Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!kannel!Kimmo.Suominen From: Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: PD version of SysV 'news' wanted Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 13:22:35 GMT References: <1991May1.191638.23491@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: kim@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: hudson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 1 May 91 19:16:38 GMT Disclaimer: These are my opinions unless otherwise stated >>>>> On 1 May 91 19:16:38 GMT, hudson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (John Hudson) said: John> I am looking for a public domain version of the 'news' utility John> found on many SysV machines. This allows new system messages to John> be read to a user. The message list is dated per user such that John> each user has to read the message only once, then is never John> prompted about it again (although the messages may be recalled John> as requested). I suggest you get "msgs" from the BSD Reno PD sources. It has a more friendly user interface, and implements message aging, in case you want it. I am in the middle of changing from "news" to "msgs", because I can get "msgs" to run on all platforms we use (HP9000, Sun3-4, Apollo). -- Kim / Internet: Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi "That's what I think." / Bitnet: KIM@FINFILES