Short: NewPostNewsSpool v4.1 news spooling program Author: nagd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nick d'Alterio) Uploader: nagd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nick d'Alterio) Version: 4.1 Type: comm/news An update/bugfix to sendnews and postnews from the postnewsspool package by James Burton which I recommend that you also get. It is used to spool news articles while offline and then send them off when you connect. New to version 4.1 - new options -R, -x for Grn usage - new option -a for non AmiTCP users New to version 3.1 - does not need seq file anymore - now uses ADOS functions - size reduced to ~11k - ANY file put into spooldir will now be sent - any nntp posting program can now be used - failed archive entries now have separator lines containing date and time of failure. New to version 3.2 - New env variable to stop postnews sending article if you are online. - Command line option for same purpose ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 5793 2387 58.7% 19-Dec-95 17:46:36 +NewPostNewsSpool.doc 1614 996 38.2% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +NewPostNewsSpool.doc.info 928 505 45.5% 19-Dec-95 10:00:16 +npns.readme 12316 7751 37.0% 19-Dec-95 17:53:20 +postnews 10939 3641 66.7% 19-Dec-95 17:48:52 +postnews.c 1569 1050 33.0% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +postnews.c.info 1347 836 37.9% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +postnews.info 253 137 45.8% 19-Dec-95 17:52:52 +SCOPTIONS 1616 998 38.2% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +SCOPTIONS.info 11576 7208 37.7% 19-Dec-95 17:57:50 +sendnews 7930 2744 65.3% 19-Dec-95 17:56:56 +sendnews.c 1569 1049 33.1% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +sendnews.c.info 1347 836 37.9% 30-Sep-95 21:35:06 +sendnews.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 58797 30138 48.7% 20-Dec-95 08:57:10 13 files