Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!riddle!domo
From: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: News and mail for Macs -- (lack of) summary
Summary: Only one informative reply, and I lost it!  Arrgh!  Please resend.
Keywords: imbecility
Message-ID: <959@riddle.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 10:23:48 GMT
Reply-To: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
Organization: Sphinx Ltd., Maidenhead, England
Lines: 21

Before Christmas I posted a request for information about software which
would run in the background on a Mac SE and snarf stuff off bbs, UNIX mail,
netnews and so on at dead of night.  Well, I got one useful reply but, due
to five-star incompetence on my part, I lost all trace of it.  I don't even
remember where it came from.  If the kind sender could please either
resend, or simply post the information, I -- and the several people who
asked to be mailed a summary -- should be grateful.  Craven apologies for
my screw-up.

Since making the posting, I've been delving into Red Ryder.  It looks as if
it can kind of do what I want provided that the remote machine does not
mind bundling stuff up in preparation for Kermit transfers, and provided
that I remember to leave Red running in the top window under Multifinder
before turning in (waits until a specified time don't seem to work unless
Red is in the top window when the time is reached).  If I get around to
writing a procedure to do what I want (conceivably, I could use Hypertalk
instead of RR) -- or if I find anything applicable on a bbs -- I'll be sure
to post details.
-- 
Dominic Dunlop
domo@sphinx.co.uk  domo@riddle.uucp