Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mailrus!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!anu-news!list From: FUCHS@EMBL.BITNET (Rainer Fuchs (EMBL)) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Information about News Message-ID: Date: 22 Sep 89 10:07:00 GMT Sender: ANU-NEWS Discussion Reply-To: "Rainer Fuchs (EMBL)" Lines: 18 X-VMS-To: IN%"anu-news@ndsuvm1" (I repost this message since I am afraid that our Bitnet connection was down last time) We are interested in installing some kind of conferencing/news system at our site, but need some more information about the different programs available. We currently have News v5.6 but what we miss is a topic/reply system for easily following the course of a discussion (like in VAX notes). So my questions is: Do the newer versions (>5.6) have such feature? And generally, what are the differences to v5.6 (only bug fixes or new features) ? Thanks Rainer Fuchs EMBL Data Library European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, FRG Bitnet/EARN: fuchs@embl