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- Directory UNIX_C/USENET
- Programs, help files, and utilities related to reading, positing,
- archiving, and transfering USENET news.
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- ARCHLDNW.SH
- A shell script which archives old news by printing it on the
- line printer for later reference.
- Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
- ARCNEWS.TAR
- Programs to automatically archive comp.sources.* from the network.
- Contributor: Tony Field <tony@ajfcal.uucp>
- BATCHMAL.TAR
- A program to convert batched news articles to a format suitable
- for exchanging via electronic mail.
- Contributor: Howard Chu <hyc@umix.uucp>
- BNCVT.C
- Accepts uncompressed news batches i "bnproc" format and writes
- them out in "unbatch" format, which can be piped directly into
- "rnews". This is for news 2.10.3, may not work for later versions.
- Contributor: Carl S. Gutekunst <csg@pyramid.uucp>
- BSNEWS.TAR
- A collection of programs which allow a leaf node to "bootstrap" the
- news software to take a news feed without installing all the soft-
- ware. News articles are accumulated in a mail-type spool file,
- where they can be read with Mail, elm, etc.
- Contributor: Ronald Florence <ron@mlfarm.uucp>
- CHECKNWS.SH
- A program which uses "rn" to check for news in newsgroups and then
- lists the newsgroups in multi-column format.
- Contributor: Don Gworek <uggworek@sunybcs.uucp>
- CNEWS.TAR
- A rewrite of the transport and expire portions of the USENET software.
- It was designed to be fast and flexible.
- Contributor: Henry Spencer (henry@utzoo.uucp>
- DTMNBTCH.SH
- A shell script which cleans up TM files left in the UUCP spool
- directory by the news batching software.
- Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
- FOL.TAR
- Invoked from readnews or vnews, lists the followups to the current
- article.
- Contributor: Daniel R. Levy <levy@cbnewsc.att.com>
- GENMDLST.TAR
- An "awk" script for generating the list of moderators from the
- information posted to the news.lists newsgroup.
- Contributor: Robert Adams <adams@calma.uucp>
- HEADERS.TAR
- A program to remove selected header lines from files containing USENET
- articles. Provides a convenient way to scan through lots of articles
- for useful information.
- Contributor: Paul Dubois <bin@primate.wisc.edu>
- KEEPNEWS.TAR
- A program to help users save news articles of interest in a
- single collection area.
- Contributor: Mark Swenson <mms@arizona.csnet>
- MVJUNK.SH
- A shell script to move articles which land in the "junk" newsgroup
- back into their proper newsgroups.
- Contributor: Jim Scardelis <frodo@wcom.uucp>
- NARC.TAR
- Programs to save and catalog sources saved from USENET news.
- Contributor: Geoff Leach <geoff@laticorp.uucp>
- NEWNWSRC.SH
- A shell script to generate a new ".newsrc" file from an old one when
- moving between systems.
- Contributor: Col. G. L. Sicherman <colonel@ellie.uucp>
- NEWS2_11.TAR
- News 2.11, with the first 13 patches applied. This is the official
- USENET news software.
- Contributor: Rick Adams <rick@seismo.css.gov>
- NWSMLTCS.TAR
- Software to make feeding a bunch of news sites a whole lot easier.
- Contributor: Mark H. Colburn <mark@jhereg.mn.org>
- NEWSBREK.TAR
- A program to unpack multi-file postings from the comp.sources
- groups. Version 1.09.
- Contributor: Fred Walter <grwalter@watfun.waterloo.edu>
- NEWSXD.TAR
- A configurable daemon for controlling news transmission. Allows
- categories of service, transmission times, number of transmissions
- at a time, etc.
- Contributor: Chris Myers <chris@wugate.wustl.edu>
- NN.TAR
- A menu-based news reader with a complete set of features to satisfy
- both the expert and novice user. Menu based article selection,
- automatic digest splitting, folders, online help, built-in unshar,
- NNTP support. Version 6.4. Patchlevel 4.
- Contributor: Kim F. Storm <storm@texas.dk>
- NNTP.TAR
- The NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol, RFC 997) protocol.
- Version 1.5.
- Contributor: Phil Lapsley <phil@berkeley.edu>
- PRNEWS.SH
- A shell script to print news on the line printer, typesetter, or
- whatever instead of reading it at the terminal.
- Contributor: Col. G. L. Sicherman <colonel@ellie.uucp>
- PROCSJNK.SH
- Another shell script to handle news articles which get tossed into
- the "junk" directory.
- Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
- RKIVE.TAR
- USENET news archival software which can be configured to do all sorts
- of things.
- Contributor: Kent Landfield <kent@ssbell.uucp>
- RN_43.TAR
- Version 4.3 of the "rn" program for reading the network news.
- Be sure to apply the patches in the "patches" directory.
- Contributor: Larry Wall <lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
- RNMACROS.SH
- Macros for the "rn" program to enable killing of articles before
- reading them and other stuff.
- Contributor: Glenn Reid <greid@adobe.uucp>
- SAVENEWS.TAR
- A different news archival system, similar to "keepnews", but works on
- larger archives. SAVENEWS.BUG contains a bug fix.
- Contributor: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@nsc.uucp>
- SAVESRC.TAR
- A program to save sources off the USENET news, automatically extract
- them, compile them, and so on.
- Contributor: <chris@toram.uucp>
- UALTGRPS.TXT
- A list of the alternate newsgroups (alt.*) available on USENET
- as of 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U_GROUPS.TXT
- A list of the available newsgroups on USENET as of 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UHISTORY.TXT
- A description of the history of USENET, where to get source code
- for the news software, etc. Last updated 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U-INFOPOST.TAR
- A list of the periodic repeated postings in several newsgroups.
- Things such as archive indexes, statistics, how-to articles,
- and so on. Last updated 30-Jul-90.
- Contributor: Gene SPafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U_INTRO.TXT
- An introduction to net.announce. Last updated 31-Mar-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UMAILSTS.TXT
- A list of mailing lists available primarily on the UUCP network, as
- opposed to the Internet. This is similar to the List-of-Lists
- maintained at SRI-NIC.ARPA. Current as of 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UMALPTHS.TXT
- A description of how to allow "posting" to moderated newsgroups.
- Last update: 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UMODRTRS.TXT
- The list of newsgroup moderators and the groups they moderate as
- of 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UNETIQUT.TXT
- A *satirical* look at USENET ettiquette. Last update: 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UNETWRKS.TXT
- How to get information about the National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Internet.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U_PRIMER.TXT
- "A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community", by Chuq Von
- Rospach. All new USENET news users should read this before tey
- do anything else. Last update: 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UQUESTNS.TXT
- Answers to frequently asked questions on the net. The idea is to
- look here for the answer before posting questions like "what does
- FOO mean?". Last updated 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- UREGROPS.TXT
- A list of the regional newsgroup hierarchies. Last updated 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spaffor <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U_RULES.TXT
- A description of the rules of conduct for USENET. Not following
- these rules will tend to get you unmercifully flamed. Last updated
- 19-Jul-90.
- Contributor: Chris Torek <chris@mimsy.umd.edu>
- USTRTGRP.TXT
- Instructions on how to establish a new USENET newsgroup. Last
- updated 19-Jul-90.
- Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
- U_STYLE.TXT
- Suggestions for writing style on USENET. Last updated 5-Sep-90.
- Contributor: David Booth <booth@vax135.uucp>
- UUNET.TAR
- Programs to do semi-automated UUCP retrieval of files from UUNET.
- Contributor: Scott Garfinkle <seg@smsdpg.uucp>
- VN.TAR
- A program which uses the same ".newsrc" file as "readnews", but
- provides a full-screen interface sort of like "rn" only different.
- Contributor: Bob Mcqueer <bobm@rtech.uucp>
- WHATISIN.SH
- A shell script to determine what is contained in various newsgroups
- at a glance.
- Contributor: Greg Earle <earle@smeagol.uucp>
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