Index of /cica9308/UNZIPPED/NT/WVNSRC75

      Name                    Last modified       Size  Description

[DIR] Parent Directory 06-Dec-2005 04:15 - [TXT] ANNOUNCE.2 08-Feb-1993 11:24 2k [TXT] ANNOUNCE.TXT 08-Feb-1993 11:14 2k [IMG] DISH.ICO 16-Nov-1992 09:23 1k [TXT] FNORD.BAT 28-Oct-1992 08:12 1k [TXT] MAKEFILE 08-Feb-1993 11:05 2k [TXT] NEWSRC 08-Feb-1993 10:25 55k [TXT] SHELLSOR.C 03-Feb-1993 09:40 3k [TXT] TAGS 10-Jul-1992 07:21 8k [TXT] TODO.TXT 08-Feb-1993 11:11 3k [TXT] WINSOCK.DEF 04-Nov-1992 05:22 2k [TXT] WINSOCK.H 29-Oct-1992 13:18 24k [TXT] WINUNDOC.H 26-Oct-1992 04:47 1k [TXT] WINVN.C 03-Feb-1993 08:46 18k [TXT] WINVN.DEF 03-Feb-1993 10:00 1k [TXT] WINVN.DLG 23-Nov-1992 11:50 9k [   ] WINVN.DOC 31-Jan-1993 11:50 769k [TXT] WINVN.H 03-Feb-1993 08:42 10k [TXT] WINVN.HLP 01-Sep-1991 14:11 42k [TXT] WINVN.HPJ 30-Jun-1991 16:21 1k [IMG] WINVN.ICO 16-Nov-1992 08:42 1k [TXT] WINVN.INI 19-Jan-1993 07:31 1k [TXT] WINVN.LNK 11-Aug-1990 06:30 1k [TXT] WINVN.RC 18-Nov-1992 12:09 4k [TXT] WINVN.RES 03-Feb-1993 10:01 10k [TXT] WINVN.WRI 11-Nov-1990 15:27 16k [TXT] WINVNSTD.DEF 11-Jan-1993 12:16 1k [IMG] WV.ICO 30-Sep-1989 18:37 1k [TXT] WVART.C 03-Feb-1993 09:56 13k [IMG] WVART.ICO 16-Nov-1992 07:53 1k [TXT] WVAUTH.C 03-Feb-1993 12:40 2k [TXT] WVBLOCK.C 18-Nov-1992 12:57 44k [TXT] WVCNCM.C 09-Nov-1992 11:34 13k [TXT] WVCONTES.WP5 01-Jul-1991 08:37 26k [TXT] WVDLG.H 16-Nov-1992 09:06 1k [TXT] WVDOC.C 10-Jun-1992 10:56 15k [TXT] WVFILE.C 08-Feb-1993 10:21 10k [TXT] WVGLOB.H 23-Nov-1992 08:27 16k [TXT] WVGROUP.C 03-Feb-1993 09:54 32k [IMG] WVGROUP.ICO 16-Nov-1992 08:10 1k [TXT] WVHEADER.C 09-Nov-1992 12:16 22k [TXT] WVHLAWIN.RTF 29-Jun-1991 20:00 5k [TXT] WVHLDEF1.RTF 30-Jun-1991 16:00 8k [TXT] WVHLGEN.RTF 30-Jun-1991 15:43 4k [TXT] WVHLGWIN.RTF 29-Jun-1991 18:06 5k [TXT] WVHLMAIN.RTF 30-Jun-1991 16:06 4k [TXT] WVHLMWIN.RTF 30-Jun-1991 15:08 10k [TXT] WVHLPRO2.RTF 30-Jun-1991 16:42 4k [TXT] WVHLPROC.RTF 30-Jun-1991 16:33 7k [TXT] WVHLPWIN.RTF 29-Jun-1991 19:50 5k [TXT] WVHLUSE.RTF 01-Sep-1991 14:09 5k [TXT] WVLIST.C 06-Nov-1992 10:56 18k [   ] WVLIST.DOC 04-Nov-1990 23:35 4k [TXT] WVMAIL.C 26-Oct-1992 06:07 6k [TXT] WVPOST.C 11-Jan-1993 12:35 7k [IMG] WVPOST.ICO 16-Nov-1992 08:19 1k [TXT] WVSCREEN.C 06-Nov-1992 09:47 17k [TXT] WVSOCK.C 04-Feb-1993 12:08 4k [TXT] WVSTATEM.WP5 30-Jun-1991 18:01 7k [TXT] WVUSENET.C 08-Feb-1993 09:24 37k [TXT] WVUTIL.C 03-Feb-1993 09:17 27k


This is an NNTP newsreader for Microsoft Windows 3.X.  You can use it
to read and post Usenet News.

Requirements:

   A DEC Pathworks or Microsoft LanManager compatible WSOCKETS.DLL
   Dynamic Link Library.  Make sure Windows can find it.  (set your
   PATH environment variable).

   An NNTP News Server.  It *must* support the XHDR call (most do).
   I've developed this with ANU News, a VMS news package, but any
   should work.

   A 'NEWSRC' file.  An example is provided.  You *must* have the
   file there; WinVN won't write one out just randomly.  It can be
   empty.

   A 'WINVN.INI' file.  Edit this file to point to your news server,
   or you can later change parameters from within WinVN.

   A 'WINVN' environment variable, telling WinVN where to find its
   two configuration files: 'WINVN.INI' and 'NEWSRC'.  You have to
   set this variable BEFORE you start up windows.


The on-line documentation no longer matches the program exactly,
but is pretty close.  The 'Reply by Mail' options were removed,
since they seemed to use a non-standard NNTP extension.

There are bugs.

There are scroll bugs.
There are strange bugs.

For the most part, though, this is useable.  So why horde it?

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Thanks to Mark Riordan for the original WinVN!

Enjoy, and if you have any questions, email me at:

Sam Rushing
rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov