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- Trumpet Version 1.06
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- A News Reader for MS-DOS machines.
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- by Peter R. Tattam
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- Email: peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au
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- Copyright (C) 1991,1992
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- Introduction
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- Trumpet is an NNTP newsreader for PC's running on MS-DOS. It requires
- the use of a Packet Driver using either Blue-book ethernet or SLIP
- packets. It provides the user with user-friendly environment for
- news-reading and also supports the use of a mouse for point-and-click
- use. Under some circumstances, Trumpet will also run under Windows
- 3.x, but as a DOS application only.
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- Disclaimer
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- This program is Copyright (C) 1991,1992 by Peter R. Tattam, All Rights
- Reserved.
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- It is provided as shareware with the following limitations:
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- This program is shareware and is not to be resold or
- distributed for sale with other programs which are for
- sale. There is no warranty or claim of fitness or
- reliability. The program is distributed AS IS, and as
- such neither the author nor the University of Tasmania
- shall be held liable for any loss of data, down time,
- loss of revenue or any other direct or indirect damage
- or claims caused by this program.
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- Using Trumpet for the first time
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- If you are running Trumpet for the first time, you must first make
- sure that you have a packet driver loaded. Packet drivers are
- available from many sources, of which the most public accessible is
- the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS program archive. Many sites mirror this archive
- around the world.
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- First type
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- NEWS
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- You should be presented with a copyright notice. Type <enter> to
- continue. You will then be given a setup screen. You will need to
- fill in quite a few details regarding your network. If you are
- running from a Novell network, you may not be able to edit some
- fields. Fill in those which you are able to fill in. Use the <tab> key
- to move from field to field. After you have completed the setup
- screen, type <enter>. When you are starting for the first time,
- Trumpet subscribes you to all the groups that are on the news server.
- This number can be quite large on some news servers, so if you like,
- you can type <Alt-E><Alt-Z> to unsubscribe from all news groups, and
- then <ins> to open up the subscribe box and just select the news
- groups which interest you by moving to the name of the newsgroup and
- typing <enter>. When you are satisfied that you have the news groups
- that you wish to view, proceed to the next section.
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- Using Trumpet Normally
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- When using NEWS, if all goes well, you should be connected to the NNTP
- server and then you will be able to read the news. You will be
- presented with a large window with 2 scrolling frames. The top frame
- is for locating a newsgroup, the bottom for scanning through a group.
- A group's articles will not be displayed until the newsgroup is
- selected with <enter>. To jump between the frames, type <tab>. To move
- about, use the cursor keys or click on the scroll bars with a mouse.
- You may also locate a group or subject by typing a sequence of
- characters which form part of the group name or article subject. For
- example the sequence 'n','o','v','e' will locate the group
- 'comp.sys.novell'. This makes it easy to locate a group or subject
- without typing too much.
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- Note: if NEWS.INI does not exist, Trumpet will attempt to subscribe to
- all the newsgroups available. This could take some time, and make you
- think that the computer has gone dead. A ticker should count over
- showing you that Trumpet is loading all the newsgroup info. The same
- thing happens when you select the subscribe box.
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- To read an article, merely select the article in the lower window by
- pressing <enter>. You can move about the article with the cursor keys,
- or if you have a mouse, you can click on the scroll bars. Try using
- the F7/F8 keys to move from article to article. You can also click on
- the bottom status line to invoke the commands if you have a mouse
- loaded.
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- All in all, the program is probably "self-explanatory".
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- (well not really, but I'm sure you'll figure it out :-)
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- Here are some of the special commands available from the various parts
- of the program. Note that [key] means press the ALT key at the same
- time as pressing that key. For example, [R] means press ALT + R at
- the same time.
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- In the news group window (The top frame)
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- Ins open a window of all the unsubscribed groups
- (when open, <enter> will subscribe the newsgroup)
- Del unsubscibe from a news groups
- Enter scan the newsgroup for articles.
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- In the news article window (The bottom frame)
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- F7/F8 will jump to the prev/next group with articles to be read.
- F9 swap to article viewer and vice versa
- F10 cycle through header formats.
- esc return to news group window.
- enter retrieve the article and view it.
- [R]eadall will mark all the articles as having been read for the
- current group and then scan to the next group with articles
- in it.
- [U]nread Unread 20 articles at a time.
- [T]oggle will toggle the read status of an article.
- [S]kip will mark the article as having been read without reading
- it.
- [F]ollow do a follow up to the article.
- [P]ost post a new article
- f[O]rward forward article to mail user (defaults to self)
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- In the article reader window (When an article has been selected)
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- [H]eader toggle viewing of the header
- [W]ordwrap toggle word wrapping
- [P]rint print an article (Can also save to a file this way)
- [S]ave save article to a file (if files exists, then it is
- appended)
- [M]ail mail a letter to author of the article.
- [R]eply mail a reply to the author of the article. (includes
- article)
- f[O]rward forward article to mail user (defaults to self)
- F9 swap back to news article window and vice versa
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- esc return to news article window
- F10 toggle rot13 decoding
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- The use of a mouse is supported via the standard mouse driver. Load
- your mouse driver before use.
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- The Trumpet Menu
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- Here is a list of the menus in Trumpet 1.06
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- Special Video mode - toggle the video mode from 25 to
- (43-50) line mode
- Dos - shell to dos
- Setup - the setup dialog
- Reconnect - reconnect to the NNTP server. (useful
- after having sent a posting)
- Exit - exit the program
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- Group Readall - read all current articles in news
- item list
- Unread 10 - unread by 10 articles
- Unread 20 - unread by 20 articles (same as hot key
- Unread)
- Unread - unread all
- Catch up - similar to Readall, but catches up
- completely without rescanning group
- Catch up all - marks all newsgroups as having been
- read.
- Subscribe - subscribe to new groups
- Subscribe with mask - subscribe using a search mask. Useful
- if memory can't hold all the news groups.
- Unsubscribe - unsubscribe current group
- Zap all - unsubscibe from all news groups. use
- with caution.
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- Article Post - post a new article to a newsgroup
- Follow - post a follow up to another article on
- a newsgroup
- Cancel - cancel a posting you have sent.
- Mail - send an article to the author of an
- article without quoted article
- Reply - send an article to the author of an
- article quoting the article
- Forward - forward an article by mail without
- quoting article but rather by including it.
- Print - print an article
- Save - save article to a file
- Append - append article to a file
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- Quit quits Trumpet
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- <hidden> registration of trumpet
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- Providing command line parameters to Trumpet
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- NEWS takes the following parameters.
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- news { -option }
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- The option '-d' enables debugging. This is only used for debugging
- the TCP/IP part of the program.
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- An example of providing parameters from the command line would be
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- news -myip=133.32.1.5 -netmask=255.255.0.0 -gateway=133.32.250.1
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- Parameters may be in any order and can be read from the NEWS.PRM file,
- the command line, or environment variables.
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- The individual parameters are
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- nntp-host domain name or IP address of the NNTP server
- smtp-host domain name or IP address of the SMTP server
- dns-host IP address of Domain name server
- time-host IP address of Time server
- myip an ip address, rarp or bootp (in lower case)
- netmask your ip local network mask
- mygateway ip address of your gateway outside your local net
- mss maximum segment size that tcp can send. default 512
- rwin size of the tcp receive window.
- site your e-mail site name
- user your e-mail user name
- organizationthe name of your organization
- fullname your full name
- signame your signature file name
- protect disallow users to change setup
- options your saved Trumpet options
- title-formatyour saved Trumpet title format
- timeout timeout in seconds for commands to time out. leave
- large (> 600).
- vector Hex specification of the packet driver vector number
- debug debug options (see later)
- dbfile debug file name
- d equivalent to -debug=t
- maildir specification of the maildir location (command line or
- environment variable only).
- disable_nw disable any netware features of trumpet (command line
- or env. var. only)
- nobatch disable batching of XHDR commands
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- Debug options
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- The parameter -debug enables certain debugging options.
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- the format is
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- news -debug=xyz
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- where xyz is a string of the following characters
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- e = ether header trace (only if ip trace, arp trace or rarp trace is
- on)
- a = arp trace
- r = rarp trace
- u = udp trace
- i = ip trace
- t = tcp trace
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- e.g.
- news -debug=eat
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- will trace arp packets with ether headers, and trace the tcp
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- The -d option is equivalent to -debug=t
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- You can also send output to a debug file with the option -dbfile
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- e.g.
- news -d -dbfile=test.dbg
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- will trace the tcp info into the file 'test.dbg'
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- What Trumpet needs
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- The files required are
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- NEWS.EXE - the executable file.
- NEWS.PRM - a setup file for the news reader.
- NEWS.INI - a list of the newsgroups subscribed to.
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- Also required
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- A packet driver of class 1 (Bluebook) or class 6 (SLIP)
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- Optionally required Mouse driver
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- A typical stand-alone setup would look like this
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- myip = 131.217.35.100
- user = peter
- netmask = 255.255.0.0
- mygateway = 131.217.250.1
- nntp-host = deimen.utas.edu.au:119
- smtp-host = 131.217.1.19
- dns-host = 131.217.1.19
- time-host = 131.217.1.19
- site = psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au
- organization = Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
- mss = 512
- rwin = 4096
- fullname = Peter R. Tattam
- signame = c:\news\my.sig
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- Notes for Novell NetWare(tm) Users
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- Trumpet recognizes the existence of a NetWare network, and will act
- appropriately. Individual users will save their own NEWS.PRM and
- NEWS.INI in their mail directory. This directory is SYS:MAIL\nnnn
- where nnnn is their unique user-id number.
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- NetWare users will have some parameters stored in their user parameter
- file and the rest loaded from a global parameter file. When running
- from a network, some parameters may change from machine to machine.
- One such parameter is the ip address 'myip'. One can use RARP or BOOTP
- to determine the IP address of a workstation, or pass the address via
- the command-line or environment variables.
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- The suggested way to run Trumpet is as follows. The Trumpet NEWS.EXE
- program should reside in a public directory. e.g. SYS:PUBLIC or
- SYS:TRUMPET
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- A typical public setup follows. Notice that some parameters are
- missing.
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- myip = rarp
- netmask = 255.255.0.0
- mygateway = 131.217.250.1
- nntp-host = 131.217.1.19
- smtp-host = 131.217.1.19
- dns-host = 131.217.1.19
- time-host = 131.217.1.19
- site = psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au
- organization= Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
- rwin = 4096
- mss = 1024
- user = *
- fullname = *
- timeout = 600
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- A typical user setup might be
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- signame = c:\news\my.sig
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- Trumpet will only require the file NEWS.PRM in the public directory.
- For full security, this file should contain all the Trumpet parameters
- except those which you allow users to modify. If the user and
- fullname are specified, they should have a "*" as their parameter.
- This means to load the username and fullname from the novell server.
- When Trumpet is started for the first time, the user will
- automatically have a NEWS.INI and NEWS.PRM created in their mail
- directory. When Trumpet is started, the existence of a NEWS.INI is
- checked,and if one is not found, a list of news groups will be
- retrieved from the NNTP server. This can take some time, so be
- patient. If the setting -protect is provided then the user will not
- be able to change any of the settings.
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- The sequence of events for a novell user are :
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- 1) determination of mail directory
- 2) NEWS.PRM loaded from user mail directory. (if exists)
- 2-a) environment variable overrides
- 2-b) command-line overrides
- 3) NEWS.PRM loaded from NEWS.EXE directory. This will override
- any attempt to forge some of the global parameters.
- 4) if user and/or full name not set, then retrieve from server.
- 5) NNTP session opened.
- 6-a) if NEWS.INI exists in user mail directory then load it
- 6-b) or if NEWS.INI exists in NEWS.EXE directory then load it
- 6-c) or subscribe to all newsgroups on the NNTP server.
- ....
- ....
- [ optional
- 7) User changes Setup (limited to only .sig file name)
- 8) NEWS.PRM saved in mail directory
- ]
- ....
- ....
- 9) User quits.
- 10) NEWS.INI saved in mail directory
- 11) NEWS.PRM saved in user's mail directory. (only the screen
- settings updated)
- 12) NNTP session ended.
- 13) program ends.
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- Special Novell Group Management
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- If you are running Trumpet in a NetWare environment, you may want to
- take advantage of the security features which can be enabled using
- NetWare groups. One can give Trumpet users certain privileges by
- having the user belong to one of the following groups. If any of
- these groups exist on your NetWare server, then the security options
- will be enforced. If the groups exist, but the user is in none of
- them, news access will be barred completely. The user must also be
- logged on for the security features to be enabled, so care should be
- taken to make sure that the executables cannot be copied to a private
- disk and executed from there.
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- In the following,
- read means the user can read news articles
- subscribe means the user can subscribe to news groups
- post means the user can post articles via NNTP
- mail means the user can mail articles using SMTP
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- NEWSREADERS read and subscribe enabled
- NEWSPOSTERS read, post and subscribe enabled
- NEWSMAILERS read, mail and subscribe enabled
- NEWSNOSUBS read enabled, subscribe disabled
- NEWSALL read, post, mail, subscribe enabled
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- The groups may be combined, but the groups are processed in the order
- presented This means that NEWSALL will override all other settings.
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- NEWS.INI format
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- You may modify your own news.ini file. This can save space in
- Trumpet. The file is simply a list of lines, one per newsgroup.
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- Each line has the following format.
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- <line> ::= <name> <subscribed> <readto> <unread-list>
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- where
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- <name> ::= string
- <subscribed> ::= "Y" | "N"
- <readto> ::= integer
- <unread-list> ::= { integer ["-" integer ] }
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- e.g.
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- comp.sys.novell Y 2345
- sci.physics Y 1234 1021 1034-1041 1211
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- This format will be discontinued in the future releases. I hope to
- standardize to the .newsrc format used by unix systems.
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- Bug Reports
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- If you find a bug in Trumpet, I would like to hear about it.
- You can e-mail me at
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- peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au
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- If you can, send me the NEWS.PRM that you are using (supervisor
- version if using Novell), and a simple trace of the form
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- news -d -dbfile=simple.dbg
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- and then
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- news -debug=eairtu -dbfile=full.dbg
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- Trouble shooting check list
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- Can't connect to NNTP server.
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- Check that you have a packet driver loaded. Packet driver help
- is available from nelson@crynwr.com
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- Check that you have a valid IP-address either manually or via
- RARP or BOOTP.
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- Try telnetting to port 119 of the NNTP host using NCSA telnet to
- see if it is accessible.
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- Can access NNTP server but can't read any articles.
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- You need to be authorized to use the NNTP server.
- See the administrator of the NNTP server.
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- Can read articles, but can't POST.
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- You need to be authorized to post articles.
- Some groups don't allow posting.
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- Can read articles, but can't MAIL.
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- Have you filled in the SMTP-HOST parameter?
- You need to be authorized to use the SMTP host.
- See the system administrator.
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- Interface runs really, really slow. (on ethernet)
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- Packets are most likely being dropped because your host is
- sending too many packets at a time. Try setting RWIN=512, and
- MSS=512. Experiment a little.
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- Interface runs really, really slow. (via SLIP).
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- You really want to use Trumpet via SLIP???? :-) Seriously...
- Later versions of Trumpet may have special facilities for
- background SLIP processing. If you are running SLIP, you may want
- to set MSS to a smaller size. (say 128 or 256)
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- When I read large groups or large articles, Trumpet bombs.
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- This shouldn't happen much any more. How much memory do you
- have?
- Watch the avail memory indicator at the top of the screen.
- Please tell me about it. I want to fix this.
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- Trumpet hangs halfway through a session.
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- Many possible causes.
- IPXPKT being used with mss > 256.... set mss=256
- Communications broken.
- Some TSR is interacting badly with Trumpet.
- Mouse driver behaving badly.
- Monster groups/articles.
- Trumpet has timed out perhaps due to some kind of net failure.
- Perhaps the batching of commands is not working. try -nobatch
- XHDR command not implemented on news server.
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- Known bugs
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- Out of sync sessions cause havoc. Don't set timeout too small.
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- Please report any bugs to
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- peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au
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- You can trace bugs with posting by creating a file called POST.LOG in
- the same directory as NEWS.INI. All lines posted to the NNTP server
- will be saved in this file.
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- Current wish list
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- Archiving of articles via a simple database. (not far off now)
- Automatic uuencode/uudecode facility for binary postings.
- Use external editor
- Mail a copy of posting
- Cut & paste in editor (and a clipboard)
- Print out in Postscript
- A decent Manual
- This .DOC needs rewriting.
- No Print/File save error dialogs.
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- Trumpet is going Shareware
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- From version 1.05, Trumpet has become shareware. Due to the
- unprecedented demand for more features to be added to Trumpet, I am
- intending to recover some of the costs in the development of Trumpet.
- You may use Trumpet for up to a month to evaluate its usefulness. If
- at the end of that time you are satisfied with Trumpet as a product,
- you can register Trumpet. The basic registration fee for a single
- user version of Trumpet is US$10. Versions 1.05 and later are
- shareware and are available from the Internet. The distribution site
- is ftp.utas.edu.au:/pc/trumpet/dostrump/*
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- Registration of Trumpet 1.06
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- All you need to do is send US$10 plus US$5 postage for the
- registration password and you will receive the registration password
- for Trumpet in the mail.
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- Should you require a copy on disk instead, there will be a cost of $10
- per disk which includes the password.
-
- Multi-user site license
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- Trumpet will be charged by the number of simultaneous users . The
- pricing structure for commercial users is thus
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- 1-99 users $10 US per user
- 100-999 users $1000 US + $2 US per additional user above 100
- 1000-4999 users$2800 US + $0.20 US per additional user over 1000
- 5000+ $3600 US
-
- site restriction 10km
-
- The pricing structure for educational users is thus
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- 1-99 users $10 US per user
- 100+ $1000 US
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- site restriction unlimited.
-
- Australian users should contact me regarding Australian pricing
- information and availability.
-
- Cheques or Postal Orders should be made out to
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- Psychology Department, University of Tasmania
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- and sent to
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- Trumpet Software,
- c/- Psychology Department,
- University of Tasmania
- GPO Box 252C,
- HOBART, TAS AUSTRALIA 7001
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- You may fill out the following order form and send it along with your
- cheque or Postal Order to the above address.
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- Please note that International mail can be rather slow, and it may
- take up to 2 months to receive your registration.
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- Trumpet Bug History
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- Version 1.01 fixes the following bugs.
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- Internal - NNTP result codes interpreted when exceptions occur.
- TCP/IP - modified to recycle packets out of sequence
- Unable to change IP address on command line.
- Some posting editor bugs fixed.
- Fixed RARP packets, timeout 10 seconds (was 5).
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- Enhancements in Version 1.01
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- On initial startup (or NEWS.INI missing) the setup screen appears
- automatically.
- Any error conditions will display a message on the screen for a couple
- of seconds.
- U(nread command now unreads 20 articles at a time
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- Version 1.02 fixes the following bugs
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- Check for low memory. Displays a message, and limps on with reduced
- memory.
- Article numbers > 65535 should work now.
-
- Version 1.03 fixes the following bugs
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- Some ARP code broken.
- TCP code improved for sending data.
- SMTP address not saved after setup screen.
- fixed bug when unread list contains old articles which have
- disappeared from NNTP host.
- Fixed bug in screen display when focussing a new group without
- loading.
- Fixed bug introduced by Memory low checking. If there were unread
- articles, the readto pointer was assigned to the last of them. Updated
- correctly now.
-
- Version 1.03 Enhancements
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- Forwarding command in article and news item windows. (defaults to
- self)
- Mail command sends new letter to author of article.
- Reply command replies to author of article.
- Indicator on start up about IP address shows netmask and default
- gateway.
- More dials on load/save of news.ini.
- Full name extracted from Novell bindery.
- BOOTP installed.
- More robust Novell usage.
- Command line entry of all parameters.
- Extended debug options.
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- Version 1.04 Bug fixes
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- TCP code modified to avoid Silly Window Syndrome
- Inclusion of RWIN parameter for small/slow ethernet adaptors.
- RARP bug fixed (The BOOTP enhancement broke this part)
- Path line contains the DNS look up for the IP address.
- Date line fixed to conform to Usenet format.
- Traces may be sent to a text file for later analysis
- You can now escape using any when reading large groups.
- You can now shell to DOS.
-
- Version 1.05A bug fixes
-
- The "time-server address not specified causing articles to be rejected
- because of weird date: header" bug is fixed.
- Packet driver hooks modified to allow trace to work.
- The SMTP session is more robust. RCPT TO lines processed properly.
- CC: now works.
- Some changes to the TCP code.
-
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- Version 1.05A Enhancements
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- Saves Trumpet settings
- Lots of cosmetic changes to the program.
- Improved Article header layout.
- Support for SLIP included.
- Timeout on NNTP commands
- Rot13 support (try F9 in the article viewer)
- Mail directory can be supplied via command line or environment
- variables.
- Send copy of mail to self.
- A net status indicator.
- A clock.
- The packet driver interrupt number can be set.
- NNTP port number can be set at end of NNTP host name.
-
- Version 1.05B Bug fixes/enhancements
-
- Mail now has a Date: header
- Mail to multiple recipients works (separate by commas, but don't use a
- comma in a comment)
- Added an option to disallow a user to change the setup (option -
- protect)
- Added some file error retry dialogs for the Print/Save commands.
- The save of the news.prm file has been changed to use a temporary file
- when saving.
- Maildir command has automatic append of "\" if not provided.
- IP header check sums checked. (were not before)
-
- Version 1.05C Bug fixes
-
- BOOTP processing improved to allow any vendor type other than standard
- bootp options.
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- Version 1.05D Bug fixes
-
- Small packets not checked for. (Introduced by SLIP) Crashes with some
- packet drivers.
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- Version 1.05E Bug fixes/enhancements
-
- Inclusion of a Cancel Article option.
- Removal of any reference to supervisor for Novell Systems.
- Fixed bug where environment/command line parameters were saved in
- news.prm by mistake.
- Modified default timeout from 60 seconds to 600 seconds.
- Modified the Posting/Mailing Dialogues to cope with user pressing
- <esc> by mistake when creating an article.
-
- Version 1.05F Bug fixes/enhancements
-
- Article line counting.
- 0 line count appearing on Article list removed.
- Cross referencing processing of read articles added. (will cause
- possible slow down of article scanning)
- Inclusion of a -disable_nw option to disable NetWare maildir/username
- processing (cammand line or environment variable only).
- Bugs in 1.05E tcp fixed.
- Bug where users gateway wasn't disabled from setup menu fixed.
- Fixed empty RCPT TO: fields (empty fields) in SMTP processing.
-
- Version 1.05G Bug fixes
-
- Bug fixed which was introduced in revision F relating to removing
- spaces from some trumpet parameters.
- Bug fixed relating to 25/43-50 line mode switching.
-
- Version 1.05H Bug fixes/enhancements
-
- Added workaround for bug introduced by 1.05F/G with batching XHDR
- commands. Workaround is
- option -nobatch.
- Fixed possible bootp freezing problem.
- Added Novell group security processing. See section in
- doucumentation.
- Added DOS shell protection if -protect option set.
- Added ability to reconnect the NNTP session without restarting
- Trumpet.
-
- Version 1.05I Bug fixes
-
- Bug fixed where dns-host and time-host setting not recognized from
- setup. (introduced by 1.05H modifications)
-
- Version 1.06A changes
-
- New look & feel similar to Trumpet for Windows - new menus, added
- features
- Improved memory management and out of memory handling.
- Cut & paste now works.
- A new revamped TCP is being used. It is faster than the previous
- version.
- Try out the auto-scroll feature using the mouse in the article viewer.
-
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- Version 1.06B bug fixes/changes
-
- Fixed out bounds error unsubscribing from empty newgroup list.
- Fixed bugs relating to crashing when shelling to DOS.
- Added DPMI version (packet driver only at this stage)
- Fixed bug with blank screens.
- Added <space>/<return>/<rubout> keyboard hotkeys in viewer.
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- Acknowledgements
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- The following packages are acknowledged in the development of Trumpet.
-
- Turbo Vision for Turbo Pascal 7.0 by Borland International
-
- TSPA2760 library of Turbo Pascal units available from garbo.uwasa.fi
- by Prof. Timo Salmi, moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP
- archives at the University of Vaasa, Finland.
-
- DPMI Runtime environment by Borland International