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Directory UNIX_C/USENET
Programs, help files, and utilities related to reading, positing,
archiving, and transfering USENET news.
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>