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This is a port of slrn to Windows 95 console mode.
This distribution contains:
README.w95 This file
slrn.exe slrn executable
slrnpull.exe slrnpull executable
sendsmtp.exe SMTP mailer program
slrn.rc Sample slrn configuration file
w95keys.txt Windows 95 cursor and function key codes
To install the binaries, here are the steps needed;
1. Copy the slrn.exe and sendsmtp.exe files to a directory in your path.
2. Set the following environment variables:
set NNTPSERVER=my.news.server
set HOME=d:\home\sweet\home
(Note: Forward slashes are also ok)
3. Copy the file slrn.rc into the home-directory and edit it to your
needs, it should be pretty well documented.
4. To mail a reply or forward a message you need to set up a sendmail-
command in slrn.rc:
set sendmail_command "sendsmtp my.mail.server"
where the first argument to the sendsmtp program is your SMTP server.
5. The first time you start slrn, start it with the following parameters
"slrn.exe -create", this will create a jnews.rc. After that you can
start it without parameters.
ABOUT VARIABLES:
slrn knows the following ENVIRONMENT variables;
TMP: Directory for temporary files, this should be set when you
installed OS/2 to something like x:\TMP.
USER or LOGNAME: This should be the same as the first part in your
email-address (until @)
REPLYTO: If you have another emailaddress than the account you're
posting from you can set this to the preffered email-address.
HOSTNAME: The name of your computer without domain-name.
NAME: Your real name
ORGANIZATION: Organization to put in the header.
EDITOR or VISUAL: Editor used if not defined in slrn.rc. (if none
of these are defined we use edit.exe.
Most of these can be overridden in the slrn.rc file.