August 31, 1994


     GenMsg is a PaceSoft Utility.  All PaceSoft Utilities  are issued  in a 
 manner such that their authenticity can be verified  by using  the FileTest 
 utility.  By running the utility FileTest on the original Zip  archive, you 
 should recieve a message  indicating that  the file  has not  been tampered 
 with,  and  is intact  as issued  for distribution.   This is  an important 
 safeguard that indicates that no one has contaminated  this archive  or its 
 contents with a Virus.

    If the ARCHIVED File you recieved containing GenMsg  does not  verify as 
 having been issued by GK Pace,  it has  been altered,  and thus  could have 
 been infected or corrupted in some manner. DO NOT USE IT!

     You should obtain the latest version  of FileTest,  and use  it on  all 
 files  being  Distributed by  the SDN,  DVN, and  others.  The  SDN utility 
 SEALTEST is similar, and can be used to verify PaceSoft utilities as well.


     The latest version of FileTest can  be obtained  by FREQ  from 1:374/26 
 using the *magic* name of FileTest.  A coplete list of  PaceSoft Utilities, 
 and other files available can be obtained by FREQ using the *magic* name of 
 FILES.

     -gk

 PS: the current (to date) version of FileTest is version 1.03.

 PPS: Alas it seems that there are many  who insist  upon repackaging  files 
 prior to making them  available for  others... this  distroys the  original 
 safegards in that the signature is deleted and verification is  impossible.  
 This is in my opinion a very wrong thing to do... however it is  impossible 
 to prevent those who insist, from doing it...  If the  copy you  recieve is 
 not in its original format (a Zip file) and fails  the FileTest,  perhaps a 
 complaint from you to the person you recieved from would be in order???

 For those of you using PGP, you can verify the integrity of  the GenMsg.exe 
 file by testing the accompanying GENMSG.SIG signature file.   A copy  of my 
 Public Key is contained in the enclosed KEYS.ASC file.