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ReadMe.1st: Last Modified 02Oct87 by J.A. Lydiatt
CONTENTS
This directory contains binaries, documentation, C source code, and a
couple of handy script files for version 1.0 of a suite of programs that
will allow you to access UseNet from your Amiga. UUPC also runs on the
MacIntosh, IBM-PC, and Atari ST personal computers. This directory only
contains the Amiga subset of the full UUPC, although you may find
reference to the other versions in the documentation.
SETUP
There is more than one way to set up uupc for the Amiga. I have
provided a script file called Setup in the binary directory to format
a new disk, create the necessary directory structure, and copy the
required binaries to ease the installation for the setup I find most
convenient. The procedure assumes you have at least a two drive system,
and that UUPC is to be installed in drive DF1:. If you have a different
configuration, you will have to modify the Setup script accordingly.
When UUPC has been installed, you will have to modify the systems
file, "UUPC:usr/lib/uucp/systems", for your particular feed site. Have
a look at Systems.doc in the documentation file for some guidance on how
you might do this.
You will also have to modify your profile, "UUPC:usr/lib/uucp/
profile" to insert the name of your feed site, and tell uupc who you
are. The profile is fairly self documenting, if you already have usenet
access.
Note that the setup I use is different from that shown in the "all
-systems" documentation. Mine avoids having to type in long directory
names each time I want to view postings. The other version is closer to
a unix-site setup however, so you might want to have a look at the file,
"README.UU" in the sources directory if you are a unix guru.
COMMENTS
This version of uupc is primitive. The mail program is very
primitive and I confess I don't use it to view my own mail, preferring
to use an editor instead. There is no builtin capability to read the
news postings at present. You can use more, less, or any editor for
this purpose.
I am working on a new version of the mailer using Bob Leivian's less
program which I will release as soon as I can get the reply, and mail
commands working satisfactorily. After that I am hoping that a lot of
the mailer code can be used in a full screen version of "Rn".
I have also included the file "How_to_Use" in the Binary directory.
This is a working document for the feed site I use at van-bc in Vancouver,
but may be of use to someone who is new to Usenet (like me) and needs to
know how to use uucp and the mail program. Some of the information will
not apply to your site of course.