Hi All,

Thanks for agreeing to BETA test gmail/OL (gmail OffLine) for the Apple
//gs computer.  This is BETA version 1.0.  I would appreciate your 
suggestions for optimization, look-and-feel, and for fixing any bugs you 
may find.

The only GORP (gregg's offline reader protocol) server is on acme.fred.org
in San Diego.  Morgan Davis is supposed to be working on a gorp server
program for ProLine so as soon as that is finished, you may find more 
access.  Contact me if you would like a mail account on acme.fred.org for 
the duration of gmail's testing.  I have included the UNIX tar.Z file with 
a version of GORP that should be compatible with all SysV R3 UNIX systems 
as well as most BSD systems.  The only really system dependent stuff is in 
reading and verifying password entries.  These should be OK though from 
system to system.

The GORP server program for UNIX is a modification to The Morgan Davis
Group's UPCP package.  Morgan gets all the credit for the hard core
programming, but I have to take responsibility for the modifications.

Disclaimer:  Omega Software Solutions claims no responsibilities for 
the function, use, or safety of the GORP server program.  As different 
UNIX systems respond to system calls in a variety of ways, results on 
your UNIX may vary.  Changes, modifications, and suggestions are welcome
as always.

There is no editor built in to gmail/OL.  If you choose to use gmail/OL 
as an s16 program, you won't be able to edit anything.  As an exe program,
launched from the Orca or GNO shell, you must specify an editor that
your shell can access.  (see the manual for more info on this)

I have gotten some strange and unpredictable crashes while using the ORCA
shell's 'edit' program.  The same problems haven't happened from emacs,
ROSE, or vi (from GNO).  Let me know how edit works on your system.

I have also included the GORP specifications.  Although the C code is
not all that hard to follow, a concise definition of how a GORP
transaction should take place is helpful.  Feel free to use the 
pseudo-code and actual C code to implemement GORP on other BBS 
platforms.

See the manual file for a text version of the manual I have completed
so far.  The only major function mentioned in the manual that is not 
included in the beta version of gmail/OL is the configuration file
editor.  A complete description of the required and optional gmail.cf
entries is included.  Use any standard text editor to make modifications
to this file until the second beta version ships with the configuration
editor built in.  I think that is all I can tell you for now.  Your time 
and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Gregg D. Brekke
Omega Software Solutions