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From: rdante@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Rick Dante)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: NNTP Client---What exactly does it take?
Date: 23 Mar 1993 08:14:17 GMT
Organization: Newsreaders Anonymous
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <1omgspINNdnc@network.ucsd.edu>
References: <1993Mar22.234243.16541@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
Reply-To: rdante@sdcc13.ucsd.edu
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In article 16541@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca, storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider) writes:
>
>
> I would like to set up news for my 386bsd system (Strictly
> a client where I can read articles locally on my system). I have an
> NNTPSERVER already willing to provide me with the service, so all I
> need is to get all the appropriate software.
>
> What packages do I need..? From what snooping I've done
> so far, it looks like I'll need some version of rn with Pnews and
> Rnmail, the nntp distribution and possibly other things.
>
All you need is a news client such as rn (I recommend xvnews if you are running X)
as long as you aren't running the server software (which you say you aren't)
> Thus, I have some rn-version.tar.Z and nntp-version.tar.Z
^^^^^^^^^^ Don't need this
>
>
> Toodlepip!
> Marc'me.
>
> --
> storm@cs.mcgill.ca McGill P.O.W Camp "Oh crap---It's not
> Marc Wandschneider Montreal, CANADA random enough"
>
> Ever wonder what Wonder Woman wonders about?
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