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- Thu Jun 10 22:35:47 1993
-
- WinVN version 0.80 is now available as a BETA release.
-
- WinVN is an NNTP Newsreader for Windows 3.1, originally by Mark Riordan.
-
- There are many changes and bugfixes from the last public version (.076c)
- which we hope you will enjoy.
-
- Short List of new features:
-
- o newsrc-eating problems fixed (Yea! Yea!)
- o MAPI and SMTP mail support
- o ROT13 support for reading and posting
- o Print articles
- o optional thread-tree display
- o header sorting (subject, lines, author, date, thread)
- o NNTP XOVER support (speeds up reading significantly)
- o lots of little touch-ups here and there
-
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-
- Please, take this for a test drive (if you're brave), and get back
- with us ('The Developers') so we can finally get a relatively bug-free
- version out to the NewsBreathing public.
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- This version should run on the following tcp/ip stacks
- (* == tested by me recently)
-
- Non WinSock:
- DEC Pathworks 4.1 * (wsockets.dll)
- MS LanMan * (wsockets.dll)
- Novell LanWorkPlace (this binary is on the way)
-
- WinSock:
- FTP Inc. * (pc/tcp 2.11 & winsock.dll from sunsite)
- NetManage *
- Windows NT 16-bit * (march SDK beta release)
- Windows NT native (this binary is on the way)
- MS LanMan beta WINSOCK *
-
- This should really work with any WINSOCK version 1.1 compliant stack.
- If you find one that it doesn't work with, let us know.
-
- about WINSOCK: WinSock is a *standard*. Several vendors are shipping
- tcp/ip stacks that contain a conforming WINSOCK.DLL library. There is
- no free WinSock stack yet - but a few of the vendors are providing demo
- versions of their stacks. To find out more, ftp to:
-
- sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/
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-
- The following folks have contributed lots of code to WinVN since
- Mark Riordan released it in October 1989:
-
- Matt Bretherton MBretherton@cmutual.com.au
- Jim Dumoulin dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov
- Michael Downs mdowns@eos.arc.nasa.gov
- Michael Finken finken@conware.de
- Sam Rushing rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov
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- The 'official' FTP site for WinVN is at titan.ksc.nasa.gov (128.159.4.20)
- in the directory [pub.win3.winvn]
-
- Here is what you need to grab:
-
- for Winsock: winvnstd_080.zip
- for Pathworks: winvnpwk_080.zip
-
- After the beta testing period, winvn will be given to the WinSock
- archive maintainers for inclusion in the collection on microdyne.com
- and sunsite.unc.edu. May it find its way unto a CD someday.
-
- -Sam
-
- Use the Source, Luke!
-
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