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- From: dlhanson@nap.amoco.com (David L. Hanson )
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: newsreader for PCs, nntp and vmail (PC/TCP)
- Keywords: newsreader for PCs
- Message-ID: <dlhanson.15.724524215@nap.amoco.com>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 16:43:35 GMT
- References: <dahsp.29.724502483@aud1.aud.auc.dk>
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- Organization: These opinions are mine!
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- In article <dahsp.29.724502483@aud1.aud.auc.dk> dahsp@aud1.aud.auc.dk (Henrik S. Pedersen) writes:
- >Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- >Path: apctrc!uc.msc.edu!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!aud.dk!vaxapcnfs.aud.auc.dk!dahsp
- >From: dahsp@aud1.aud.auc.dk (Henrik S. Pedersen)
- >Subject: newsreader for PCs, nntp and vmail (PC/TCP)
- >Message-ID: <dahsp.29.724502483@aud1.aud.auc.dk>
- >Keywords: newsreader for PCs
- >Lines: 17
- >Sender: news@vaxc.aud.auc.dk (USENET News System)
- >Organization: AUD
- >Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:41:23 GMT
- >
- >Newsreader for PCs.
- >
- >I've installed the nntp client and vmail from PC/TCP
- >v. 2.11 (FTP software) on my PC.
- >
- >I don't understand why anyone should use this kind of
- >newsreader. nntp receives all the articles from the
- >news server and stores them on the PC harddisk!
- >
- >I suggest FTP software to make a GOOD newsreader (like
- >"trumpet"). If you know any reason for using nntp and
- >vmail, please reply to:
- >
- >Henrik S. Pedersen
- >Aalborg University Datacenter, Denmark
- >
- I agree with you. I was sorely dissappointed in FTP's newsreader when
- my upgrade arrived. If you wish to follow more than 1 or 2 groups it is too
- unwieldy, too slow, and takes up too much disk space.
-
- They also have some more work to do on their Windows clients. For example,
- where is the the TN3270 emulation for Windows? One of the things I really
- like about FTP's TN.EXE is that it does both VT and TN3270 emulation
- concurently.
-
- One thing that I am VERY happy to see is that they have just released their
- new development kit with the WINSOCK.DLL. Finally, our tcp/ip code should
- be much more portable. Thanks, FTP and others for this!
-
- Signature follows:
- "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God
- and there is none else" Isaiah 45:22
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