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From: dkarres@hubcap.clemson.edu (dean karres)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: rn news-reader questions
Keywords: rn, news
Message-ID: <5950@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 7 Jul 89 18:43:06 GMT
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Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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	My apologies if this has been posted to the wrong group.

	I am trying to install rn 4.3 on a Vax 8810 running Ultrix-32
ver 3. This site is currently using vn as its news reader and Bnews ver
2.11 as the provider. I have a couple of questions:

1)	In init.c in a function called version_check(), the group
	"net.announce" is searched for. Our site does not get/have this
	group. I have been told that this group/hierarchy disappeared
	about a year ago. Is this a major problem? Can I just substitute
	a group that we do get?

2)	As mentioned above I have a copy of version 4.3 of rn, is there
	newer production version? If there is I would be interested in
	getting it.

3)	(I may hate myself for this but...) I have used readnews, vn and
	most recently rn. These are listed in my order of preference. Is
	there a "better" (from the user's point of view - faster, more
	powerful/flexible or whatever) news reader than rn?


Thanks, 

	Please e-mail any replies to:

	Dean Karres	dkarres@hubcap.clemson.edu
			...gatech!hubcap!dkarres