Last updated: 23-Apr-92

PD6:<UNIX-C.USENET>
   Programs, help files, and utilities related to reading, positing,
   archiving, and transfering USENET news.

   ARCH-OLDNEWS.SH
       A shell script which archives old news by printing it on the
       line printer for later reference.
       Contributor: Charlie Perkins <[email protected]>
   ARCNEWS.TAR-Z
       Programs to automatically archive comp.sources.* from the network.
       Contributor: Tony Field <[email protected]>
   BATCHMAIL.TAR-Z
       A program to convert batched news articles to a format suitable
       for exchanging via electronic mail.
       Contributor: Howard Chu <[email protected]>
   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 <[email protected]>
   BSNEWS.TAR-Z
       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 <[email protected]>
   CHECKNEWS.SH
       A program which uses "rn" to check for news in newsgroups and then
       lists the newsgroups in multi-column format.
       Contributor: Don Gworek <[email protected]>
   CNEWS.TAR-Z
       A rewrite of the transport and expire portions of the USENET software.
       It was designed to be fast and flexible.
       Contributor: Henry Spencer ([email protected]>
   DETM-UNBATCH.SH
       A shell script which cleans up TM files left in the UUCP spool
       directory by the news batching software.
       Contributor: Charlie Perkins <[email protected]>
   DU.TAR-Z
       Software to generate USENET disk usage and readership reports.
       Includes an enhanced version of "du".  Requires the statfs() system
       call.
       Contributor: Chip Rosenthal <[email protected]>
   FOL.TAR-Z
       Invoked from readnews or vnews, lists the followups to the current
       article.
       Contributor: Daniel R. Levy <[email protected]>
   GEN-MODLIST.TAR-Z
       An "awk" script for generating the list of moderators from the
       information posted to the news.lists newsgroup.
       Contributor: Robert Adams <[email protected]>
   HEADERS.TAR-Z
       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 <[email protected]>
   KEEPNEWS.TAR-Z
       A program to help users save news articles of interest in a
       single collection area.
       Contributor: Mark Swenson <[email protected]>
   MVJUNK.SH
       A shell script to move articles which land in the "junk" newsgroup
       back into their proper newsgroups.
       Contributor: Jim Scardelis <[email protected]>
   NARC.TAR-Z
       Programs to save and catalog sources saved from USENET news.
       Contributor: Geoff Leach <[email protected]>
   NESTOR.TAR-Z
       NEws STatistics ORganizer.  A program to summarize the copious
       logging information from the NNTP news transport agent.
   NEWNEWSRC.SH
       A shell script to generate a new ".newsrc" file from an old one when
       moving between systems.
       Contributor: Col. G. L. Sicherman <[email protected]>
   NEWS2-11.TAR-Z
       News 2.11, with the first 13 patches applied.  This is the official
       USENET news software.
       Contributor: Rick Adams <[email protected]>
   NEWS-MULTICAST.TAR-Z
       Software to make feeding a bunch of news sites a whole lot easier.
       Contributor: Mark H. Colburn <[email protected]>
   NEWSBREAK.TAR-Z
       A program to unpack multi-file postings from the comp.sources
       groups.  Version 1.09.
       Contributor: Fred Walter <[email protected]>
   NEWSXD.TAR-Z
       A configurable daemon for controlling news transmission.  Allows
       categories of service, transmission times, number of transmissions
       at a time, etc.  Version 2.5.1.
       Contributor: Chris Myers <[email protected]>
   NN.TAR-Z
       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 <[email protected]>
   NNTP.TAR-Z
       The NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol, RFC 997) protocol.
       Version 1.5.11.
   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 <[email protected]>
   PROCESS-JUNK.SH
       Another shell script to handle news articles which get tossed into
       the "junk" directory.
       Contributor: Charlie Perkins <[email protected]>
   RKIVE.TAR-Z
       USENET news archival software which can be configured to do all sorts
       of things.
       Contributor: Kent Landfield <[email protected]>
   RN-43.TAR-Z
       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 <[email protected]>
   RN-MACROS.SH
       Macros for the "rn" program to enable killing of articles before
       reading them and other stuff.
       Contributor: Glenn Reid <[email protected]>
   SAVENEWS.TAR-Z
       A different news archival system, similar to "keepnews", but works on
       larger archives.  SAVENEWS.BUG contains a bug fix.
       Contributor: Chuq Von Rospach <[email protected]>
   SAVESRC.TAR-Z
       A program to save sources off the USENET news, automatically extract
       them, compile them, and so on.
       Contributor: <[email protected]>
   TRN.TAR-Z
       Threaded newsreader based on rn 4.4.  Builds and installs with
       no special tweaking.  Version 2.0.
       Contributor:  Wayne Davison <[email protected]>
   U-ALTGROUPS.TXT
       A list of the alternate newsgroups (alt.*) available on USENET
       as of 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-GROUPS.TXT
       A list of the available newsgroups on USENET as of 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-HISTORY.TXT
       A description of the history of USENET, where to get source code
       for the news software, etc.  Last updated 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-INFOPOST.TAR-Z
       A list of the periodic repeated postings in several newsgroups.
       Things such as archive indexes, statistics, how-to articles,
       and so on.  Last updated 14-Sep-90.
       Contributor: Gene SPafford <[email protected]>
   U-INTRO.TXT
       An introduction to net.announce.  Last updated 31-Mar-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-MAILLISTS.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 NIC.DDN.MIL.  Current as of 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-MAILPATHS.TXT
       A description of how to allow "posting" to moderated newsgroups.
       Last update: 5-Sep-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-MODERATORS.TXT
       The list of newsgroup moderators and the groups they moderate as
       of 3-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-NETIQUETTE.TXT
       A *satirical* look at USENET ettiquette.  Last update: 5-Sep-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-NETWORKS.TXT
       How to get information about the National Science Foundation (NSF)
       Internet.  Last update: 16-Oct-89.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   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: 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-QUESTIONS.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 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-REGGROUPS.TXT
       A list of the regional newsgroup hierarchies.  Last updated 4-Oct-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spaffor <[email protected]>
   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 <[email protected]>
   U-STARTGROUP.TXT
       Instructions on how to establish a new USENET newsgroup.  Last
       updated 6-Sep-90.
       Contributor: Gene Spafford <[email protected]>
   U-STYLE.TXT
       Suggestions for writing style on USENET.  Last updated 5-Sep-90.
       Contributor: David Booth <[email protected]>
   UUNET.TAR-Z
       Programs to do semi-automated UUCP retrieval of files from UUNET.
       Contributor: Scott Garfinkle <[email protected]>
   VN.TAR-Z
       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 <[email protected]>
   WHATISIN.SH
       A shell script to determine what is contained in various newsgroups
       at a glance.
       Contributor: Greg Earle <[email protected]>

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