harper@FINSUN.CSC.FI (Robert Harper) (06/25/91)
Here is a clip from NN regarding a new newsgroup set up to discuss newsreading software. It looks interesting and could provide useful information if you want to grab hold of sources for software, or get advice about different newsreaders. ************************ CLIP ********************************* Welcome to news.software.readers! Now all those questions about rn, kill-files, and news-reading software have a home, rather than hanging out in news.software.b, news.admin, news.sysadmin, news.misc, and news.i.dont.know.where.to.ask.this.question. Discussion is welcome on all news-reader topics, although "my reader's better than yours" isn't very productive, and you won't convince the already-convinced anyway. Here's the charter: Newsgroup news.software.readers is an unmoderated discussion for newsreading software. Potential topics for discussion include: - rn and its variants - tass - xrn - gnus - Other platforms (Mac, MSDOS, VM) - design issues - if you decide to write or significantly modify one. Religious wars - rn vs nn, or gnus vs xrn - are not encouraged. Technical issues about nn, notes, anu-news, and PSU NetNews will probably find more answers in their respective newsgroups, but they are not excluded from discussion here. -end of charter- I will be collecting correct (as best as I can test, anyway) answers, FTP sites, etc, for a monthly posting or FAQ. Doug Sewell vote-taker for news.software.readers doug@ysub.ysu.edu, doug@ysub.bitnet