[news.software.nntp] [ PC ] nntp netnews readers -- summary

osm@ox.com (Owen Scott Medd) (11/29/90)

In article <901028.094203.kjetilo@otter>, kjetilo@gollum.uio.no (Kjetil
Otter Olsen) writes:
> On bcm.tmc.edu in the /nfs  directory you will find NEWS and NetNews,
> two News-programs for PC/MS-DOS.

> I only know NetNews, and it uses PC-NFS TCP/IP. It uses NNTP to
> read and post news, and SMTP to send personal answers.
> On bcm.tmc.edu is is in the file netnews.tar.Z

It also appears to require YP to be running.