Short: Turn YAM2 into a newsreader! (v0.6a, bugfix) Author: Ridwan Hughes Uploader: Ridwan Hughes Type: comm/mail ----------------------------------------------------- YAM2Usenet v0.6a : 21-Nov-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 0.6 --=-- ->Added an authentication feature after someone requested the need for such a function. (this is experimental though) ->Amigaguide document thanks to Paul Compton for turning the .doc into .guide giving me a base to work on. ->Message ID history file so duplicate posts aren't downloaded when you set your datestamp back if needs be. Also when downloading posts it ignores duplicate posts, say you read 2 different newsgroups and someone crossposts to both newsgroups then only one copy is downloaded, but it only gets put into one of the newsgroups. It currently defaults to storing the last 500 ID's downloaded. ->Simple ascii progress bar for checking for duplicate articles and when downloading the posts. ->Further speed optimisation. ->Bugfixed the crossposting, it now works (sorry about that). ->A LOT of automation, no need for any manual filtering to be done as YAM2 preview6 has a fixed MAILFILTER arexx command (at last!), so all posts are parsed into YAM2's incoming folder and then filtered automatically. --=-- Requirements --=-- YAM2 Preview 6 or better (preview 6 is out at http://www.yam.ch/preview) AmiTCP or Miami or Miami Deluxe which creates the virtual TCP: device. NO, TermiteTCP will never be supported as it does not have the TCP: device. pipe: to be mounted c:requestchoice c:run c:rename c:version 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 21882 8135 62.8% 21-Nov-98 23:29:14 usenet.guide 854 297 65.2% 06-Dec-96 11:48:40 usenet.guide.info 9732 2960 69.5% 21-Nov-98 23:29:36 usenet.install.rexx 471 249 47.1% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.install.rexx.info 3718 1399 62.3% 21-Nov-98 23:29:48 usenet.post.rexx 471 250 46.9% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.post.rexx.info 7541 2269 69.9% 21-Nov-98 23:29:58 usenet.read.rexx 471 250 46.9% 08-Jul-98 04:16:56 usenet.read.rexx.info 19605 7629 61.0% 21-Nov-98 23:35:44 usenet.txt -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 76409 29972 60.7% 25-Nov-98 06:27:28 10 files