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Subject: alt.usenet.offline-reader FAQ (02/02) software
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auo == alt.usenet.offline-reader
FAQ == Frequently Asked Questions

The FAQ lists for alt.usenet.offline-reader can be found on the Internet:
  <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.usenet.offline-reader/intro>
  <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.usenet.offline-reader/software>
  <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/off-line-readers/usenet/intro/>
  <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/off-line-readers/usenet/software/>

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part 01/02 intro

 1 Credits and Disclaimer
 2 Spam
 3 Other sources
 4 QWK and Crayons
 5 Overview
 6 Newsgroups of interest to offline readers
 7 What is an offline reader?
 8 What is the difference from getting a news feed?
 9 What are QWK and BlueWave?
10 What is SOUP?
11 What is ZipNews?
12 Where are tutorials?
13 Where can I find the Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval?
14 Why does Forte Agent get its own group?

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

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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.

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Subject: a.u.o software: 100 Where can I get the software?
From: [e-mail] (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.


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Subject: a.u.o software: 200 Where are the QWK readers?
From: [e-mail] (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.

some QWK software also can also be instructed to ignore the QWK headers
and use correct headers in the bodies of messages, and product fully
compliant messages.  obviously, this has nothing to do with the QWK
format anymore (since all the QWK information is ignored), and requires
support from the unpacker to also use these body `headers' and ignore the
(useless) QWK headers.

the SlipStream Jet packer tries to compensate for QWK limitations, but
often fails unless you have a very long expiry time and/or you
frequently upload your replies, because it needs the original, unmangled
articles to rebuild the missing headers.

so, look elsewhere for QWK readers.  if you must.


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Subject: a.u.o software: 300 common sites, template
From: [e-mail] (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 [e-mail] .  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:

*   the Coast to Coast Software Repository seems to have disappeared
   in mid-1998.

   for the Coast to Coast Software Repository collection, just use
   `coast' for the ftp site, and give the first two directories
   (e.g., `msdos/offline') plus filename. the main mirror is
   ftp.coast.net:/Coast -- if you connect to
   <http://simtel.coast.net/Coast/> you'll get a list of mirrors.

   most files can be found at <http://simtel.coast.net/Coast/msdos/>,
   and in particular <http://simtel.coast.net/Coast/msdos/offline.html>.

   Coast to Coast seems to be in the process of discontinuing their
   Software Repository.

   Coast/SimTel had decided to stop allowing files which do not include
   the address and phone number of the author, which annoys me
   to no end.  there are rumors that this policy has been dropped;
   if not, consider alternate sites.

   the special entry ``simtelnet:'' indicates the SimTel.net
   collection, available in many places, including CD-ROMs, and its
   main ftp mirror, ftp.simtel.net:/pub/simtelnet/ -- if you connect
   to <http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/> you'll get a list of
   mirrors [?].

   SimTel.net, which is clearly not a network provider, and is thus
   badly misnamed, is a new Walnut Creek site.

   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/

   see also ftp.winsite.com , cica's new home.

   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 .


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Subject: a.u.o software: 400 author contacts
From: [e-mail] (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ)

400 author contacts

soup          [e-mail]
zip           [e-mail]
unzip         [e-mail]
getnews       [e-mail]
solar         [e-mail]
uqwk          [e-mail]
uqwk-js       [e-mail]
uqwkselector  [e-mail]
zipnews       [e-mail]
hpv           [e-mail]
slnr          [e-mail]
unor          [e-mail]
zipnewsreader [e-mail]
yarn          [e-mail]
yarn          [e-mail]
yarn-os2      [e-mail]
yarn-os2      [e-mail]
yarneditorsh  [e-mail]
yarnfoldutil  [e-mail]
paperboy      [e-mail]
rfdmail       [e-mail]
toadnews      [e-mail]
pronto        [e-mail], [800-63-TOUCH,[phone]]
nnrnews       [e-mail]
offlinepgp    [e-mail]
versatermlink [e-mail]
soupcmd       [e-mail]
macslurp      ...
offliner      [was: [e-mail]; now unknown]
offline-orbit [e-mail]
williamsnews  [e-mail]
snuupm        [e-mail]
uufree        [e-mail]
macsoup       [e-mail]
readmail      [e-mail]
newswerthy    [e-mail]
newshopper    [e-mail]
newsfetcher   [e-mail]
rnmac         [e-mail]
okami         [e-mail] [old?]
okami         [e-mail]
okami         [e-mail]
tetrix        [e-mail]
winyarn       ?
souper        [e-mail]
souper        [e-mail]
souper        [e-mail]
wssoup        [e-mail]
olmenu        [e-mail]
sonr          [e-mail]
wsomr         [e-mail]
nautnews      [formerly [e-mail]]
forte-agent   [e-mail]
autonews      [e-mail]
vweave        [e-mail]
ddigest       [e-mail]
foldscan      [e-mail]
postroadmail  [e-mail]
thor          [e-mail]
imail         [e-mail]
phhnews       [e-mail]
newspkg       [e-mail]
newsxpress    [e-mail]
turnpike      [e-mail]
netcetera     [e-mail]
bobs-sumfile  [e-mail]
uqwk-sel-dos  [e-mail]
oui           [e-mail] [?]
oui           [phone] [?]
quickelm      [e-mail]
shownews      [e-mail]
bluewave      [e-mail]
nfx           [e-mail]
tropical      [e-mail]
virtualaccess [e-mail]
virtualaccess [e-mail]
gravity       [e-mail]
palmtopreader [e-mail]
nettamer      [e-mail]
nettamer-ware [e-mail]
pgmail        [e-mail]
golded        [e-mail]
snarfnews     [withheld by request]
soup2pkt      [e-mail]
mountainrdr   [e-mail]
offlinelist   [e-mail]
why           [e-mail]
slipit-ukappp [e-mail]
slippper      [e-mail]
wippper       [e-mail]
@ccessnews    [e-mail]
niespnr       [e-mail]
hogwasher     [e-mail]
yirx          [not given explicitly; see the web pages for a big hint]
plor          ...
newsflex      [e-mail]
pronews       ...
multimail     [e-mail]
beinformed    ...


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Subject: a.u.o software: 500 ftp sites
From: [e-mail] (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ)

500 ftp sites

soup          coast:msdos/offline/soup12.zip
soup          http://www.gatech.edu/acm/soup12.html [error 1998/May/13]
soup          http://www.yak.net/combee/soup12.html
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         coast:msdos/waffle/solar094.zip
solar         ftp.netis.com: ?
solar         http://www.netins.net/~kevin/solar.html
uqwk          ftp.gte.com:/pub/uqwk/uqwk1.8.tar.Z
uqwk-js       http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ejs/warez/js-ware.html
uqwkselector  ftp.gte.com:/pub/uqwk/us/us1.1.tar.Z
zipnews       coast:msdos/offline/znews97g.zip
hpv           coast:msdos/offline/hpv101b.zip
slnr          ftp.adelaide.edu.au:/pub/news/readers/off-line/slnr/*
slnr          ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/news/slnr/patches/*
unor          ftp.gte.com:/pub/unor/unor0021.zip
zipnewsreader coast:msdos/offline/znr093b.zip
yarn          coast:msdos/offline/yarn_088.zip [not latest]
yarn-os2      ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/comm/yrn2_088.zip [not latest]
yarn          http://www.vex.net/yarn/archive/yarn_091.zip
yarn-os2      http://www.vex.net/yarn/archive/yrn2_091.zip
yarneditorsh  coast:msdos/offline/yes-020b.zip
yarnfoldutil  coast:msdos/offline/yutil04.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       coast:msdos/offline/nnrnews2.zip
offlinepgp    coast:msdos/offline/apgp212.zip
versatermlink [retail package - nothing ftp-able]
soupcmd       ftp.gte.com:/pub/soupcmd/soupcmd.tar.gz
macslurp      ...
offliner      [old: metronet.com:/pub/xfer/ol06a.zip]
offliner      ftp.oslonett.no:/gopher/Software/Windows/Comm/Offline/ol06b.zip
offline-orbit [via mail from author]
williamsnews  ftp.netcom.com:/pub/rwilliam/wnnws10b.zip
snuupm        coast:msdos/uucp/snuupm26.zip
uufree        ftp.worldgate.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufree07.zip
uufree        ftp.worldgate.ca:/pub/rschulz/uufres07.zip
uufree        http://www.worldgate.ca/~rschulz/uucp/
macsoup       info-mac:comm/inet/mac-soup-*
macsoup       http://www.snafu.de/~stk/macsoup/
macsoup       ftp.nacamar.de:/pub/Macintosh/MacSOUP/MacSOUP-2.2.sit.hqx
readmail      ftp://ftp.let.ruu.nl/~jeroen/readmail/
readmail      ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/astanley/
newswerthy    coast:msdos/offline/nwrth202.zip [not latest]
newswerthy    simtelnet:msdos/mailnews/nwrth210.zip
newswerthy    ftp.eskimo.com:/u/b/billw/nwrth210.zip
newswerthy    http://www.eskimo.com/~billw/software.html
newshopper    http://www.demon.co.uk/sw15/
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://ftp.stochastik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/atari/okami/
okami         http://okami.home.pages.de/
okami         http://www.xs4all.nl/~josdb/okami.html
tetrix        ftp.internet-eireann.ie:/pub/ie_access/dos/winsock/trp*
tetrix        cica:winsock/trp110.zip
winyarn       coast:win3/offline/winyrn71.zip
souper        http://www.vex.net/yarn/archive/souper16.zip
souper        http://www.mcs.com/~bobr/ftp-dir.html
souper        ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/network/tcpip/souper13.zip
souper        ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/bobr/souprw05.zip
wssoup        http://www.ozemail.com.au/~magnus
olmenu        ftp://ftp.america.net/~kgresham/olmnu117.zip
olmenu        http://www.america.net/~kgresham/olmenu.html
olmenu        ftp.america.net/pub/offline_readers/OLMenu/olmnu117.zip
sonr          ftp://ftp.america.net/~kgresham/sonr101.zip
sonr          http://www.america.net/~kgresham/olmenu.html
sonr          ftp.america.net/pub/offline_readers/OLMenu/sonr101.zip
wsomr         http://www.primenet.com/~dbeko/wsomr120.zip
nautnews      [formerly ftp.xmission.com:/pub/users/s/strombus/nn051b.zip]
forte-agent   ftp.forteinc.com:/pub/forte/free_agent/fagent10.zip
forte-agent   [commercial full-blown version available, not for ftp]
autonews      ftp.cityscape.co.uk:/users/ay89/autonews.zip
vweave        ftp.std.com:/vendors/virtuoso/vweave/vweave10.zip
vweave        coast:win3/offline/vweave10.zip
ddigest       coast:msdos/offline/ddig-007.zip
foldscan      mirage.skypoint.com:/pub/members/jhoglund/foldscan.zip
postroadmail  ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/demos/pstrd102.zip
thor          hstud6.cs.uit.no:/pub/amiga/thor222_main.lha
thor          hstud6.cs.uit.no:/pub/amiga/thor222_inet.lha
imail         ftp.mv.com:/pub/ddj/packages/imail.zip
phhnews       coast:win3/offline/phn044b.zip
phhnews       coast:win3/offline/phnextra.zip
phhnews       <http://www.xs4all.nl/~hawk>
newspkg       ftp.xensei.com:/pub/users/ccrlphr/newspkg3.tgz
newsxpress    ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows/Winsock-Utilities/nx10b4-p.zip
newsxpress    ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows95/wskutil/nx20b0.zip
turnpike      ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/mirrors/turnpike/evaluate.zip
turnpike      ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/litee111.zip
turnpike      ftp.turnpike.com:/pub/evals109.zip
netcetera     ftp.airtime.co.uk:/netcetera/NETC250.ZIP
bobs-sumfile  coast:msdos/offline/bus-013.zip
uqwk-sel-dos  coast:msdos/offline/uqwks04.zip
oui           http://www.peaktopeak.com/
oui           http://www.peaktopeak.com/ouibeta.htm
oui           ftp.dvorak.com:/pub/oui/oui_te.exe
quickelm      simtelnet:msdos/mailnews/qelm110.zip
quickelm      coast:msdos/offline/qelm102.zip
shownews      coast:msdos/offline/sn-311.zip
bluewave      http://www.cris.com/~bluewave
nfx           simtelnet:msdos/mailnews/nfx270.zip
tropical      http://taygate.cl.au.ac.th/web/miron/
tropical      coast:win3/offline/tr131e.zip
virtualaccess http://www.atlantic-coast.com/
virtualaccess http://www.atlantic-coast.com/cgi-bin/sellonline/va.htm
gravity       http://www.microplanet.com/
palmtopreader http://eddie.mit.edu/ftp/distrib/hp95lx/NEW/pnrv10.zip
palmtopreader http://www.inet.net.au/~muzza/pnrv11b1.zip
nettamer      http://www.nettamer.net/
nettamer      http://people.delphi.com/davidcolston
nettamer      simtelnet:msdos/nettamer/n110-386.zip
nettamer      simtelnet:msdos/nettamer/n110-xt.zip
nettamer      garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/n110-386.zip
nettamer      garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/connect/n110-xt.zip
nettamer-ware http://www.net-connect.net/~tomburl/ntwares.htm
pgmail        http://www.ergomatrix.com/
golded        http://www.goldware.dk/
snarfnews     http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~crypto/
soup2pkt      http://www.arrakis.es/~jffraiz/soup2pkt.htm
mountainrdr   http://www.pacifier.com/~awatson/
offlinelist   http://www.kannoncom.com/~jhanoian/readers/
why           http://www.mcs.net/~ddonati/why/why.html
slipit-ukappp mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de:/gopher/public/x_slip/*
slipit-ukappp coast:msdos/offline/slip_itj.zip
slipit-ukappp http://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/uka_ppp/
slippper      http://www.circularlogic.com
wippper       http://www.circularlogic.com
@ccessnews    http://www.vamail.com/accsnews.exe
niespnr       coast:msdos/offline/mynr11.zip
hogwasher     http://www.asar.com/
yirx          http://www.vex.net/~x/yirx/
plor          ftp://ftp.linux.it/pub/mirrors/pluto/developers/
plor          ftp://ftp.linux.it/pub/mirrors/pluto/developers/plor-0.3.2.tar.gz
newsflex      http://www.panteltje.demon.nl/newsflex/
pronews       http://www.panaceasoft.com/
multimail     ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/wmcbrine/bbs/offline/
beinformed    http://www-classic.be.com/beware/network/beinformed/


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Subject: a.u.o software: 600 miscellaneous
From: [e-mail] (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ)

600 miscellaneous

soup - Simple Offline Usenet Packet format
offlinepgp - soup-aware pgp addon
yarneditorsh - editor shell+utilities for yarn
yarnfoldutil - utilities for yarn folders
winyarn - ms-windows front-end to yarn
olmenu - menu-based front-end to uqwk
sonr - simpler version of olmenu
snuupm - easy-install of snews, uupc, and pmail
uufree - free uucp/mail/news, with installation/configuration program
ddigest - extract articles from digest into newsgroups
foldscan - scans news for keywords, puts hits into file or folder
bobs-sumfile - select threads based on subject lines, uqwk and soup
uqwk-sel-dos - works with uqwk's summary mode to select threads
soup2pkt - convert soup <-> Fidonet PKT
offlinelist (OLMR) - ASCII text info on SOUP (and other) offline mail products
why - windows front-end for yarn
yirx - Yarn Information & Resource eXchange


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Subject: a.u.o software: 700 packers
From: [e-mail] (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 uqwk-js - generator; Unix NNTP, Unix spool; soup/zipnews
705 uqwkselector - generator; Unix NNTP, Unix spool; ...
706 zipnews - generator; msdos Waffle, PC-Board, Wildcat; zipnews
707 nnrnews - translator; msdos; nn save files, soup
708 soupcmd - uqwk add-on; Unix; soup commands that uqwk handles non-souply
709 macslurp - news importer via SLIP; mac; ...
710 newsfetcher - news importer via SLIP; mac; ...
711 souper - packer of SLIP mail/news; os2; soup
712 souper - packer of SLIP mail/news; ms-windows; soup
713 wssoup - packer of SLIP mail/news; ms-windows; soup
714 slipit-ukappp - packer of SLIP/PPP mail/news; msdos; soup
715 newspkg - news importer via SLIP; perl (unix or other); std directory tree
716 snarfnews - makes SOUP-subset rnews batches from NNTP (and other things)
717 slippper - ? [includes automated NNTP]; msdos; ?
718 wippper - ? [includes automated NNTP]; ms-windows; ?


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Subject: a.u.o software: 800 readers
From: [e-mail] (Alt.Usenet.Offline-reader FAQ)

800 readers -- `name' - `function'; `platforms'; `standards'

  note that `TCP/IP-based proprietary' often means that the package
  will grab messages via nntp or pop3 or imap, and keep them in a local
  proprietary database.  many of these packages can also work online.

  most packages will hand mail and news

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; DISCONTINUED
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, Linux; soup, text
820 tetrix - reader; msdos; TCP/IP-based soup
821 wsomr - reader; msdos; soup
822 [nautnews - reader; ms-windows; TCP/IP-based proprietary]
823 forte-agent - reader; ms-windows; TCP/IP-based proprietary (use a.u.o.f)
824 autonews - reader; ms-windows; TCP/IP-based ?
825 vweave - selector; ms-windows; uqwk selection files (not soup-based)
826 postroadmail - reader; os2; custom pop3-based
827 thor - reader; amiga; soup, TCP/IP-based
828 imail - reader; msdos; custom
829 phhnews - reader; ms-windows; ?
830 newsxpress - reader; ms-windows; TCP/IP-based proprietary workaround
831 turnpike - reader; ms-windows; proprietary
832 netcetera - reader; ms-windows; proprietary
833 oui - reader; ms-windows; proprietary?
834 quickelm - reader; msdos; front-end for Unix shell
835 shownews - reader; msdos; proprietary news
836 bluewave - reader; msdos, os2; bluewave, QWK-ignore-headers, soup (promised)
837 nfx - reader; msdos; soup
838 tropical - reader; ms-windows; soup
839 virtualaccess - reader; ms-windows; TCP/IP-based proprietary
840 gravity - reader; ms-windows; announcement didn't mention method
841 palmtopreader - reader; HP palmtops, msdos; zipnews
842 nettamer - reader; msdos; TCP/IP-based proprietary
843 pgmail - reader; ms-windows; announcement didn't mention method
844 golded - reader; msdos; soup and others
845 mountainrdr - reader; ms-windows; soup and others
846 @ccessnews - packer+reader; ms-windows; proprietary
847 niespnr - reader; msdos; downloaded files with messages all run together
848 hogwasher - reader; mac; TCP/IP-based proprietary
849 plor - reader; unix; soup and others
850 newsflex - reader; unix; announcement didn't mention method
851 pronews - reader; os2; unknown
852 multimail - reader; msdos, ms-windows, os2, unix; soup and others
853 beinformed - reader; be; unknown