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- From: udo@umunk.GUN.de (Udo Munk)
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- Subject: Re: tin
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
- References: <1992Sep14.122040.1655@jabaru.cec.edu.au>
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- Organization: U. Munk's private BBS
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 17:24:21 GMT
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- d10590@tanus.oz.au (Robert Chalmers) writes:
- : Can someone give me some advice please on the file format of the files that
- : are used by tin. There does not seem to be any indication in the docs of how
- : to actually get the files into a working state. Also, assuming I have a site
- : that will provide a news feed service, how do I actually get the 'incoming
- : news fed in to tin'... any help much appreciated...
- : Bob
-
- Tin is only a news reader. You also need a news package like wnews or cnews
- to get the news articles onto your system. And the news package comes
- with docs of all the files, which makes it possible for an news reader
- like tin, to read the news.
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