From: udo@umunk.GUN.de (Udo Munk)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: News agents/readers for Coh
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:39:14 GMT
Organization: U. Munk's private BBS
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

tpa10@ccc.amdahl.com (Thomas P. Anderson) writes:
: I am interested in installing a news system on my Coherent (4.0.1)
: system, but I know very little about it.  What I am looking for here
: is a list of the "available" software to do this.  Something along
: the lines of:
: News readers -
:      readnews= old reliable standy, available from ???
:      rn      = more user friendly,  available from ???
:      ???= etc.
: 
: News agents -
:      bnews
:      cnews
:      ???

News readers:
rn = less user friendly, ported to Coh 3.x and 4.0, has some problems with
     Coherents sh, not very fast, available from MWCBBS and COHware.
vn = a little bit more friendly then rn, ported to Coh 3.x and 4.0, runs
     without problems but is slow, available from MWCBBS, raven and my system.
tass = user friendly, ported to Coh 3.x and 4.0, has problems with the
       64KB data limit under 3.x, is fast, available from MWCBBS
       and my system.
tin = very user friendly, ported to Coh 4.0 (no chance to get it running
      under 3.x), is fast, available from MWCBBS, raven and my system.
nn = most powerfull reader I've seen so far, ported to Coh 4.0 (no chance
     to get it running under 3.x), is very fast but uses ~10% of the size of
     news articles for a database, available from MWCBBS, raven and my system.

News packages:
gnews = I've never get it running, is dead because the autor forbids the
        usage (of all his programs) because of a flame war some month ago.
wnews = compatible to bnews, easy to install and administer by unexperienced
        users, ported to Coh 3.x & 4.0, available from MWCBBS and my system.
cnews = the standard today, very difficult to install and administer,
        ported to Coh 3.x but has some problems with Coherents sh,
        available from MWCBBS and COHware.
        porting to 4.0 is in progress. interesting is the new performance
        release, not the old release from COHware!

: or whatever.  I have seen posts mentioning things like "TIN" and "ELM"
: but I have no idea what category they fit into etc.  I guess a "catalog"

Elm is a mail user agent, the best one you could get today for UNIX.
Can only be run under Coherent 4.0, easy to use, good documentation,
it's a must if you are using email.

: of news software is what I am after  and some idea of where to start.
: Comments/reviews would be OK but not required.  The two main points are
: to 1.  find out what is available on Coherent and 2.  find out which
: programs work together (i.e. cnews <-> rn).

All news readers works together with all news packages.
Hope this helps to get an idea.
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