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from: ROB SZARKA
date: 1997-07-08 13:31:00
subject: WaterGate 0.93 beta release announcement13:31:3907/08/97

 * 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 ****
     W...W
     W.W.W
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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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* Origin: Sea of Noise * brazerko.com * +1 860 886 1441 (1:320/42)

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