NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/programm/win32/2623

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From: [e-mail] (Jeff Coffler)
Subject: News/UUCP possible from Windows NT?
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Sender: coffler@dbased (Jeff Coffler)
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, NH
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:41:32 GMT


I currently have a 486 running UNIX at home that serves as my link to the
internet.  I get mail and USENET news from other sites (via UUCP), and will
forward it along to other sites that I serve as a feed site for.

To do this, I use C-news and UUCP (HDB UUCP, which came with UNIX).  I also
use NNTP since my newsreader (that I use to read stuff myself) acts as an NNTP
client; thus, I run an NNTP server that XRN (my newsreader) can talk to.

I'd like (if possible) to start using Windows NT for this sort of activity.
Does anyone know if C-news is being ported to Windows NT?  I know of some
UUCP packages under DOS, but most of these don't seem very robust (at least
in comparison to UUCP under UNIX).  Does anyone know of the status of UUCP
access on Windows NT?

I've heard (in this group) of an NNTP-based Windows NT newsreader that someone
is working on (it's shareware). That would, of course, serve as a newsreader if
the NNTP server code runs under Windows NT.  Any ideas if it does?  What about
MAIL via UUCP?

I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but this group (since it is an
internet group) seems like a great place! :-)

If anyone has any information on any of the above, I'd really appreciate it;
thanks ...

    -- Jeff

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