
File request from Cosmic Gate BBS
6:754/6 +63-32-217332
magic name WTRGATE
Download as well
Cebu City, Philippines
File request from Fire&Ice CBCS
3:712/808 +61-2-6659249
magic name WTRGATE
Download as well
Australia
File request from Beemail HQ BBS
2:220/777 +358-0-8785338
magic name WATERGATE
Helsinki, Finland
Family House BBS
2:402/0 or 2:402/311 (Fido)
+972-2-6541081 (RingDown) or +972-2-6541082/3/4
Everything is freqable in it's name
A special support free for downloading area for WaterGate
Jerusalem, Israel
28800 x 2, 14400 x 2
Cyberia
3:712/848
+61-2-9534-1702
Sydney, Australia
Frans van.Geene
2:512/49 (V34+) +31-10-2439077
2:512/314 (VFC ) +31-10-2439288
2:512/11 (ISDN) +31-10-2439750
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Toontown
3:774/950
+64 7 843 4567
magic name WTRGATE or WATERGATE
Downloads welcomed
Hamilton, New Zealand
Tipp-Topp System
2:37/10
+831-24-52096
magic name WATERGATE
Subotica, Yugoslavia
Spiess BBS
V34 +49-9097-1060 2:2494/413
ISDN +49-9097-1075 2:2494/423
magic name WGATE
Gansheim, Germany
Forbidden Paradise
2:250/425 +44(0)1246-412263
magic name WTRGATE
magic name WTRTXT for WaterGate files available
Chesterfield, England
http://www.mindport.net/~szarka/brazerko/watergate.html
(backup URL for the pages on downcity)
Anonymous FTP from ftp.beemail.com
directory /pub/misc/
Anonymous FTP from ftp.westsound.com
directory /pub/DOS_INTERNET/gateway
Anonymous FTP from ftp.infoap.com.ar
directory /pub/watergate
(directory was somehow missing on last check)
Anonymous FTP from ftp.nijenrode.nl
directory /pub/watergate/
(small chance - this directory is to be closed soon)
Have fun with the new version!
Ramon
ramon@wsd.wline.se
ramon.winkel@ex1.ecs.ericsson.se
(drop me a note here and I will mail it to you tomorrow)
PS: I am soon leaving for my holiday - back in August.
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