skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam) (12/09/88)
In article <482@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) wrote: >It seems to me that what you would like is a program running on your PC >that will call into your news machine and download everything from >selected newsgroups. I believe that you can do this with UUPC. Yes, UUPC will move the news articles into your machine, however, you still need a news-reader on the PC to read them. Now, my question is, does anyone have a functional news-reader for the PC yet? If not, would some people like to get together and write/port one? -- Samuel Lam {alberta,watmath,uw-beaver,cs.ubc.ca}!ubc-cs!van-bc!skl
pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (12/10/88)
In article <2005@van-bc.UUCP> skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam) writes: >In article <482@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) wrote: >>It seems to me that what you would like is a program running on your PC >>that will call into your news machine and download everything from >>selected newsgroups. I believe that you can do this with UUPC. > >Yes, UUPC will move the news articles into your machine, however, >you still need a news-reader on the PC to read them. > >Now, my question is, does anyone have a functional news-reader for >the PC yet? If not, would some people like to get together and >write/port one? UFGATE is a package that just went into full 1.0 release about one-month ago. It and a standard fido mailer (msg, msged, opus, fido, rover, ect.) can turn your PC into a full UUCP/USENET leaf or host site. The cost of the software is: 1] FREE to unsupported, non-commercial users. 2] $35 for supported, non-commercial users. 3] $195 for commercial users (includes support). For more info, drop me a line, or give me a call M-F 10a-5p Pacific at +1 415 788 2022 330x. Tim users. $195 for supported, commercial users. -- ...sun!hoptoad!\ Tim Pozar >fidogate!pozar Fido: 1:125/406 ...lll-winken!/ PaBell: (415) 788-3904 USNail: KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108