[comp.dcom.lans] Networking Macs on IP?

frush@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Raymond Frush) (03/21/91)

Greetings:
	I have been put on a quest for rn (read news) and mail for the
	Macintosh.  The configuration assumes an Ethernet or other IP
	connection from the Mac to the rest of a larger LAN using IP.

	If you have any ideas what newsgroups to subscribe to, FTP sites to
	look at... please send me a message.  

	Std.Disclaimer: Bo knows DOS, Macintosh is an apple to eat.

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pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) (03/27/91)

In article <13630@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> frush@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Raymond Frush) writes:
>	I have been put on a quest for rn (read news) and mail for the
>	Macintosh.  The configuration assumes an Ethernet or other IP
>	connection from the Mac to the rest of a larger LAN using IP.

    There are a couple of packages that you can run on a Mac with 
Apple's MacTCP/IP (if you can get it to work...) This also requires
that your host is running NNTP.

    One product is call HyperNews.  It was written by Harry Chesley
of Apple.  The main portion of the programme is built on top of 
HyperCard.  The transport portion is XCMDs.  It doesn't seem to be
on apple.com to ftp.  You may need to sniff around for it.

    The other product I know of is called 'The News'.  It was written
by Bill Cramer.  This is a full application that will used NNTP over 
MacTCP/IP to and it will support SMTP.

The address I have for Bill Cramer:
   504 Winter Wood Drive
   Grapevine, Texas 76051
His email address is:
   uunet!iex!cramer

                       Tim

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bunch@jessica.Stanford.edu (Charles Bunch) (04/04/91)

In article <13630@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> frush@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu 
(Raymond Frush) writes:
>         I have been put on a quest for rn (read news) and mail for the
>         Macintosh.  The configuration assumes an Ethernet or other IP
>         connection from the Mac to the rest of a larger LAN using IP.
> 
>         If you have any ideas what newsgroups to subscribe to, FTP sites 
to
>         look at... please send me a message.  

A couple of newgroups which I find informative for that area:

comp.mail.misc
comp.sys.mac.comm

In terms of actual programs: if popservice is an option, Eudora and 
TechMail are good programs.  Eudora is avaible via anonymous FTP from 
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:mac/eudora/ in Apple DiskCopy format.  For more info: 
s-dorner@uiuc.edu.  TechMail is from MIT, but I don't remember the FTP 
address.

Charles Bunch