Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: UUCP Summary Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 91 12:37:19 GMT References: <18847fd1.ARN09768@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> <10372.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <18986679.ARN03b1@spirits.ka.sub.org> Organization: Starbound Software Group Lines: 26 In article <18986679.ARN03b1@spirits.ka.sub.org> rob@spirits.ka.sub.org (Roland Bless) writes: >In article <1991Jan26.011702.27951@osceola.cs.ucf.edu>, Mr. Eric W. Wampner writes: > >> Okay, I have UUCP1.08D by Matt Dillon, CNews ported by Frank Edwards, >> now, what is ARN? Free/Shareware, Where can it be found. > >"Arn" is another USENET Newsreader for the Amiga. >It works with nearly all UUCP-Versions for the Amiga. >It is recommended to use UUCP-software that creates an activefile (like >//\\migaUUCP Plus), because Arn can use this information and will not >"scan" the newsgroup for new articles. Reading news will be much faster >then. I guess CNews supports this active-file, too. > Arn doen't work properly with UUCP 1.08. It doesn't know about 1.08's new ability to propogate news to other sites, and posted news gets doubly posted. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft or {uhnix1,lobster}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovic