Turnpike -- This is a very interesting 'net suite package from our friends across the sea (England, that is). Apps include offline mail and news clients, ftp, telnet, ping, finger, and tracerout clients, a winsock stack and dialer, and a web browser and ftp client (in the registered version only). The offline mail client is Turnpike's strongest client. The mail client implements some unique and quite useful features. The best of these is the tagging option. You can associate and group messages together by adding an informational tag to the message. Each message can have several tags and is therefore more like a web of interconnected messages as opposed to the typical folder scheme where each message is placed in only one folder. Additional features include support for more than one account, setting rules for filing incoming messages (including the ability to create your own custom rules), and the option of having every incoming/outgoing address automatically added to the address book. The offline news client also offers many useful features, including full threading and the even cooler filtering option for news. You can mark threads as interesting or not very interesting; Turnpike in turn flags these threads and automatically filters future messages in the thread either to the top of the list or the bottom of the list based on the relevant flags. While I tend to prefer Agent and News Xpress for their additional features, the Turnpike News client is also quite strong. The Telnet, Ping, and Finger clients are typical for a 'net suite -- they don't really stand out, but they can definitely be useful. While the interface for Turnpike is not nearly as attractive as those of Emissary, Quarterdeck Internet Toolbox, and GNNWorks, Turnpike is quite easy to use and offers extensive online help documentation for getting started and for making the most of Turnpike. Overall, this is a very solid package of 'net apps; however, at 49.95 Pounds (about $79), some users will find more value relative to price in the above three suites. Each of these suites currently offer more features than Turnpike, but Turnpike has narrowed the gap considerably with the release of its integrated web browser. Pros: Extremely solid and feature-rich offline mail and News client Cons: Price vs. value relative to other suites, not the most attractive interface New: Traceroute client added; web browser (Netscape), FTP client in registered version Version Reviewed: 1.12 Date of Review: 2/28/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud