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- Binary Newsreader (BNR)
- Version 1.25
- (c) 1996,1997 Ralf Christen
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-
- What this software does
- -----------------------
-
- The Binary Newsreader (BNR) is designed for easy downloading and decoding
- single- and multipart binary files which are UUE- or BASE-64 (Mime format)
- encoded from Internet newsgroups.
-
- Exactly! It's made for all these alt.binaries... newsgroups.
-
- - True 32-bit application, designed for OS/2 Warp V3 and V4
- - Uses OS/2 features like multithreading, drag/drop, object oriented execution
- - User-friendly configuration notebook
- - BNR is multithreaded!
- - You can stop and restart any time during the download. You can even discon-
- nect from the network and continue working after reconnecting without re-
- starting the reader or reloading the newsgroup.
- - Ability to connect multi-part-files. You do not have to attach downloaded
- UUE-files prior to the decoding process (the way you have to do in NR/2).
- - Processes UUE- and BASE64 (Mime format) coded files.
- - Filter feature (eg. get articles containing the words JPG or GIF)
- - SOCKS gateway
- - Mailto and Web Browser gateway
- - ...and much more...
-
-
- Getting started
- ---------------
-
- - You need an UUE-Decoder and a BASE64/Mime-Decoder installed. I suggest to use
- the combinded UUE/BASE64/Mime-Decoder UUDEVIEW, written by Frank Pilhofer.
- You can get it from 'ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/unix/uudvdos2.zip' or from
- 'http://www.dataline.ch/~rch/uudvdos2.zip' (which might not be the most
- recent version).
-
- - Copy the BNR files into a new directory and start the software calling
- BNR.EXE
-
- - Select 'Create desktop folder' from the 'Configure' Pulldown menu. This
- creates the necessary desktop objects for you.
-
- - From this new BNR folder you can access the BNR documentation which is
- written in the popular HTML format.
- Read the following sections to get familiar with this software:
- > 4.0 Getting started
- > 5.0 Normal work
- These two sections contain a step-by-step documentation on how to start and
- how to work with the Binary Newsreader.
-
-
- Contacts
- --------
-
- Binary Newsreader Homepage : http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/bnr
- Technical Support Page : http://www.dataline.ch/~rch
- E-Mail : ralf.christen@ibm.net
-
-
- New functions in V1.25
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-
- - BNR uses a separate TCP/IP connection for every newsserver request (get sta-
- tus, get article subjects, send NNTP command, post, get list of newsgroups,
- update list of newsgroups). BNR connects and disconnects automatically;
- therefore, the 'Connect' and 'Disconnect' option have been removed from the
- 'File' pulldown menu. The '/C' commandline option becomes obsolete. This
- also solves the problem that newsservers often disconnect clients after a
- period of time.
-
- - Article headers are received using a separate thread (No busy cursor
- anymore). You can cancel this thread using the ESC key.
-
- - The position and size of the configuration notebook is saved.
-
- - Two new options have been added on a 2nd 'Filter' page of the configuration
- notebook: The first option allows to limit the number of article headers to
- be received. The second new option allows to specify the minimum number of
- lines an article must have. Articles headers with a line count less than the
- value specified are not being displayed. Be aware that you can suppress
- the last (too small) part of a multi-part file if you enable this feature.
- Both options are also available on the 'Override filters' window when
- overriding filters at runtime.
-
- - There is a new button when overriding the filters at runtime to clear
- all filters
-
- - Fix: The subscribtion date was not set when using the Cut/Paste function of
- the newsgroup manager editor.
-
- - You can post with your real Mail-ID but without your name
-
- - You can use the Web-Browser of your choice
-
- - A new notebook page 'Logging' offers a set of loggings options when
- executing BNR scripts. There are 7 more script commands available (END,
- GOTO, ONERROR, LABEL, MESSAGE, TRACE and FILTER) to add user defined error
- processing to scripts.
-
- - Warp V4 (Merlin) users have the new 'Merlin-style' notebooks
-
- - You can move entries to the top of the receiver job queue
-
- - The additional script command EXECUTE provides a handy way to execute OS/2
- commands while processing scripts
-
- - Use the new %N variable in your decoder command to pass the name of the
- current newsgroup to the decoder. With this, you can decode the articles
- of different newsgroups to different subdirectories.
-
- - You can add generic E-Mail IDs to the blocklist. They must have the format
- *@myhost.net. This would exclude all posts submitted by an E-Mail address
- at myhost.net.
-
-
- New functions in earlier version
- --------------------------------
-
- There is a complete list of improvements from V1.00 to the current version
- at the end of the BNR documentation in BNR.HTM.
-
-
-
- Happy downloading...
- Ralf Christen