00readme.txt
archldnw.sh
A shell script which archives old news by printing it on the
line printer for later reference.
Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
arcnews.tar
Programs to automatically archive comp.sources.* from the network.
Contributor: Tony Field <tony@ajfcal.uucp>
batchmal.tar
A program to convert batched news articles to a format suitable
for exchanging via electronic mail.
Contributor: Howard Chu <hyc@umix.uucp>
bncvt.c
Accepts uncompressed news batches i "bnproc" format and writes
them out in "unbatch" format, which can be piped directly into
"rnews". This is for news 2.10.3, may not work for later versions.
Contributor: Carl S. Gutekunst <csg@pyramid.uucp>
bsnews.tar
A collection of programs which allow a leaf node to "bootstrap" the
news software to take a news feed without installing all the soft-
ware. News articles are accumulated in a mail-type spool file,
where they can be read with Mail, elm, etc.
Contributor: Ronald Florence <ron@mlfarm.uucp>
checknws.sh
A program which uses "rn" to check for news in newsgroups and then
lists the newsgroups in multi-column format.
Contributor: Don Gworek <uggworek@sunybcs.uucp>
cnews.tar
A rewrite of the transport and expire portions of the USENET software.
It was designed to be fast and flexible.
Contributor: Henry Spencer (henry@utzoo.uucp>
dtmnbtch.sh
A shell script which cleans up TM files left in the UUCP spool
directory by the news batching software.
Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
du.tar
Software to generate USENET disk usage and readership reports.
Includes an enhanced version of "du". Requires the statfs() system
call.
Contributor: Chip Rosenthal <chip@chinacat.unicom.com>
fol.tar
Invoked from readnews or vnews, lists the followups to the current
article.
Contributor: Daniel R. Levy <levy@cbnewsc.att.com>
genmdlst.tar
An "awk" script for generating the list of moderators from the
information posted to the news.lists newsgroup.
Contributor: Robert Adams <adams@calma.uucp>
headers.tar
A program to remove selected header lines from files containing USENET
articles. Provides a convenient way to scan through lots of articles
for useful information.
Contributor: Paul Dubois <bin@primate.wisc.edu>
keepnews.tar
A program to help users save news articles of interest in a
single collection area.
Contributor: Mark Swenson <mms@arizona.csnet>
mvjunk.sh
A shell script to move articles which land in the "junk" newsgroup
back into their proper newsgroups.
Contributor: Jim Scardelis <frodo@wcom.uucp>
narc.tar
Programs to save and catalog sources saved from USENET news.
Contributor: Geoff Leach <geoff@laticorp.uucp>
nestor.tar
NEws STatistics ORganizer. A program to summarize the copious
logging information from the NNTP news transport agent.
newnwsrc.sh
A shell script to generate a new ".newsrc" file from an old one when
moving between systems.
Contributor: Col. G. L. Sicherman <colonel@ellie.uucp>
news2_11.tar
News 2.11, with the first 13 patches applied. This is the official
USENET news software.
Contributor: Rick Adams <rick@seismo.css.gov>
nwsmltcs.tar
Software to make feeding a bunch of news sites a whole lot easier.
Contributor: Mark H. Colburn <mark@jhereg.mn.org>
newsbrek.tar
A program to unpack multi-file postings from the comp.sources
groups. Version 1.09.
Contributor: Fred Walter <grwalter@watfun.waterloo.edu>
newsxd.tar
A configurable daemon for controlling news transmission. Allows
categories of service, transmission times, number of transmissions
at a time, etc. Version 2.5.1.
Contributor: Chris Myers <chris@wugate.wustl.edu>
nn.tar
A menu-based news reader with a complete set of features to satisfy
both the expert and novice user. Menu based article selection,
automatic digest splitting, folders, online help, built-in unshar,
NNTP support. Version 6.4. Patchlevel 4.
Contributor: Kim F. Storm <storm@texas.dk>
nntp.tar
The NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol, RFC 997) protocol.
Version 1.5.11.
prnews.sh
A shell script to print news on the line printer, typesetter, or
whatever instead of reading it at the terminal.
Contributor: Col. G. L. Sicherman <colonel@ellie.uucp>
procsjnk.sh
Another shell script to handle news articles which get tossed into
the "junk" directory.
Contributor: Charlie Perkins <charliep@polaris.uucp>
rkive.tar
USENET news archival software which can be configured to do all sorts
of things.
Contributor: Kent Landfield <kent@ssbell.uucp>
rn_43.tar
Version 4.3 of the "rn" program for reading the network news.
Be sure to apply the patches in the "patches" directory.
Contributor: Larry Wall <lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
rnmacros.sh
Macros for the "rn" program to enable killing of articles before
reading them and other stuff.
Contributor: Glenn Reid <greid@adobe.uucp>
savenews.tar
A different news archival system, similar to "keepnews", but works on
larger archives. SAVENEWS.BUG contains a bug fix.
Contributor: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@nsc.uucp>
savesrc.tar
A program to save sources off the USENET news, automatically extract
them, compile them, and so on.
Contributor: <chris@toram.uucp>
trn.tar
Threaded newsreader based on rn 4.4. Builds and installs with
no special tweaking. Version 2.0.
Contributor: Wayne Davison <davison@borland.com>
ualtgrps.txt
A list of the alternate newsgroups (alt.*) available on USENET
as of 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
u_groups.txt
A list of the available newsgroups on USENET as of 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
uhistory.txt
A description of the history of USENET, where to get source code
for the news software, etc. Last updated 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
uinfopst.txt
A list of the periodic repeated postings in several newsgroups.
Things such as archive indexes, statistics, how-to articles,
and so on. Last updated 14-Sep-90.
Contributor: Gene SPafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
u_intro.txt
An introduction to net.announce. Last updated 31-Mar-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
umailsts.txt
A list of mailing lists available primarily on the UUCP network, as
opposed to the Internet. This is similar to the List-of-Lists
maintained at NIC.DDN.MIL. Current as of 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
umalpths.txt
A description of how to allow "posting" to moderated newsgroups.
Last update: 5-Sep-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
umodrtrs.txt
The list of newsgroup moderators and the groups they moderate as
of 3-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
unetiqut.txt
unetiqte.txt
A *satirical* look at USENET ettiquette. Last update: 5-Sep-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
unetwrks.txt
How to get information about the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Internet. Last update: 16-Oct-89.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
u_primer.txt
"A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community", by Chuq Von
Rospach. All new USENET news users should read this before tey
do anything else. Last update: 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
uquestns.txt
Answers to frequently asked questions on the net. The idea is to
look here for the answer before posting questions like "what does
FOO mean?". Last updated 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
uregrops.txt
A list of the regional newsgroup hierarchies. Last updated 4-Oct-90.
Contributor: Gene Spaffor <spaf@purdue.edu>
u_rules.txt
A description of the rules of conduct for USENET. Not following
these rules will tend to get you unmercifully flamed. Last updated
19-Jul-90.
Contributor: Chris Torek <chris@mimsy.umd.edu>
ustrtgrp.txt
Instructions on how to establish a new USENET newsgroup. Last
updated 6-Sep-90.
Contributor: Gene Spafford <spaf@purdue.edu>
u_style.txt
Suggestions for writing style on USENET. Last updated 5-Sep-90.
Contributor: David Booth <booth@vax135.uucp>
uunet.tar
Programs to do semi-automated UUCP retrieval of files from UUNET.
Contributor: Scott Garfinkle <seg@smsdpg.uucp>
vn.tar
A program which uses the same ".newsrc" file as "readnews", but
provides a full-screen interface sort of like "rn" only different.
Contributor: Bob Mcqueer <bobm@rtech.uucp>
whatisin.sh
A shell script to determine what is contained in various newsgroups
at a glance.
Contributor: Greg Earle <earle@smeagol.uucp>