Current QWK Related Products Utilities Edition by Jim Hanoian June 3, 1995 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. Although I do follow the Offline Conferences in ILINK, Fido, and several other nets, primary contact points for me are: 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 Filedate Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 92-03-06 Ronald E. Raikes Blue Wave <-> QWK convertor program - use your favorite QWK reader with BlueWave mail packets. Converts REP back to BlueWave format. BlueQWK 1.55 BLUEQ155 94-12-11 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 91-01-01 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 92-02-09 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 94-04-28 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 90-12-15 Dave De Wald Removes taglines based on ASCII list of lines to kill. Conf. Participation Tracker 1.31 CPT131 95-05-17 David Daniel Anderson Maintains a detailed text data file of conference activity. Freeware, with Pascal source code. Fast, full-featured. Protected mode version included. DeTag 1.23 DETAG123 93-04-02 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 90-02-19 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 94-10-23 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 91-04-08 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 92-07-19 Ryan Cramer Steals taglines from QWK packets and saves to a file. Index Pro 9 NDXPRO_9 93-07-20 W.R. Smith/T. Van Dinter Makes index for QWK and REP packets for corrupted or net packets. Kill QWK Dupes 1.10 KQDUP110 92-08-06 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 92-02-01 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 92-12-22 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 92-08-01 David Chester TXT -> *.MSG, just zip it up manually to make a REP. McGrath's Offline Utilities 3.1 MOU31 95-04-08 Steve McGrath Collection of utilities to add, index and search QWKs, convert QWKs to TXT and to add REPs. Older versions of the stand-alone utils may be available as ADDQWK, CVTQWK, SQWK and ADDREP. MessageFilter 2.00 MF200 92-02-10 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 91-12-14 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 92-01-01 Unidentified Author QWK <-> PKT converter for FidoNet boards. C source code. QHead 1.00 QHEAD100 95-05-12 David Daniel Anderson Writes QWK message headers to a text file. Freeware with Pascal source code. QRep 2.0 QREP20 95-05-03 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. QTXT 1.01 QTXT101 95-03-14 David Daniel Anderson Converts QWK packets to text files. Similar to many other QWK to Text convertors, but can be turned *back* into QWKs with other utilities from the same author. Freeware, with Pascal source code. QWacK 0.96 QWACK096 92-04-09 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 94-02-20 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 94-02-28 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 94-10-12 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 94-08-19 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 94-02-28 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 93-05-17 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 92-05-24 Keith Brown QwkMan is a QWK packet manager and merger. QWKMerge 1.05 QWKM105 92-04-05 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 93-03-23 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 94-05-12 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 94-05-24 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 94-03-10 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 93-12-25 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 94-03-08 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 93-12-19 Frank Y. Yates Text <-> REP. Bidirectional utility to convert a batch of text messages into a REP packet or back. Freeware. Robomail to QWK 1.02 RoboQ102 95-02-24 David Daniel Anderson Convert Robomail text files to pseud-QWKs, suitable for scanning by CPT. This archive was distributed in CPT115.zip, but *may* be available separately too. Freeware, with Pascal source code. RPost 1.01 RPOST101 91-07-26 Robert Vostreys RPost is a pre- and post-processor for QWK and REP packets. It can delete duplicate messages and spy/copy messages. SLMR to QWK 1.00 SLMRQ100 95-02-24 David Daniel Anderson Convert SLMR text files to pseud-QWKs, suitable for scanning by CPT. This archive was distributed in CPT115.zip, but *may* be available separately too. Freeware, with Pascal source code. SpeedQWK 1.0 SPEEDQWK 94-05-22 Joe Malkin Convert SPEED databases to QWK format. Exports the Speed messagebase for use in a different QWK reader. Freeware. SPEED to QWK 1.02 SRQ102 95-02-24 David Daniel Anderson Convert SPEED text files to pseud-QWKs, suitable for scanning by CPT. This archive was distributed in CPT115.zip, but *may* be available separately too. Freeware, with Pascal source code. Strip QWK STRIPQWK 91-12-23 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 91-10-28 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 94-02-22 James Goss Steals taglines from QWK packets and integrates them into your own tagfile after dupe checking and alphabetizing the tagfile. Tagline 1.09 TAG109 90-03-01 Tony Tortorelli Steals taglines from QWK or REP. Tag-X Pro 1.20 TAGX120 95-06-02 Ron Janorkar Steals taglines from QWK, BW and OPX packets. Full-fledged management with sorting, deleting, etc. Uses advanced technology to select context-sensitive taglines. Groups taglines. 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 94-02-28 Geoffrey Sy Converts ASCII text file -> REP packet. Command line driven, will automatically create multiple messages if needed. Freeware. Twit 2.10 TWIT210 92-05-25 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 94-02-17 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.