Archive-name: off-line-readers/usenet/software Alt-usenet-offline-reader-archive-name: software Posting-Frequency: weekly Original-Author: Rhys Weatherly Last-modified: 1995-04-23 ============================================================================ part 01/02 intro 1 Credits and Disclaimer 2 Overview 3 Newsgroups of interest to offline readers 4 What is an offline reader? 5 What is the difference from getting a news feed? 6 What are QWK and BlueWave? 7 What is SOUP? 8 What is ZipNews? part 02/02 software 100 Where can I get the software? 200 Where are the QWK readers? 300 common sites, template 400 author contacts 500 ftp sites 600 miscellaneous 700 packers 800 readers ============================================================================ Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the information contained herein is correct, neither the current author, the current poster, nor any previous author or previous poster can accept ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER for errors, ommissions or damage howsoever caused. ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 100 Where can I get the software? From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 100 Where can I get the software? There are two pieces of software that you will need for any offline reading activities. A "generating program" (also known as a "packet generator" or "door") to build the packets on the BBS or login account, and a "reading program" (also known as a "packet reader") to read the packets on your home machine. This section lists software that can be used for each of these activities, together with the authors, FTP sites, and packet formats supported. In the case of interactive dial-in users, you may find that a suitable generating program may already exist on the system you call: ask the system administrator if you are unsure. For Waffle systems, you will need to ask the system administrator to install the generating software. For Unix, anyone who has access to a C compiler can compile and install the currently available software, so no intervention from the system administrator is required. 101 Where are the reviews? not here. if you are looking for reviews, post your requirements and see who else knows what you need. please do not be vague -- no one can help you when you just say you're looking to evaluate some `offline software for your computer'. what kind of computer is it you're using? what is the computer it's connecting to? what do you want to do -- mail, news, both, more? how much are you willing to pay? what sort of interface do you need? how sophisticated are you? etc. I will not be putting any reviews in here, partly because they would be difficult to maintain, and partly because I want to avoid any flak from a negative review which I did not write. if you want to periodically post a collection of reviews, go ahead. you don't need my approval. ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 200 Where are the QWK readers? From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 200 Where are the QWK readers? not here. I don't plan on listing any software that mangles headers as much as QWK does. even with uqwk's +X expert mode, no QWK reader I'm aware of will yet do simple things like generate a References: header. until they do, look elsewhere for them. if you must. ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 300 common sites, template From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 300 Common sites, template If you know of any other products that support offline activities for RFC-compliant mail and news, please send the following information in mail to auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca. Also, be sure to post your announcement, to make sure everyone knows about it. Name: [Product name] Author: [email address] Location: [ftp site] [filename] * Type: Packet Generator/Packet Reader/Both Environment: [msdos][mac][ms-windows][os2][atari-st][unix][etc.] Formats: [soup][zipnews] Description/Comments: * for the SimTel collection, just use `simtel' for the ftp site, and give the first two directories (e.g., `msdos/offline') plus filename. the main SimTel mirror is oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/ for the Cica ms-windows collection, just use `cica' for the ftp site, and give the first directory (e.g., `util') plus filename. on cica itself, the ms-windows files are in ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/ for the sumex-aim info-mac collection, just use `info-mac' for the ftp site. one of the main info-mac sites is sumex-aim.stanford.edu ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 400 author contacts From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 400 author contacts soup rhys@cs.uq.oz.au zip zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu unzip zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu getnews ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk solar kjhoule@iowegia.dsm.ia.us uqwk seb3@gte.com uqwkselector seb3@gte.com zipnews jkilday@nlbbs.com hpv rhys@cs.uq.oz.au slnr ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk unor rrusbasa@nyx.cs.du.edu zipnewsreader jkilday@nlbbs.com yarn cthuang@io.org yarn-os2 cthuang@io.org yarneditorsh pg@login.dknet.dk paperboy vart@clark.net rfdmail yon@world.std.com toadnews jpmah@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca pronto pronto@commtouch.com, [800-63-TOUCH,+1 415 578 8580] nnrnews hero@login.dkuug.dk offlinepgp staalesc@ifi.uio.no versatermlink maxwell@sales.synergy.com soupcmd combee@prism.gatech.edu macslurp ... offliner ... offline-orbit jts@krk.fi williamsnews rwilliam@netcom.com snuupm mlawrie@apies.frd.ac.za uufree uufree@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca macsoup stk@berlin.snafu.de readmail jschipper@hut.nl newswerthy billw@eskimo.com newshopper laurent@mach.demon.co.uk newsfetcher h9151382@idefix.wu-wien.ac.at rnmac rrwood@io.org okami wr@bara.oche.de tetrix Johannes@tetrix.internet-eireann.ie winyarn ? souper cthuang@io.org wssoup magnus@world.net olmenu kgresham@america.net wsomr wang@durian.usc.edu.ph nautnews strombus@xmission.com free-agent agent-info@forteinc.com autonews EDL@cityscape.co.uk ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 500 ftp sites From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 500 ftp sites soup simtel:msdos/offline/soup12.zip zip ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/* unzip ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/* getnews ftp.adelaide.edu.au:/pub/news/readers/off-line/slnr/ ...? solar simtel:msdos/waffle/solar094.zip uqwk ftp.gte.com:/pub/uqwk/uqwk1.8.tar.Z uqwkselector ftp.gte.com:/pub/uqwk/us/us1.1.tar.Z zipnews simtel:msdos/offline/znews97g.zip hpv simtel:msdos/offline/hpv101b.zip slnr ftp.adelaide.edu.au:/pub/news/readers/off-line/slnr/* unor ftp.gte.com:/pub/unor/unor0021.zip zipnewsreader simtel:msdos/offline/znr093b.zip yarn simtel:msdos/offline/yarn_083.zip yarn-os2 ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/2_x/bbs/yrn2_065.zip [083 assumed...] yarneditorsh simtel:msdos/offline/yes-019b.zip paperboy ftp.clark.net:/pub/vart/pboy205.zip rfdmail garbo.uwasa.fi:/windows/comm/rfdml122.zip toadnews ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/tisk/tidbits/uucp/ pronto [retail package] eval: commtouch.com:/pub/commtouch/eval.exe nnrnews simtel:msdos/offline/nnrnews2.zip offlinepgp simtel:msdos/offline/apgp212.zip versatermlink [retail package - nothing ftp-able] soupcmd ftp.gte.com:/pub/soupcmd/soupcmd.tar.gz. macslurp ... offliner metronet.com:/pub/xfer/ol06a.zip offline-orbit [via mail from author] williamsnews ftp.netcom.com:/pub/rwilliam/wnnws10b.zip snuupm simtel:msdos/uucp/snuupm26.zip uufree ftp.supernet.ab.ca:/pub/msdos/uufree/uufree06.zip,uufres06.zip macsoup info-mac:comm/term/mac-soup-* readmail ftp.winternet.com:/pub/ReadMail/rm50b75.zip newswerthy simtel:msdos/offline/nwrth160.zip newshopper ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/tisk/tidbits/tcp/news-hopper-10a-demo.hqx newsfetcher ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/tisk/tidbits/tcp/news-fetcher-045-hc.hqx rnmac ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/tisk/tidbits/uucp/rn-mac-13b6.hqx okami ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/atari/uucp/o_026.zip tetrix ftp.internet-eireann.ie:/pub/ie_access/dos/winsock/trp* tetrix cica:winsock/trp110.zip winyarn simtel:win3/offline/winyrn71.zip souper ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:/os2/32bit/unix/souper12.zip wssoup http://www.ozemail.com.au/~magnus olmenu simtel:msdos/offline/olmnu111.zip wsomr simtel:msdos/offline/wsomr100.zip nautnews http://www.xmission.com:80/~strombus/ free-agent ftp.forteinc.com:/pub/agent/agent046.zip autonews ftp.cityscape.co.uk:/users/ay89/autonews.zip ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 600 miscellaneous From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 600 miscellaneous soup - Simple Offline Usenet Packet format offlinepgp - soup-aware pgp addon yarneditorsh - editor shell+utilities for yarn winyarn - ms-windows front-end to yarn? olmenu - menu-based front-end to uqwk snuupm - easy-install of snews, uupc, and pmail uufree - free uucp/mail/news, with installation/configuration program ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 700 packers From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 700 packers -- `name' - `function'; `platforms'; `standards' 701 getnews - generator; Unix; soup 702 solar - generator; msdos Waffle; soup 703 uqwk - generator; Unix NNTP, Unix spool; soup/zipnews 704 uqwkselector - generator; Unix NNTP, Unix spool; ... 705 zipnews - generator; msdos Waffle, PC-Board, Wildcat; zipnews 706 nnrnews - translator; msdos; nn save files, soup 707 soupcmd - uqwk add-on; Unix; soup commands that uqwk handles non-souply 708 macslurp - news importer via SLIP; mac; ... 709 newsfetcher - news importer via SLIP; mac; ... 710 souper - packer of SLIP mail/news; os2; soup 711 wssoup - packer of SLIP mail/news; ms-windows; soup ------------------------------ Subject: a.u.o software: 800 readers From: auofaq@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ) 800 readers -- `name' - `function'; `platforms'; `standards' 801 hpv (helldiver packet viewer) - reader; msdos; soup 802 slnr (simple local news reader) - reader; Unix, msdos, atari; soup 803 unor (USENET offline reader) - reader; ms-windows; soup 804 zipnewsreader - reader; msdos; zipnews 805 yarn - reader; msdos, os2; soup 806 paperboy - reader; ms-windows; soup 807 rfdmail - reader; ms-windows; proprietary 808 toadnews - reader pre-processor; mac; soup 809 pronto - reader; ms-windows; proprietary 810 versatermlink - reader; mac; proprietary 811 offliner - reader; ms-windows; soup 812 offline-orbit - reader; amiga; soup 813 williamsnews - reader; ms-windows; soup 814 macsoup - reader; mac; soup 815 readmail - reader; msdos; soup 816 newswerthy - reader; msdos; soup 817 newshopper - reader; mac; proprietary 818 rnmac - reader; mac; soup? 819 okami - reader; atari st; soup 820 tetrix - reader; msdos; slip-based soup 821 wsomr - reader; msdos; soup 822 nautnews - ? 823 free-agent - reader; ms-windows; soup 824 autonews - reader; ms-windows; slip-based ?