From rushing@niven.ksc.nasa.gov Thu Jun 9 20:38:06 1994 Received: from TITAN.KSC.NASA.GOV by scss3.cl.msu.edu (4.1/4.7) id AA05256; Thu, 9 Jun 94 20:38:05 EDT Received: from niven.ksc.nasa.gov by TITAN.KSC.NASA.GOV with SMTP; Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:28:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: by niven.ksc.nasa.gov; (5.65/1.1.8.2/12Apr94-0752PM) id AA22764; Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:28:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:28:20 -0400 From: Samual M. Rushing Message-Id: <9406100028.AA22764@niven.ksc.nasa.gov> Newsgroups: news.software.readers,alt.winsock,comp.os.msdos.mail-news To: winvn@titan.ksc.nasa.gov Subject: [ANNOUNCE] WinVN Version 0.91.4 released Reply-To: rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov Distribution: world Status: OR Version 0.91.4 of WinVN is now available from ftp.ksc.nasa.gov (see below for more ftp info). Sources and binaries for Win16, NT Intel, and NT Alpha/AXP are available. This version fixes many of the problems that people have been having with the 0.91 series. There are a few new features, too, including word wrap in the post/mail edit windows. There are bound to be bugs in this release. We are trying to make 0.92 a 'stable' release, but make these interim releases in order to ease the strain on our mailboxes. If you are happily using an older version of winvn, don't delete it to try this one out. Here's the README: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.91.4 This is an NNTP newsreader for Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows/NT. You can use it to read and post Usenet News, and send email (via SMTP or MAPI) Requirements: For WINSOCK (v1.0 or higher) compliant TCP/IP stacks (called WINSOCK.DLL): (using gwinsock.dll) A WINSOCK compliant TCP/IP product such as Trumpet, PC/TCP, NetManage TCP/IP, Microsoft LanManager 2.2, DEC Pathworks 5.0. Make sure WINSOCK.DLL is in your path before starting Windows. *or* For NON-WINSOCK TCP/IP stacks: (using pwksock.dll) A DEC Pathworks v4.1 or Microsoft LanManager 2.1a compatible WSOCKETS.DLL Dynamic Link Library. Make sure Windows can find it. (set your PATH environment variable). An NNTP News Server. It *must* support one of the following NNTP extenstions: XHDR (most news servers can do this) or XOVER (InterNetNews is an example of a news server that does XOVER) WinVN will use XOVER if your server supports it. A 'NEWSRC' file. An example is provided. You *must* have the file there; WinVN won't write one out just randomly. It can be empty. A 'WINVN.INI' file. Edit this file to point to your news server, or you can later change parameters from within WinVN. An optional 'WINVN' environment variable, telling WinVN where to find its two configuration files: 'WINVN.INI' and 'NEWSRC'. You have to set this variable BEFORE you start up windows. You can also tell WINVN where to find the two files by giving command-line options with the 'Properties' menu under the Program Manager - here are a couple of examples (specify a directory to look in) winvn.exe d:\winvn\myserver (specify each of the two files separately) winvn.exe e:\winvn\myserver\winvn.ini u:\users\rushing\newsrc [I use this to set up different icons for different news servers.] The on-line documentation no longer matches the program exactly. Lots of new undocumented features have been added, but most should be obvious. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Mark Riordan for the original WinVN! Many people have worked on WinVN - it's been a fun, international project. Here are a few of them: Matt Bretherton MBretherton@cmutual.com.au Harvey Brydon brydon@tulsa.dowell.slb.com John S. Cooper jcooper@netcom.com Michael Downs mdowns@eos.arc.nasa.gov Jim Dumoulin dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov Michael Finken finken@conware.de Don Gardner gardnerd@keystone.ksc.nasa.gov Jody Glasser jglas@tdycont.com Masaki Ishido ishidou@yhp.hp.com Conor Nolan cnolan@tcd.ie Mark Riordan mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu Sam Rushing rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov (countless others I don't really mean leave out) You can reach (or join) the developers by sending mail to: winvn@titan.ksc.nasa.gov (This is not a snazzy list server, it's an alias entry on a VMS Vax.) An easy way to keep up on winvn developments is to point your newsreader at 'niven.ksc.nasa.gov' (128.159.4.21). There should be a single newsgroup, (mail.winvn) which is a gatewayed version of the mailing list. Announcements and discussions of common problems can be found here. It's very likely the best place to get the scoop on _your_ problem. You can't post to the group (yet), but sending email to the above address is equivalent. The official FTP site for WinVN is at ftp.ksc.nasa.gov (128.159.4.20) in the directory [pub.win3.winvn] Always check there for the latest binaries and sources. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- quick list of things undocumented: o in the group window, middle click will mark an article as read double-right click will 'catch-up' to that article (mark all as read) shift-lift acts like middle click. Holding down the mouse and dragging works as well. o forwarding an article with MAPI is not yet supported o double-clicking on a in an article will attempt to grab that article from the server. This is a brain-dead feature, but can be convenient at times. o will try to use MAPI unless the winvn.ini param SMTPHost is set. New documentation is being worked on (to catch up with the many new features) by Jim Dumoulin (dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov), and you should be able to get a pre-release version of it from titan, too. -Sam [canned blurb] The latest version of winvn is always available from ftp.ksc.nasa.gov, in the directory [.pub.win3.winvn]. 16-bit WinVN is now distributed as a single binary, with different DLL's for different stacks. winvn_XX_Y.zip is version 0.XX.Y. winvnsrc_XX_Y.zip contains the source distribution. Some NT binaries can usually be found in [.pub.win3.winvn.nt] If you need to use ftp-by-mail, use this path instead: ripem.msu.edu:/pub/pc/win/winvn/titan.ksc.nasa.gov/ Some NT binaries are also available from shannon.mee.tcd.ie, in the directory /winvn.