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- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!jshark!zebedee.uucp!geoffc
- From: geoffc@zebedee.uucp (Geoffrey Coan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <H.1sxuvuTFqgw@zebedee.uucp>
- Organization: Geoffrey Coan (disorganisation)
- Subject: Hermes, NN, etc
- Summary: Newsreader, expire
- Reply-To: geoffc@zebedee.uucp
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:23:14 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- I've just finished upgrading from Mercury 1.18 to Hermes 1.03 and appart from
- a few problems with understanding the German, it was a largely painless
- transition. I wouldn't reccomend it to anyone who hasn't used Mercury before
- as the docs are patchy to say the least !
-
- A few questions though:
-
- 1. Is there a better news reader than GUS ? I don't like the GEM
- interface as it slows me down. Although I can use rn (from the
- Mercury package) OK it would be really nice to get a better news
- reader (eg: can do Kill of a subject, etc). I've heard that NN
- is good - any comments ?
-
- 2. How can you get the expire program to work ? The format of the
- expire.def file is a mystery to me as my German isn't all that good
- and there isn't an example in the package.
-
- 3. Is there anyway I can get gus to remember what my username is
- - I've got a current.usr file setup but I still have to type geoffc
- every time. I've tried setting up a LOGNAME environment variable
- but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
-
- 4. How do I setup a signature file ?
-
- Cheers
-
- Geoffrey
-
- PS: Thanks to Craig Shore (from New Zealand) for sending me the Hermes disk !
-
- --
- are you ready to SKYDIVE ?? Geoffrey Coan
- well all right then, if you say so ... ..!uunet!ibmpcug!jshark!zebedee!geoffc
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