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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Steven M. Ziuchkovski) says:
>
>I just got WinVN from wuarchive, and am having trouble setting it up.
>
>First of all, there is no documentation except the HLP file. How do I
>configure it?
>
>Okay, maybe I don't need to. "File/New" in Program Manager. I add WinVN. I run
>WinVN. "Socket Operation on Non Socket." Click on OK. "Can't resolve
>hostname". Click on OK... Back to Program Manager!
>
>Well... Doesn't leave me with a very good impression. Does anyone know what's
>going wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Steven Ziuchkovski

Well, why not go straight to your winvn.ini file and edit it?
Here's an example.  Fill in the blanks for your newshost etc:


[winvn]
UseSocket=1
NNTPHost=your.news.host.here
SMTPHost=your.mail.server.here
CommString=COM2:,e,7
DoList=2
NetUnSubscribedColor=0,60,200
GroupSeenColor=0,0,200
FontSize=0
FontFace=
FontBold=0
NewWndGroup=1
NewWndArticle=0
ThumbTrack=0
SaveArtAppend=1
UserName=Enter Your Username Here
MailDemandLogon=1
MailAddress=[e-mail]
Organization=Whatever You'd Like
NNTPPort=119
ArticleFixedFont=1
ArticleFontFace=Helv
ArticleFontSize=18
PrintFontFace=0
PrintFontSize=40
AskComm=0
ArticleThreshold=300
FullNameFrom=1
EnableThreading=1

OK?  Good luck.
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From: [e-mail] (Brad Wilson)
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Subject: Truths about COMM drivers in Windows

Communications drivers in Windows are a very sticky issue.

Trumpet Winsock runs in Windows, which means it takes advantage (without
any work) of any NS16550 FIFO chip that you may have.  The standard driver
with Windows 3.1 has fairly good performance rates in Windows (DOS boxes
are another story which I will ignore for this discussion).  WFXCOMM
allows you a few more settings, but I've never seen anyone indicate that
it provides huge performance gains.

You may want to look at the communications architecture of Windows
for Workgroups 3.11 (called VCOMM) ... because of the way it was designed,
it can give up to 2x performance boosts in some cases over the current
Windows 3.1 driver.  Realistically, you can look for lower numbers.

If Trumpet Winsock is performing poorly, get a standard communications
package and try and download with Zmodem.  If that performs poorly,
search for new drivers.  If not, search for a new TCP/IP stack.

Brad Wilson

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Subject: Re: WinPing? and configuring WinQUT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Delta) writes:

>Where do I find a ping command for windows?  I have Trumpet Winsock up and
>running just fine (this is Windows' definintion of just fine *smile*).  I have
>WinQVT and Winsock Finger...so I guess I would need either a windows ping

John Junod wrote a very nice public domain ping client for Winsock. You can
find it on ftp.usma.edu:/pub/msdos.

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Subject: Re: HELP-Eudora/POP/SMTP

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Pochun Chan) writes:

>   "THESE MESSAGES (email addressed to '[e-mail]')
>    WILL NOT BE RETRIEVABLE BY POP.  YOU MUST RUN AN SMTP SERVER AND THE
>    SMTP SERVER MUST DELIVER THE MAIL TO A FILE ON YOUR HOST WHICH YOU
>    CAN READ THE MESSAGES FROM USING YOUR OWN MAIL USER AGENT"

They are correct.

>10. Is it possible at all to receive email addressed to my slip account?
>    (i.e. "[e-mail]")  Either receiving it from my
>    shell account on netcom's UNIX machine or from my PC/SLIP connection
>    will be fine.

Like they say, you will have to run a SMTP server and keep it up for at a
minimim of a few hours a day continuously in order to catch most messages.
Different sites have different retry time set for SMTP connections.

>11. Where do I run the SMTP server as mentioned in #9?  On netcom's UNIX
>    machine or on my PC.

Your PC.

>Is PC Eudora a SMTP server program?

No, Eudora is just a POP3 client (Post Office Protocol). It merely connects to
a POP3 server (in this case on netcom.com) and retrieves mail waiting for you
there.

>How can I run it as a SMTP server.  If it is not, can anyone recommend me one
>please.

John Junod is writing one and it is called WS_GMAIL. You can find it on
ftp.usma.edu, /pub/msdos directory. The SMTP part works for the most part but
it is still in testing phase.

>What is the Mail User Agent mentioned in #9?

Another word for a mail reader like Elm, Pine, mailx, whatever. The package
WS_GMAIL also includes a POP3 server and client so you can actually run the
POP3 server and continue to use Eudora to read mail.

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From: MSG Junod John <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject:  Re: wsfngr11.zip on sparky.umd.edu

>>Someone posted an announcement about a new finger client on sparky.umd.edu,
>>in /pub/winsock. I ftped there and there was nothing there. Was there a
>>mistake?
>
>It's there, the author says there is something wrong with their FTP daemon and
>the DIR command. He says the LS command would get you a directory listing
>instead. However, even without the directory listing, you can still get the
>file. Just cd /pub/winsock and get wsfngr11.zip. It works.

Never heard of a "LS" command in the FTP Protocol.  Its not listed in any
RFC's that I know of.   Any ftp client program that allows input of the
"LS" command changes that to "LIST" or "NLST" on transmit to the remote
host.  What a user types in an FTP client is not necessarily what is
transmitted.

I have been using my WS_FTP program to go to Sparky.umd.edu and even
uploaded one of the most recent versions of WS_FTP there.  If you are
using WS_FTP, I'd recommend using a "-" as the first character of your
E-Mail address (for all hosts) or password that you use for anonymous
ftp's.

WS_FTP will properly auto-detect sparky.umd.edu.   I just checked sparky
for the four time in two weeks to verify that everything does work.

John
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Subject: Re: ftp location for ODIPKT

Trying again...

You can find ODIPKT.COM at hsdndev.harvard.edu
in directory /pub/odipkt

Regards,
Jan Frederik Solem, [e-mail]
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Hans Pasterkamp) writes:

>I have also looked for WSFNGR11.ZIP at the address mentioned, and I have used
>ARCHIE to locate it. No success anywhere. Was this an early April Fool's Day ?

WSFNGR11.zip is available at sparky.umd.edu in /pub/winsock.  We had a problem
with a new ftp daemon, such that the directories appeared empty is you where
using ws_ftp and clones...  It daemon has been fixed.

- Jim O'Brien


Jim O'Brien, CNE                University of Maryland Eastern Shore
[e-mail]        Network Manager
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Subject: winirc

I've lost the post on winirc's location. Could someone repost or
mail this info to me

Thankx
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Subject: Re: mosaic .au files.

In article <2khitj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jason E Levine) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Jason E Levine)
>Subject: Re: mosaic .au files.
>Date: 24 Feb 1994 06:53:39 GMT

>In article <2khi7h$[e-mail]>,
>Oleg Zabluda <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>I am trying to istall Mosaic. Everything works fine but audio files.
>>I am trying to use wplany as an external viewer with my speaker. When I click
>>on the "audio" button mosaic translates file, starts wplany and then wplany
>>gives me massage : " A device ID has been used is out of range for your system"
>>I don't have a soundcard but I think wplany works with speaker.

>I bet it's that .AU files are 16-bit sound files, and the PC speaker driver
>(if you have it installed at all, which you may not) only supports 8-bit
>sound.  I have a program called WHAM (Waveform Hold and Modify, if I am not
>mistaken) that I picked up off of one of the standard PC FTP sites... it
>will convert them to 8-bit sounds and play them.  (Not automatically,
>though; I double-click on the audio link in Mosaic, WHAM loads up with the
>.AU file loaded in, and then I have to select "Convert to 8-bit".)

>Hope that this helps.

>Jason

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i believe hes right. i have wham and a speaker and to get mosaic files to play
i need to use the 8-bit converter. it also for some reason only plays about
the first few seconds of the au files. dose anyone know why?
-Adam
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