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`EasyFR' projcet is born from my friend Angelo Vizzarro, who made the first version of this software:
"The idea of EasyFR comes in my mind one day when my friend Gino Casavecchia shows me some utility to handle File-Requests: I did like none of them. So, considering I was looking for a project to try using MUI, I started programming, and this is the result!" Unfortunatly Angelo Vizzarro stopped the project, due to lack of time. I asked him souce codes, say I would be very happy to keep on developping this software. In this way we get to `EasyFR 2.0'.
The last update is EasyFR 2.2; you can have a look to the history.

`EasyFR' is an utility to help and handle File-Requests in an easyer way.

Considering this, you will need to have:

• an Amiga :-)
• a modem
• a Point
• a mailer

If you do not have these, probably you are not interested in EasyFR.

EasyFR 2.2 needs:

• Kickstart 2.0 (you will need at least 2.1 to run localization);
• MUI 2.2 (or later) installed; works fine with MUI 3.x too;
• xpkmaster.library 2.4;
• traplist.library 5.2 (better 5.4);

Some features:

• Create and handle .REQ files to be sent to the BBS (with a mailer) that should reply your request;

• Read and select directly from a fidonet box (a Filelist) files you want to request; selected entries will be copied in the .REQ file;

• Backup of the .REQ file

• Handle fidonet box (Filelist) packed with any XPK library;

• Find Next & Find Previous with progress indicator functions in fidonet boxes;

• Display info about nodes in nodelist (using traplist.library);

• QuickList with most frequently used nodes;

• Runs a mailer (or a script) directly from EasyFR by pressing one button;

• Simple menagement of InBound: directory;

• List and extract LhA & LZX archives;

• EasyFR can join a Filelist to a specific node (via traplist.library): changing node will change filelist too (feature user selectable);

• GUI is personalizable by the user, this thanx Stefan Stunz and his `Magic�User�Interface';

• Localization: by now only english and italian are distributed;

• On-line help: pressing the HELP key, the AmigaGuide� help will be shown. Help is context-sensitive;

As you can read, there is nothing really particular, but there seems that other program miss something. Some can not run the mailer or do not handle fido boxes (Filelists) in a complete way, other do not support traplist.library, and I haven't seen any supporting XPK libraries.

`EasyFR' try to handle File Requests in a complete and easy way.

`EasyFR' development has been stopped because of the limited number of users and expecially because FTN technology is now obsolete. I left the todo list: on-line for those who might want to have a loot at which feature that I would have added.

If you look foward to use `EasyFR', you can have a look to EasyFR Main panel GIF image (33678 bytes).

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