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NewsWerthy Offline Mail Reader
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This is the README.TXT file for version 2.10 of NewsWerthy.
NewsWerthy is a DOS based offline mail reader for the SOUP format.
It is copyrighted and it is shareware. There is a registration fee
of $25 for use of NewsWerthy after the 30 day evaluation period.
See the file NWERTHY.RDR for details. You are encouraged to make
copies and distribute NewsWerthy, as long all files (as listed)
are included in the archive. See the file LICENSE.TXT for details.
The lastest version can always be found using ftp at:
ftp.eskimo.com in the /u/b/billw directory. Also check my web page
at http://www.eskimo.com/~billw/software.html.
You should have the following 15 files in the archive:
INSTALL.BAT (NewsWerthy installation batch file)
WELCOME.PKT (Small SOUP packet with mini-tutorial)
NWERTHY.RDR (Registration Form)
NWERTHY.EXE (The executable)
NWERTHY.H16 (Online help for NewsWerthy)
README.TXT (This file)
NWERTHY.MAN (NewsWerthy Manual)
FILE_ID.DIZ (Short discription of NewsWerthy for BBS's)
PGPSHELL.BAT (shell for use with pgs.exe)
SOUP (Unix script file to get mail and news)
RFC1036.TXT (Detailed description of usenet message)
SOUP12.DOC (Detailed description of SOUP format)
WHATS.NEW (History of NewsWerthy releases)
YARNTONW.EXE (Converts Yarn's address book to NewsWerthy's)
LICENSE.TXT (License agreement for using NewsWerthy)
WHATS NEW:
6/9/96 (version 2.10)
* Fixes bug where sometimes a group can't be marked unread.
* Added a "saved" directory. By default, text files and file
attachments will be saved here. The editor will also default
to using this directory.
* Deletes of a large number of messages is now as fast as
deleting one message. The more messages you delete, the faster
it will be (sounds backwards, but true).
* Added improvements to the file attachment saving. If no file
attachment is found, mark the first line of the encoded text, to
force it to find a non-standard file attachment.
* Added marking the current subject read or marked.
* Added marking of messages for use with saving, printing and
deleting of messages.
* Added option to move (save, then delete) message.
* Can now mark all messages read by pressing * from the last
message in a newsgroup.
* Bookmarking of messages has been extensively revised
(internally). This was done to add the following: An R in the
messages list, and REPLIED in the message marks a message that
has been replied to. Also S for a saved message and Saved in the
message. Also if only viewing unread messages (space bar
pressed), deleting a message will not remove the read messages
from the message list.
* Picklists are now displayed in a larger list.
* Added "increment packet name" option in the message options in
the setup menu. Save up to 9 previous packets.
* Added option to not display in the newsgroup list, newsgroups
with zero unread messages. See the "Hide Read Newsgroups" in the
message options in the setup menu. Pressing Alt-H will also
alternate between hiding and showing the newsgroups with zero
unread messages.
* Fixed bug which caused lock-up when deleting last message in a
group.
* Added option to not split email into separate "newsgroups".
* Added option to use external text file viewer to view message.
Press Alt-V from the messages list, to start viewer entered in
setup.
* Added command switch (/p packetname) to pre-process (create
indexes) the packet (Registered users only).
* Changed multiple setups feature so that it now requires
"/s setup" (without quotes) on command line instead of just
the filename.
* Long lines are now wrapped when quoting the message for a reply.
* The message list is immediatly updated (killed messages removed)
when a message is added to a kill list.
* Fixed bug where the extra headers picklist in the menu, was not
linked to the one in the replies dialog.
* The "Max. Messages in Newsgroup" in Databasing Options dialog is
now the limit after importing the new packet, not before, as it
was previously.
* A few other minor improvements.
TO INSTALL:
* Make sure pkzip and pkunzip are on your path:
To verify that they are, enter pkzip at a DOS prompt. If you
receive the message "Bad command or file name", then you'll
need to locate pkzip and note the directory. Edit the file
C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, and add a semicolon (;) and the directory to
the end of the line that starts with PATH=. Of course if you
don't have a copy of pkzip, you'll have to get one. This can
most likely be found at the same location you found NewsWerthy.
* Run the install batch file from where you have unzipped the
NWRTH210.ZIP like so:
install C:
Where C: is your hard drive.
The above will install NewsWerthy in the C:\NWERTHY directory
and run NewsWerthy. A welcome packet will be opened that
contains a mini-tutorial. After viewing the tutorial (which is
really a SOUP packet), you'll want to finish entering your setup
data. Follow the directions in the tutorial to finish setting up
NewsWerthy. You can view the welcome packet again by pressing
F4 (Read News). Or you can view it later by placing it in your
download directory, press F3 (New Packet) and select it to open
it.
* Or if you prefer to install NewsWerthy manually, first make a
directory named NWERTHY, then copy NWERTHY.* to it. You'll also
need a subdirectory named FOLDERS (for saved messages) and a
SAVED subdirectory for saved text files and file attachments.
Make sure you have set the TEMP or TMP environment variable
(enter set, at a DOS prompt to check). If not add a
"SET TEMP=C:\TEMP" line to your autoexec.bat file and create the
TEMP directory. You'll need at least 500k free for the TEMP
directory.
FOR UPGRADES:
You can only use the install batch file to upgrade if you've
installed NewsWerthy in the \NWERTHY directory. Otherwise use the
manual install procedure above.
* For those who are upgrading from a version prior to 1.60:
Turn on the Word wrap feature in the Message Options dialog
under the Setup menu. The NWERTHY.BKM file is no longer used,
and may be deleted from the work directory. Ignore the error
message about not being able to remove 0000000.BKM file, the
first time NewsWerthy is run.
* For those who are upgrading from a version prior to 1.70:
Make sure that your email address is entered in the Reply-To
picklist and add any mailing lists to the address book. This is
used in separating out your personal mail from mailing lists.
* For those who are upgrading from a version prior to 2.00:
Turn off the "Expire All Messages" option, if you want to use
NewsWerthy as a "Databasing" reader. Read the manual about how
to use the Databasing Options. Additional information about the
Databasing Options can be found in the section on "Reading the
Database with the Number Keypad".
* For all upgrades:
If you use the multiple setups feature, change your command to
use "nwerthy /s setup" (without quotes) on command line, instead
of just the filename.
If you want NewsWerthy to continue to separate mailing lists
into their own "newsgroups", set this option in the message
options in the setup menu (under miscellaneous).
If for some reason after running 2.10 you decide to return to
a previous version, you need to delete all .BKM files from the
working directory (the format for 2.10 is not compatible with
previous versions).
* For those who were using Yarn:
First install NewsWerthy per the above instructions.
To convert Yarn's address book, to NewsWerthy's address book.
Run YARNTONW.EXE from the \NWERTHY directory like so:
YARNTONW ADDRBOOK
This will create a file named NWERTHY.PL9 in the work directory
you've got listed in the Setup menu. To convert your folders,
run the SENDFOLD utility included with YUTIL02.ZIP in the
dos/offline directory on