Current QWK Related Products Utilities Edition by Jim Hanoian December 2, 1994 This compilation is maintained, published, and Copyright 1994 by James A. Hanoian. Permission is hereby given to use and redistribute this file in any form (electronically, paper, etc.) provided this copyright notice is preserved. Permission is granted to use/distribute portions of this file without credit, but please use common courtesy when using larger portions. The QWK-format is Copyright 1987 by Sparkware. Other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The author provides this compilation as-is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. You are using the information in this file at your own discretion. The author assumes no responsibilities for damages, either physically or financially, from the use or misuse of this data. I would like to thank all the people who have assisted me in keeping this list current. Please help by sending corrections/additions to me rather than distributing a modified version of the list. You can reach me: RIME: ->NOFRILLS (#1299) in the OFFLINE MAIL, Mail Doors, Software Reviews and Shareware conferences. Internet: jim.hanoian@ibmii.ids.net The entire file is updated monthly and is available as QWKPyymm.ZIP. -=-=-=-=-=-=-<>-=-=-=-=-=-=- QWK Packet Utilities Filename Release Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add Those QWK 2.0 ADDQWK20 940201 Steve McGrath Program to merge multiple QWK packets into one. Add Those REP 1.1 ADDREP11 931017 Steve McGrath Program to merge multiple REP packets into one. BugMail 1.05 Mark Lussier TXT -> REP utility. Originally written and designed for supporting commercial software by reading a specific file filter (*.*, etc.) like error reports for uploading to a support BBS. Blue Wave to QWK 2.2 BW2QWK22 920306 Ronald E. Raikes Blue Wave <-> QWK convertor program - use your favorite QWK reader with BlueWave mail packets. Converts REP back to BlueWave format. BlueQWK 1.53 BLUEQ153 940915 Geoffrey Sy Read/reply to Blue Wave mail packets with your favorite QWK reader. Integrates seamlessly with many QWK readers. ByteBros QWK Scan 3.0 BBQWK30 910101 Byte Brothers Utility to scan QWK or REP packets to preview messages based on search text. Can save messages to file, printer or back into QWK in a newly created conference. Also has twit features. CatQWK 2.20 CATQWK22 920209 Patrick Lee Combines multiple QWK files into one. Command line driven, supports wildcard filenames, and selectable archivers. Can create PERSONAL.NDX file. It can be set up in under a minute and best of all, is free! CISqwk 2.0b Mark Lussier Bidirectional tosser between TapCis/OzCis and QWK readers. Supports binary email, fax, and Internet routing. Tosses mail, forums, and files. CleanQWK 1.0 CLQWK100 940428 Joe Malkin QWK pre-processor. Strips unwanted headers and lines from incoming Internet/Usenet messages and kills duplicate messages in similar newsgroups or conferences. Has twit features and can create NDX files. Complete Tagline Remover 2.01 CTLRV201 901215 Dave De Wald Removes taglines based on ASCII list of lines to kill. Convert that QWK 1.0 CVTQWK10 940201 Steve McGrath QWK -> TXT converter. DeTag 1.23 DETAG123 930402 Rd Thomas Removes taglines & subject prefixes from QWK archives. Handles FIDO & RIME tags, has read-only mode for tagline stealing, does wildcards, processes .REP files, can back up QWKs before processing, more. EZ-Utility 1.03 EZUTL103 900219 Eric Cockrell Converts a ProDoor ZipM mail packet into QWK format and then the REP into text to upload back into ProDoor. Freeware. FidoQWK 1.25 FIDOQ125 941023 Geoffrey Sy Echomail processor for any FidoNet systems to transfer mail with any QWK host systems. Also includes utilities for QWK -> REP to enable QWK-based networking. Filter 1.62 FILT162 910408 Patrick Lee Re-creates the index files so that they skip (twit) messages from a list of up to 50 users. Freeware. GEnie QWK 1.1 GENIEQ11 David Goodenough Scripts/programs to allow a QWK interface to the GEnie on-line service. Get Tag 1.0 GETTAG10 920719 Ryan Cramer Steals taglines from QWK packets and saves to a file. Index Pro 9 NDXPRO_9 930720 W.R. Smith/T. Van Dinter Makes index for QWK and REP packets for corrupted or net packets. Kill QWK Dupes 1.10 KQDUP110 920806 Cody Gibson Removes duplicate messages from QWK and REP packets, even across multiple packets. Compatible for multi-BBS, multi-door and multi-node operations; can be used by users, Sysops and netmail Sysops. Maintains its own CRC file which is smaller than one used by most other dupe checking mail doors. LocalQWK 1.0 LCLQWK10 920201 Randy Blackmond Creates QWK packets from command line for Remote Access BBSs. Allows Sysops to create mail packet for users immediately after mail polling. This is similar to the feature Pre-scanning available on some doors. Log2Qwk Michael Schaefer Converts capture log of WWIV messages into a QWK packet, then generates a Procomm script for uploading the REP packet. MailDB 1.0a MAILDB10 921222 Carlos G. Batista QWK message database that works as an add-on to conventional QWK-format mail readers. Tosses QWK packets into database as specified by conference, by search text, with exclusions (twit filter), etc. Supports all major archivers. It also does TXT-to-REP conversion. Make Rep 1.1 MAKEREP 920801 David Chester TXT -> *.MSG, just zip it up manually to make a REP. MessageFilter 2.00 MF200 920210 Robert Hoffmann QWK packet pre-processor, archives, removes, or personalizes messages based on message headers. Removes (R) and RE: prefixes from subject lines. MMIMP MMIMP1 Michael May Converts QWK packet into REP packet. MNet 2.10 MNET210 Makai Software QWK -> REP converter. Enables a BBS with QWK/REP to network with other BBSs. Converts "net status" QWK packets from the host BBS into a REP packet for the node BBS. Converts node's QWK to host's REP for return. NoTag 2.20 NOTAG-22 911214 Thom Little Strips Deluxe2 tag-lines from reply messages. Allows the user to either add his own tag-line or leave the message without a tag-line. pdQWK for Builder 1.0b Mark Lussier Function library and tutorial for manipulating QWK packets in the Builder language from HyperKinetix. It does not support MKS$ numbers due to integer limitation in Builder. Freeware. pdQWK for Clipper 1.02 Mark Lussier Function library for Clipper programmers to manipulate and use QWK packets. Comes as function library or class(y)/oClip library. It even supports MKS$ real numbers. Freeware. PKT Converter PVERT 920101 Unidentified Author QWK <-> PKT converter for FidoNet boards. C source code. QRep 1.2 QREP12 940621 Brian Showalter Automatically generates public, private, or password protected messages from ASCII text. Tracks last sent date and resends after a specified number of days. Can send on specific day of the week or month. Splits long messages. Makes QWK or Fido taglines. Ideal for conference hosts, vendors, or others who send a constant message at regular intervals. QWacK 0.96 QWACK096 920409 Cutting Edge Computing QWK <-> BlueWave convertor program - use your BlueWave reader with QWK packets. Converts *.NEW to REP packet for upload into QWK door. QWKBase 1.2a QBASE12A 940220 Nick Onoufriou Add-on to conventional QWK-at-a-time reader to turn it into a databased reader. Configuration items to age and purge news, files, bulletins and messages independently. QWKDump 1.20 QWKDMP12 940228 Geoffrey Sy Dumps any conference or all messages from your QWK mail packet into text files similar to PCBoard message capture. QWKgate 0.92 QGATE092 941012 S. Tullos/J. Butler QWKgate serves as an e-mail gateway between a LAN-based BBS and the Internet. Converts QWK/REP-format files (from a BBS) into SMTP-format (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) files to be transfered to the Internet. QWKGrab 1.0 QWKGRAB 940819 Schellin & Schellin Converts QWK (or selected messages) to a REP for a different BBS-ID. Does not use conference translate tables and forces all messages into conference #1. QWK Index 1.1 QWKIDX11 940228 Geoffrey Sy Makes or replaces missing or munged index files for QWK/REP packets. Uses SOUNDEX scheme to search for misspelled personal messages. Qwkit 1.0b QWKIT10B 930517 Lyman Epp Provides tag-line manager, twit filters, signatures, and strips subject prefixes such as Re: and (R). Supports OLX, SLMR, MegaRead, and others. QwkMan 1.0 QWKMAN10 920524 Keith Brown QwkMan is a QWK packet manager and merger. QWKMerge 1.05 QWKM105 920405 Mike King Combines QWK packets from any one BBS into a single master QWK packet. Can delete dupe messages or KingQWK kill-flagged messages. "Untrashes" QWK files altered by some other readers. Configurable by BBS and by conference. Scripting language for unattended operation. QWKNet QWKNET00 Steve Hughes Bidirectional QWK <-> Squish-compatible tosser. Takes a QWK packet and tosses the messages into a Squish-compatible message base. Exports new messages into a BBS_ID.MSG file to make into a *.REP packet. QWKNet 1.2 QWKNET12 930323 Keith Yox QWK -> REP converter. Enables a BBS with QWK/REP to network with other BBSs. Converts "net status" QWK packets from the host BBS into a REP packet for the node BBS. Converts node's QWK to host's REP for return. QWK Prune 1.12 QPRN112 940512 David Harden Removes unwanted messages from QWK packets based on message headers. Can tag messages for processing by KingQWK and QWKMerge; remove (R) and Re: prefixes (and 10 user-defined ones) from subject lines; repair some non- standard message headers; and repair QWK packets damaged by EZ-Reader. QWKSlice 1.03 QWKSL103 940524 Chad Wagner Splits QWK packets up by size, messages per packet, and/or messages per conference. Supports a maximum of 10,000 conferences. QWK Strip 1.4 QWKSTR14 940310 Bob Ray Strips excess Internet header (routing, etc) from messages to move the message text up to where it can be read in a mail reader's first screen. QWKText 4.6 QWKTXT46 931225 Jeffery Foy QWK -> ASCII text file. Public domain with C source. It is useful for archival purposes and supports more than 6,000 conferences. QXL 1.0 QXL10 940308 Anthony Summy REP -> REP converter. Uses translate tables to convert a REP from one BBS-ID to another. Useful for satellite operations where the source BBS-ID (the satellite) is not the BBS that receives replies. Reply Utilities 6.0 REPUTIL6 931219 Frank Y. Yates Text <-> REP. Bidirectional utility to convert a batch of text messages into a REP packet or back. Freeware. RPost 1.01 RPOST101 910726 Robert Vostreys RPost is a pre- and post-processor for QWK and REP packets. It can delete duplicate messages and spy/copy messages. Search that QWK 1.0 SQWK10 940201 Steve McGrath Search QWKs for keywords and extract messages to a new QWK packet. Strip QWK STRIPQWK 911223 Ron Janorkar Replace strings anywhere in a QWK/REP packet. Thus, the user can delete tag-lines entirely or replace selected portions of tag-lines. Strip RE STRIPRE Patrick Lee Strips Re: and (R) from the beginning of subject lines. Public domain with Turbo Pascal source code. It runs very fast and is a snap to use. Tag 3 TAG3 911028 Unlisted Author Removes non-Fido-type tag-lines from QWK-format message packets. It also includes utilities to sort tag-lines and remove duplicates. Tag Grab 1.5 TAGRB150 940222 James Goss Steals taglines from QWK packets and integrates them into your own tagfile after dupe checking and alphabetizing the tagfile. Freeware. Tagline 1.09 TAG109 900301 Tony Tortorelli Steals taglines from QWK or REP. TextMail 1.12 Mark Lussier Command line driven utility to process ASCII files into REP packet. Automatically splits files into multiple messages at user defined number of lines and supports any packer and both QWK and Fido-style tag-lines. TextMail will also append to existing REP file. Freeware. Text to REP 1.2 TX2REP12 940228 Geoffrey Sy Converts ASCII text file -> REP packet. Command line driven, will automatically create multiple messages if needed. Freeware. Twit 2.10 TWIT210 920525 Matthew Briggs Twits messages in QWKs and MegaMail DL packets by name or subject with wildcard characters. Maintains log of changes. Freeware. Uqwk 1.8 uqwk18 940217 Steve Belczyk Collects unread Internet email or USENET news and creates QWK packet. Reply packets can be mailed (if mailer understands "mail -s"), or posted (if B-news type of inews that understands -n and -t is in use). C source and compiles with ANSI C compilers.