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- From: Steve Frampton <frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: USENET net.news to VAX*Notes?!?
- Keywords: uucp usenet news vax vms notes
- Message-ID: <k8FwTB4w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 21:46:07 EST
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- Steve Frampton <frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> writes:
-
- > I was wondering what is out there in the public domain/freeware/shareware
- > to provide the following functions:
- >
- > - Something to run on the VAX VMS system to allow it to connect to
- > my site and transfer the news via UUCP/g.
- >
- > - Something to convert the USENET newsgroups into some format readable
- > by VAX*Notes...which is an application they seem keen on supporting.
-
- As promised, I am following up to this query with a summary. Special
- thanks to those who responded:
-
- flowers@memstvx1.memst.edu, gezelter@rlgsc.com,
- rick@qucdnee.ee.queensu.ca
-
- ...and anyone else who happened to respond during or just after
- I was composing this summary.
-
- It was unanimously suggested that I look into "ANU-NEWS", aka VMSNET,
- which is a news server & client for VAX VMS. It was written by Geoff
- Huston of ANU in Australia, and is available from the DECUS library, or
- over the net at several sites. It includes source code. The security
- is said to be excellent.
-
- As far as gating the news to VAX*Notes, it was suggested to just use
- ANU news instead as it is a full-blown news package. However, if comp.
- services were insistant about using VAX*Notes, gateways did exist (one
- contributed by DEC and doesn't include source, but others are available
- from other sources as well) to accomplish this.
-
- Thanks to all for your timely and helpful suggestions.
-
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