Short:        Spot v1.3b, Fidonet Msg editor/tosser
Author:       nico.francois@ping.be (Nico François)
Uploader:     pwcomp elevate demon co uk (Paul Compton)
Type:         comm/fido
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

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                           Version 1.3b

     FidoNet tosser/editor for all Amiga points (with WB 2.0+)

                    (C) 1993-1998 Nico François



Version 1.3b
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     Bug fix: some millenium (year 2000) bugs fixed.  Date display was
     wrong in the year 2000+ and FidoNet packets with date >=00 are now
     imported as being created in the year 2000+.  All fixed now.

Feature list:

 * Requires Kickstart 2.04 or higher.
 * Supports new 3.0 features (newlook menus, memory pools,...).
 * Fully localized (Workbench 2.1 or higher).
 * Style Guide compliant.
 * Supports all current and future monitor modes.
 * Completely font-sensitive, user may select which fonts to use.
 * Keyboard shortcuts for most menus and gadgets.
 * All settings can be easily changed from within Spot.
 * Fast importing/exporting.
 * Automatically creates new areas for you, no tedious work.
 * Special fast message base format with only a few files per area.
 * Optional - fully transparent - message base crunching.
 * Message list with powerful functions (e.g. search body text).
 * Message thread linking based on subject and MSGID kludge.
 * Excellent support for multiple character sets (LATIN-1, IBM,...).
 * Built-in, fully asynchronous, Fido file request.
 * Multi-bossing and multi-domain capable.
 * Nodelist support (traplist.library).
 * Userlist editor. Every domain has its own userlist.
 * Twitlist!  Automatically get rid of messages written by or to
   certain persons or with a specific subject.
 * Sound!  Add an optional sound to several events (message to you,
   message deleted,...).
 * Powerful reflow control.
 * Text styles.  Spot will (optionally) show *bold*, _underlined_
   and /italic/ text in the correct style.
 * Supports FSC-0035 (Transparent gateways to and from FidoNet).
 * ARexx port.
 * Clock

(Some of these features are only available in the registered version)


Spot has been tested on nearly every Amiga model, including an A500 and an
A4000/040.  A harddisk and at least 1MB of RAM are strongly recommended. At
least Workbench 2.0 is required, Workbench 2.1 or 3.0 for locale support.