Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!tbomb.ice.com!time
From: time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: continuous reading
Message-ID: <1CE00001.js9603@tbomb.ice.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 11:59:51 GMT
Reply-To: time@tbomb.ice.com
Organization: ICE Engineering, Inc.
Lines: 25
X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.3


In article <1990Dec04.192928.5564@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> Now that modems that operate faster than reading speed are the norm
> this seems like a real need that should be addressed.  In particular,
> what is needed is something that would gather up your unread news
> into batches of a reasonable size for transmission and maintain your
>  .newsrc on the fly the same as an interactive session.  A corresponding
> program would accept your batched replies, sort out mail and followups and
> submit them to the appropriate programs.  This differs from a normal
> newsfeed in that you could alternate between logging in directly and
> running the automatic program without missing anything. 
> 
> Does anything like this exist?

ICE Engineering sells a product called uAccess which gives you a full
UUCP, mail and news implementation for the Macintosh. This, I assume,
is ideal for the above case (it also provides a terminal emulator),
but of course, the product costs money.

tim.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Endres                |  time@ice.com
ICE Engineering           |  uunet!ice.com!time
8840 Main Street          |
Whitmore Lake MI. 48189   |  (313) 449 8288


Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com