Path: news1.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!scanner.worldgate.com!alpha3!commafaq Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.answers,news.answers Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.mail-news From: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Reply-To: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Subject: comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ (01/02) intro Summary: uucp, mail, and news for msdos or ms-windows or os2 (part 01/02) Message-ID: <19960407.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Supersedes: <19960321.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Date: 07 Apr 1996 14:00:00 -0700 Expires: 08 May 1996 12:00:00 GMT Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu X-Posted-By: trivdb Lines: 796 Xref: news1.ucsd.edu comp.os.msdos.mail-news:4269 comp.answers:14766 news.answers:58362 Archive-name: msdos-mail-news/intro Original-Archive-name: comma-intro Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name: intro Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1996-03-20 Comp.Os.Msdos.MAil-news == c.o.m.ma == comma ======================================================================== Contents: Part 1: 1. Disclaimer 2. Where are the Questions? 3. Charter 4. QWK 5. `offline' 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists 7. Books 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet a. help is easy to obtain b. where to find software c. archie d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives e. not on the Internet: accessing archie 9. RFCs 10. announcements 11. other FAQs 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. d. I want better software than what I've got now. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? 98. spelling 99. credits Part 2: 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? 103. summary only - no reviews 104. what the addresses mean 105. maintainer index 106. ftp index 200. uucp 201. discussion 202. waffle 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] 204. fsuucp 205. mks-uucp 206. internetanyw [msw] 207. uuslave 208. pduucp/pcuucp 209. dcp 210. xp/crosspoint 211. fxuucico 212. mail-it-rem [msw] 213. minihost [msw] 214. winnetmail [msw] 215. uufree 216. ntnetnews [nsw] 217. uulink 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion 302. filesystem 400. network 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion 502. filesystem 600. network 700. other 800. source 801. discussion 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg 848. foldscan ======================================================================== 1. Disclaimer Read at your own risk. The current, previous, or original authors make no claim as to fitness for any purpose or absence of any errors, and offer no warranty. Do not eat. 2. Where are the Questions? most of them are implicit. this is more of a `Frequently Wanted Information' listing than a FAQ listing. just pretend you're on `Jeopardy!', and everything will be fine. 3. Charter `` Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 19:54:41 MDT Message-ID: <930519.195441.7R5.rusnews.w164w@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Subject: CFV: comp.os.msdos.mail-news Sender: tale@rodan.UU.NET Charter: [ use of `msdos' can be interpreted as `msdos and compatibles' ] [ traffic relating to ms-windows and os/2 would be welcome until such a time (if ever) that traffic warranted creation of groups under comp.os.ms-windows and/or comp.os.os2 ] on-charter topics include: - almost anything involving running uucp under msdos - almost anything involving usenet (RFC1036) under msdos - almost anything involving DNS mail (RFC822) under msdos - almost anything involving PCMAIL (RFC1056) under msdos - almost anything involving Post Office Protocol (RFC1225) under msdos similar RFCs will also be discussed, as they become available. '' note: see the section `RFCs' for updated numbers `` Date: 21 Jun 1993 16:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: <2055ikINNpg0@rodan.UU.NET> Subject: RESULT: comp.os.msdos.mail-news passes 140:21 Sender: tale@rodan.UU.NET Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net RESULT: comp.os.msdos.mail-news PASSES 140:21 '' 4. QWK as QWK has several built-in limitations in its headers, many (or most) QWK-to-news programs produce articles which are not compliant with RFC1036, thus these topics are off-charter. however, there are notices of QWK packages that get around these limitations, in much the same way normal news articles do -- by including the full text of the headers in the text, separated by a blank line. in addition, there are hopes of QWK user agents which recognize these headers and work with them as well as any non-QWK user agent. and finally, the reported official successor to QWK will support `Internet' (sic) headers. discussion of _these_ topics is, of course, directly on-charter. 5. `offline' the word `offline' means different things to different people, and it seems sometimes that neither group understands what the other is talking about. naturally, this leads to confusion. for some, `offline' means: using local processing power to compose messages locally, manage files, and do various other things, instead of using your PC as a $10 surplus terminal. this is often accomplished using such tools as uucp. for others, `offline' goes further, and means: using local processing power to do things, without having the PC set up as a distinct site. very, very similar tasks are done in very, very similar (but occasionally weirdly incompatible) ways. this is often accomplished using such tools as uqwk. there is a very good standards document available known as `soup12.zip' which outlines a way to eliminate some of the incompatibilities. (see the section on `ftp' for how to find a location near you.) soup (simple offline usenet packets) is based on hdpf/hpf (helldiver packet format) and an enhanced hdpf named slnp (simple little news packets). I will attempt to avoid use of the word `offline' here. ==begin FAQ caption== From: Rahul Dhesi Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine,news.software.readers,comp.mail.misc Message-ID: <3k6bv8$t4d@hustle.rahul.net> Date: 15 Mar 1995 09:28:08 GMT Suppose I have a high-powered Sun machine that gets, oh, 6 incoming newsfeeds totalling a couple of hundred megs a day. If I read or post news on it, am I reading or posting offline? (Probably not, you might say.) What if I cut it down to, say 2 incoming news feeds and 50 megs a day? One incoming newsfeed and 3 megs a day? A sporadic incoming newsfeed that's rather selective based on my tastes, a couple of hundred kbytes a day? Just what is meant by offline news reading? ==end FAQ caption== 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists (note: these are suggestions for posting, not laws. but people do tend to be happier when everyone is on-charter, I would guess.) comp.bbs.waffle The Waffle BBS and USENET system on all platforms. - anything to do with waffle probably should be at least crossposted here. alt.usenet.offline-reader Offline readers for usenet - ``I have an account, but want to read news without tying up the phone line - how can I do it?'' alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent Discussion of Forte, Inc.'s Agent offline readers - Forte's Agent and Free Agent readers news.software.readers Discussion of software used to read network news. - news-reading software comp.mail.uucp Mail in the uucp network environment. - uucp software, and using mail with it comp.mail.misc General discussions about computer mail. - mail in general comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc TCP/IP for IBM(-like) personal computers. - ``how do I get SLIP working under msdos? ftp? telnet?'' bit.listserv.pmail Pegasus Mail Discussions. - Pegasus mail in general to get via mail, from `ListServ@ua1vm.ua.edu': Send a message with text of `SUBSCRIBE PMAIL Firstname Lastname' comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows Eudora email software for MS Windows. - Eudora (appears intended to replace the Eudora mailing list) windows-eudora-forum@qualcomm.com Eudora - to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@qualcomm.com with `subscribe windows-eudora-forum' in the body de.comm.software.crosspoint - Discussion of Crosspoint (XP) @ua1vm.ua.edu Mercury to subscribe, mail LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU any Subject, with the message body containing only the line (no sig!) SUBSCRIBE MERCURY Firstname Lastname msmail-l@yaleVm.YCC.yale.edu Microsoft Mail - anything to do with ms-mail CCMAIL-L@VM1.ucc.okstate.edu cc:Mail Interest Group - anything to do with cc:mail - send a message to LISTSERV@VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU with "subscribe CCMAIL-L Full Name" to subscribe uupc-info@kew.com uupc - send mail to uupc-info-request@kew.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. zipnews-users@nlbbs.com zipnews - send mail to list-server@nlbbs.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. fsuucp@ivanova.punk.net fsuucp - send mail to fsuucp-request@ivanova.punk.net to subscribe/unsubscribe. # (old) # fsuucp@toys.fubarsys.com fsuucp # - send mail to fsuucp-request@toys.fubarsys.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. fx-list@tau-ceti.isc-br.com fxuucico - send mail to fx-list-request@tau-ceti.isc-br.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. @jpunix.com rnf - send email to listserv@jpunix.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. majordomo@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us solar - To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us with `subscribe solar' in the body of the message. yarn-list@lists.colorado.edu yarn - To subscribe, send mail to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with the contents of the message being `subscribe yarn-list ' vmail-l@vansys.com V-MailServer - To join the list, send the command `subscribe vmail-l' in the body of the message, to mail-server@vansys.com. Or, send the command `HELP'. waffos2-l@slic.cts.com Waffle on OS/2 - send mail to `server@slic.cts.com'. In the body on the first two lines enter: `join WaffOS2-L' and `quit' (case is not important). wsomr-l@gigo.com wsomr - to subscribe, mail listserv@gigo.com -- in the body put `subscribe wsomr-l' - to get digest format, mail listserv@gigo.com -- in the body put `subscribe wsomr-d' (these following ones seem to be permanently down -- no response) snews-dev-l@invlogic.com snews - send mail to listserv@invlogic.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. seems oriented more towards developers/power users. pc-uucp-l@invlogic.com snews - Send a message to listserv@invlogic.com with a body of "SUBSCRIBE PC-UUCP-L" for discussions on this software. (not sure how drastically this is intended to be different from snews-dev-l, and the name seems misleading) 7. Books there are a large number of books on every shelf I've seen about how to connect your PC to the Internet via SLIP, and a lot of them come with sampler packs. there are other FAQs that list them. I want to concentrate on books which cover uucp, or focus on mail/news, not on a run-of-the-mill SLIP connection. DOS User's Guide to the Internet ISBN 0-13-106783-3 Includes disk with uucp, mail, and news software Mortice Kern Software info@mks.com is about uucp, not Internet > From: tiptrie@cygnus.wa.com (Bob Tiptrie) > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news > Message-ID: <960122.204503.1M4.rusnews.w165w@cygnus.wa.com> > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:45:03 PDT > A note on [DOS User's Guide to the Internet]: I purchased > this a couple of years ago. Overall it's fine, but the > mailreader is terribly broken and is not likely to be made > to work soon -- if ever. The news-handler they promised was > (if I remember right) sold to another outfit. > Don't expect to get a full working UUCP with the software > included with this book -- contact MKS first! Low Cost E-Mail with UUCP ISBN 0-442-01849-5 Includes disk with uucp, mail, and news shareware Copyright date 1995 Van Nostrand Reinhold 115 Fifth Ave. NY NY 10003 or Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario Canada M1K 5G4 +1 416 752 9100 x 444 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet 8a. help is easy to obtain there are many good introductory materials on how to use ftp and transfer files around the Internet (and beyond). some are available as books in your local library/bookstore (go ahead, ask the person behind the counter), and some are available as other FAQ files. if you're confused, your best first action is to ask someone locally. ask the person or machine from whom/which you got this file you're reading right now for help. they're a lot more likely to know the commands that will work for you than anyone across the planet. or, if it's 4 a.m., you might try sending mail to the id ``mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu''. if prompted for a Subject: to use, just use ``help''. when entering text, just use one line, and again, just use ``help''. if you're on an Internet-connected machine, you might want to try going through the following, to see if it works. if not, your best bet is again: asking someone local who's in the know. (we'll assume your email address is chris@some.site for this section) you see something like... you type... ---------------------- -------- % ftp rtfm.mit.edu ftp: Command not found. (well, it won't work. talk to someone local.) CONNECTED to random-name.mit.edu. 200 random-name FTP server ready. Name (rtfm.mit.edu:chris): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password. Password: chris@some.site 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd /pub/usenet 250 CWD successful ftp> cd news.announce.newusers 250 CWD successful ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. [lots and lots of file names you can grab] 226 Transfer complete. 2048 bytes received in 2.00 seconds (1.0 Kbytes/s) ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> bell Bell mode on. ftp> get Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet faq old name ^^^ new name ^^^ 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening binary mode connection for Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Qu estions_about_Usenet (40960 bytes). ###################...#### 226 Transfer complete. local: faq remote: Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet 40960 bytes received in 40.0 seconds (1.0 Kbytes/s) ftp> close 221 Goodbye. ftp> quit % more faq not all of those steps were absolutely necessary, but they work. also, `Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet' could have been consistently abbreviated as `A_t_F_A_Q_a_U', since rtfm keeps copies of the files under abbreviated names. 8b. where to find software much of the software discussed in c.o.m.ma can be obtained via ftp from these (and many other) places: ftp.gte.com:/pub ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/msdos/uucp (also waffle, offlinemail) wuarchive.wustl.edu:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/uucp ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel/uucp oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos/uucp ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3 gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/micros/msdos/win3 ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/win3/winsock (also offline) 8c. archie for help with archie, which can locate files for you on ftp sites world-wide, send mail to (for instance) archie@archie.rutgers.edu archie@archie.sura.net archie@archie.mcgill.ca [the original site] for a Subject: line, use `help', and in the text of the message, just use one line -- `help'. there may an archie server nearer to you. any of these will be able to tell you. you may already have an `archie' command installed on your machine. you will likely get quicker responses from the server if you do, and you use that version instead. but it's up to your system administrator and network connection. 8d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives first, ask someone local -- they may already have the files you need! (obviously, most of the following methods will cost you phone charges of some sort, an access charge, or both. know the charges before transferring files) for the simtel collection: - many BBSs carry the CD-ROM copy, and allow free X/Y/Zmodem downloads - Detroit Download Central +1 313 885 3956 allows X/Y/Zmodem downloads - ftp.uu.net 1-900-GOT-SRCS allows anonymous uucp (id uucp, no password) use `uucp uunet!~/help uunet-help' for the help file waffle and offlinemail portions only: - remote.halcyon.com allowed anonymous uucp (id: nuucp, password: nuucp) use `uucp remote!~/00-index.txt .' for the master file list for anon uucp note that remote also carries the ftp.halcyon.com collection! [currently unavailable, hoped to return] for other collections: there is a common service known as `ftp-by-mail' -- it allows you to transfer files through email. keep in mind that most mail transfer setups are designed for very short messages (most mail that I get here is under 4k), and that ftp-by-mail systems will happily send a 2 meg file all at once (usually, it will be in a lot of pieces, but it still takes unexpected amounts of disk space to store them). thus, I (personally) recommend this be used only when clear permission has been obtained from the place that would be most affected by doing this. I repeat: check with the person who runs your site, or if you run your own site, check with the site(s) that you connect to that would also have to bear the burden. once you have everyone's ok, send mail to any of the many archive servers to get started. for instance, for archive-server@halcyon.com the subject=`help', text=one line, `help'. 8e. not on the Internet: accessing archie you can send mail to archie@, whether you're on the Internet or not. 9. RFCs RFC stands for ``Request For Comment''. the RFCs are numbered documents which lay out proposed standards for how machines can communicate over the Internet (more or less). if you are writing any news or mail software, you definitely want to (actually, need to!) consult the relevant RFCs. this is not only the case if your machine is directly connected to the Internet, but also if you intend to generate mail or news that may travel over the Internet at some point. they can be obtained via ftp from these (and many other) places: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/rfc/rfc822.txt.Z /doc/rfc/rfc1036.txt.Z /doc/rfc/rfc1123.txt.Z ftp.uu.net:/inet/rfc/rfc822.Z /inet/rfc/rfc1036.Z /inet/rfc/rfc1123.Z ftp.zoo.utoronto.ca:/pub/news.txt.Z (this is a draft of 1036's successor) other RFCs of interest: rfc1725: POP (Post Office Protocol) rfc1730: IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) 10. announcements much of the software discussed in comma is available for ftp and announced in the group `comp.archives.msdos.announce'. when sending in the announcement, please take a moment to indicate at the top which groups you feel the announcement should be crossposted to (eg. comp.os.msdos.mail-news, or alt.usenet.offline-reader, or comp.bbs.waffle). this makes the c.a.m.a moderator's job easier, as well as allowing everyone who reads comma and c.a.m.a to see the announcements only once. a c.a.m.a moderator writes: > If the uploader includes the Usenet "Newsgroups: " and "Folloup-To: " > information either in the header or as the first two lines of the upload > announcement that is mailed to me, it will be automatically used for the > posting - unless it is inappropriate, in which case it will be edited to > delete the inappropriate newsgroup(s). 11. other FAQs many FAQs are found at rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/ -- abbreviated to just `rtfm:' below: rtfm:comp.bbs.waffle/Waffle_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ) rtfm:news.admin.misc/How_to_become_a_USENET_site rtfm:comp.mail.uucp/UUCP_Internals_Frequently_Asked_Questions rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/intro rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/software rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/yet-another-faq rtfm:news.answers/ibmpc-tcp-ip 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? UUCP Unix-to-Unix cp (copy) rmail rnews NNTP Network News Transport Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol POP Post Office Protocol; Point of Presence IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol feed RFC Request For Comment MIME Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? 13a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. [not only will you not tie up the phone lines, but you'll be able to use your favorite editor, take your time formulating and revising text, easily archive all your outoing messages, etc.] check out alt.usenet.offline-reader -- this may be the easiest solution for you. it requires little or no effort on your admin's part, if your system lets you compile and execute random C source, but the tools currently available may not be what you're looking for if you want more than `n' groups (where `n' ranges widely for different people) or, you could ask for a `mail feed' or `news feed' and see: 13b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? you'll need to know a little about it -- is the data transmitted to you via the UUCP standard, or the NNTP standard? UUCP is a general-purpose file transfer protocol, and often comes with programs to handle (also called `transfer', `unbatch', or `toss') mail and news. NNTP transfers news over an Internet Protocol connection (and for info on how to get one of those, check out comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc). 13c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. will their site give you a feed? will they give one the person whose shoulder it is you're reading over, so they could feed you? 13d. I want better software than what I've got now. what is it compatible with? there's probably something out there already. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? for reading only: I've done this with two packages, myself (alpha3!commafaq). rnr is much easier, since you can just pass it all the stuff it needs on the command-line, in environment variables, or in a config file. of course, rnr now works with waffle and uupc natively. (for software locations, see that part of the Comma FAQ) for helldiver, you have to also fake a password file: first: get rnr and read the section in rnr.doc on how to use rnr without waffle installed. then, create a dummy password file for helldiver in waffle/admin/ that is of this format: <256 bytes of random junk>username#10#10#10#10#10Your Full Name#10 `username' is your user id `#10' is ascii 10 -- the LF `Your Full Name' is your human-readable name make sure the file size ends up a multiple of 256 bytes (not necessary possibly, but sure can't hurt) I think that's what I did to make it work, but it's been a while now and I may have missed a step. 98. spelling it's == it is, it has. "It's a nice day." "It's been great." its ~= his, her, their. "The dog is chasing its rival." you're == you are, you were. "You're right." your ~= his, her, their. "You should watch your spelling." lose == make not findable "Don't lose your watch." (pron. looz) loose == not well-fastened "The steering wheel is loose." (pron. looss) they're == they are "They're crazy." their ~= his, her, your "The dogs are chasing their rivals." there == a place or situation "He is over there." "There is no food." supersedes has no c. definitely has no a. compatible and compatibility each have an a, but only one. don't use "'s" to make a plural -- "two car's" and "two RFC's" are both wrong 99. credits many software entries were found in: Setting up SLIP clients under DOS / Windows by ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc FAQlet Posting by aboba@world.std.com comp.mail.mime FAQ by tim@pipex.net comp.bbs.waffle FAQ by fenner@cmf.nrl.navy.mil list of IMAP software by mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU LAN Mail Protocols Summary by jmwobus@mailbox.syr.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: news1.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!scanner.worldgate.com!alpha3!commafaq Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.answers,news.answers Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.mail-news From: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Reply-To: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Subject: comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ (01/02) intro Summary: uucp, mail, and news for msdos or ms-windows or os2 (part 01/02) Message-ID: <19960421.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Supersedes: <19960407.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Date: 21 Apr 1996 09:00:00 -0600 Expires: 22 May 1996 12:00:00 GMT Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu X-Posted-By: trivdb Lines: 796 Xref: news1.ucsd.edu comp.os.msdos.mail-news:4283 comp.answers:14879 news.answers:58968 Archive-name: msdos-mail-news/intro Original-Archive-name: comma-intro Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name: intro Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1996-03-20 Comp.Os.Msdos.MAil-news == c.o.m.ma == comma ======================================================================== Contents: Part 1: 1. Disclaimer 2. Where are the Questions? 3. Charter 4. QWK 5. `offline' 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists 7. Books 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet a. help is easy to obtain b. where to find software c. archie d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives e. not on the Internet: accessing archie 9. RFCs 10. announcements 11. other FAQs 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. d. I want better software than what I've got now. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? 98. spelling 99. credits Part 2: 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? 103. summary only - no reviews 104. what the addresses mean 105. maintainer index 106. ftp index 200. uucp 201. discussion 202. waffle 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] 204. fsuucp 205. mks-uucp 206. internetanyw [msw] 207. uuslave 208. pduucp/pcuucp 209. dcp 210. xp/crosspoint 211. fxuucico 212. mail-it-rem [msw] 213. minihost [msw] 214. winnetmail [msw] 215. uufree 216. ntnetnews [nsw] 217. uulink 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion 302. filesystem 400. network 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion 502. filesystem 600. network 700. other 800. source 801. discussion 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg 848. foldscan ======================================================================== 1. Disclaimer Read at your own risk. The current, previous, or original authors make no claim as to fitness for any purpose or absence of any errors, and offer no warranty. Do not eat. 2. Where are the Questions? most of them are implicit. this is more of a `Frequently Wanted Information' listing than a FAQ listing. just pretend you're on `Jeopardy!', and everything will be fine. 3. Charter `` Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 19:54:41 MDT Message-ID: <930519.195441.7R5.rusnews.w164w@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Subject: CFV: comp.os.msdos.mail-news Sender: tale@rodan.UU.NET Charter: [ use of `msdos' can be interpreted as `msdos and compatibles' ] [ traffic relating to ms-windows and os/2 would be welcome until such a time (if ever) that traffic warranted creation of groups under comp.os.ms-windows and/or comp.os.os2 ] on-charter topics include: - almost anything involving running uucp under msdos - almost anything involving usenet (RFC1036) under msdos - almost anything involving DNS mail (RFC822) under msdos - almost anything involving PCMAIL (RFC1056) under msdos - almost anything involving Post Office Protocol (RFC1225) under msdos similar RFCs will also be discussed, as they become available. '' note: see the section `RFCs' for updated numbers `` Date: 21 Jun 1993 16:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: <2055ikINNpg0@rodan.UU.NET> Subject: RESULT: comp.os.msdos.mail-news passes 140:21 Sender: tale@rodan.UU.NET Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net RESULT: comp.os.msdos.mail-news PASSES 140:21 '' 4. QWK as QWK has several built-in limitations in its headers, many (or most) QWK-to-news programs produce articles which are not compliant with RFC1036, thus these topics are off-charter. however, there are notices of QWK packages that get around these limitations, in much the same way normal news articles do -- by including the full text of the headers in the text, separated by a blank line. in addition, there are hopes of QWK user agents which recognize these headers and work with them as well as any non-QWK user agent. and finally, the reported official successor to QWK will support `Internet' (sic) headers. discussion of _these_ topics is, of course, directly on-charter. 5. `offline' the word `offline' means different things to different people, and it seems sometimes that neither group understands what the other is talking about. naturally, this leads to confusion. for some, `offline' means: using local processing power to compose messages locally, manage files, and do various other things, instead of using your PC as a $10 surplus terminal. this is often accomplished using such tools as uucp. for others, `offline' goes further, and means: using local processing power to do things, without having the PC set up as a distinct site. very, very similar tasks are done in very, very similar (but occasionally weirdly incompatible) ways. this is often accomplished using such tools as uqwk. there is a very good standards document available known as `soup12.zip' which outlines a way to eliminate some of the incompatibilities. (see the section on `ftp' for how to find a location near you.) soup (simple offline usenet packets) is based on hdpf/hpf (helldiver packet format) and an enhanced hdpf named slnp (simple little news packets). I will attempt to avoid use of the word `offline' here. ==begin FAQ caption== From: Rahul Dhesi Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine,news.software.readers,comp.mail.misc Message-ID: <3k6bv8$t4d@hustle.rahul.net> Date: 15 Mar 1995 09:28:08 GMT Suppose I have a high-powered Sun machine that gets, oh, 6 incoming newsfeeds totalling a couple of hundred megs a day. If I read or post news on it, am I reading or posting offline? (Probably not, you might say.) What if I cut it down to, say 2 incoming news feeds and 50 megs a day? One incoming newsfeed and 3 megs a day? A sporadic incoming newsfeed that's rather selective based on my tastes, a couple of hundred kbytes a day? Just what is meant by offline news reading? ==end FAQ caption== 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists (note: these are suggestions for posting, not laws. but people do tend to be happier when everyone is on-charter, I would guess.) comp.bbs.waffle The Waffle BBS and USENET system on all platforms. - anything to do with waffle probably should be at least crossposted here. alt.usenet.offline-reader Offline readers for usenet - ``I have an account, but want to read news without tying up the phone line - how can I do it?'' alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent Discussion of Forte, Inc.'s Agent offline readers - Forte's Agent and Free Agent readers news.software.readers Discussion of software used to read network news. - news-reading software comp.mail.uucp Mail in the uucp network environment. - uucp software, and using mail with it comp.mail.misc General discussions about computer mail. - mail in general comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc TCP/IP for IBM(-like) personal computers. - ``how do I get SLIP working under msdos? ftp? telnet?'' bit.listserv.pmail Pegasus Mail Discussions. - Pegasus mail in general to get via mail, from `ListServ@ua1vm.ua.edu': Send a message with text of `SUBSCRIBE PMAIL Firstname Lastname' comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows Eudora email software for MS Windows. - Eudora (appears intended to replace the Eudora mailing list) windows-eudora-forum@qualcomm.com Eudora - to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@qualcomm.com with `subscribe windows-eudora-forum' in the body de.comm.software.crosspoint - Discussion of Crosspoint (XP) @ua1vm.ua.edu Mercury to subscribe, mail LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU any Subject, with the message body containing only the line (no sig!) SUBSCRIBE MERCURY Firstname Lastname msmail-l@yaleVm.YCC.yale.edu Microsoft Mail - anything to do with ms-mail CCMAIL-L@VM1.ucc.okstate.edu cc:Mail Interest Group - anything to do with cc:mail - send a message to LISTSERV@VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU with "subscribe CCMAIL-L Full Name" to subscribe uupc-info@kew.com uupc - send mail to uupc-info-request@kew.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. zipnews-users@nlbbs.com zipnews - send mail to list-server@nlbbs.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. fsuucp@ivanova.punk.net fsuucp - send mail to fsuucp-request@ivanova.punk.net to subscribe/unsubscribe. # (old) # fsuucp@toys.fubarsys.com fsuucp # - send mail to fsuucp-request@toys.fubarsys.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. fx-list@tau-ceti.isc-br.com fxuucico - send mail to fx-list-request@tau-ceti.isc-br.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. @jpunix.com rnf - send email to listserv@jpunix.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. majordomo@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us solar - To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us with `subscribe solar' in the body of the message. yarn-list@lists.colorado.edu yarn - To subscribe, send mail to listproc@lists.colorado.edu with the contents of the message being `subscribe yarn-list ' vmail-l@vansys.com V-MailServer - To join the list, send the command `subscribe vmail-l' in the body of the message, to mail-server@vansys.com. Or, send the command `HELP'. waffos2-l@slic.cts.com Waffle on OS/2 - send mail to `server@slic.cts.com'. In the body on the first two lines enter: `join WaffOS2-L' and `quit' (case is not important). wsomr-l@gigo.com wsomr - to subscribe, mail listserv@gigo.com -- in the body put `subscribe wsomr-l' - to get digest format, mail listserv@gigo.com -- in the body put `subscribe wsomr-d' (these following ones seem to be permanently down -- no response) snews-dev-l@invlogic.com snews - send mail to listserv@invlogic.com to subscribe/unsubscribe. seems oriented more towards developers/power users. pc-uucp-l@invlogic.com snews - Send a message to listserv@invlogic.com with a body of "SUBSCRIBE PC-UUCP-L" for discussions on this software. (not sure how drastically this is intended to be different from snews-dev-l, and the name seems misleading) 7. Books there are a large number of books on every shelf I've seen about how to connect your PC to the Internet via SLIP, and a lot of them come with sampler packs. there are other FAQs that list them. I want to concentrate on books which cover uucp, or focus on mail/news, not on a run-of-the-mill SLIP connection. DOS User's Guide to the Internet ISBN 0-13-106783-3 Includes disk with uucp, mail, and news software Mortice Kern Software info@mks.com is about uucp, not Internet > From: tiptrie@cygnus.wa.com (Bob Tiptrie) > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news > Message-ID: <960122.204503.1M4.rusnews.w165w@cygnus.wa.com> > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:45:03 PDT > A note on [DOS User's Guide to the Internet]: I purchased > this a couple of years ago. Overall it's fine, but the > mailreader is terribly broken and is not likely to be made > to work soon -- if ever. The news-handler they promised was > (if I remember right) sold to another outfit. > Don't expect to get a full working UUCP with the software > included with this book -- contact MKS first! Low Cost E-Mail with UUCP ISBN 0-442-01849-5 Includes disk with uucp, mail, and news shareware Copyright date 1995 Van Nostrand Reinhold 115 Fifth Ave. NY NY 10003 or Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario Canada M1K 5G4 +1 416 752 9100 x 444 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet 8a. help is easy to obtain there are many good introductory materials on how to use ftp and transfer files around the Internet (and beyond). some are available as books in your local library/bookstore (go ahead, ask the person behind the counter), and some are available as other FAQ files. if you're confused, your best first action is to ask someone locally. ask the person or machine from whom/which you got this file you're reading right now for help. they're a lot more likely to know the commands that will work for you than anyone across the planet. or, if it's 4 a.m., you might try sending mail to the id ``mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu''. if prompted for a Subject: to use, just use ``help''. when entering text, just use one line, and again, just use ``help''. if you're on an Internet-connected machine, you might want to try going through the following, to see if it works. if not, your best bet is again: asking someone local who's in the know. (we'll assume your email address is chris@some.site for this section) you see something like... you type... ---------------------- -------- % ftp rtfm.mit.edu ftp: Command not found. (well, it won't work. talk to someone local.) CONNECTED to random-name.mit.edu. 200 random-name FTP server ready. Name (rtfm.mit.edu:chris): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password. Password: chris@some.site 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd /pub/usenet 250 CWD successful ftp> cd news.announce.newusers 250 CWD successful ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. [lots and lots of file names you can grab] 226 Transfer complete. 2048 bytes received in 2.00 seconds (1.0 Kbytes/s) ftp> hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> bell Bell mode on. ftp> get Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet faq old name ^^^ new name ^^^ 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening binary mode connection for Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Qu estions_about_Usenet (40960 bytes). ###################...#### 226 Transfer complete. local: faq remote: Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet 40960 bytes received in 40.0 seconds (1.0 Kbytes/s) ftp> close 221 Goodbye. ftp> quit % more faq not all of those steps were absolutely necessary, but they work. also, `Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet' could have been consistently abbreviated as `A_t_F_A_Q_a_U', since rtfm keeps copies of the files under abbreviated names. 8b. where to find software much of the software discussed in c.o.m.ma can be obtained via ftp from these (and many other) places: ftp.gte.com:/pub ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/msdos/uucp (also waffle, offlinemail) wuarchive.wustl.edu:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/uucp ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel/uucp oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos/uucp ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3 gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/micros/msdos/win3 ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/win3/winsock (also offline) 8c. archie for help with archie, which can locate files for you on ftp sites world-wide, send mail to (for instance) archie@archie.rutgers.edu archie@archie.sura.net archie@archie.mcgill.ca [the original site] for a Subject: line, use `help', and in the text of the message, just use one line -- `help'. there may an archie server nearer to you. any of these will be able to tell you. you may already have an `archie' command installed on your machine. you will likely get quicker responses from the server if you do, and you use that version instead. but it's up to your system administrator and network connection. 8d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives first, ask someone local -- they may already have the files you need! (obviously, most of the following methods will cost you phone charges of some sort, an access charge, or both. know the charges before transferring files) for the simtel collection: - many BBSs carry the CD-ROM copy, and allow free X/Y/Zmodem downloads - Detroit Download Central +1 313 885 3956 allows X/Y/Zmodem downloads - ftp.uu.net 1-900-GOT-SRCS allows anonymous uucp (id uucp, no password) use `uucp uunet!~/help uunet-help' for the help file waffle and offlinemail portions only: - remote.halcyon.com allowed anonymous uucp (id: nuucp, password: nuucp) use `uucp remote!~/00-index.txt .' for the master file list for anon uucp note that remote also carries the ftp.halcyon.com collection! [currently unavailable, hoped to return] for other collections: there is a common service known as `ftp-by-mail' -- it allows you to transfer files through email. keep in mind that most mail transfer setups are designed for very short messages (most mail that I get here is under 4k), and that ftp-by-mail systems will happily send a 2 meg file all at once (usually, it will be in a lot of pieces, but it still takes unexpected amounts of disk space to store them). thus, I (personally) recommend this be used only when clear permission has been obtained from the place that would be most affected by doing this. I repeat: check with the person who runs your site, or if you run your own site, check with the site(s) that you connect to that would also have to bear the burden. once you have everyone's ok, send mail to any of the many archive servers to get started. for instance, for archive-server@halcyon.com the subject=`help', text=one line, `help'. 8e. not on the Internet: accessing archie you can send mail to archie@, whether you're on the Internet or not. 9. RFCs RFC stands for ``Request For Comment''. the RFCs are numbered documents which lay out proposed standards for how machines can communicate over the Internet (more or less). if you are writing any news or mail software, you definitely want to (actually, need to!) consult the relevant RFCs. this is not only the case if your machine is directly connected to the Internet, but also if you intend to generate mail or news that may travel over the Internet at some point. they can be obtained via ftp from these (and many other) places: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/rfc/rfc822.txt.Z /doc/rfc/rfc1036.txt.Z /doc/rfc/rfc1123.txt.Z ftp.uu.net:/inet/rfc/rfc822.Z /inet/rfc/rfc1036.Z /inet/rfc/rfc1123.Z ftp.zoo.utoronto.ca:/pub/news.txt.Z (this is a draft of 1036's successor) other RFCs of interest: rfc1725: POP (Post Office Protocol) rfc1730: IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) 10. announcements much of the software discussed in comma is available for ftp and announced in the group `comp.archives.msdos.announce'. when sending in the announcement, please take a moment to indicate at the top which groups you feel the announcement should be crossposted to (eg. comp.os.msdos.mail-news, or alt.usenet.offline-reader, or comp.bbs.waffle). this makes the c.a.m.a moderator's job easier, as well as allowing everyone who reads comma and c.a.m.a to see the announcements only once. a c.a.m.a moderator writes: > If the uploader includes the Usenet "Newsgroups: " and "Folloup-To: " > information either in the header or as the first two lines of the upload > announcement that is mailed to me, it will be automatically used for the > posting - unless it is inappropriate, in which case it will be edited to > delete the inappropriate newsgroup(s). 11. other FAQs many FAQs are found at rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/ -- abbreviated to just `rtfm:' below: rtfm:comp.bbs.waffle/Waffle_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ) rtfm:news.admin.misc/How_to_become_a_USENET_site rtfm:comp.mail.uucp/UUCP_Internals_Frequently_Asked_Questions rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/intro rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/software rtfm:alt.usenet.offline-reader/yet-another-faq rtfm:news.answers/ibmpc-tcp-ip 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? UUCP Unix-to-Unix cp (copy) rmail rnews NNTP Network News Transport Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol POP Post Office Protocol; Point of Presence IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol feed RFC Request For Comment MIME Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? 13a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. [not only will you not tie up the phone lines, but you'll be able to use your favorite editor, take your time formulating and revising text, easily archive all your outoing messages, etc.] check out alt.usenet.offline-reader -- this may be the easiest solution for you. it requires little or no effort on your admin's part, if your system lets you compile and execute random C source, but the tools currently available may not be what you're looking for if you want more than `n' groups (where `n' ranges widely for different people) or, you could ask for a `mail feed' or `news feed' and see: 13b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? you'll need to know a little about it -- is the data transmitted to you via the UUCP standard, or the NNTP standard? UUCP is a general-purpose file transfer protocol, and often comes with programs to handle (also called `transfer', `unbatch', or `toss') mail and news. NNTP transfers news over an Internet Protocol connection (and for info on how to get one of those, check out comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc). 13c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. will their site give you a feed? will they give one the person whose shoulder it is you're reading over, so they could feed you? 13d. I want better software than what I've got now. what is it compatible with? there's probably something out there already. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? for reading only: I've done this with two packages, myself (alpha3!commafaq). rnr is much easier, since you can just pass it all the stuff it needs on the command-line, in environment variables, or in a config file. of course, rnr now works with waffle and uupc natively. (for software locations, see that part of the Comma FAQ) for helldiver, you have to also fake a password file: first: get rnr and read the section in rnr.doc on how to use rnr without waffle installed. then, create a dummy password file for helldiver in waffle/admin/ that is of this format: <256 bytes of random junk>username#10#10#10#10#10Your Full Name#10 `username' is your user id `#10' is ascii 10 -- the LF `Your Full Name' is your human-readable name make sure the file size ends up a multiple of 256 bytes (not necessary possibly, but sure can't hurt) I think that's what I did to make it work, but it's been a while now and I may have missed a step. 98. spelling it's == it is, it has. "It's a nice day." "It's been great." its ~= his, her, their. "The dog is chasing its rival." you're == you are, you were. "You're right." your ~= his, her, their. "You should watch your spelling." lose == make not findable "Don't lose your watch." (pron. looz) loose == not well-fastened "The steering wheel is loose." (pron. looss) they're == they are "They're crazy." their ~= his, her, your "The dogs are chasing their rivals." there == a place or situation "He is over there." "There is no food." supersedes has no c. definitely has no a. compatible and compatibility each have an a, but only one. don't use "'s" to make a plural -- "two car's" and "two RFC's" are both wrong 99. credits many software entries were found in: Setting up SLIP clients under DOS / Windows by ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc FAQlet Posting by aboba@world.std.com comp.mail.mime FAQ by tim@pipex.net comp.bbs.waffle FAQ by fenner@cmf.nrl.navy.mil list of IMAP software by mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU LAN Mail Protocols Summary by jmwobus@mailbox.syr.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: news1.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!scanner.worldgate.com!alpha3!commafaq Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.answers,news.answers Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.mail-news From: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Reply-To: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Subject: comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ (02/02) software Summary: uucp, mail, and news for msdos or ms-windows or os2 (part 02/02) Message-ID: <19960407.commafaq.02@locutus.ofB.ORG> Supersedes: <19960321.commafaq.02@locutus.ofB.ORG> References: <19960407.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Date: 07 Apr 1996 14:00:00 -0700 Expires: 08 May 1996 12:00:00 GMT Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu X-Posted-By: trivdb Lines: 1688 Xref: news1.ucsd.edu comp.os.msdos.mail-news:4270 comp.answers:14767 news.answers:58363 Archive-name: msdos-mail-news/software Original-Archive-name: comma-software Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name: software Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1996-03-26 Comp.Os.Msdos.MAil-news == c.o.m.ma == comma ======================================================================== Contents: Part 1: 1. Disclaimer 2. Where are the Questions? 3. Charter 4. QWK 5. `offline' 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists 7. Books 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet a. help is easy to obtain b. where to find software c. archie d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives e. not on the Internet: accessing archie 9. RFCs 10. announcements 11. other FAQs 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. d. I want better software than what I've got now. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? 98. spelling 99. credits Part 2: 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? 103. summary only - no reviews 104. what the addresses mean 105. maintainer index 106. ftp index 200. uucp 201. discussion 202. waffle 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] 204. fsuucp 205. mks-uucp 206. internetanyw [msw] 207. uuslave 208. pduucp/pcuucp 209. dcp 210. xp/crosspoint 211. fxuucico 212. mail-it-rem [msw] 213. minihost [msw] 214. winnetmail [msw] 215. uufree 216. ntnetnews [nsw] 217. uulink 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion 302. filesystem 400. network 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion 502. filesystem 600. network 700. other 800. source 801. discussion 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg 848. foldscan ======================================================================== 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer Read at your own risk. The current, previous, or original authors make no claim as to fitness for any purpose or absence of any errors, and offer no warranty. Do not eat. 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? then read on! this part of the FAQ is the big answer to that one question. to use it, you'll need to know: how will you be sent mail? (usual choices: uucp/rmail, SMTP/POP/IMAP) how will you be sent news? (usual choices: uucp/rnews, NNTP) 103. summary only - no reviews this is (right now) a summary only. if you feel more information is required to be useful, mail me, keeping in mind that there is another posting which has a lot of detail (esj's `personal uucp' list). it is posted very infrequently. due to illness, it has not been updated for quite some time, as far as I know. this post is meant primarily to let people know what is available, so they can grab the packages and evaluate them for themselves. if you are looking for reviews, post your requirements and see who else knows what you need. please do not be vague -- no one can help you when you just say you're looking to evaluate some `mail packages'. what kind of network is in place? or is it for a single-user site? how much are you willing to pay per seat? what sort of interface do you need? what platform? how sophisticated are your users? etc. I will not be putting any reviews in here, partly because they would be difficult to maintain, and partly because I want to avoid any flak from a negative review which I did not write. if you want to periodically post a collection of reviews, go ahead. you don't need my approval. code requires ---- -------- [dvx] DesqView/X [geo] GEOS (probably will require v2.0? none on the list yet) [msw] MS Windows (often requires v3.1) [os2] OS/2 (often requires v2.1) [wnt] MS Windows NT I have tried to complete all the required codes. however, I have not tried all packages personally. if I am missing one for your package, please inform me, so that people who do not have the required underlying software do not waste time or money ftp'ing it. thanks. 104. what the addresses mean when an ftp reference is given that looks like this: ``wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/uucp/00-index.txt'' this does not imply that it is the only place where the file is available via ftp. you may want to use `archie' to help you locate the closest (network-cost-wise) copy of the file. for brief help with archie, see the comma intro. the special entry ``simtel:'' indicates the simtel collection, available in many places, including CD-ROMs, and its main ftp mirrors, ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/ and oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/. (SimTel had decided to stop allowing files which do not include the address and phone number of the author, so their supply of updated freeware may disappear. there are rumors that this policy has been dropped; if not, consider alternate sites.) the special entry ``cica:'' indicates the cica collection, available in many places, including CD-ROMs, and its primary ftp site, ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/. see also ftp.winsite.com , cica's new home(?). the file name reflects the latest version that I knew of (or was told of) at the time this FAQ was sent out. if you know a newer one is available, and there was no announcement posted to comma after a week or so, please send me the information for inclusion (or better yet, post the entire announcement to comma so everyone can get the whole story, instead of just the summary here). see also the `announcements' section in the comma intro on how to get the announcements automatically crossposted to comma. 105. maintainer index this information is culled from public postings to newsgroups, or files available to the public via ftp. because of this, I have not tried all the addresses to make sure they are still functional, nor do I have the time to do a routine check of them every so often. you may also want to check, eg., garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author29.zip and (in the same directory) authwn07.zip please do not abuse these people's time -- send them mail specific to their own products, not about how to get files via ftp. that gives them more time to work on software, and that benefits us all. if you have some burning questions, the best thing you could possibly do is to check out news.newusers.questions -- there's a lot of information already there. maintainers: if I have the wrong address or a suboptimal address listed here, _please_ contact me directly so that I can correct it for you as quickly as possible. I don't want to put any email addresses in here that don't want mail. thanks. waffle dell@wiretap.spies.com uupc help@kew.com uupc-msw help@kew.com uupc-os2 help@kew.com fsuucp fsuucp-request@punk.net snews dan@fch.wimsey.bc.ca pcnews-uu lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu cppnews cppnews@trmphrst.demon.co.uk tmail dcs@witsend.stat.com tmailpostnews dcs@witsend.stat.com helldiver rhys@fit.qut.edu.au wrn frankv@alf.pec.co.nz nwreader sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de rwmail sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de rnf daniel@blackhl.xs4all.nl trumpet peter@trumpet.com.au wintrumpet peter@trumpet.com.au rnr Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG pc-eudora eudora-sales@qualcomm.com ftpnuz 72357.3547@compuserve.com mks-uucp inquiry@mks.com internetanyw mksia@mks.com zipnews jkilday@nlbbs.com zipnewsreader jkilday@nlbbs.com solar kjhoule@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us tin-dvx seant@ratsys.com tin-os2 ... pcelm freiss.pad@sni.de elm4waf ianj@ijpc.uucp elm-pc pjc@ic.ac.uk winelm pjc@ic.ac.uk mush moc@lena.uucp uuslave ellis@ofa.com pduucp ... xp/crosspoint crosspoint@bionic.zer.de hackticnr kafka@desert.hacktic.nl popmail (superseded by minuet) minuet minuet@boombox.micro.umn.edu nupop nupop@casbah.acns.nwu.edu fxuucico jorge@satlink.net winvn rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov [winvn@ is the developer list] snuupm mlawrie@apies.frd.ac.za pegasusmail support@pmail.gen.nz, bugs@pmail.gen.nz winpegasus ... wafpegasus ross@westmead.health.su.oz.au wafwinpegasus cosmo@halcyon.com newsreader/2 [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] lamail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] multimail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] qvtnet djpk@troi.cc.rochester.edu qvtnet chloe@qpc.com snuz mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu pcrrn ... boxer paul@eunet.co.at mail-it mail-it@unipalm.co.uk mail-it-rem mail-it@unipalm.co.uk cinetic Cinetic@speedy.cam.org cnews-dos cnews@joker.ruhr.de, cnews-request@faerun.mi.org elm-os2 ... dumpgrp ... lamailpop ... latimes gutzs@crl.aecl.ca tinymail-kalf turgut@ege.edu.tr mail-ccg geurin@nosc.mil pmnews serls@dashs.denver.co.us rn-os2 ... rexxnews-os2 ... trn davison@borland.com trn-os2 haen@veces.stgt.sub.org, term@godot.stgt.sub.org snews-os2 ... pmfsudg xmpcwsh@dp7up.com ecsmail ecs-info@edm.isac.ca smaildos sct%seldon@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu nfsmail 4341@msg.abc.se mit-red ... barbernews sob@bcm.tmc.edu olsenews kjetilo@usit.uio.no pcnews-nfs pilchuck!jgray telepathy ashmount@cix.compulink.co.uk [... not confirmed!] wigwam ashmount@cix.compulink.co.uk [... not confirmed!] emacs-gnus ... emacs-rmail ... eep paul@eunet.co.at winbiff steck@acm.org hsend rhys@fit.qut.edu.au nscu ... cwexp cwinemil@keys.lonestar.org sexpire ... mexpire ... nexp ... hpv rhys@fit.qut.edu.au yarn cthuang@io.org yarn-os2 cthuang@io.org unor rrusbasa@nyx.cs.du.edu paperboy vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu pc-pine pine@cac.wasington.edu pathways rick@twg.com winn shaman@cyberia.bowlgreen.oh.us minihost minihost@sph.spb.su commset dedgar@cybercon.nb.ca slnr ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk winnetmail davideo@aborigine.win.net watergate mvdl@et.tudelft.nl procc Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG wafcontrol jbla@giraffe.in-berlin.de rfdmail yon@world.std.com wsmtpd ... pgpwaffle pgpwaff@star.hou.tx.us offlinepgp staalesc@ifi.uio.no wafvacation larry@birdsong.sunnyvale.ca.us wfs larry@birdsong.sunnyvale.ca.us v-mailserver rick@vansys.com, rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca aser rahardj@cc.umanitoba.ca chameleon donna@netmanage.com admstat mick@rheinl.ruhr.de mosaic mosaic-w@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu cyberdesk cyber@netcom.com air-mail-news info@spry.com winuuall winuuall@bassline.infocom.co.uk appsig roy@cybrspc.mn.org ruux roy@cybrspc.mn.org ruuxqt roy@cybrspc.mn.org themodassist roy@cybrspc.mn.org relaysysmail lvds@stdin.frmug.gna.org coprivreader root@copriv.gold.sub.org readmail jschipper@hut.nl (old?) readmail Jeroen.Schipper@let.ruu.nl wafpostnews aa@nforest.pulp.nullnet.fi mimelite gisle@a.sn.no wsgmail junodj@css583.gordon.army.mil ipswitchmail support@ipswitch.com emacsmail-os2 ... uugate-os2 ... mail-shuffle ... newsdb-os2 100274.162@compuserve.com uubatch ... umail mike@avon.demon.co.uk rmheaders C.W.G.M.Enders@kub.nl niespnr niesp@inf.fu-berlin.de newsuudecode ... subnet mick@rheinl.ruhr.de newsy cwinemil@keys.lonestar.org ka9q ... textwin ... charon ... mercury ... pronto pronto@commtouch.com, [800-63-TOUCH,+1 415 578 8580] pronto-ip pronto@commtouch.com, [800-63-TOUCH,+1 415 578 8580] mailto u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au mpack mpack-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu mime64 hahn@lds.loral.com pcmailmanager Lars_Hagberg@li.icl.se makenews Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG mailqueue david@csource.oz.au uulink [none! voice +1 818 225 2800; fax +1 818 225 7203] nnrnews hero@login.dkuug.dk wmserver-os2 larso@wmute.trillium.se xrn-dvx dylan@takoyaki.demon.co.uk, turnbull@shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp uufree uufree@locutus.ofB.ORG ntnetnews netnews@jeck.wa.com offliner [was: harknesb@metronet.com; now unknown] batscan roy@cybrspc.mn.org unpost ... interramp interramp-info@psi.com panda isca@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu amanda rat@ruth.fullfeed.com sysget waldmn@rz.highland.sub.org telematrix [unknown: was gary@asiapac.dialix.oz.au] alamito support@ideal.clark.net netscape ... nntpd-dvx ... nn-dvx storner@osiris.ping.dk techmail ... ucdavismail ... tfsgateway info@tenfour.se searchlitnews cain_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz nosview mbramwel@uwo.ca dics mgibbons@oemcomp.demon.co.uk olavtollefsen olavt@ksedb.no cybord info@cybteam.demon.co.uk newsxpress kenng@hk.super.net newswerthy billw@eskimo.com newsbase jeremy@silicon.demon.co.uk newswin dhodgson@sunbrook.demon.co.uk winsmtp wildside@wildside.kwnet.on.ca winsmtp jackdw@metrics.com (?) tetrix Johannes@tetrix.internet-eireann.ie brn Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca mailpagegate ... souper cthuang@io.org slipit khweis@mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de pbbsuucp wuxx0037@gold.tc.umn.edu atismail atismail@atis.nl wssoup magnus@world.net neologicsuite gutz@hookup.net genesis postmaster@itc.com metamail-os2 ... pmbiff ... cmail-os2 ... windis ... inetformsmail infoinet@achilles.net wsomr wang@durian.usc.edu.ph ftp-smtpsrv ? @ftp.com edrhr ... faxbatch PETER@cardiology.medrmh.unimelb.edu.au newsmerg arnstein@netcom.com popbiff-os2 marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it qnews rdavies@fox.nstn.ns.ca forte-agent agent-info@forteinc.com autonews EDL@cityscape.co.uk wfltr richl@gaseer.com uuplan scm@picasso.wcape.school.za thurn scm@picasso.wcape.school.za pop3d ai@casper.che.nsk.su dante boud@rempt.xs4all.nl uupc-su ... beautymail ... dml ... cfvvotetaker gustav@flipper.xs4all.nl mailsrv-os2 a.vermeulen@ecn.nl postroad innoval@ibm.net ibminetcon eruffing@VNET.IBM.COM imail astevens@ddj.com pop3client raduffy@teachersoft.com ddigest bobr@mcs.com foldscan jhoglund@mirage.skypoint.com supertcp info@frontiertech.com nautnews strombus@xmission.com mimail info@irisoft.be phhnews fransen@thing.xs4all.nl inetsuite [someone]@qdeck.com popwatch-os2 pjchilds@apanix.apana.org.au turnpike info@turnpike.com netcetera netcetera@airtime.co.uk intergate randy@gruntsoftware.com oui sales@dvorak.com pmmail ... mailboxskim Ernesto.Garcia@juge.com quickelm badda@btp2x5.phy.uni-bayreuth.de shownews rreid@ecst.csuchico.edu opmail oleperch@zaphod.ping.dk exploreinet info@ftp.com alhambra Moises@ddd.cybered.es tass-os2 ... nettamer davidcolston@delphi.com simeon sales@esys.ca lilreader lilread@donut.dialix.oz.au embla marcomms@pro.icl.se ramnet greenber@ramnet.com uuptoccm Mail-Server@pinboard.com waffdomo dburton@burtonsys.com doslynx [...] spinmail [...] popserver-os2 [...] ultimail-os2 [...] mr2 [...] 106. ftp index if you are the maintainer of a package, and I have shown a site that you feel is not appropriate, please let me know. if I have shown a frequently-updated mirror site, keep in mind that using a mirror site that has everything on it may be easier for users than having to go to a different site for every package. if I have shown a site which mirrors, but too infrequently, please inform me of a better reference. many of these files come from the simtel repository. one site which can handle many ftp users at once holds the files in wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/. another very large, very available mirror is ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel. of course, the main simtel mirror is oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/. please try to strike a balance between instant availability of the newest versions and practical ability to handle the transfers. if your software is available on a bogged down SLIP link and two days later on ftp.uu.net, I would rather point people to the latter. waffle simtel:msdos/waffle/waf165.zip uupc omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* uupc-msw omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* uupc-os2 omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* fsuucp ftp.punk.net:/pub/FSUUCP/* snews simtel:msdos/uucp/snws191*.zip,snews191.zip snews http://www.wimsey.com/~danf/software pcnews-uu ... cppnews ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/trumphurst/cppnews/cppnws40.zip tmail simtel:msdos/uucp/tmail116.zip tmailpostnews [posted to c.o.m.ma] helldiver ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/helld107.zip wrn ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wrn093.zip,wrnsr094.zip nwreader ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/msdos/news/nn315.zoo rwmail ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/msdos/news/rwm225.zoo rnf simtel:msdos/waffle/rnf078.zip trumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/trmp106b.zip wintrumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/wintrump/*.* rnr ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/rnr213.zip pc-eudora simtel:msdos/windows3/eudora14.zip pc-eudora ftp.qualcomm.com:/... ftpnuz ftp.ftp.com:/support/pubdom/ftpnuz11.zip mks-uucp [retail package] internetanyw [retail package] zipnews simtel:msdos/offline/znews97g.zip zipnewsreader simtel:msdos/offline/znr093b.zip solar simtel:msdos/waffle/solar094.zip solar ftp.netis.com: ? solar http://www.netins.net/~kevin/solar.html tin-dvx simtel:msdos/dv-x/dvxtin.zip tin-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/tin122.zip pcelm simtel:msdos/ka9q/pcelm321.zip elm4waf ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/miscnets/e4w100.zip elm-pc lister.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/elm-pc/elmpcv21.zip winelm lister.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/winelm/winelm.exe mush simtel:msdos/uucp/mush7*.zip uuslave ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/fidonet/ufgate/uusl_y10.lzh pduucp ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/uucp/pcuucp.zip xp/crosspoint ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/bbs/crosspoint/* xp/crosspoint ftp.riva.com:/pub/dos/xpe1.exe hackticnr ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hnr140.zip popmail boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/popmail/popmail-3.2.2/* minuet minuet.micro.umn.edu:/pub/minuet/latest/minuarc.exe minuet boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/minuet/minuarc.exe nupop ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/nupop/nupop*.zip fxuucico simtel:msdos/waffle/fxuc1.zip winvn ftp.ksc.nasa.gov:/pub/win3/winvn/* winvn titan.ksc.nasa.gov:/pub/win3/winvn/* snuupm simtel:msdos/uucp/snuupm27.zip pegasusmail simtel:msdos/novell/pmail322.zip pegasusmail risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/pmail330.zip winpegasus risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/winpm223.zip winpegasus simtel:win3/mail/winpm122.zip wafpegasus ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/miscnets/w165peg9.zip wafpegasus simtel:msdos/novell/wafpegtp.zip wafwinpegasus ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/wpegwaf.zip newsreader/2 [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] lamail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] multimail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] qvtnet biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu:/pub/qvtnet/qvtne396.zip qvtnet simtel:win95/winsock/qvtnet40.zip snuz [...]/snuz.zoo pcrrn amex.arc.nasa.gov:/pub/MSDOS/PCRRN/* boxer eunet.co.at:/pub/news/eep/boxerb07.zip mail-it [retail package] pipe.pipex.net:/xtech/mail-it/mie202.zip mail-it-rem [retail package] pipe.pipex.net:/xtech/mail-it/mie202.zip cinetic simtel:msdos/windows3/cmm21f.zip,cmm21s.zip cnews-dos simtel:msdos/waffle/wcnw105c.zip cnews-dos ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wcnw120b.zip elm-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/elm23exe.zip,elm23src.zip elm-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/elm23-2.zip dumpgrp ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/dumpgrp.zip lamailpop ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/lampop11.zip latimes ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/ltimes21.zip (now 33...) tinymail-kalf ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/mail19.zip mail-ccg ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/mail22.zip pmnews ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/pmnews.zip rn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/rn38d.zip rexxnews-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/rxnew11a.zip trn [mail author to be put on beta list] trn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/trn???12.zip,trn_195b.zip,mth* trn-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/trn_197b.zip snews-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/all/network/snews_20.zip =snews-2.zip...? pmfsudg risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/misc/pmfsudg.zip ecsmail isagate.isac.ca:/ecsmail/mua/windows/* smaildos simtel:msdos/uucp/smailbin.zip,smailsrc.zip nfsmail simtel:msdos/nfs/nfsml202.zip mit-red ... barbernews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/news.zip olsenews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/nn-src.zip,nn-exe.zip,nn-doc.zip pcnews-nfs simtel:msdos/nfs/pcnews.zip telepathy ... wigwam [available from Compuserve anyway] emacs-gnus ... emacs-rmail ... eep eunet.co.at:/pub/news/eep/eep1_9.tar.Z winbiff ftp.tucows.com:/tucows/wnbff33.zip winbiff simtel:win3/mail/wnbff33.zip [assumed] winbiff hsend ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hsend105.zip nscu ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/nscu11.zip cwexp ftp.halcyon.com:/disk2/waffle/miscnets/cwexp108.zoo sexpire ... mexpire ... nexp simtel:msdos/waffle/nexp20.zip hpv simtel:msdos/waffle/hpv101b.zip yarn simtel:msdos/offline/yarn_088.zip yarn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/comm/yrn2_088.zip yarn ftp.oce.com:/pub/yarn/yarn_090.zip yarn-os2 ftp.oce.com:/pub/yarn/yrn2_090.zip unor ftp.gte.com:/pub/unor/unor0030.zip paperboy ftp.clark.net:/pub/vart/pboy205.zip pc-pine ftp.cac.washington.edu:/pine/pcpine/README pathways [retail package; phone 800 872 8649 or +1 415 962 7100] winn [...] minihost cica:demo/mhdemo11.zip minihost ftp.kiae.su:/windows/mail/mhdemo-e.zip commset nstn.ns.ca:/pub/pc-stuff/commset/* slnr [alt.sources...] winnetmail simtel:win3/internet/wnmai251.zip watergate zeus.nijenrode.nl:/pub/people/michel/wg940602.zip procc ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/procc-05.zip wafcontrol ftp.FU-Berlin.DE:/pub/pc/news/wctl14.zoo rfdmail simtel:msdos/windows3/rfdml123.zip wsmtpd cica:winsock/wsmtpd16.zip pgpwaffle [in beta testing] offlinepgp simtel:msdos/offline/apgp212.zip wafvacation simtel:msdos/waffle/vac170.zip wfs simtel:msdos/waffle/wfs332.zip v-mailserver simtel:msdos/waffle/vms220.zip aser simtel:msdos/waffle/aser28.zip aser ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca:/p*/m*/w*/aser* chameleon ftp.netmanage.com:/pub/demos/chameleon/* admstat simtel:msdos/waffle/admst11b.zip mosaic ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/Mosaic/Windows/mos* cyberdesk [retail package] brochure: netcom.com:/pub/cyber/cdbro.exe air-mail-news [retail package; phone 800 spry net; phone +1 206 447 0300] winuuall [still in testing] appsig simtel:msdos/waffle/apsig105.zip ruux ... ruuxqt ... themodassist ... relaysysmail ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/rsm11.arj coprivreader ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/reader.lzh readmail ftp.winternet.com:/pub/ReadMail/rm50b75.zip wafpostnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wpnews.zip mimelite ftp.sn.no:/software/msdos/comm/offline/mimelite.zip wsgmail [US Government users only - contact author] ipswitchmail [retail package - equivalent of wsgmail] emacsmail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/emacs-mail.zip uugate-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/uugat023.zip mail-shuffle ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/shuffle2.zip newsdb-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/newsdb10.zip uubatch ... umail ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/umail/* rmheaders simtel:msdos/textutil/rmhead11.zip niespnr simtel:msdos/offline/mynr11.zip newsuudecode simtel:msdos/decode/nwsuu125.zip subnet simtel:msdos/waffle/subn141.zip newsy SimTel:win3/offline/newsy130.zip newsy ftp.uufx.net:/fx/Newsy/newsy131.zip ka9q ... textwin ... charon risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/charon40a... mercury simtel:msdos/novell/merc113.zip pronto [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/eval.exe pronto-ip [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/prontoip.exe mailto simtel:msdos/novell/mailto.zip mpack ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:/pub/mpack/* (*d.zip for dos, *o.zip for os2) mime64 simtel:msdos/decode/mime64b.zip pcmailmanager [retail package] email for demo makenews simtel:msdos/filutl/mknews20.zip mailqueue ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/mailq101.zip uulink [none known] nnrnews simtel:msdos/offline/nnrnews2.zip wmserver-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/... xrn-dvx qdeck.com:/upload/xrnalpha.zip...? uufree ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufree06.zip uufree ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufres06.zip ntnetnews ftp.wa.com:/pub/local/ntnews/* offliner [old: metronet.com:/pub/xfer/ol06a.zip] offliner ftp.oslonett.no:/gopher/Software/Windows/Comm/Offline/ol06b.zip batscan ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/bscan28.zip unpost simtel:msdos/decode/unpos234.zip interramp [vendor never replied to request for info] panda cica:winsock/winpanda.zip amanda simtel:msdos/waffle/amanda1j.zip sysget [mail from author] telematrix [unknown: was ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/tmx060.zip] alamito ftp.clark.net:/pub/ideal/* netscape ftp.netscape.com:/netscape* nntpd-dvx qdeck.com:/pub/dvx/utils/nntpd1_4.zip nn-dvx qdeck.com:/pub/dvx/ports/apps/nn650dvx.zip techmail net-dist.mit.edu:/pub/dos/techmail-win/readme.tmw ucdavismail ftp.ucdavis.edu:/dos-public/UCDNet/acornx.exe tfsgateway ... searchlitnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/sl15.zip nosview [...]/view9302.zip dics ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/dics/* olavtollefsen ftp.ksedb.no:/NTNews/news070.zip cybord [beta test--mail authors] newsxpress ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows/Winsock-Utilities/nx10b4-p.zip newsxpress ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows95/wskutil/nx20b0.zip newswerthy simtel:msdos/offline/nwrth202.zip newswerthy ftp.eskimo.com:/u/b/billw/nwrth202.zip newsbase ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/newsbase/nb1_36bt.zip newswin ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/newswin/* winsmtp simtel:win3/winsock/ssmtp106.zip winsmtp ftp.metrics.com:/smtp/stst07b7.zip tetrix ftp.internet-eireann.ie:/pub/ie_access/dos/winsock/trp* tetrix cica:winsock/trp110.zip brn ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca:/pub/msdos/waffle/brn* mailpagegate simtel:msdos/netpage/gate212.zip souper ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/souper13.zip slipit mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de:/gopher/public/x_slip/* slipit simtel:msdos/offline/slip_itj.zip pbbsuucp simtel:msdos/bbs/pbu_113.zip atismail simtel:win3/winsock/atisml06.zip wssoup http://www.ozemail.com.au/~magnus neologicsuite ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/32bit/network/tcpip/nsuite2.zip genesis ftp.netcom.com:/pub/.../gen4_0.zip metamail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/metamail.zip pmbiff ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/pmbiff12.zip cmail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/cmail25.zip windis ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/windis/* inetformsmail ftp.achilles.net:/vendor/netApp/Inet/inet_102.zip wsomr simtel:msdos/offline/wsomr100.zip ftp-smtpsrv ? [retail package] +1 800 282 4387 edrhr simtel:msdos/editor/edrhr15*.zip faxbatch simtel:msdos/lan/faxbat20.zip newsmerg ... popbiff-os2 ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:/os2/network/tcpip/popbif10.zip qnews simtel:win3/winsock/qn09b3.zip forte-agent ftp.forteinc.com:/pub/forte/free_agent/fagent10.zip forte-agent [commercial full-blown version available, not for ftp] autonews ftp.cityscape.co.uk:/users/ay89/autonews.zip wfltr ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ri/richl/wfltr1b1.zip uuplan ftp.wcape.school.za:/pub/msdos/uucp/uuplan14.zip uuplan risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/misc/uuplan13.zip (14?) thurn ftp.wcape.school.za:/pub/msdos/uucp/thurn05.zip pop3d ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/incoming/pop3d11.zip dante http:/www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt uupc-su ftp.kiae.su:/relcom/msdos/ache/uupc-latest/... beautymail ftp.kiae.su:/relcom/msdos/ache/uupc-latest/... dml ftp.kiae.su:/msdos/news-mail/dml123.exe cfvvotetaker simtel:msdos/waffle/votet100.zip mailsrv-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/maisrv10.zip postroad ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/demos/pstrd102.zip postroad ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/news/prnr101f.zip ibminetcon http://www.raleigh.ibm.com imail ftp.mv.com:/pub/ddj/packages/imail.zip pop3client ftp.mv.com:/pub/ddj/1995.04/pop3.zip ddigest simtel:msdos/offline/ddig-006.zip foldscan mirage.skypoint.com:/pub/members/jhoglund/foldscan.zip supertcp ftp.frontiertech.com:/demo/shademo.exe nautnews ftp.xmission.com:/pub/users/s/strombus/nn051b.zip mimail ftp.eunet.be:pub/EUnet/dos/* phhnews simtel:win3/offline/phn044b.zip phhnews simtel:win3/offline/phnextra.zip phhnews inetsuite ftp.qdeck.com:/... popwatch-os2 hobbes.nmsu.edu:/os2/unix/popw12.zip turnpike ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/mirrors/turnpike/evaluate.zip turnpike ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/litee111.zip turnpike ftp.turnpike.com:/pub/evals109.zip netcetera ftp.airtime.co.uk:/netcetera/netcetra.zip intergate ftp.gruntsoftware.com:/pub/customer/norfolk/randy/igwsetup.exe oui ftp.dvorak.com:/pub/oui/oui_te.exe pmmail ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/pmmail1.zip mailboxskim simtel:msdos/network/mbox-s11.zip quickelm simtel:msdos/offline/qelm102.zip shownews simtel:msdos/offline/sn-311.zip opmail garbo.uwasa.fi:/windows/comm/opmail11.zip exploreinet http://www.ftp.com alhambra ftp.eunet.es:/InterStand/cibered/alhambra.exe tass-os2 hobbes.nmsu.edu:/os2/unix/tassos2z.zip nettamer garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/nt99-386.zip nettamer garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/nt99-xt.zip simeon http://www.esys.ca/nongraphic/demo.html lilreader ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/lilread.zip embla http://www.pro.icl.se ramnet garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/mail/ramnet14.zip uuptoccm [mail server only?] waffdomo BBS: +1 919 481 3787 / +1 919 481-4792 , or by mail doslynx [...] spinmail http://www.cfw.com/~middletn/spinmail.html popserver-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/popsrv10.zip ultimail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/umf21003.zip mr2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/mr2i099u.zip 200. uucp 201. discussion at the heart of uucp is `uucico', which is a file transfer protocol, like kermit or zmodem. however, with uucp it is easier, or at least there are conventions which make it portably _possible_, to do some networking/system administration tasks, like: - queue a file transfer to be done automatically at a later time when phone rates are lower - assign a command to be run once a file is received (common examples include rmail for delivering mail, and rnews for unbatching network news). this command can have parameters, such as an address to pass to rmail uucp has, historically, often been poorly/incompletely implemented, and these poor/incomplete implementations have often been relatively slow. this does not mean uucp itself is slow, and we are seeing more uucp implementations of late which are fast, yet still as network-capable as uucp has always been. the 200s section will look at uucico implementations. often, these come with add-ons to make up a full uucp suite -- uucp, uux, uuqueue, and similar programs. 202. waffle from LEGAL.DOC: > UUCICO.EXE is copyrighted but freely distributable. This ONLY > applies to uucico and not to ANY other files in the Waffle package. see the entire file for more information. non-redistributable source for most of the waffle modules is available for a fee. 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] -- uupc/extended shareware/freeware -- depends on how you interpret the license docs. native ms-windows, os2, and ms-nt versions are ftp-able also. 204. fsuucp > shareware. command-line, standalone versions of the modules. > New version 2.0 includes Taylor UUCP extensions, 'i' protocol, and new > pop-up text-window interface. UUCICO is now waffle compatible, for > plug-and-play replacement with older waffle UUCICOs. 205. mks-uucp not available for ftp part of the mks toolkit included as part of their _DOS User's Guide to the Internet_ book [see intro] contact: inquiry@mks.com, 800-265-2797, +1 519-884-2251 voice > [the release manager] said that if those programmers want to get > information about writing newsreaders, he would be glad to help them. > In general, we've not made a packet of information available as we > do not support programmers using our products. We will give them > the information they need, if they request it. 206. internetanyw [msw] not available for ftp > We have done our own Cnews port to DOS. It is based on Cnews but has its > own modifications. For example, we use a database to store all the news > articles. > > For the mail reader, we've written our own interface that can handle > standard e-mail. 207. uuslave can not originate calls? can only originate calls? ... 208. pduucp/pcuucp appears to be just dcp with a rmail. may be dcp itself in a new package. 209. dcp `d'os copy instead of `u'nix-`u'nix copy 210. xp/crosspoint Deutsch-only documentation currently officially available, but see ftp location list for a rumored English version. 211. fxuucico waffle-compatible 212. mail-it-rem [msw] > Mail-it [remote]'s uucico was written specifically for use with > Mail-it [remote] and its file formats and naming conventions are > specific to the program (details are available on request, if required). 213. minihost [msw] ... 214. winnetmail [msw] > WinNET Mail is a an MS Windows application that provides a tremendous > front end interface to Computer Witchcraft's uucp Internet/Usenet > service or any uucp service provider. When used with an alternative > UUCP provider WinNET is ShareWare with registration required. The > software is extremely easy to use and has a beautiful tool bar for > point and click functionality. 215. uufree free uucp/mail/news implementation, with easy installation and configuration, and a menu-driven interface. uses waffle's uucico. 216. uulink unable to contact authors so far... 217. uupc-su ... Soviet uupc extension 218. ramnet > RamNet/uucp is an email/news/file-transfer/uuxqt DOS package running in > the background, without any third party multi-taskers (such as Windows) > needed. PGP enabled, it uses your copy of PGP to encrypt senistive > files and email, automatically. Address books, alias lists, vacation > program, .forward and kill files, automatic uuencode/decode, mailing > lists, file attachments,multiple local users and a host of other > features. Configuration files follow HDB UUCP closely, with Permissions > /Systems/Devices/Passwd/Getty/etc. 219. spinmail [msw] reported to have a stand-alone mode to just do uucp -- checking. 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion some packages work with messages stored on disk and transferred to other machines later (often using uucp, and the rmail and rnews commands), while others send or receive the mail immediately over a network connection (often using SMTP, POP, or IMAP for mail, and NNTP for news). 302. filesystem 303. waffle - waffle mail; waffle news (including feeds) 304. uupc - uupc mail; can unbatch news 305. uupc-msw [msw] - uupc mail 306. uupc-os2 [os2] - uupc mail (uses hpfs) 307. fsuucp - fsuucp mail; fsuucp news (including feeds) 308. snews (for uupc) - uupc news 309. cnews-dos - waffle news (including feeds) 310. mks-uucp - ported C News 311. internetanyw [msw] - ported C News 312. smaildos 313. zipnews 314. solar - soup 315. watergate - `an integrated UUCP and FIDO mailprocessor' 316. uugate-os2 [os2] - Internet/Fidonet gateway 317. uubatch - batched, compressed mail 318. uufree - leaf only 319. uulink [...] 320. amanda - fido<->usenet 321. tfsgateway - msmail<->uucp 322. dics - mapi<->smtp 323. souper [os2] - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 324. pbbsuucp - UUCP<->Fido(*.msg) Easy handler 325. wssoup [msw] - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 326. slipit - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 327. faxbatch - pegasus->fax gateway 328. uupc-su - ? 329. uuptoccm - cc:mail<->uucp ###. a bunch of pegasus<->waffle,uupc gateways... 400. network for an overview of TCP/IP implementations for msdos, ms-windows, or os2, see the newsgroup `comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc'. it has a FAQ of its own which can be obtained via ftp. see the `other FAQs' section in the comma intro. 401. wsmtpd [msw] - smtp 402. wsgmail [msw] - smtp, pop 403. ipswitchmail [msw] - smtp, pop 404. unnamed part of IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package...? 405. nntpd-dvx [dvx] - nntp 406. cybord [msw] - smtp 407. winsmtp [msw] - smtp, pop 408. windis [msw] - ? `smtp <-> pegasus, ka9q ; packages soup news' 409. inetformsmail [msw] - ms-mail <-> smtp/pop 410. ftp-smtpsrv ? smtp 411. pop3d [os2] - pop ... 412. mailsrv-os2 [os2] - ultimail replacement 413. ntnetnews [wnt] - nntp-compliant news server 414. intergate [wnt] - free msmail/smtp gateway 415. popserver-os2 [os2] - POP2/3 server 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion some sites mount their news disks over (eg.) NFS, so the news appears as, for instance, x:\news\comp\mail\misc\22694 (this would be the 22694th article in the group comp.mail.misc). on such a system, you should be able to read mail or news with any of the `filesystem' packages (possibly with some extra setup). most other IP network (TCP/IP, SLIP, PPP) connections are with NNTP, SMTP, POP, or IMAP. with some tweaking (usually just duplication of configuration files) you can often read mail/news with any of the filesystem-based packages (snews' separate format is the biggest exception). you might not be able to post/reply very easily, due to the more drastic differences in the file layouts the uucico modules expect. unfortunately, uucp often deals with file names like D.foo2b6IC which Unix sites can handle easily, but msdos cannot. there are a few obvious ways to translate these names to msdos-compatible names, but, unfortunately, they're not compatible with each other. there have been intentions posted of having more software work with more of the uucico layouts, which is a Good Thing. waffle and fsuucp, at least, have explicitly documented their conversion routines in the past (and fsuucp has moved to waffle-compatible munging). and uupc ships with source. 502. filesystem 503. waffle - waffle mail; waffle news 504. uupc - uupc mail 505. uupc-msw [msw] - uupc mail 506. uupc-os2 [os2] - uupc mail 507. snews - uupc news 508. pcnews-uu - uupc news 509. cppnews - uupc news (snews) 510. tmail - uupc mail; waffle mail 511. fsuucp - fsuucp mail; fsuucp news 512. helldiver [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 513. wrn [msw] - waffle news 514. nwreader - waffle news 515. rwmail - waffle mail 516. rnf - waffle mail; waffle news 517. rnr - waffle news; some waffle mail support; uupc news 518. pcelm - uupc mail; waffle mail (elm4waf) 519. zipnewsreader - waffle mail; waffle news; zipnews mail; zipnews news 520. mush - uupc mail 521. hackticnr - waffle news 522. pegasusmail - waffle mail (wafpegasus); fsuucp mail (pmfsudg); uupc? 523. boxer [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 524. mail-it-rem [msw] - mail 525. cinetic mail manager [msw] - uupc mail; fsuucp mail 526. mks-uucp - mks mail; mks news 527. internetanyw [msw] - internetanyw mail; internetanyw news 528. tin-os2 [os2] - uupc(?) news 529. nfsmail - nfs mail 530. tinymail-kalf [os2] - mail (calls `sendmail') 531. pcnews-nfs - any filesystem-based news; read-only 532. emacs-gnus - (?) news 533. emacs-rmail - (?) mail 534. hpv - soup 535. yarn - soup 536. yarn-os2 [os2] - soup 537. unor [msw] - soup 538. paperboy [msw] - soup 539. minihost [msw] - minihost mail 540. slnr - soup 541. trn - ... 542. trn-os2 [os2] - uupc news 543. winpegasus [msw] - pop mail; smtp mail outgoing; pegasus gateways 544. winuuall [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 545. relaysysmail - waffle mail; waffle news 546. coprivreader - waffle news 547. readmail - soup; various other formats for read-only 548. umail - uupc news, uupc mail(?) 549. niespnr - downloaded nn folders 550. newsy [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 551. mailto - pegasus mail send-only 552. offliner [msw] - soup; DISCONTINUED 553. telematrix [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 554. alamito [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 555. nn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news (filesystem with nntpd-dvx) 556. searchlitnews - waffle news 557. winn - waffle mail; waffle news 558. newswerthy - soup 559. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup, nntp, smtp, pop 560. brn - waffle news; in perl 561. genesis - includes copy of fxuucico beta; unknown format 562. elm-os2 [os2] - uupc, tcp/ip (smtp?) 563. wsomr - soup 564. forte-agent [msw] - propietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 565. dante [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 566. beautymail - ? 567. dml - ? 568. imail - downloaded stripped mail messages 569. phhnews [msw] - ? 570. pmmail [os2] - ? 571. quickelm - proprietary offline mail 572. shownews - proprietary offline news 573. opmail [msw] - Windows-based MIME mailer for UUPC 574. alhambra [?] - UUPC mail (Spanish only) 575. tass-os2 [os2] - UUPC news? 576. pmnews [os2] - UUPC news? 577. lilreader - waffle news 578. ramnet - ramnet mail? 600. network 601. trumpet - nntp news 602. wintrumpet [msw] - pop mail; nntp news 603. pc-eudora [msw] - mail 604. ftpnuz - nntp news 605. waffle - nntp news 606. tin-dvx [dvx] - nntp news 607. tin-os2 [os2] - nntp news 608. mail-ccg [os2] - pop mail 609. popmail - pop mail (superseded by minuet) 610. minuet - pop mail; nntp news 611. nupop - pop mail 612. winvn [msw] - nntp news 613. elm-pc - mail 614. winelm [msw] - mail (requires elm-pc) 615. newsreader/2 [os2] - nntp news 616. qvtnet [msw] - nntp news 617. snuz - nntp news 618. pcrrn - nntp news 619. mail-it [msw] - mail 610. cinetic mail manager [msw] - mail 621. dumpgrp [os2] - nntp news 622. mit-red - nntp news 623. barbernews - nntp news (read only) 624. olsenews - nntp news 625. tinymail-kalf [os2] - mail (reads mail locally) 626. telepathy [...]? 627. wigwam [...]? 628. pc-pine - imap mail 629. pathways - imap mail 630. rexxnews-os2 [os2] - nntp news 631. commset - pop mail; nntp news 632. chameleon [msw] - smtp mail; nntp news 633. mosaic [msw] - smtp mail; nntp news 634. cyberdesk [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail and news 635. air-mail-news [msw] - pop mail; nntp news 636. wsgmail [msw] - pop mail; pop mail server; smtp receive; smtp send 637. ipswitchmail [msw] - pop mail; pop mail server; smtp receive; smtp send 638. emacsmail-os2 [os2] - ...? 639. lamail-ibm [os2] - mail 640. multimail-ibm [os2] - mail 641. ecsmail [msw] - imap mail 642. pronto [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail and news 643. pcmailmanager [msw] - imap mail; smtp mail 644. winpegasus [msw] - pop mail; smtp mail outgoing; pegasus gateways 645. lamailpop [os2] - ... 646. latimes [os2] - nntp news 647. xrn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news 648. rfdmail [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail; smtp mail; pop mail 649. panda [msw] - nntp news 650. netscape [msw] - nntp news 651. nn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news (filesystem with nntpd-dvx) 652. techmail [msw] - pop mail 653. ucdavismail - pop mail 654. nosview - smtp mail (ka9q) 655. olavtollefsen [wnt] - nntp news 656. newsxpress [msw] - nntp news 657. newsbase [msw] - demon-internet-services/snews news 658. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup 659. pronto-ip [msw] - smtp mail; pop mail 660. newswin [msw] - demon-internet-services/snews news 661. neologicsuite [os2] - nntp news...? 662. cmail-os2 [os2] - text mode mail front end for IBM TCP/IP (smtp?) 663. elm-os2 [os2] - uupc, tcp/ip (smtp?) 664. edrhr - nntp 665. qnews [msw] - nntp 666. autonews [msw] - offline slip? .exe posted to news.software.readers (dumb) 667. postroad [os2] - pop3 mail; nntp 668. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup, nntp, smtp, pop 667. ibminetcon [msw] - nntp, smtp? 668. supertcp [msw] - nntp, mail 669. nautnews [msw] - nntp, slip-based proprietary offline 670. mimail [msw] - pop 671. pop3client [msw] - pop 672. inetsuite - ? 673. forte-agent [msw] - propietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 674. turnpike [msw] - proprietary offline and nntp+smtp 675. netcetera [msw] - proprietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 676. oui [msw] - priorietary? 677. atismail [msw] - pop, imap, smtp `MIME Novell/TCP-IP with X.500 DUA' 678. exploreinet ? - `mail' and `usenet' listed, no details yet 679. nettamer ? - `mail' and `usenet' listed, no details yet 680. simeon [msw] - imap mail 682. embla [msw] - ? 683. doslynx - pop? mail, nntp news 684. ultimail-os2 [os2] - ? `Ultimail/Lite for Warp IAK' 685. mr2 [os2] - `internet mail, SMTP and POP3 agent' 700. other 701. snuupm The SNUUPM package provides a simple way to install and configure the Snews newsreader, UUPC uucp-compatible transfer package, and Pegasus Mail mail user agent packages. Using DOUGMENU as a front-end, it provides a uucp-based mail and news system for MS-DOS. It will work in a Windows or in a command-line environment. if you have been frustrated by your first installation, or you want a painless installation (for you or someone else), make sure you check out this package. 702. eep eep is a .newsrc editor [...] 703. winbiff > WinBiff is a mail notification utility for Windows 3.1 which works with > UUPC, Waffle, FSUUCP, Pegasus Mail, MS Mail, cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, > Novell MHS, PC-NFS, and Eudora. WinBiff is also a POP3 and IMAP > client under WinSock 1.1. 704. hsend utility for batching news from different programs with a simpler interface than rnews [...] 705. nscu news spool cleanup utility [...] 706. cwexp > This is a freeware expire program for Waffle. You may contact the author > for copies [by email]. 707. sexpire expire [...] 708. mexpire expire [...] 709. procc process Control: messages for waffle 710. wafcontrol > process Control: messages for waffle, can create a join_new file > in users' home directories that nwreader knows to look in for > new groups to ask users if they want to join 711. pgpwaffle > reads the messages in Waffle's smarthost spool directory and encrypt > with PGP any messages bound for individuals whose keys you have in > your public key ring 712. offlinepgp > Offline AutoPGP (AutoPGP or APGP for short) is a program that > integrates PGP encryption into your offline mail reader. 713. wafvacation processes mail files in Waffle's user directories. 714. wfs > Waffle File Server (WFS) provides a number of add-on functions for > MS-DOS based Waffle. > The Mail Based Archive Server (MBAS) permits files from Waffle's > files system to be retrieved by remote users via email. Files are > sent as ascii files, uuencoded, or xxencoded depending on SysOp > and/or user specified controls. Mailed files are divided into parts > suitable for mailing; the size of the parts is under SysOp control. > The Automatic Mail (AutoMail) facility provides automatic reply for > any mail addressed to a specific UserID at the site. [...] > The Remote Command Execution Facility (RCEF) provides the SysOp a > means to invoke commands of his(her) own invention by sending commands > to WFS via email, [...] > The Mailing List Server (MLS) provides full mailing lists facilities. > Multiple mailing lists are supported and are isolated from > interaction. [...] 715. v-mailserver > V-MailServer is a powerful MSDOS-based list and file server. It > provides all the usual file server features, plus full mailing list > support, automatic file requests, user-defined commands and a > scripting language. It is designed to work with any > RFC822/1123-compliant mail system that runs under MSDOS. > For more information send a blank message to vminfo@vansys.com. 716. aser waffle mail-based archive server 717. admstat evaluates Waffle's "uucico", "net", and "traffic" files 718. nexp waffle expire in Perl 719. appsig signature control for waffle -- pick signature from many 720. mimelite > mimelite is a "lightweight" library written in ANSI C that supports > the parsing of MIME headers and encoding/decoding of body parts, > suitable for inclusion in offline-readers. It also contains UNMIME, a > standalone utility to decode MIMEd messages encoded with BASE64 or > QUOTED-PRINTABLE encoding. 721. mail-shuffle [os2] > E-Mail separator/distributor for IBM's TCP/IP SENDMAIL > SHUFFLE is designed to separate incoming email by the userid in the > "To:" field, subject to a list of defined userids. Separated userids > are placed in predefined & specified directories/in-boxes. email to > unlisted userids is left untouched in the master in-box controlled by > SENDMAIL. (LaMail can be reconfigured to use one of the separate > in-boxes, and still automatically sense arrival of new mail.) > By allowing separated in-boxes, multiple users of a single OS/2 > system can have segregated and reasonably private email in-boxes. 722. newsdb-os2 [os2] > make database of news articles 723. rmheaders > Removes/changes headers of e-mail, news files 724. newsuudecode > UUdecoder for news articles 725. subnet > a utility that logs incoming and outgoing mail by date, > length, sender, receiver and creates a summary of all > mail activities in the bottom of the log files... 726. wafpostnews written to get around a limitation in old versions of rusnews -- but undoubtedly handy for those missing `Pnews' and ilk. 727. mpack > Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding > (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail > Extensions) format mail messages. For compabibility with older forms > of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode > messages in split-uuencoded format. 728. mime64 > MIME base64 is an encoding described in RFC1341. Its purpose is to > encode binary files into ASCII so that they may be passed through > e-mail gates. In this regard, MIME64 is similar to UUENCODE. > > This package contains both executable and ANSI-C source code for a > MIME64 encoder/decoder (MIME64.EXE and MIME64.C respectively). 729. makenews > makenews moves files into a directory in such a way that they > can be easily used with filesystem-based newsreaders. it uses > numbers for filenames which are higher than any filename in > the directory already. 730. mailqueue two modes of operation: in one mode (selected when you do not have much memory available) it simply queues rmail or rnews requests. in the other mode (selected when you have more memory available) it passes everything in the queue to rmail or rnews. 731. tmailpostnews source posted, not yet up for ftp 732. ruux replacement uux for waffle... 733. nnrnews > NNRNEWS v1.0 converts files saved by NN into rnews-batches (according to > RFC-1036 section 4.3), for the purpose of loading them into news-systems > or offline-readers. When saved by nn, the messages are simply separated > by an empty line. The program requires access to FLIP.EXE, to work. 734. wmserver-os2 [os2] > WMServer executes REXX scripts located in a specific path, and the > administrator of the server may write his own scripts, expanding > the server or creating new kinds of servers, such as databases, > remote email control (shudder :-/ ) or anything else. The only > limit is the REXX language. 735. batscan gets around waffle rnews.exe array overwriting on long headers which cause weird crashes (see ruuxqt) 736. unpost uudecodes a big mess of articles all stored in one file 737. sysget > This service intends to provide an easy way to change your entry in the > 'sys-file' of your current news host. 738. ruuxqt replacement uuxqt for waffle -- internal (optional) batscan, which prevents waffle's rnews from crashing on long headers 739. themodassist msdos software to make a waffle newsgroup moderator's job easier 740. mailpagegate SMTP/SNPP Internet Gateway for Paging Terminal 741. metamail-os2 [os2] > MetaMail for use with Emacs and MIME mail 742. pmbiff [os2] > biff utility for OS/2 743. newsmerg > The newsmerg suite consists of four programs which manipulate the > state files used by news readers such as trn and trumpet. 744. popbiff-os2 [os2] > POPBiff is a Unix xbiff analogue. Only it has been designed to work > with a POP3 server i.e. it doesn't monitor a file on disk. Instead > it periodically checks your POP3 mailbox. It will raise its flag > and optionally beep on incoming mail. 745. uuplan > UUPLAN is an email & Usenet news solution for Netware or LANtastic > networks which integrates Pegasus Mail, UUPC/extended and Tabloid > newsreader. 746. thurn > The stand-alone equivalent of UUPLAN, Thurn, is [...] 747. cfvvotetaker > This program count votes for Call For Votes for new usenet newsgroups, > the program sorts incoming messages at subject and put email-addresses > and names in a file. All Yes-votes in one file, all No-voters in one > file and all abstain-voters in a file. > > Special requirements: Working setup of MS-DOS Waffle 748. ddigest > DDigest (De-Digest) will extract individual articles from a digest format > mailing list and place these articles into a rnews packet to be imported > into an offline news reader. DDigest will find these digests in either a > mail packet (in soup format), or a Yarn folder. 749. foldscan > It scans your newsbase or folders, searching for keywords, and puts > "hits" in a file/folder of your choice. (It can produce a yarn > compatible folder, containing only messages that contain a 'HIT') > It supports OR AND and NOT operations, and has an interface program or > can be run from the command line. Supports expression lists, and rexx > data queues (the interface program does this) 750. popwatch-os2 [os2] checks POP mailbox for new messages 751. mailboxskim > Mailbox SKIMMER is a program that will select only the messages of > interest for you, especially if you are subscribed to a mailing list. > You can delete all messages that contain a specific string in the > "Subject:" line of their header. 752. waffdomo > I've just ported the Majordomo 1.93 mailing list server to > MS-DOS/Waffle, using Waffle's RMAIL.EXE as the MTA, and Darryl > Okahata's "bigperl" 5.000c. > [based on] Majordomo for OS/2, which was ported by John Leonard, > john.leonard@ce.gatech.edu . (He has created a Web page for his OS/2 > version of Majordomo 1.93, at .) 800. source 801. discussion why is source important? ... if you're looking for projects, instead of writing yet another newsreader from scratch, maybe consider... - a library of routines that work with a bunch of packages, so that people can use the same software with different uucp packages - a library of routines that work with a bunch of packages, so that people can use the same software with different dos tcp/ip stacks - a good uucp setup/configuration program - a free uucico with source and no security holes - a winsock emulator for flat-file news setups to make accessing news with an nntp reader possible - ... - suggestions? 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: news1.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!scanner.worldgate.com!alpha3!commafaq Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.answers,news.answers Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.mail-news From: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Reply-To: commafaq@locutus.ofB.ORG Subject: comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ (02/02) software Summary: uucp, mail, and news for msdos or ms-windows or os2 (part 02/02) Message-ID: <19960421.commafaq.02@locutus.ofB.ORG> Supersedes: <19960407.commafaq.02@locutus.ofB.ORG> References: <19960421.commafaq.01@locutus.ofB.ORG> Date: 21 Apr 1996 09:00:00 -0600 Expires: 22 May 1996 12:00:00 GMT Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu X-Posted-By: trivdb Lines: 1691 Xref: news1.ucsd.edu comp.os.msdos.mail-news:4284 comp.answers:14880 news.answers:58969 Archive-name: msdos-mail-news/software Original-Archive-name: comma-software Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name: software Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1996-04-16 Comp.Os.Msdos.MAil-news == c.o.m.ma == comma ======================================================================== Contents: Part 1: 1. Disclaimer 2. Where are the Questions? 3. Charter 4. QWK 5. `offline' 6. Related Groups/Mailing Lists 7. Books 8. ftp and how to get files from the Internet a. help is easy to obtain b. where to find software c. archie d. not on the Internet: accessing ftp archives e. not on the Internet: accessing archie 9. RFCs 10. announcements 11. other FAQs 12. What do the technical or jargon terms mean? 13. How can I get mail/news on my PC at home? a. I have a UNIX login, but don't want to tie up the phone lines. b. I can get a `feed' -- but what do I do with it? c. I'm reading over someone's shoulder. d. I want better software than what I've got now. 14. How can I use waffle newsreaders with other packages? 98. spelling 99. credits Part 2: 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? 103. summary only - no reviews 104. what the addresses mean 105. maintainer index 106. ftp index 200. uucp 201. discussion 202. waffle 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] 204. fsuucp 205. mks-uucp 206. internetanyw [msw] 207. uuslave 208. pduucp/pcuucp 209. dcp 210. xp/crosspoint 211. fxuucico 212. mail-it-rem [msw] 213. minihost [msw] 214. winnetmail [msw] 215. uufree 216. ntnetnews [nsw] 217. uulink 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion 302. filesystem 400. network 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion 502. filesystem 600. network 700. other 800. source 801. discussion 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg 848. foldscan ======================================================================== 100. notes and index 101. Disclaimer Read at your own risk. The current, previous, or original authors make no claim as to fitness for any purpose or absence of any errors, and offer no warranty. Do not eat. 102. I want mail and/or news on msdos! what software is there? then read on! this part of the FAQ is the big answer to that one question. to use it, you'll need to know: how will you be sent mail? (usual choices: uucp/rmail, SMTP/POP/IMAP) how will you be sent news? (usual choices: uucp/rnews, NNTP) 103. summary only - no reviews this is (right now) a summary only. if you feel more information is required to be useful, mail me, keeping in mind that there is another posting which has a lot of detail (esj's `personal uucp' list). it is posted very infrequently. due to illness, it has not been updated for quite some time, as far as I know. this post is meant primarily to let people know what is available, so they can grab the packages and evaluate them for themselves. if you are looking for reviews, post your requirements and see who else knows what you need. please do not be vague -- no one can help you when you just say you're looking to evaluate some `mail packages'. what kind of network is in place? or is it for a single-user site? how much are you willing to pay per seat? what sort of interface do you need? what platform? how sophisticated are your users? etc. I will not be putting any reviews in here, partly because they would be difficult to maintain, and partly because I want to avoid any flak from a negative review which I did not write. if you want to periodically post a collection of reviews, go ahead. you don't need my approval. code requires ---- -------- [dvx] DesqView/X [geo] GEOS (probably will require v2.0? none on the list yet) [msw] MS Windows (often requires v3.1) [os2] OS/2 (often requires v2.1) [wnt] MS Windows NT I have tried to complete all the required codes. however, I have not tried all packages personally. if I am missing one for your package, please inform me, so that people who do not have the required underlying software do not waste time or money ftp'ing it. thanks. 104. what the addresses mean when an ftp reference is given that looks like this: ``wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/uucp/00-index.txt'' this does not imply that it is the only place where the file is available via ftp. you may want to use `archie' to help you locate the closest (network-cost-wise) copy of the file. for brief help with archie, see the comma intro. the special entry ``simtel:'' indicates the simtel collection, available in many places, including CD-ROMs, and its main ftp mirrors, ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/ and oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/. (SimTel had decided to stop allowing files which do not include the address and phone number of the author, so their supply of updated freeware may disappear. there are rumors that this policy has been dropped; if not, consider alternate sites.) the special entry ``cica:'' indicates the cica collection, available in many places, including CD-ROMs, and its primary ftp site, ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/. see also ftp.winsite.com , cica's new home(?). the file name reflects the latest version that I knew of (or was told of) at the time this FAQ was sent out. if you know a newer one is available, and there was no announcement posted to comma after a week or so, please send me the information for inclusion (or better yet, post the entire announcement to comma so everyone can get the whole story, instead of just the summary here). see also the `announcements' section in the comma intro on how to get the announcements automatically crossposted to comma. 105. maintainer index this information is culled from public postings to newsgroups, or files available to the public via ftp. because of this, I have not tried all the addresses to make sure they are still functional, nor do I have the time to do a routine check of them every so often. you may also want to check, eg., garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author29.zip and (in the same directory) authwn07.zip please do not abuse these people's time -- send them mail specific to their own products, not about how to get files via ftp. that gives them more time to work on software, and that benefits us all. if you have some burning questions, the best thing you could possibly do is to check out news.newusers.questions -- there's a lot of information already there. maintainers: if I have the wrong address or a suboptimal address listed here, _please_ contact me directly so that I can correct it for you as quickly as possible. I don't want to put any email addresses in here that don't want mail. thanks. waffle dell@wiretap.spies.com uupc help@kew.com uupc-msw help@kew.com uupc-os2 help@kew.com fsuucp fsuucp-request@punk.net snews dan@fch.wimsey.bc.ca pcnews-uu lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu cppnews cppnews@trmphrst.demon.co.uk tmail dcs@witsend.stat.com tmailpostnews dcs@witsend.stat.com helldiver rhys@fit.qut.edu.au wrn frankv@alf.pec.co.nz nwreader sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de rwmail sreck@rebox.in-berlin.de rnf daniel@blackhl.xs4all.nl trumpet peter@trumpet.com.au wintrumpet peter@trumpet.com.au rnr Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG pc-eudora eudora-sales@qualcomm.com ftpnuz 72357.3547@compuserve.com mks-uucp inquiry@mks.com internetanyw mksia@mks.com zipnews jkilday@nlbbs.com zipnewsreader jkilday@nlbbs.com solar kjhoule@iowegia.des-moines.ia.us tin-dvx seant@ratsys.com tin-os2 ... pcelm freiss.pad@sni.de elm4waf ianj@ijpc.uucp elm-pc pjc@ic.ac.uk winelm pjc@ic.ac.uk mush moc@lena.uucp uuslave ellis@ofa.com pduucp ... xp/crosspoint crosspoint@bionic.zer.de hackticnr kafka@desert.hacktic.nl popmail (superseded by minuet) minuet minuet@boombox.micro.umn.edu nupop nupop@casbah.acns.nwu.edu fxuucico jorge@satlink.net winvn rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov [winvn@ is the developer list] snuupm mlawrie@apies.frd.ac.za pegasusmail support@pmail.gen.nz, bugs@pmail.gen.nz winpegasus ... wafpegasus ross@westmead.health.su.oz.au wafwinpegasus cosmo@halcyon.com newsreader/2 [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] lamail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] multimail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] qvtnet djpk@troi.cc.rochester.edu qvtnet chloe@qpc.com snuz mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu pcrrn ... boxer paul@eunet.co.at mail-it mail-it@unipalm.co.uk mail-it-rem mail-it@unipalm.co.uk cinetic Cinetic@speedy.cam.org cnews-dos cnews@joker.ruhr.de, cnews-request@faerun.mi.org elm-os2 ... dumpgrp ... lamailpop ... latimes gutzs@crl.aecl.ca tinymail-kalf turgut@ege.edu.tr mail-ccg geurin@nosc.mil pmnews serls@dashs.denver.co.us rn-os2 ... rexxnews-os2 ... trn davison@borland.com trn-os2 haen@veces.stgt.sub.org, term@godot.stgt.sub.org snews-os2 ... pmfsudg xmpcwsh@dp7up.com ecsmail ecs-info@edm.isac.ca smaildos sct%seldon@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu nfsmail 4341@msg.abc.se mit-red ... barbernews sob@bcm.tmc.edu olsenews kjetilo@usit.uio.no pcnews-nfs pilchuck!jgray telepathy ashmount@cix.compulink.co.uk [... not confirmed!] wigwam ashmount@cix.compulink.co.uk [... not confirmed!] emacs-gnus ... emacs-rmail ... eep paul@eunet.co.at winbiff steck@acm.org hsend rhys@fit.qut.edu.au nscu ... cwexp cwinemil@keys.lonestar.org sexpire ... mexpire ... nexp ... hpv rhys@fit.qut.edu.au yarn cthuang@io.org yarn-os2 cthuang@io.org unor rrusbasa@nyx.cs.du.edu paperboy vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu pc-pine pine@cac.wasington.edu pathways rick@twg.com winn shaman@cyberia.bowlgreen.oh.us minihost minihost@sph.spb.su commset dedgar@cybercon.nb.ca slnr ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk winnetmail davideo@aborigine.win.net watergate mvdl@et.tudelft.nl procc Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG wafcontrol jbla@giraffe.in-berlin.de rfdmail yon@world.std.com wsmtpd ... pgpwaffle pgpwaff@star.hou.tx.us offlinepgp staalesc@ifi.uio.no wafvacation larry@birdsong.sunnyvale.ca.us wfs larry@birdsong.sunnyvale.ca.us v-mailserver rick@vansys.com, rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca aser rahardj@cc.umanitoba.ca chameleon donna@netmanage.com admstat mick@rheinl.ruhr.de mosaic mosaic-w@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu cyberdesk cyber@netcom.com air-mail-news info@spry.com winuuall winuuall@bassline.infocom.co.uk appsig roy@cybrspc.mn.org ruux roy@cybrspc.mn.org ruuxqt roy@cybrspc.mn.org themodassist roy@cybrspc.mn.org relaysysmail lvds@stdin.frmug.gna.org coprivreader root@copriv.gold.sub.org readmail jschipper@hut.nl (old?) readmail Jeroen.Schipper@let.ruu.nl wafpostnews aa@nforest.pulp.nullnet.fi mimelite gisle@a.sn.no wsgmail junodj@css583.gordon.army.mil ipswitchmail support@ipswitch.com emacsmail-os2 ... uugate-os2 ... mail-shuffle ... newsdb-os2 100274.162@compuserve.com uubatch ... umail mike@avon.demon.co.uk rmheaders C.W.G.M.Enders@kub.nl niespnr niesp@inf.fu-berlin.de newsuudecode ... subnet mick@rheinl.ruhr.de newsy cwinemil@keys.lonestar.org ka9q ... textwin ... charon ... mercury ... pronto pronto@commtouch.com, [800-63-TOUCH,+1 415 578 8580] pronto-ip pronto@commtouch.com, [800-63-TOUCH,+1 415 578 8580] mailto u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au mpack mpack-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu mime64 hahn@lds.loral.com pcmailmanager Lars_Hagberg@li.icl.se makenews Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG mailqueue david@csource.oz.au uulink [none! voice +1 818 225 2800; fax +1 818 225 7203] nnrnews hero@login.dkuug.dk wmserver-os2 larso@wmute.trillium.se xrn-dvx dylan@takoyaki.demon.co.uk, turnbull@shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp uufree uufree@locutus.ofB.ORG ntnetnews netnews@jeck.wa.com offliner [was: harknesb@metronet.com; now unknown] batscan roy@cybrspc.mn.org unpost ... interramp interramp-info@psi.com panda isca@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu amanda rat@ruth.fullfeed.com sysget waldmn@rz.highland.sub.org telematrix [unknown: was gary@asiapac.dialix.oz.au] alamito support@ideal.clark.net netscape ... nntpd-dvx ... nn-dvx storner@osiris.ping.dk techmail ... ucdavismail ... tfsgateway info@tenfour.se searchlitnews cain_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz nosview mbramwel@uwo.ca dics mgibbons@oemcomp.demon.co.uk olavtollefsen olavt@ksedb.no cybord info@cybteam.demon.co.uk newsxpress kenng@hk.super.net newswerthy billw@eskimo.com newsbase jeremy@silicon.demon.co.uk newswin dhodgson@sunbrook.demon.co.uk winsmtp wildside@wildside.kwnet.on.ca winsmtp jackdw@metrics.com (?) tetrix Johannes@tetrix.internet-eireann.ie brn Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca mailpagegate ... souper cthuang@io.org slipit khweis@mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de pbbsuucp wuxx0037@gold.tc.umn.edu atismail atismail@atis.nl wssoup magnus@world.net neologicsuite gutz@hookup.net genesis postmaster@itc.com metamail-os2 ... pmbiff ... cmail-os2 ... windis ... inetformsmail infoinet@achilles.net wsomr wang@durian.usc.edu.ph ftp-smtpsrv ? @ftp.com edrhr ... faxbatch PETER@cardiology.medrmh.unimelb.edu.au newsmerg arnstein@netcom.com popbiff-os2 marziani@vaxfe.fe.infn.it qnews rdavies@fox.nstn.ns.ca forte-agent agent-info@forteinc.com autonews EDL@cityscape.co.uk wfltr richl@gaseer.com uuplan scm@picasso.wcape.school.za thurn scm@picasso.wcape.school.za pop3d ai@casper.che.nsk.su dante boud@rempt.xs4all.nl uupc-su ... beautymail ... dml ... cfvvotetaker gustav@flipper.xs4all.nl mailsrv-os2 a.vermeulen@ecn.nl postroad innoval@ibm.net ibminetcon eruffing@VNET.IBM.COM imail astevens@ddj.com pop3client raduffy@teachersoft.com ddigest bobr@mcs.com foldscan jhoglund@mirage.skypoint.com supertcp info@frontiertech.com nautnews strombus@xmission.com mimail info@irisoft.be phhnews fransen@thing.xs4all.nl inetsuite [someone]@qdeck.com popwatch-os2 pjchilds@apanix.apana.org.au turnpike info@turnpike.com netcetera netcetera@airtime.co.uk intergate randy@gruntsoftware.com oui sales@dvorak.com pmmail ... mailboxskim Ernesto.Garcia@juge.com quickelm badda@btp2x5.phy.uni-bayreuth.de shownews rreid@ecst.csuchico.edu opmail oleperch@zaphod.ping.dk exploreinet info@ftp.com alhambra Moises@ddd.cybered.es tass-os2 ... nettamer davidcolston@delphi.com simeon sales@esys.ca lilreader lilread@donut.dialix.oz.au embla marcomms@pro.icl.se ramnet greenber@ramnet.com uuptoccm Mail-Server@pinboard.com waffdomo dburton@burtonsys.com doslynx [...] spinmail 76564.3724@CompuServe.COM popserver-os2 [...] ultimail-os2 [...] mr2 [...] graphicemail [...] 106. ftp index if you are the maintainer of a package, and I have shown a site that you feel is not appropriate, please let me know. if I have shown a frequently-updated mirror site, keep in mind that using a mirror site that has everything on it may be easier for users than having to go to a different site for every package. if I have shown a site which mirrors, but too infrequently, please inform me of a better reference. many of these files come from the simtel repository. one site which can handle many ftp users at once holds the files in wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/. another very large, very available mirror is ftp.uu.net:/systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel. of course, the main simtel mirror is oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/. please try to strike a balance between instant availability of the newest versions and practical ability to handle the transfers. if your software is available on a bogged down SLIP link and two days later on ftp.uu.net, I would rather point people to the latter. waffle simtel:msdos/waffle/waf165.zip uupc omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* uupc-msw omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* uupc-os2 omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/uupc/* fsuucp ftp.punk.net:/pub/FSUUCP/* snews simtel:msdos/uucp/snws191*.zip,snews191.zip snews http://www.wimsey.com/~danf/software pcnews-uu ... cppnews ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/trumphurst/cppnews/cppnws40.zip tmail simtel:msdos/uucp/tmail116.zip tmailpostnews [posted to c.o.m.ma] helldiver ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/helld107.zip wrn ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wrn093.zip,wrnsr094.zip nwreader ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/msdos/news/nn315.zoo rwmail ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/msdos/news/rwm225.zoo rnf simtel:msdos/waffle/rnf078.zip trumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/trmp106b.zip wintrumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/wintrump/*.* rnr ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/rnr213.zip pc-eudora simtel:msdos/windows3/eudora14.zip pc-eudora ftp.qualcomm.com:/... ftpnuz ftp.ftp.com:/support/pubdom/ftpnuz11.zip mks-uucp [retail package] internetanyw [retail package] zipnews simtel:msdos/offline/znews97g.zip zipnewsreader simtel:msdos/offline/znr093b.zip solar simtel:msdos/waffle/solar094.zip solar ftp.netis.com: ? solar http://www.netins.net/~kevin/solar.html tin-dvx simtel:msdos/dv-x/dvxtin.zip tin-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/tin122.zip pcelm simtel:msdos/ka9q/pcelm321.zip elm4waf ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/miscnets/e4w100.zip elm-pc lister.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/elm-pc/elmpcv21.zip winelm lister.cc.ic.ac.uk:/pub/winelm/winelm.exe mush simtel:msdos/uucp/mush7*.zip uuslave ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/fidonet/ufgate/uusl_y10.lzh pduucp ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/uucp/pcuucp.zip xp/crosspoint ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/bbs/crosspoint/* xp/crosspoint ftp.riva.com:/pub/dos/xpe1.exe hackticnr ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hnr140.zip popmail boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/popmail/popmail-3.2.2/* minuet minuet.micro.umn.edu:/pub/minuet/latest/minuarc.exe minuet boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/minuet/minuarc.exe nupop ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/nupop/nupop*.zip fxuucico simtel:msdos/waffle/fxuc1.zip winvn ftp.ksc.nasa.gov:/pub/win3/winvn/* winvn titan.ksc.nasa.gov:/pub/win3/winvn/* snuupm simtel:msdos/uucp/snuupm27.zip pegasusmail simtel:msdos/novell/pmail322.zip pegasusmail risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/pmail330.zip winpegasus risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/winpm223.zip winpegasus simtel:win3/mail/winpm122.zip wafpegasus ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/miscnets/w165peg9.zip wafpegasus simtel:msdos/novell/wafpegtp.zip wafwinpegasus ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/wpegwaf.zip newsreader/2 [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] lamail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] multimail-ibm [part of the IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package] qvtnet biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu:/pub/qvtnet/qvtne396.zip qvtnet simtel:win95/winsock/qvtnet40.zip snuz [...]/snuz.zoo pcrrn amex.arc.nasa.gov:/pub/MSDOS/PCRRN/* boxer eunet.co.at:/pub/news/eep/boxerb07.zip mail-it [retail package] pipe.pipex.net:/xtech/mail-it/mie202.zip mail-it-rem [retail package] pipe.pipex.net:/xtech/mail-it/mie202.zip cinetic simtel:msdos/windows3/cmm21f.zip,cmm21s.zip cnews-dos simtel:msdos/waffle/wcnw105c.zip cnews-dos ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wcnw120b.zip elm-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/elm23exe.zip,elm23src.zip elm-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/elm23-2.zip dumpgrp ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/dumpgrp.zip lamailpop ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/lampop11.zip latimes ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/ltimes21.zip (now 33...) tinymail-kalf ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/mail19.zip mail-ccg ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/mail22.zip pmnews ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/pmnews.zip rn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/rn38d.zip rexxnews-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/rxnew11a.zip trn [mail author to be put on beta list] trn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/trn???12.zip,trn_195b.zip,mth* trn-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/trn_197b.zip snews-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/all/network/snews_20.zip =snews-2.zip...? pmfsudg risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/misc/pmfsudg.zip ecsmail isagate.isac.ca:/ecsmail/mua/windows/* smaildos simtel:msdos/uucp/smailbin.zip,smailsrc.zip nfsmail simtel:msdos/nfs/nfsml202.zip mit-red ... barbernews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/news.zip olsenews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/nn-src.zip,nn-exe.zip,nn-doc.zip pcnews-nfs simtel:msdos/nfs/pcnews.zip telepathy ... wigwam [available from Compuserve anyway] emacs-gnus ... emacs-rmail ... eep eunet.co.at:/pub/news/eep/eep1_9.tar.Z winbiff ftp.tucows.com:/tucows/wnbff33.zip winbiff simtel:win3/mail/wnbff33.zip [assumed] winbiff hsend ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hsend105.zip nscu ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/nscu11.zip cwexp ftp.halcyon.com:/disk2/waffle/miscnets/cwexp108.zoo sexpire ... mexpire ... nexp simtel:msdos/waffle/nexp20.zip hpv simtel:msdos/waffle/hpv101b.zip yarn simtel:msdos/offline/yarn_088.zip yarn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/comm/yrn2_088.zip yarn ftp.oce.com:/pub/yarn/yarn_090.zip yarn-os2 ftp.oce.com:/pub/yarn/yrn2_090.zip unor ftp.gte.com:/pub/unor/unor0030.zip paperboy ftp.clark.net:/pub/vart/pboy205.zip pc-pine ftp.cac.washington.edu:/pine/pcpine/README pathways [retail package; phone 800 872 8649 or +1 415 962 7100] winn [...] minihost cica:demo/mhdemo11.zip minihost ftp.kiae.su:/windows/mail/mhdemo-e.zip commset nstn.ns.ca:/pub/pc-stuff/commset/* slnr [alt.sources...] winnetmail simtel:win3/internet/wnmai251.zip watergate zeus.nijenrode.nl:/pub/people/michel/wg940602.zip procc ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/procc-05.zip wafcontrol ftp.FU-Berlin.DE:/pub/pc/news/wctl14.zoo rfdmail simtel:msdos/windows3/rfdml123.zip wsmtpd cica:winsock/wsmtpd16.zip pgpwaffle [in beta testing] offlinepgp simtel:msdos/offline/apgp212.zip wafvacation simtel:msdos/waffle/vac170.zip wfs simtel:msdos/waffle/wfs332.zip v-mailserver simtel:msdos/waffle/vms220.zip aser simtel:msdos/waffle/aser28.zip aser ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca:/p*/m*/w*/aser* chameleon ftp.netmanage.com:/pub/demos/chameleon/* admstat simtel:msdos/waffle/admst11b.zip mosaic ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/Mosaic/Windows/mos* cyberdesk [retail package] brochure: netcom.com:/pub/cyber/cdbro.exe air-mail-news [retail package; phone 800 spry net; phone +1 206 447 0300] winuuall [still in testing] appsig simtel:msdos/waffle/apsig105.zip ruux ... ruuxqt ... themodassist ... relaysysmail ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/rsm11.arj coprivreader ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/reader.lzh readmail ftp.winternet.com:/pub/ReadMail/rm50b75.zip wafpostnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wpnews.zip mimelite ftp.sn.no:/software/msdos/comm/offline/mimelite.zip wsgmail [US Government users only - contact author] ipswitchmail [retail package - equivalent of wsgmail] emacsmail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/emacs-mail.zip uugate-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/uugat023.zip mail-shuffle ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/shuffle2.zip newsdb-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/newsdb10.zip uubatch ... umail ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/umail/* rmheaders simtel:msdos/textutil/rmhead11.zip niespnr simtel:msdos/offline/mynr11.zip newsuudecode simtel:msdos/decode/nwsuu125.zip subnet simtel:msdos/waffle/subn141.zip newsy SimTel:win3/offline/newsy130.zip newsy ftp.uufx.net:/fx/Newsy/newsy131.zip ka9q ... textwin ... charon risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/charon40a... mercury simtel:msdos/novell/merc113.zip pronto [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/eval.exe pronto-ip [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/prontoip.exe mailto simtel:msdos/novell/mailto.zip mpack ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:/pub/mpack/* (*d.zip for dos, *o.zip for os2) mime64 simtel:msdos/decode/mime64b.zip pcmailmanager [retail package] email for demo makenews simtel:msdos/filutl/mknews20.zip mailqueue ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/mailq101.zip uulink [none known] nnrnews simtel:msdos/offline/nnrnews2.zip wmserver-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/... xrn-dvx qdeck.com:/upload/xrnalpha.zip...? uufree ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufree06.zip uufree ftp.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufres06.zip ntnetnews ftp.wa.com:/pub/local/ntnews/* offliner [old: metronet.com:/pub/xfer/ol06a.zip] offliner ftp.oslonett.no:/gopher/Software/Windows/Comm/Offline/ol06b.zip batscan ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/bscan28.zip unpost simtel:msdos/decode/unpos234.zip interramp [vendor never replied to request for info] panda cica:winsock/winpanda.zip amanda simtel:msdos/waffle/amanda1j.zip sysget [mail from author] telematrix [unknown: was ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/tmx060.zip] alamito ftp.clark.net:/pub/ideal/* netscape ftp.netscape.com:/netscape* nntpd-dvx qdeck.com:/pub/dvx/utils/nntpd1_4.zip nn-dvx qdeck.com:/pub/dvx/ports/apps/nn650dvx.zip techmail net-dist.mit.edu:/pub/dos/techmail-win/readme.tmw ucdavismail ftp.ucdavis.edu:/dos-public/UCDNet/acornx.exe tfsgateway ... searchlitnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/sl15.zip nosview [...]/view9302.zip dics ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/dics/* olavtollefsen ftp.ksedb.no:/NTNews/news070.zip cybord [beta test--mail authors] newsxpress ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows/Winsock-Utilities/nx10b4-p.zip newsxpress ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows95/wskutil/nx20b0.zip newswerthy simtel:msdos/offline/nwrth202.zip newswerthy ftp.eskimo.com:/u/b/billw/nwrth202.zip newsbase ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/newsbase/nb1_36bt.zip newswin ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/windows/newswin/* winsmtp simtel:win3/winsock/ssmtp106.zip winsmtp ftp.metrics.com:/smtp/stst07b7.zip tetrix ftp.internet-eireann.ie:/pub/ie_access/dos/winsock/trp* tetrix cica:winsock/trp110.zip brn ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca:/pub/msdos/waffle/brn* mailpagegate simtel:msdos/netpage/gate212.zip souper ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/souper13.zip slipit mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de:/gopher/public/x_slip/* slipit simtel:msdos/offline/slip_itj.zip pbbsuucp simtel:msdos/bbs/pbu_113.zip atismail simtel:win3/winsock/atisml06.zip wssoup http://www.ozemail.com.au/~magnus neologicsuite ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/32bit/network/tcpip/nsuite2.zip genesis ftp.netcom.com:/pub/.../gen4_0.zip metamail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/metamail.zip pmbiff ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/mail+news/pmbiff12.zip cmail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/cmail25.zip windis ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/windis/* inetformsmail ftp.achilles.net:/vendor/netApp/Inet/inet_102.zip wsomr simtel:msdos/offline/wsomr100.zip ftp-smtpsrv ? [retail package] +1 800 282 4387 edrhr simtel:msdos/editor/edrhr15*.zip faxbatch simtel:msdos/lan/faxbat20.zip newsmerg ... popbiff-os2 ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:/os2/network/tcpip/popbif10.zip qnews simtel:win3/winsock/qn09b3.zip forte-agent ftp.forteinc.com:/pub/forte/free_agent/fagent10.zip forte-agent [commercial full-blown version available, not for ftp] autonews ftp.cityscape.co.uk:/users/ay89/autonews.zip wfltr ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ri/richl/wfltr1b1.zip uuplan ftp.wcape.school.za:/pub/msdos/uucp/uuplan14.zip uuplan risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/misc/uuplan13.zip (14?) thurn ftp.wcape.school.za:/pub/msdos/uucp/thurn05.zip pop3d ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/incoming/pop3d11.zip dante http:/www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt uupc-su ftp.kiae.su:/relcom/msdos/ache/uupc-latest/... beautymail ftp.kiae.su:/relcom/msdos/ache/uupc-latest/... dml ftp.kiae.su:/msdos/news-mail/dml123.exe cfvvotetaker simtel:msdos/waffle/votet100.zip mailsrv-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/maisrv10.zip postroad ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/demos/pstrd102.zip postroad ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/news/prnr101f.zip ibminetcon http://www.raleigh.ibm.com imail ftp.mv.com:/pub/ddj/packages/imail.zip pop3client ftp.mv.com:/pub/ddj/1995.04/pop3.zip ddigest simtel:msdos/offline/ddig-006.zip foldscan mirage.skypoint.com:/pub/members/jhoglund/foldscan.zip supertcp ftp.frontiertech.com:/demo/shademo.exe nautnews ftp.xmission.com:/pub/users/s/strombus/nn051b.zip mimail ftp.eunet.be:pub/EUnet/dos/* phhnews simtel:win3/offline/phn044b.zip phhnews simtel:win3/offline/phnextra.zip phhnews inetsuite ftp.qdeck.com:/... popwatch-os2 hobbes.nmsu.edu:/os2/unix/popw12.zip turnpike ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/mirrors/turnpike/evaluate.zip turnpike ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/litee111.zip turnpike ftp.turnpike.com:/pub/evals109.zip netcetera ftp.airtime.co.uk:/netcetera/netcetra.zip intergate ftp.gruntsoftware.com:/pub/customer/norfolk/randy/igwsetup.exe oui ftp.dvorak.com:/pub/oui/oui_te.exe pmmail ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/pmmail1.zip mailboxskim simtel:msdos/network/mbox-s11.zip quickelm simtel:msdos/offline/qelm102.zip shownews simtel:msdos/offline/sn-311.zip opmail garbo.uwasa.fi:/windows/comm/opmail11.zip exploreinet http://www.ftp.com alhambra ftp.eunet.es:/InterStand/cibered/alhambra.exe tass-os2 hobbes.nmsu.edu:/os2/unix/tassos2z.zip nettamer garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/nt99-386.zip nettamer garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/nt99-xt.zip simeon http://www.esys.ca/nongraphic/demo.html lilreader ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/lilread.zip embla http://www.pro.icl.se ramnet garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/mail/ramnet14.zip uuptoccm [mail server only?] waffdomo BBS: +1 919 481 3787 / +1 919 481-4792 , or by mail doslynx [...] spinmail http://www.cfw.com/~middletn/spinmail.html popserver-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/popsrv10.zip ultimail-os2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/umf21003.zip mr2 ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/os/os2/tcpip/mail/mr2i099u.zip graphicemail http://www.clever.net/ge/ 200. uucp 201. discussion at the heart of uucp is `uucico', which is a file transfer protocol, like kermit or zmodem. however, with uucp it is easier, or at least there are conventions which make it portably _possible_, to do some networking/system administration tasks, like: - queue a file transfer to be done automatically at a later time when phone rates are lower - assign a command to be run once a file is received (common examples include rmail for delivering mail, and rnews for unbatching network news). this command can have parameters, such as an address to pass to rmail uucp has, historically, often been poorly/incompletely implemented, and these poor/incomplete implementations have often been relatively slow. this does not mean uucp itself is slow, and we are seeing more uucp implementations of late which are fast, yet still as network-capable as uucp has always been. the 200s section will look at uucico implementations. often, these come with add-ons to make up a full uucp suite -- uucp, uux, uuqueue, and similar programs. 202. waffle from LEGAL.DOC: > UUCICO.EXE is copyrighted but freely distributable. This ONLY > applies to uucico and not to ANY other files in the Waffle package. see the entire file for more information. non-redistributable source for most of the waffle modules is available for a fee. 203. uupc, uupc-msw [msw], uupc-os2 [os2] -- uupc/extended shareware/freeware -- depends on how you interpret the license docs. native ms-windows, os2, and ms-nt versions are ftp-able also. 204. fsuucp > shareware. command-line, standalone versions of the modules. > New version 2.0 includes Taylor UUCP extensions, 'i' protocol, and new > pop-up text-window interface. UUCICO is now waffle compatible, for > plug-and-play replacement with older waffle UUCICOs. 205. mks-uucp not available for ftp part of the mks toolkit included as part of their _DOS User's Guide to the Internet_ book [see intro] contact: inquiry@mks.com, 800-265-2797, +1 519-884-2251 voice > [the release manager] said that if those programmers want to get > information about writing newsreaders, he would be glad to help them. > In general, we've not made a packet of information available as we > do not support programmers using our products. We will give them > the information they need, if they request it. 206. internetanyw [msw] not available for ftp > We have done our own Cnews port to DOS. It is based on Cnews but has its > own modifications. For example, we use a database to store all the news > articles. > > For the mail reader, we've written our own interface that can handle > standard e-mail. 207. uuslave can not originate calls? can only originate calls? ... 208. pduucp/pcuucp appears to be just dcp with a rmail. may be dcp itself in a new package. 209. dcp `d'os copy instead of `u'nix-`u'nix copy 210. xp/crosspoint Deutsch-only documentation currently officially available, but see ftp location list for a rumored English version. 211. fxuucico waffle-compatible 212. mail-it-rem [msw] > Mail-it [remote]'s uucico was written specifically for use with > Mail-it [remote] and its file formats and naming conventions are > specific to the program (details are available on request, if required). 213. minihost [msw] ... 214. winnetmail [msw] > WinNET Mail is a an MS Windows application that provides a tremendous > front end interface to Computer Witchcraft's uucp Internet/Usenet > service or any uucp service provider. When used with an alternative > UUCP provider WinNET is ShareWare with registration required. The > software is extremely easy to use and has a beautiful tool bar for > point and click functionality. 215. uufree free uucp/mail/news implementation, with easy installation and configuration, and a menu-driven interface. uses waffle's uucico. 216. uulink unable to contact authors so far... 217. uupc-su ... Soviet uupc extension 218. ramnet > RamNet/uucp is an email/news/file-transfer/uuxqt DOS package running in > the background, without any third party multi-taskers (such as Windows) > needed. PGP enabled, it uses your copy of PGP to encrypt senistive > files and email, automatically. Address books, alias lists, vacation > program, .forward and kill files, automatic uuencode/decode, mailing > lists, file attachments,multiple local users and a host of other > features. Configuration files follow HDB UUCP closely, with Permissions > /Systems/Devices/Passwd/Getty/etc. 219. spinmail [msw] reported to have a stand-alone mode to just do uucp -- checking. 300. mail/news transport agents, batchers, servers 301. discussion some packages work with messages stored on disk and transferred to other machines later (often using uucp, and the rmail and rnews commands), while others send or receive the mail immediately over a network connection (often using SMTP, POP, or IMAP for mail, and NNTP for news). 302. filesystem 303. waffle - waffle mail; waffle news (including feeds) 304. uupc - uupc mail; can unbatch news 305. uupc-msw [msw] - uupc mail 306. uupc-os2 [os2] - uupc mail (uses hpfs) 307. fsuucp - fsuucp mail; fsuucp news (including feeds) 308. snews (for uupc) - uupc news 309. cnews-dos - waffle news (including feeds) 310. mks-uucp - ported C News 311. internetanyw [msw] - ported C News 312. smaildos 313. zipnews 314. solar - soup 315. watergate - `an integrated UUCP and FIDO mailprocessor' 316. uugate-os2 [os2] - Internet/Fidonet gateway 317. uubatch - batched, compressed mail 318. uufree - leaf only 319. uulink [...] 320. amanda - fido<->usenet 321. tfsgateway - msmail<->uucp 322. dics - mapi<->smtp 323. souper [os2] - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 324. pbbsuucp - UUCP<->Fido(*.msg) Easy handler 325. wssoup [msw] - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 326. slipit - creates a SOUP file set from SLIP mail and news 327. faxbatch - pegasus->fax gateway 328. uupc-su - ? 329. uuptoccm - cc:mail<->uucp ###. a bunch of pegasus<->waffle,uupc gateways... 400. network for an overview of TCP/IP implementations for msdos, ms-windows, or os2, see the newsgroup `comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc'. it has a FAQ of its own which can be obtained via ftp. see the `other FAQs' section in the comma intro. 401. wsmtpd [msw] - smtp 402. wsgmail [msw] - smtp, pop 403. ipswitchmail [msw] - smtp, pop 404. unnamed part of IBM OS/2 TCP/IP retail package...? 405. nntpd-dvx [dvx] - nntp 406. cybord [msw] - smtp 407. winsmtp [msw] - smtp, pop 408. windis [msw] - ? `smtp <-> pegasus, ka9q ; packages soup news' 409. inetformsmail [msw] - ms-mail <-> smtp/pop 410. ftp-smtpsrv ? smtp 411. pop3d [os2] - pop ... 412. mailsrv-os2 [os2] - ultimail replacement 413. ntnetnews [wnt] - nntp-compliant news server 414. intergate [wnt] - free msmail/smtp gateway 415. popserver-os2 [os2] - POP2/3 server 500. mail/news user agents 501. discussion some sites mount their news disks over (eg.) NFS, so the news appears as, for instance, x:\news\comp\mail\misc\22694 (this would be the 22694th article in the group comp.mail.misc). on such a system, you should be able to read mail or news with any of the `filesystem' packages (possibly with some extra setup). most other IP network (TCP/IP, SLIP, PPP) connections are with NNTP, SMTP, POP, or IMAP. with some tweaking (usually just duplication of configuration files) you can often read mail/news with any of the filesystem-based packages (snews' separate format is the biggest exception). you might not be able to post/reply very easily, due to the more drastic differences in the file layouts the uucico modules expect. unfortunately, uucp often deals with file names like D.foo2b6IC which Unix sites can handle easily, but msdos cannot. there are a few obvious ways to translate these names to msdos-compatible names, but, unfortunately, they're not compatible with each other. there have been intentions posted of having more software work with more of the uucico layouts, which is a Good Thing. waffle and fsuucp, at least, have explicitly documented their conversion routines in the past (and fsuucp has moved to waffle-compatible munging). and uupc ships with source. 502. filesystem 503. waffle - waffle mail; waffle news 504. uupc - uupc mail 505. uupc-msw [msw] - uupc mail 506. uupc-os2 [os2] - uupc mail 507. snews - uupc news 508. pcnews-uu - uupc news 509. cppnews - uupc news (snews) 510. tmail - uupc mail; waffle mail 511. fsuucp - fsuucp mail; fsuucp news 512. helldiver [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 513. wrn [msw] - waffle news 514. nwreader - waffle news 515. rwmail - waffle mail 516. rnf - waffle mail; waffle news 517. rnr - waffle news; some waffle mail support; uupc news 518. pcelm - uupc mail; waffle mail (elm4waf) 519. zipnewsreader - waffle mail; waffle news; zipnews mail; zipnews news 520. mush - uupc mail 521. hackticnr - waffle news 522. pegasusmail - waffle mail (wafpegasus); fsuucp mail (pmfsudg); uupc? 523. boxer [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 524. mail-it-rem [msw] - mail 525. cinetic mail manager [msw] - uupc mail; fsuucp mail 526. mks-uucp - mks mail; mks news 527. internetanyw [msw] - internetanyw mail; internetanyw news 528. tin-os2 [os2] - uupc(?) news 529. nfsmail - nfs mail 530. tinymail-kalf [os2] - mail (calls `sendmail') 531. pcnews-nfs - any filesystem-based news; read-only 532. emacs-gnus - (?) news 533. emacs-rmail - (?) mail 534. hpv - soup 535. yarn - soup 536. yarn-os2 [os2] - soup 537. unor [msw] - soup 538. paperboy [msw] - soup 539. minihost [msw] - minihost mail 540. slnr - soup 541. trn - ... 542. trn-os2 [os2] - uupc news 543. winpegasus [msw] - pop mail; smtp mail outgoing; pegasus gateways 544. winuuall [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 545. relaysysmail - waffle mail; waffle news 546. coprivreader - waffle news 547. readmail - soup; various other formats for read-only 548. umail - uupc news, uupc mail(?) 549. niespnr - downloaded nn folders 550. newsy [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 551. mailto - pegasus mail send-only 552. offliner [msw] - soup; DISCONTINUED 553. telematrix [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 554. alamito [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 555. nn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news (filesystem with nntpd-dvx) 556. searchlitnews - waffle news 557. winn - waffle mail; waffle news 558. newswerthy - soup 559. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup, nntp, smtp, pop 560. brn - waffle news; in perl 561. genesis - includes copy of fxuucico beta; unknown format 562. elm-os2 [os2] - uupc, tcp/ip (smtp?) 563. wsomr - soup 564. forte-agent [msw] - propietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 565. dante [msw] - waffle mail; waffle news 566. beautymail - ? 567. dml - ? 568. imail - downloaded stripped mail messages 569. phhnews [msw] - ? 570. pmmail [os2] - ? 571. quickelm - proprietary offline mail 572. shownews - proprietary offline news 573. opmail [msw] - Windows-based MIME mailer for UUPC 574. alhambra [?] - UUPC mail (Spanish only) 575. tass-os2 [os2] - UUPC news? 576. pmnews [os2] - UUPC news? 577. lilreader - waffle news 578. ramnet - ramnet mail? 600. network 601. trumpet - nntp news 602. wintrumpet [msw] - pop mail; nntp news 603. pc-eudora [msw] - mail 604. ftpnuz - nntp news 605. waffle - nntp news 606. tin-dvx [dvx] - nntp news 607. tin-os2 [os2] - nntp news 608. mail-ccg [os2] - pop mail 609. popmail - pop mail (superseded by minuet) 610. minuet - pop mail; nntp news 611. nupop - pop mail 612. winvn [msw] - nntp news 613. elm-pc - mail 614. winelm [msw] - mail (requires elm-pc) 615. newsreader/2 [os2] - nntp news 616. qvtnet [msw] - nntp news 617. snuz - nntp news 618. pcrrn - nntp news 619. mail-it [msw] - mail 610. cinetic mail manager [msw] - mail 621. dumpgrp [os2] - nntp news 622. mit-red - nntp news 623. barbernews - nntp news (read only) 624. olsenews - nntp news 625. tinymail-kalf [os2] - mail (reads mail locally) 626. telepathy [...]? 627. wigwam [...]? 628. pc-pine - imap mail 629. pathways - imap mail 630. rexxnews-os2 [os2] - nntp news 631. commset - pop mail; nntp news 632. chameleon [msw] - smtp mail; nntp news 633. mosaic [msw] - smtp mail; nntp news 634. cyberdesk [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail and news 635. air-mail-news [msw] - pop mail; nntp news 636. wsgmail [msw] - pop mail; pop mail server; smtp receive; smtp send 637. ipswitchmail [msw] - pop mail; pop mail server; smtp receive; smtp send 638. emacsmail-os2 [os2] - ...? 639. lamail-ibm [os2] - mail 640. multimail-ibm [os2] - mail 641. ecsmail [msw] - imap mail 642. pronto [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail and news 643. pcmailmanager [msw] - imap mail; smtp mail 644. winpegasus [msw] - pop mail; smtp mail outgoing; pegasus gateways 645. lamailpop [os2] - ... 646. latimes [os2] - nntp news 647. xrn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news 648. rfdmail [msw] - front end to Unix-based mail; smtp mail; pop mail 649. panda [msw] - nntp news 650. netscape [msw] - nntp news 651. nn-dvx [dvx] - nntp news (filesystem with nntpd-dvx) 652. techmail [msw] - pop mail 653. ucdavismail - pop mail 654. nosview - smtp mail (ka9q) 655. olavtollefsen [wnt] - nntp news 656. newsxpress [msw] - nntp news 657. newsbase [msw] - demon-internet-services/snews news 658. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup 659. pronto-ip [msw] - smtp mail; pop mail 660. newswin [msw] - demon-internet-services/snews news 661. neologicsuite [os2] - nntp news...? 662. cmail-os2 [os2] - text mode mail front end for IBM TCP/IP (smtp?) 663. elm-os2 [os2] - uupc, tcp/ip (smtp?) 664. edrhr - nntp 665. qnews [msw] - nntp 666. autonews [msw] - offline slip? .exe posted to news.software.readers (dumb) 667. postroad [os2] - pop3 mail; nntp 668. tetrix [msw] - slip-based soup, nntp, smtp, pop 667. ibminetcon [msw] - nntp, smtp? 668. supertcp [msw] - nntp, mail 669. nautnews [msw] - nntp, slip-based proprietary offline 670. mimail [msw] - pop 671. pop3client [msw] - pop 672. inetsuite - ? 673. forte-agent [msw] - propietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 674. turnpike [msw] - proprietary offline and nntp+smtp 675. netcetera [msw] - proprietary offline and nntp+smtp/pop 676. oui [msw] - priorietary? 677. atismail [msw] - pop, imap, smtp `MIME Novell/TCP-IP with X.500 DUA' 678. exploreinet ? - `mail' and `usenet' listed, no details yet 679. nettamer ? - `mail' and `usenet' listed, no details yet 680. simeon [msw] - imap mail 682. embla [msw] - ? 683. doslynx - pop? mail, nntp news 684. ultimail-os2 [os2] - ? `Ultimail/Lite for Warp IAK' 685. mr2 [os2] - `internet mail, SMTP and POP3 agent' 686. graphicemail [msw] - smtp mail, pop mail 700. other 701. snuupm The SNUUPM package provides a simple way to install and configure the Snews newsreader, UUPC uucp-compatible transfer package, and Pegasus Mail mail user agent packages. Using DOUGMENU as a front-end, it provides a uucp-based mail and news system for MS-DOS. It will work in a Windows or in a command-line environment. if you have been frustrated by your first installation, or you want a painless installation (for you or someone else), make sure you check out this package. 702. eep eep is a .newsrc editor [...] 703. winbiff > WinBiff is a mail notification utility for Windows 3.1 which works with > UUPC, Waffle, FSUUCP, Pegasus Mail, MS Mail, cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, > Novell MHS, PC-NFS, and Eudora. WinBiff is also a POP3 and IMAP > client under WinSock 1.1. 704. hsend utility for batching news from different programs with a simpler interface than rnews [...] 705. nscu news spool cleanup utility [...] 706. cwexp > This is a freeware expire program for Waffle. You may contact the author > for copies [by email]. 707. sexpire expire [...] 708. mexpire expire [...] 709. procc process Control: messages for waffle 710. wafcontrol > process Control: messages for waffle, can create a join_new file > in users' home directories that nwreader knows to look in for > new groups to ask users if they want to join 711. pgpwaffle > reads the messages in Waffle's smarthost spool directory and encrypt > with PGP any messages bound for individuals whose keys you have in > your public key ring 712. offlinepgp > Offline AutoPGP (AutoPGP or APGP for short) is a program that > integrates PGP encryption into your offline mail reader. 713. wafvacation processes mail files in Waffle's user directories. 714. wfs > Waffle File Server (WFS) provides a number of add-on functions for > MS-DOS based Waffle. > The Mail Based Archive Server (MBAS) permits files from Waffle's > files system to be retrieved by remote users via email. Files are > sent as ascii files, uuencoded, or xxencoded depending on SysOp > and/or user specified controls. Mailed files are divided into parts > suitable for mailing; the size of the parts is under SysOp control. > The Automatic Mail (AutoMail) facility provides automatic reply for > any mail addressed to a specific UserID at the site. [...] > The Remote Command Execution Facility (RCEF) provides the SysOp a > means to invoke commands of his(her) own invention by sending commands > to WFS via email, [...] > The Mailing List Server (MLS) provides full mailing lists facilities. > Multiple mailing lists are supported and are isolated from > interaction. [...] 715. v-mailserver > V-MailServer is a powerful MSDOS-based list and file server. It > provides all the usual file server features, plus full mailing list > support, automatic file requests, user-defined commands and a > scripting language. It is designed to work with any > RFC822/1123-compliant mail system that runs under MSDOS. > For more information send a blank message to vminfo@vansys.com. 716. aser waffle mail-based archive server 717. admstat evaluates Waffle's "uucico", "net", and "traffic" files 718. nexp waffle expire in Perl 719. appsig signature control for waffle -- pick signature from many 720. mimelite > mimelite is a "lightweight" library written in ANSI C that supports > the parsing of MIME headers and encoding/decoding of body parts, > suitable for inclusion in offline-readers. It also contains UNMIME, a > standalone utility to decode MIMEd messages encoded with BASE64 or > QUOTED-PRINTABLE encoding. 721. mail-shuffle [os2] > E-Mail separator/distributor for IBM's TCP/IP SENDMAIL > SHUFFLE is designed to separate incoming email by the userid in the > "To:" field, subject to a list of defined userids. Separated userids > are placed in predefined & specified directories/in-boxes. email to > unlisted userids is left untouched in the master in-box controlled by > SENDMAIL. (LaMail can be reconfigured to use one of the separate > in-boxes, and still automatically sense arrival of new mail.) > By allowing separated in-boxes, multiple users of a single OS/2 > system can have segregated and reasonably private email in-boxes. 722. newsdb-os2 [os2] > make database of news articles 723. rmheaders > Removes/changes headers of e-mail, news files 724. newsuudecode > UUdecoder for news articles 725. subnet > a utility that logs incoming and outgoing mail by date, > length, sender, receiver and creates a summary of all > mail activities in the bottom of the log files... 726. wafpostnews written to get around a limitation in old versions of rusnews -- but undoubtedly handy for those missing `Pnews' and ilk. 727. mpack > Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding > (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail > Extensions) format mail messages. For compabibility with older forms > of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode > messages in split-uuencoded format. 728. mime64 > MIME base64 is an encoding described in RFC1341. Its purpose is to > encode binary files into ASCII so that they may be passed through > e-mail gates. In this regard, MIME64 is similar to UUENCODE. > > This package contains both executable and ANSI-C source code for a > MIME64 encoder/decoder (MIME64.EXE and MIME64.C respectively). 729. makenews > makenews moves files into a directory in such a way that they > can be easily used with filesystem-based newsreaders. it uses > numbers for filenames which are higher than any filename in > the directory already. 730. mailqueue two modes of operation: in one mode (selected when you do not have much memory available) it simply queues rmail or rnews requests. in the other mode (selected when you have more memory available) it passes everything in the queue to rmail or rnews. 731. tmailpostnews source posted, not yet up for ftp 732. ruux replacement uux for waffle... 733. nnrnews > NNRNEWS v1.0 converts files saved by NN into rnews-batches (according to > RFC-1036 section 4.3), for the purpose of loading them into news-systems > or offline-readers. When saved by nn, the messages are simply separated > by an empty line. The program requires access to FLIP.EXE, to work. 734. wmserver-os2 [os2] > WMServer executes REXX scripts located in a specific path, and the > administrator of the server may write his own scripts, expanding > the server or creating new kinds of servers, such as databases, > remote email control (shudder :-/ ) or anything else. The only > limit is the REXX language. 735. batscan gets around waffle rnews.exe array overwriting on long headers which cause weird crashes (see ruuxqt) 736. unpost uudecodes a big mess of articles all stored in one file 737. sysget > This service intends to provide an easy way to change your entry in the > 'sys-file' of your current news host. 738. ruuxqt replacement uuxqt for waffle -- internal (optional) batscan, which prevents waffle's rnews from crashing on long headers 739. themodassist msdos software to make a waffle newsgroup moderator's job easier 740. mailpagegate SMTP/SNPP Internet Gateway for Paging Terminal 741. metamail-os2 [os2] > MetaMail for use with Emacs and MIME mail 742. pmbiff [os2] > biff utility for OS/2 743. newsmerg > The newsmerg suite consists of four programs which manipulate the > state files used by news readers such as trn and trumpet. 744. popbiff-os2 [os2] > POPBiff is a Unix xbiff analogue. Only it has been designed to work > with a POP3 server i.e. it doesn't monitor a file on disk. Instead > it periodically checks your POP3 mailbox. It will raise its flag > and optionally beep on incoming mail. 745. uuplan > UUPLAN is an email & Usenet news solution for Netware or LANtastic > networks which integrates Pegasus Mail, UUPC/extended and Tabloid > newsreader. 746. thurn > The stand-alone equivalent of UUPLAN, Thurn, is [...] 747. cfvvotetaker > This program count votes for Call For Votes for new usenet newsgroups, > the program sorts incoming messages at subject and put email-addresses > and names in a file. All Yes-votes in one file, all No-voters in one > file and all abstain-voters in a file. > > Special requirements: Working setup of MS-DOS Waffle 748. ddigest > DDigest (De-Digest) will extract individual articles from a digest format > mailing list and place these articles into a rnews packet to be imported > into an offline news reader. DDigest will find these digests in either a > mail packet (in soup format), or a Yarn folder. 749. foldscan > It scans your newsbase or folders, searching for keywords, and puts > "hits" in a file/folder of your choice. (It can produce a yarn > compatible folder, containing only messages that contain a 'HIT') > It supports OR AND and NOT operations, and has an interface program or > can be run from the command line. Supports expression lists, and rexx > data queues (the interface program does this) 750. popwatch-os2 [os2] checks POP mailbox for new messages 751. mailboxskim > Mailbox SKIMMER is a program that will select only the messages of > interest for you, especially if you are subscribed to a mailing list. > You can delete all messages that contain a specific string in the > "Subject:" line of their header. 752. waffdomo > I've just ported the Majordomo 1.93 mailing list server to > MS-DOS/Waffle, using Waffle's RMAIL.EXE as the MTA, and Darryl > Okahata's "bigperl" 5.000c. > [based on] Majordomo for OS/2, which was ported by John Leonard, > john.leonard@ce.gatech.edu . (He has created a Web page for his OS/2 > version of Majordomo 1.93, at .) 800. source 801. discussion why is source important? ... if you're looking for projects, instead of writing yet another newsreader from scratch, maybe consider... - a library of routines that work with a bunch of packages, so that people can use the same software with different uucp packages - a library of routines that work with a bunch of packages, so that people can use the same software with different dos tcp/ip stacks - a good uucp setup/configuration program - a free uucico with source and no security holes - a winsock emulator for flat-file news setups to make accessing news with an nntp reader possible - ... - suggestions? 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rnr 811. winelm 812. mit-red 813. pcrrn 814. smaildos 815. pmnews 816. snuz 817. barbnews 818. olsenews 819. slnr 820. rexxnews-os2 821. procc 822. wsmtpd 823. trn 824. trn-os2 825. tin-os2 826. winvn 827. nexp 828. mimelite 829. wrn 830. appsig 831. aser 832. solar 833. makenews 834. mailqueue 835. tmailpostnews 836. nnrnews 837. uufree 838. mpack 839. mime64 840. unpost 841. nntpd-dvx 842. nn-dvx 843. brn 844. paperboy 845. wafpegasus 846. edrhr 847. newsmerg .