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From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Yes, C News works and is available!
Keywords: cnews
Message-ID: <1991Feb3.075026.1923@ckctpa.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 91 07:50:26 GMT
Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting
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I've seen numerous requests for C News information -- here it is:

	1.	It is C News, patchdate 15-Dec-90.  Original Un*x code
		written primarily by Henry Spencer & Geoff Collyer.  The
		news code which Matt Dillon is providing _IS_NOT_ C News
		and should not be confused with same.
	
	2.	It is available under AmigaDOS as both binaries and source.
		The binaries were compiled by Manx 5.0b -- compiling the
		source under SAS/C is being worked on as we speak (write?).
	
	3.	The binaries are ~270K of zoo files.  The source is ~600K.
		(I don't remember the exact figures.)
	
	4.	Larry Rosenman is my primary beta tester.  Others include
		Jeff Ross, Tom Limoncelli, and Mike Oliphant.  (To those
		I haven't spoken with recently:  I presume everything's
		working... ;-)
	
	5.	Larry Rosenman has indicated that he uploaded the files to
		BIX and asked that someone there copy it to abcfd20, for
		those with ftp access.
	
	6.	Fred Fish will receive a complete copy of the source and
		binaries this week.  The news reader, AmiRN, is shareware
		and source is not included (but Larry will tell you that
		bugs are fixed promptly -- right Larry?  :-).

	7.	If you modify the source to C News, please, please, PLEASE,
		provide me a copy of those changes.  Either as diffs against
		the originals, or a complete copy of the file.  I am currently
		negotiating with Henry the possibility of including my Amiga
		porting changes into the Un*x C News code distributed by him.

I want to stress that this is a complete port of the Un*x C News package.
All functionality of the "sys" file, the "active" file, and the "history*"
file is included.  Unfortunately, while the major control messages are
implemented (including ihave/sendme), there are a few which are not (yet).
These are: SENDSYS, VERSION, and SENDUNAME.  The port uses the AmigaDOS
hard links if you're running 2.0, otherwise each article _only_ shows up
in the first newsgroup given on the Newsgroup: line.  (In the [near?]
future, the Xref: header will be parsed to locate other cross-postings.)

The news reader provides most functions required of a news reader, like
posting followups, replying via email, controlling group subscriptions,
and various other niceties.

All operations of C News are independent of the transport package used,
i.e. the version of UUCP you're using.  For instance, I run it on top
of UUPC (my hacked version) and most of my beta testers use UUCP 1.07D
from Matt (of course, the rnews program has to be replaced with mine).

Private to eww@engr.ucf.edu:
	This address was not grokked by uunet.  Perhaps you have another?
	I attempted to send a news reader (twice) and both addresses have
	bounced my mail.
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