Short: Turn YAM2 into a newsreader! (v0.5) Author: Ridwan Hughes Uploader: Ridwan Hughes Type: comm/mail ----------------------------------------------------- YAM2Usenet v0.5 : 16-Jul-98 ©1998 Ridwan Hughes http://www.ridhughz.demon.co.uk/yam2usenet/ ----------------------------------------------------- If you've been wanting to access usenet with YAM2 then these scripts are for you, they allow you to download usenet posts into YAM2 and reply back to them. The basics of using the scripts is explained in the main documentation and on the homepage, if you do not read the included doc then you might not get as far as you would hope, the doc contains step by step information on how to configure and set this up, then after that it's easy to read+post. --=-- New in 0.5 --=-- ->Added in tons of failsafes into the install script, the post script and the read script so that if the script(s) can't open a file or post with a newsserver then it lets you know, giving as much reasons as to why as possible so you can change newsservers or make sure the file missing is created. ->Proper threading of posts. Altered the read script so that the References: line of usenet gets translated into the In-Reply-To: line that YAM2 is used to dealing with for proper threading of posts, it intelligently trims down long References: line(s) into just one message ID. It's the opposite of what I earlier added to the post script so that the posts you send are threaded properly in people's newssreaders, but now they're also threaded properly in YAM2. --=-- Requirements --=-- YAM2 Preview 4 or better (preview 5 is out at http://www.yam.ch/preview) AmiTCP or Miami which creates the virtual TCP: device. pipe: to be mounted c:requestchoice c:run RexxMast to be running libs:rexxreqtools.library (this is installed with the YAM2Usenet installation) Access to a newsserver, there's a big list of public servers in the doc. ----=---- Happy posting and don't get yourself in trouble, Rid. Darwin on IRCNet #amiga, http://adoom.ml.org webmaster ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 11664 6534 43.9% 02-Feb-96 02:06:30 +rexxreqtools.library 14314 5827 59.2% 16-Jul-98 06:26:48 usenet.doc 854 297 65.2% 06-Dec-96 11:48:40 usenet.doc.info 7403 2470 66.6% 16-Jul-98 05:36:06 usenet.install.rexx 471 249 47.1% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.install.rexx.info 3269 1241 62.0% 16-Jul-98 07:26:30 usenet.post.rexx 471 250 46.9% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.post.rexx.info 5656 1705 69.8% 16-Jul-98 07:05:00 usenet.read.rexx 471 250 46.9% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.read.rexx.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 44573 18823 57.7% 18-Jul-98 00:03:14 9 files