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Hi everyone,

	RE: POP3 Mail Gateway for Win95 using MS-TCP/IP-Winsock

	I have been working with a small team of developers for a
couple of months now on a POP3 mail gateway aimed specifically at
Demon customers.  We have now been evaluating revision 93a since
September 22nd and feel that this version is suitable for public
evaluation.  We would be particularly interested in your comments and
any problems you discover.

	Development is very definitely still in progress, and this is
just an early test release in order to get some feedback.  Although
the system still has its problems, several people are currently using
it quite confidently.  The problem is that we haven't tested it on
enough systems yet, so don't be surprised if you run into problems (if
so we'll do everything we can to help).  

	Here's the current feature list :-

	o  "Lives" on the Win95/WinNT4 system tray
	o  Multiple mailboxes
	o  Local POP3 and SMTP servers
	o  SMTP _and_ active POP3 clients
	o  Finger Clients (+ automatic fingering)
	o  Scheduled dial-up
	o  Mailing lists
	    - Moderated lists
	    - Subscription by mail

	What we are currently working on :-

	o  Local NNTP server to act as a local news gateway
	o  Finger Server
	o  Time client
	o  Mail servers and autoresponders
	o  Revisions to the database subsystem, mailing lists,
		fault-tolerance and user interface

	We are also considering development of Mail and News User
Agents.  More importantly, we will seriously consider any suggestions
from you as to what you would like to see added.

	During development the software is free, but this is subject
to review once complete.  Even if it does eventually become
commercial, we would like to see it available as shareware without any
limitations.

	The on-line and supplied user documentation is sketchy, but
this is being worked on.  If you are unfamiliar with the concepts
behind POP3 mailboxes and how to manage them, you may wish to wait for
the documentation to be released first.

	For further details, see http://www.fastraq.demon.co.uk/post
or email fps@fastraq.demon.co.uk.  If appropriate, a mailing list will
be setup and announced here.

	Thank you for your support,

		- Elric Pedder
		and
		- Dan Lyon
		- Simon Plant

Note: Please address all email regarding this project to
	fps@fastraq.demon.co.uk