Hi! mark,   
      
   In a message to Alexander Koryagin you wrote:   
      
    ml> GoldED cannot read NNTP messages directly... it also cannot read QWK   
    ml> offline mail packets directly... or Blue Wave offline mail packets...   
      
   It's funny that you hit on _some_ of this editor's capabilities.  Let's   
   re-visit SemPoint's File_Id.Diz...   
      
   -=> SemPoint v2.26 for Windows <=-   
   SemPoint is the 1st Offline Reader for   
   Windows useful to both BBS Users and to   
   FidoNet Points (or Sysops). It can   
   handle QWK, BlueWave, Mc-Link's X)press   
   and Usenet newsgroups mail packets, as   
   well as permanent message bases in *.MSG   
   (Fido), Hudson, Squish, JAM and EzyCom   
   formats! EASY to use, but powerful!   
   Built-in zip/unzip, UUEncode/Decode,   
   PGP shell, Rich Text display feature,   
   message sorting, TIC generator.   
   Multilingual: English, Italian, French,   
   Spanish, Catalan, Swedish, German and   
   Dutch editions available! Y2K compatible.   
      
   Not bad, hey.  I have tested its accessing QWK packets, years ago (it creates   
   its own Squish messagebase based on BBS packets).  I'm currently doing *.Msg,   
   Squish & JAM with it.  The hatching of TIC files is a dream, as SemPoint even   
   has an 'announce' option for it.  (I have an inkling that the UUdecode worked   
   for me as well, a long time back.)   
      
   I think that may have been why you've got a copy lying around... for testing.   
      
   It's a pity that no else really appreciated it.  It would have served well as   
   a part of those point packages that have been put together over the years.  :(   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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