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From: chesley@goofy.apple.com (Harry Chesley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: News on a Mac: by modem?
Message-ID: <8529@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Jun 90 00:41:03 GMT
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In article <1990Jun04.184343.16211@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff 
Allen) writes:
> Can I download and read news on a Mac that's *not* directly linked to a
> host computer.  Most answers dealing with news on a Mac seem to imply
> that the user is connected by ethernet to the host.  How about doing
> modem transfers at night, then reading news later?  Is there software to
> do this?  Will the Apple stack do this?

With regard to the Apple stack: No, it requires a host running NNTP, 
connected by TCP/IP.