mark lewis wrote in a message to Tom Torfs:

 TT> SoupGate v1.03/gamma has been released and can be obtained
 TT> from http://members.xoom.com/tomtorfs/software.html> or file
 TT> requested here using magic SOUPGATE (or explicitly as
 TT> soupg103.zip).

 ml> you give us a lot of info but nowhere does it say what soupgate is
 ml> or does... how do i know if i want or need it?

OK, here's an extract from the documentation:

SoupGate is an easily configurable, yet quite powerful Fidonet-
Internet and vice versa gateway program for e-mail/netmail and
usenet/echomail.

SoupGate supports multiple operating systems:
   DOS: SOUPGATE.EXE (32-bit extended DOS application)
   OS/2: SOUPGAT2.EXE (32-bit console application)
   Windows 9X/NT: SOUPGATW.EXE (32-bit console application)

SoupGate supports both ArcMail- (like e.g. FrontDoor) and Binkley-style
mailers (some mailers support their own proprietary type of outbound;
this is not supported by SoupGate). It can automatically convert file
attaches to/from MIME or UUencoded messages, and it can also be configured
to filter out junk mail and/or mailing lists.

SoupGate allows to address replies to certain messages in newsgroups to
a predefined name, which may then in turn be forwarded to a special
personal mail area by another program, e.g. a mail tosser.

The following other programs are included in the archive:

PKTView - Fidonet Type 2/Type 2+ PKT viewer; by Tom Torfs
   DOS: PKTVIEW.EXE
   OS/2: PKTVIEW2.EXE
   Windows 9X/NT: PKTVIEWW.EXE

Souper v1.5 - Free SOUP mail client; by Chin Huang
Included in SOUPER.ZIP:
   OS/2: SOUPER.EXE
   Windows 9X/NT: SOUPER95.EXE

greetings,
Tom
tomtorfs{at}village.uunet.be

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