Aaaaahhhh... 'Tis Good to be Back!!!

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Wed Mar 22 18:08:53 2000

> ::What can I say, elm is what I got started on. I think the Newsreader is
> ::MXRN, it came off the internet solutions for OpenVMS CD-ROM. Isn't
> ::FreeForte a Windows app? I'm still trying to find a decent text based
> ::newsreader for VMS that doesn't puke, I got one running that looked like it
> ::might be OK, but it pukes on the number of newsgroups my ISP carries, before
> ::it ever gets through the alt. hierarchy.
>
> Tried nn? Its threading is a bit odd but it works wonderfully and it's very
> fast. I've endlessly patched mine to restrict the groups the newsreader
> asks about to certain hierarchies, for AUTHINFO-style NNTP authentication,
> and a few other things. nn-7 will support "proper" threading but I kinda
> like the threading the way it is.

Is it available on OpenVMS? If so I might have to give it a try, although
I've tried it on UNIX and didn't like it.

                        Zane
Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 18:08:53 GMT