Paperboy for Windows 1.90

Description
     Paperboy is a Windows based offline newsreader, compatible
     with the SOUP message format. Version 1.90 is a "beta" test
     version, released in the hopes of soliciting bug reports and
     comments.

Distribution
     Version 1.90 is intended only for experienced users of
     offline readers. A later release will have documentation,
     suitable for less adventurous folks.

License
     Paperboy is protected under the GNU General Public License,
     version 2 or later. See the file COPYING for details.

Author
     Paperboy was written by Michael H. Vartanian
     (vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) using Microsoft's
     Visual Basic 3.0 and Visual C++ 1.0.

Requirements
     Paperboy runs under Microsoft Windows, on a 386 or greater
     processor. It requires the file VBRUN300.DLL, which is
     freely available, and often already present.

Location
     PBOY190.ZIP is available at the following FTP sites:
     ftp.gte.com (/pub/incoming for now.)
     ftp.cica.indiana.edu (/pub/pc/win3/uploads for now.)
     More sites will be added when Paperboy stabilizes.

Manifest
     README         (This file)
     COPYING        GNU General Public License
     PAPERBOY.EXE   The PAPERBOY program
     PBOYSOUP.DLL   Support library
     CMDIALOG.VBX   Microsoft Common Dialog Box Support
     SAMPLE.ZIP     Sample feed, useful for verifying proper
                    installation
     SOURCE.ZIP     Source code

Installation
     After unzipping the archive, copy the CMDIALOG.VBX file to
     your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, checking first that you
     don't have a later version already installed.

     Unzip SAMPLE.ZIP. Several files (AREAS, INFO, *.MSG) should
     be created.

     From Windows, run PAPERBOY.EXE. 
     From the "File" menu, select "Open Areas...", and select the
     previously created AREAS file.
     Or from DOS, just type PAPERBOY [full path of AREAS file].

Using Paperboy
     After exploring the sample newsfeed, try accessing a SOUP
     packet generated on your host system. Replies are made up of
     a REPLIES file, and several PBR###.MSG files, all of which
     are fed into the packet processor on the host system.

     The interface should be pretty straightforward. For quickly
     navigating messages, the spacebar scrolls down, and pressing
     "n" will skip to the next message.

Reporting bugs
     If Paperboy behaves unexpectedly, please let me know!
     Serious crashes may result in a \PBFAULT.LOG file being
     dumped, this file contains useful information on the
     internal state of Paperboy leading up to the crash.

Known problems/limitations
     Poor threading of messages
     No external editor
     Few keyboard shortcuts
     Slow, fat DLL (debugging code)
     Poor documentation/online help
     Only tested with uqwk 1.8
     Doesn't keep mail between sessions
     Not totally SOUP 1.2 compliant
     Doesn't handle MIME

-Michael Vartanian
(vart@eniac.seas.upenn.edu)