NEWSRDR

NEWSRDR is an NNTP client program for VMS systems running CMU-Tek TCP/IP
or DEC's VMS/ULTRIX Connection.

NNTP is the Network News Transfer Protocol, which is used to communicate
USENET news over TCP/IP.  Since many systems cannot afford the disk space to
store all net news locally, this program can be used to communicate with a
cooperating news server system to read and post net news.  News articles
are fetched on an as-needed basis and are stored on the client system only
while they are being read.

NEWSRDR is not a port of UNIX-based news readers.  It is written strictly
for VMS and provides an interface that VMS users should find reasonably
comfortable.  Most of the commands in NEWSRDR should be familiar to VMS MAIL
users.

NEWSRDR is written entirely in BLISS-32.  It uses the callable MAIL interface,
and therefore requires VMS V5.0 or later to run.  It should work with CMU
TCP/IP V6.4 and V6.5, or VMS/ULTRIX Connection V1.2.  Support for Japanese
sites using Kanji in news articles is provided through the use of an
installable library of character conversion routines which can be mapped in
at run-time by NEWSRDR.  C source is provided for the Kanji character code
conversion routines.

Refer to the NEWSRDR documentation for specific system and user requirements.

Files included in NEWSRDR.BCK:
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AAAREADME.DOC        This file.
AAAREADME.TOO        More info on NEWSRDR.
KANJI_CONVERSION.C   C source code to Kanji character conversion routines.
KANJI_CONVERSION.OBJ Object code for Kanji character conversion routines.
LINK.COM             Command procedure for creating the NEWSRDR executable.
MDMLIB.OLB           Object library required for linking NEWSRDR image.
NAME_CONVERSION.C    C source for sample username/mailname mapping routines.
NETERROR.OBJ         Object file required for linking NEWSRDR image.
NEWSRDR.OLB          The NEWSRDR object library.
NEWSRDR_DOC.PS       PostScript version of NEWSRDR documentation.
NEWSRDR_DOC.TXT      Plain-ASCII version of NEWSRDR documentation.
NEWSRDR_HELP.HLB     NEWSRDR help library.
NEWSRDR_STARTUP.COM  Sample startup command procedure for NEWSRDR.
SERVER_CMU.OBJ       Object code for CMU-Tek interface.
SERVER_UCX.OBJ       Object code for VMS/ULTRIX Connection interface.

Files included in NEWSRDR_SRC.BCK:
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ARTICLE.B32          BLISS source for article-processing routines.
CMD_DIRECTORY.B32    BLISS source for DIRECTORY commands.
CMD_MISC.B32         BLISS source for miscellaneous commands.
CMD_POST.B32         BLISS source for POST/REPLY commands.
CMD_READ.B32         BLISS source for READ commands.
CMD_SETSHO.B32       BLISS source for SET and SHOW commands.
KANJI_CONVERSION.C   C source code to Kanji character conversion routines.
MAIL.B32             BLISS source for VMS MAIL-interface routines.
MISC.B32             BLISS source for miscellaneous routines.
NAME_CONVERSION.C    C source for sample username/mailname mapping routines.
NEWSRDR.B32          BLISS source for NEWSRDR main module.
PAGER.B32            BLISS source for SMG interface routines.
PARSING.B32          BLISS source for various parsing routines using LIB$TPARSE.
PROFILE.B32          BLISS source for NEWSRDR profile-processing routines.
SERVER_CMU.B32       BLISS source for server-communications routines (CMU).
SERVER_UCX.B32	     BLISS source for server-communications routines (UCX).
DEBUG.R32            BLISS REQUIRE file containing debugging assistance.
FIELDS.R32           BLISS REQUIRE file with field definition macros.
NEWSRDR.R32          BLISS REQUIRE file containing NEWSRDR definitions.
CMD_TABLE.CLD        Command Language Definition for commands in NEWSRDR.
NEWSRDR_CLD.CLD      Command Language Definition for NEWSRDR command.
NEWS_MSG.MSG         Message code definitions used by NEWSRDR.
DESCRIP.MMS          MMS description file for building NEWSRDR.
NEWSRDR_HELP.RNH     RUNOFF file for generating NEWSRDR help library.
NEWSRDR_DOC.SDML     VAX Document source for NEWSRDR documentation.

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CONTACTING THE AUTHOR

Comments, suggestions, and questions about this software can be directed to
the author at one of the following addresses:

Mail:    Matthew Madison
         Engineering Computing Services
         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
         Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA

Phone:  +1 518 276 2606
Fax:    +1 518 276 4860

E-Mail: (Internet)  madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu
        (BITNET)    MADISON@RPIECSVX

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This software is COPYRIGHT © 1989, 1990, 1991 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  Permission is granted for non-profit redistribution and
use.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided "AS IS".  The author and Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute disclaim all warranties on the software, including without limitation,
all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness.