Path: network.ucsd.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!tribune.usask.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!ersys!alpha3!commafaq From: commafaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.answers,news.answers 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: <19941107.commafaq.02@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Date: 07 Nov 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Expires: 08 Dec 1994 12:00:00 GMT References: <19941107.commafaq.01@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Reply-To: commafaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.mail-news Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Supersedes: <19941021.commafaq.02@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> X-Posted-By: trivdb Lines: 1254 Xref: network.ucsd.edu comp.os.msdos.mail-news:2447 comp.answers:7660 news.answers:29844 Archive-name: msdos-mail-news/software Original-Archive-name: comma-software Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name: software Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1994-11-06 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. rusnews 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-os2 824. tin-os2 825. winvn 826. nexp 827. mimelite 828. wrn 829. appsig 830. aser 831. solar 832. makenews 833. mailqueue 834. tmailpostnews 835. nnrnews 836. uufree 837. mpack 838. mime64 839. unpost 840. nntpd-dvx 841. nn-dvx ======================================================================== 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) 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 primary ftp mirror, oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos. 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/. 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 you wish to have this information not included in this FAQ, _please_ contact me directly so that I can accomodate you as quickly as possible. I don't want to put any email addresses in here that don't want mail. if I have an old/missing/suboptimal address listed, please inform me. thanks. waffle dell@wiretap.spies.com uupc help@kew.com uupc-msw help@kew.com uupc-os2 help@kew.com fsuucp support@toys.fubarsys.com snews mmclagan@invlogic.com 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.hacktic.nl rusnews russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca rusnews-uupc storner@osiris.ping.dk trumpet peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au wintrumpet ... pc-eudora eudora-sales@qualcomm.com ftpnuz 72357,3547@compuserve.com mks-uucp inquiry@mks.com ineternetanyw mksia@mks.com zipnews jkilday@nlbbs.com zipnewsreader jkilday@nlbbs.com solar kjhoule@iowegia.dsm.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@? ...] snuupm ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za pegasusmail david@pmail.gen.nz winpegasus ... wafpegasus ross@westmead.health.su.oz.au 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 ... 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 mail-ozwoz ... pmnews serls@dashs.denver.co.us rn-os2 ... rexxnews-os2 ... 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 ... barbnews 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 winbiff@blimpy.ci.net 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@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 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.suvl.ca.us wfs larry@birdsong.suvl.ca.us vmailserver 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 wafpostnews aa@nforest.pulp.nullnet.fi mimelite gisle@oslonett.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] mailto u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au mpack jgm+@CMU.EDU mime64 hahn@lds.loral.com pcmailmanager Lars_Hagberg@li.icl.se makenews russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca mailqueue david@csource.oz.au uulink [none! voice +1 818 225 2800] nnrnews hero@login.dkuug.dk wmserver-os2 larso@wmute.trillium.se xrn-dvx Dylan@takoyaki.demon.co.uk uufree uufree@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca ntnetnews netnews@jeck.wa.com offliner ... batscan roy@cybrspc.mn.org unpost ... interramp interramp-info@psi.com panda isca@umaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu amanda rat@ruth.fullfeed.com sysget waldmn@rz.highland.sub.org telematrix gary@asiapac.dialix.oz.au alamito kevin@alamito.metronet.com 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 olav.tollefsen@nwo.mts.dec.com cybord info@cybteam.demon.co.uk 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/msdos/. 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: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 simtel:uucp/fs14*.zip ; toys.fubarsys.com:/* [...] snews simtel:uucp/snws191*.zip,snews191.zip pcnews-uu ... cppnews ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/trumphurst/cppnews/cppnws40.zip tmail simtel: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/uucp/nn304.zoo rwmail ftp.fu-berlin.de:/pub/pc/uucp/rwm221.zoo rnf simtel:waffle/rnf078.zip rusnews simtel:waffle/rusn-111.zip rusnews-uupc simtel:uucp/rsnu112a.zip trumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/trmp106b.zip wintrumpet ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/wintrump/*.* pc-eudora simtel:windows3/eudora14.zip ftpnuz ftp.ftp.com:/support/pubdom/ftpnuz11.zip zipnews simtel:offline/znews97g.zip zipnewsreader simtel:offline/znr093b.zip solar simtel:waffle/solar094.zip tin-dvx simtel:dv-x/dvxtin.zip tin-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/tin122.zip pcelm simtel: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: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/* hackticnr ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hnr140.zip popmail boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/popmail/popmail-3.2.2/* minuet boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pc/minuet/minuarc.exe nupop ftp.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/nupop/nupop*.zip fxuucico simtel:waffle/fxuc1.zip winvn titan.ksc.nasa.gov:/pub/win3/winvn/* snuupm simtel:uucp/snuupm23.zip pegasusmail simtel:novell/pmail322.zip winpegasus simtel:windows3/winpm122.zip wafpegasus ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/miscnets/w165peg9.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 snuz [...]/snuz.zoo pcrrn amex.arc.nasa.gov:/pub/MSDOS/PCRRN/* boxer eunet.co.at:/pub/news/eep/boxerb07.zip mail-it [retail package] mail-it-rem [retail package] cinetic simtel:windows3/cmm21f.zip,cmm21s.zip cnews-dos simtel:waffle/wcnw105c.zip elm-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/elm23exe.zip,elm23src.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 mail-ozwoz [...]/mail56.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-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/trn???12.zip,trn_195b.zip,mth* 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 ftp.york.ac.uk:/pub/pc-nfs/Mail/ecs.zip smaildos simtel:uucp/smailbin.zip,smailsrc.zip nfsmail simtel:nfs/nfsml202.zip mit-red ... barbnews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/news.zip olsenews ftp.york.ac.uk:/[...]/nn-src.zip,nn-exe.zip,nn-doc.zip pcnews-nfs simtel: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 simtel:windows3/wnbff20b.zip hsend ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/hsend105.zip nscu ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/nscu11.zip cwexp [...]/cwexp108.zip sexpire ... mexpire ... nexp simtel:waffle/nexp20.zip hpv simtel:waffle/hpv101b.zip yarn simtel:offline/yarn_073.zip yarn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/bbs/yrn2_065.zip [073 assumed...] unor ftp.gte.com:/pub/unor/unor0030.zip paperboy cica:util/pboy101.zip (v1.90=beta) pc-pine ftp.cac.washington.edu:/mail/pcpine/README pathways [retail package; phone 800 872 8649 or +1 415 962 7100] winn [not released--patched rusnews] minihost cica:demo/mhdemo11.zip commset nstn.ns.ca:/pub/pc-stuff/commset/* slnr [alt.sources...] winnetmail simtel:windows3/wnmai220.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:windows3/rfdml123.zip wsmtpd cica:winsock/wsmtpd16.zip pgpwaffle [in beta testing] offlinepgp simtel:offline/apgp212.zip wafvacation simtel:waffle/vac170.zip wfs ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wfs311.zip vmailserver simtel:waffle/vms220.zip aser simtel:waffle/aser28.zip, ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca:/p*/m*/w*/aser* chameleon ftp.netmanage.com:/pub/demos/chameleon/* admstat simtel:waffle/admst11b.zip mosaic cica:winsock/wmos*.zip 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: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/rm50b6.zip wafpostnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/wpnews.zip mimelite oslonett.no:/Software/MsDos/Kommunikasjon/Offline/mimelt20.zip wsgmail [US Government users only - contact author] ipswitchmail [retail package - equivalent of wsgmail] emacsmail-os2 ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:/pub/c*/os/o*/tcpip/emacs-mail.zip uugate-os2 ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:/pub/c*/os/os2/mail*/uugat023.zip mail-shuffle ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/network/shuffle2.zip newsdb-os2 ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:/pub/c*/os/os2/mail*/newsdb10.zip uubatch ... umail ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/ibmpc/umail/* , simtel:/ka9q/umail11i.zip rmheaders simtel:textutil/rmhead11.zip niespnr simtel:offline/mynr11.zip newsuudecode simtel:decode/nwsuu125.zip subnet simtel:waffle/subn141.zip newsy tau-ceti.isc-br.com:/pub/fx/Newsy/* ka9q ... textwin ... charon risc.ua.edu:/pub/network/pegasus/charon40a... mercury simtel:novell/merc113.zip pronto [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/eval.exe mailto simtel:novell/mailto.zip mpack simtel:decode/mpack1_4.zip mime64 simtel:decode/mime64.zip pcmailmanager [retail package] email for demo makenews simtel:filutl/mknews10.zip mailqueue ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/mail/mailq101.zip uulink [none known] nnrnews simtel:offline/nnrnews2.zip wmserver-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/... xrn-dvx qdeck.com:/upload/xrnalpha.zip...? uufree ftp.supernet.ab.ca:/pub/msdos/uufree/uufree05.zip ntnetnews ftp.wa.com:/pub/local/ntnews/* offliner metronet.com:/pub/xfer/ol06a.zip batscan ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/bscan26.zip unpost simtel:decode/unpos234.zip interramp [vendor never replied to request for info] panda cica:util/winpanda.zip amanda simtel:waffle/amanda1j.zip sysget [mail from author] telematrix ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/news/tmx060.zip alamito ftp.clark.net:/pub/ideal/* netscape ftp.mcom.com:/pub/netscape/windows/nscape09.zip 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 gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/DEC/news.zip cybord [beta test--mail authors] 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] 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. > you may want to make mention that the author is 100% keen to > make any package fsuucp-compatible, if the author of the > package wants to work with me on it. 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 [...] 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 ... 210. xp/crosspoint Deutsch-only documentation currently available 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. ntnetnews [msw] > NetNews is a multi-threaded USENET NNTP-compliant news server that > runs on the Windows NT Platform as a system service. NetNews offers > functionality similar to INN or C-News, except for the Windows/NT > platform. NetNews is distributed with a version of TIN that runs > natively on Windows NT (V3.1 or later) and Windows/4 (Chicago). 217. uulink ... 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 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 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 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. rusnews - 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 - (?) mail 530. tinymail-kalf [os2] - (?) mail (calls network mailer) 531. mail-ozwoz - mail (novell only) 532. pcnews-nfs - (?) news 533. emacs-gnus - (?) news 534. emacs-rmail - (?) mail 535. hpv - soup 536. yarn - soup 537. yarn-os2 [os2] - soup 538. unor [msw] - soup 539. paperboy [msw] - soup 540. minihost [msw] - minihost mail 541. slnr - soup 542. trn-os2 [os2] - uupc news 543. winpegasus [msw] - same as pegasus? pop? 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 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 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] - 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. barbnews - nntp news 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 - 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] - same as pegasus? pop? 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? (mosaic replacement?) 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 [msw] - nntp news 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, Novell MHS, and PC-NFS. 704. hsend utility for batching news from different programs with a simpler interface than rnews [...] 705. nscu news spool cleanup utility [...] 706. cwexp expire [...] 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 mail-based archive server 715. vmailserver waffle mail-based archive server 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 (formerly mimefold) > 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 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 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 uucps - a good uucp setup/configuration program - ... - suggestions? 802. dcp 803. uuslave 804. pduucp/pcuucp 805. uupc 806. uupc-msw 807. uupc-os2 808. snews 809. hackticnr 810. rusnews 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-os2 824. tin-os2 825. winvn 826. nexp 827. mimelite 828. wrn 829. appsig 830. aser 831. solar 832. makenews 833. mailqueue 834. tmailpostnews 835. nnrnews 836. uufree 837. mpack 838. mime64 839. unpost 840. nntpd-dvx 841. nn-dvx .