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From: ehanson@umbc1.umbc.edu (Mr. Erik Hanson; ARTS-SCI (UG))
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Subject: Re: Mac based mail and news readers
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Date: 8 Jan 91 17:19:39 GMT
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makmur@paul.rutgers.edu (Hanz Makmur) writes...
>>Sorry if this has been talked to death, but I just got back from a
>>three month research trip and may have missed the whole show. Could someone
>>tell me where I can get a program to read/post news/mail from a mac to the
>>net? I've heard of something called MEWS but don't know where to find it.
>>It doesn't seem to be at sumex-aim. Please send advice/comments/jokes to:
> 
>yes there is a new program called TheNews. It is relatively good and a
>lot better compared to the hypercard based news readers. you can get
>this program from sumex.

Doesn't this program (and other similar programs) require ethernet connection
or something? Are there any that work over a modem?


>Hanz Makmur
>Rutgers University


seeya!

Erik Hanson   University of Maryland, Baltimore County   ehanson@umbc2.umbc.edu
     "Forever searching for C source for simple terminal/modem programs"