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| File size: | 1030 bytes |
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + + !NewsHound - A NNTP Newsfetcher (c) J.Heenan 1996-7 + + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ This program, when used in conjunction with Newbase and Messenger, provides a means for downloading usenet news, and reading it off-line. Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~ !Messenger, version 0.28 or later. http://www.locutus.demon.co.uk/ This is a news/mail reader (a replacement for TTFN), and is required because TTFN does not have support for header only news articles in it. !Newsbase, version 0.58 or later ftp://mnhepw.hep.umn.edu/pub/allan/ This is the software that actually holds the news articles, and also provides communication between Messenger and NewsHound. !Syslog, version 0.15 or greater ftp://ftp.oaktree.co.uk/pub/acorn/syslog/ This provides a configurable mechanism for NewsHound to keep a record of what happened during a newsfetch. NB. There are two application called !Syslog. If in doubt, check !Syslog.!Help. The author for the version required is Jon Ribbens. A setup TCP/IP stack (FreeNet or the Acorn stack) ftp://ftp.dsse.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/Acorn/freenet/t.hughes ftp://ftp.acorn.co.uk/pub/riscos/releases/networking/dci-4 (or the acorn stack in rom on Risc OS 3.6 or later) Also, for correct operation of the message id history and the newgroups mechanism, the time on your computer should be set correctly. NB. NewsHound will probably work with other versions of the software - but they may have bugs, or be missing features that prevents you using newshound to its full potential. NewsHound is designed to work with the versions of software given above. No other combinations of software are currently supported. Credits ~~~~~~~ Carol Carpenter (carol@barnet.ac.uk) for providing help, critism, enthusiasm, moral support, beta testing and the initial idea / kick to get me started. This software is devoted to her, for being generally wonderful to me during its development - and helping me find a few potentially serious bugs in the code (and giggling lots at my icon! humph!). Thanks doormouse! Tom Hughes (tom@compton.demon.co.uk) for freenet, general help with using freenet from C, and for pointing out when I was being totally stupid. :) Stewart Brodie, for the multitasking DNS code that NewsHound is linked to. (and Jonathan Coxhead, for OSLib that this code needs) Graham Allan and Mark Sawle for providing Newsbase and Messenger respectively, without which this software would be entirely useless! Thanks also go to them for implementing features (and fixing bugs) specifically for NewsHound. James Ponder, Jonathan Hunt and John Wright for not moaning too much about the state the phone bill ended up after I spent a few weekends debugging.... Matthew Bloch, for beta testing, and continually pestering me to get it finished - and for thinking up the name 'NewsHound'. Licence ~~~~~~~ NewsHound is Copyright 1996-7 Joseph Heenan. All rights are reserved. Permission is granted to use NewsHound on the understanding that this use is entirely at your own risk. I accept no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage arising from the use of NewsHound nor do I make any guarantee that it is fit for any purpose. However, it does work for me! Bugs/Comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note - the overall speed timings given in this program relate to the total number of bytes processed so far over the total amount of time since the start of the fetch. In my view, this is a fair and representive way of showing the speed of the news download. KA9Q does not calculate speeds in the same way, and hence the speeds reported by NewsHound *may* well be *lower*, even though it *might* be transferring news faster. [ I'm not sure how FreeNews calculates it's figures. I suspect it may use a similar way to ka9q, but I'm not certain] Please send bugs reports and/or suggestions for improvements or constructive critism to: J.Heenan@ftp.barnet.ac.uk I also read comp.sys.acorn.networking regularly.
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There are t| 00000420 77 6f 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 |wo application c| 00000430 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 21 53 79 73 6c 6f 67 2e 20 49 |alled !Syslog. I| 00000440 66 20 69 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 74 2c 20 63 68 65 63 |f in doubt, chec| 00000450 6b 0a 09 21 53 79 73 6c 6f 67 2e 21 48 65 6c 70 |k..!Syslog.!Help| 00000460 2e 20 54 68 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 20 66 6f 72 |. The author for| 00000470 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 72 65 71 | the version req| 00000480 75 69 72 65 64 20 69 73 20 4a 6f 6e 20 52 69 62 |uired is Jon Rib| 00000490 62 65 6e 73 2e 0a 0a 0a 41 20 73 65 74 75 70 20 |bens....A setup | 000004a0 54 43 50 2f 49 50 20 73 74 61 63 6b 20 28 46 72 |TCP/IP stack (Fr| 000004b0 65 65 4e 65 74 20 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f |eeNet or the Aco| 000004c0 72 6e 20 73 74 61 63 6b 29 0a 09 09 66 74 70 3a |rn stack)...ftp:| 000004d0 2f 2f 66 74 70 2e 64 73 73 65 2e 65 63 73 2e 73 |//ftp.dsse.ecs.s| 000004e0 6f 74 6f 6e 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 2f 70 75 62 2f 41 |oton.ac.uk/pub/A| 000004f0 63 6f 72 6e 2f 66 72 65 65 6e 65 74 2f 74 2e 68 |corn/freenet/t.h| 00000500 75 67 68 65 73 0a 09 09 66 74 70 3a 2f 2f 66 74 |ughes...ftp://ft| 00000510 70 2e 61 63 6f 72 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 2f 70 75 |p.acorn.co.uk/pu| 00000520 62 2f 72 69 73 63 6f 73 2f 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 |b/riscos/release| 00000530 73 2f 6e 65 74 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 2f 64 63 69 |s/networking/dci| 00000540 2d 34 0a 09 09 28 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 63 6f |-4...(or the aco| 00000550 72 6e 20 73 74 61 63 6b 20 69 6e 20 72 6f 6d 20 |rn stack in rom | 00000560 6f 6e 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 33 2e 36 20 6f |on Risc OS 3.6 o| 00000570 72 20 6c 61 74 65 72 29 0a 0a 41 6c 73 6f 2c 20 |r later)..Also, | 00000580 66 6f 72 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 20 6f 70 65 72 |for correct oper| 00000590 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 |ation of the mes| 000005a0 73 61 67 65 20 69 64 20 68 69 73 74 6f 72 79 20 |sage id history | 000005b0 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 67 72 6f 75 70 |and the newgroup| 000005c0 73 0a 6d 65 63 68 61 6e 69 73 6d 2c 20 74 68 65 |s.mechanism, the| 000005d0 20 74 69 6d 65 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f | time on your co| 000005e0 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 |mputer should be| 000005f0 20 73 65 74 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 6c 79 2e 0a | set correctly..| 00000600 0a 4e 42 2e 20 4e 65 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 20 77 |.NB. NewsHound w| 00000610 69 6c 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 |ill probably wor| 00000620 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 76 65 72 |k with other ver| 00000630 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 66 |sions of the sof| 00000640 74 77 61 72 65 20 2d 0a 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 |tware -.but they| 00000650 20 6d 61 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 75 67 73 2c 20 | may have bugs, | 00000660 6f 72 20 62 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 20 66 65 |or be missing fe| 00000670 61 74 75 72 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 72 65 76 |atures that prev| 00000680 65 6e 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 75 73 69 6e 67 0a 6e |ents you using.n| 00000690 65 77 73 68 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 69 74 73 20 |ewshound to its | 000006a0 66 75 6c 6c 20 70 6f 74 65 6e 74 69 61 6c 2e 0a |full potential..| 000006b0 0a 4e 65 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 73 20 64 65 |.NewsHound is de| 000006c0 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 |signed to work w| 000006d0 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 |ith the versions| 000006e0 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 67 69 76 | of software giv| 000006f0 65 6e 20 61 62 6f 76 65 2e 0a 4e 6f 20 6f 74 68 |en above..No oth| 00000700 65 72 20 63 6f 6d 62 69 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |er combinations | 00000710 6f 66 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 |of software are | 00000720 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 |currently suppor| 00000730 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 43 72 65 64 69 74 73 0a 7e 7e |ted...Credits.~~| 00000740 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 0a 43 61 72 6f 6c 20 43 61 72 |~~~~~..Carol Car| 00000750 70 65 6e 74 65 72 20 28 63 61 72 6f 6c 40 62 61 |penter (carol@ba| 00000760 72 6e 65 74 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 29 20 66 6f 72 20 |rnet.ac.uk) for | 00000770 70 72 6f 76 69 64 69 6e 67 20 68 65 6c 70 2c 20 |providing help, | 00000780 63 72 69 74 69 73 6d 2c 0a 65 6e 74 68 75 73 69 |critism,.enthusi| 00000790 61 73 6d 2c 20 6d 6f 72 61 6c 20 73 75 70 70 6f |asm, moral suppo| 000007a0 72 74 2c 20 62 65 74 61 20 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 |rt, beta testing| 000007b0 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c | and the initial| 000007c0 20 69 64 65 61 20 2f 20 6b 69 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 | idea / kick to | 000007d0 67 65 74 0a 6d 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 2e 20 |get.me started. | 000007e0 54 68 69 73 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 69 73 |This software is| 000007f0 20 64 65 76 6f 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 68 65 72 2c | devoted to her,| 00000800 20 66 6f 72 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 67 65 6e 65 72 | for being gener| 00000810 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 6f 6e 64 65 72 66 75 6c 20 74 |ally wonderful t| 00000820 6f 0a 6d 65 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 69 74 73 20 |o.me during its | 00000830 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d 65 6e 74 20 2d 20 61 6e |development - an| 00000840 64 20 68 65 6c 70 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 20 66 69 6e |d helping me fin| 00000850 64 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 70 6f 74 65 6e 74 69 61 |d a few potentia| 00000860 6c 6c 79 20 73 65 72 69 6f 75 73 0a 62 75 67 73 |lly serious.bugs| 00000870 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 28 61 6e | in the code (an| 00000880 64 20 67 69 67 67 6c 69 6e 67 20 6c 6f 74 73 20 |d giggling lots | 00000890 61 74 20 6d 79 20 69 63 6f 6e 21 20 68 75 6d 70 |at my icon! hump| 000008a0 68 21 29 2e 20 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 64 6f 6f 72 |h!). Thanks door| 000008b0 6d 6f 75 73 65 21 0a 0a 54 6f 6d 20 48 75 67 68 |mouse!..Tom Hugh| 000008c0 65 73 20 28 74 6f 6d 40 63 6f 6d 70 74 6f 6e 2e |es (tom@compton.| 000008d0 64 65 6d 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 29 20 66 6f 72 |demon.co.uk) for| 000008e0 20 66 72 65 65 6e 65 74 2c 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 | freenet, genera| 000008f0 6c 20 68 65 6c 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 75 73 69 6e |l help with usin| 00000900 67 0a 66 72 65 65 6e 65 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 43 |g.freenet from C| 00000910 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 72 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 69 |, and for pointi| 00000920 6e 67 20 6f 75 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 49 20 77 61 |ng out when I wa| 00000930 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 74 61 6c 6c 79 20 |s being totally | 00000940 73 74 75 70 69 64 2e 20 3a 29 0a 0a 53 74 65 77 |stupid. :)..Stew| 00000950 61 72 74 20 42 72 6f 64 69 65 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 |art Brodie, for | 00000960 74 68 65 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 74 61 73 6b 69 6e 67 |the multitasking| 00000970 20 44 4e 53 20 63 6f 64 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 4e | DNS code that N| 00000980 65 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 73 20 6c 69 6e 6b |ewsHound is link| 00000990 65 64 20 74 6f 2e 0a 28 61 6e 64 20 4a 6f 6e 61 |ed to..(and Jona| 000009a0 74 68 61 6e 20 43 6f 78 68 65 61 64 2c 20 66 6f |than Coxhead, fo| 000009b0 72 20 4f 53 4c 69 62 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 |r OSLib that thi| 000009c0 73 20 63 6f 64 65 20 6e 65 65 64 73 29 0a 0a 47 |s code needs)..G| 000009d0 72 61 68 61 6d 20 41 6c 6c 61 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 |raham Allan and | 000009e0 4d 61 72 6b 20 53 61 77 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 70 |Mark Sawle for p| 000009f0 72 6f 76 69 64 69 6e 67 20 4e 65 77 73 62 61 73 |roviding Newsbas| 00000a00 65 20 61 6e 64 20 4d 65 73 73 65 6e 67 65 72 20 |e and Messenger | 00000a10 0a 72 65 73 70 65 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 77 |.respectively, w| 00000a20 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 69 |ithout which thi| 00000a30 73 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |s software would| 00000a40 20 62 65 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 20 75 73 65 | be entirely use| 00000a50 6c 65 73 73 21 0a 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 61 6c 73 |less!.Thanks als| 00000a60 6f 20 67 6f 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 6d 20 66 6f 72 |o go to them for| 00000a70 20 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 66 65 | implementing fe| 00000a80 61 74 75 72 65 73 20 28 61 6e 64 20 66 69 78 69 |atures (and fixi| 00000a90 6e 67 20 62 75 67 73 29 0a 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 |ng bugs).specifi| 00000aa0 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 66 6f 72 20 4e 65 77 73 48 6f |cally for NewsHo| 00000ab0 75 6e 64 2e 0a 0a 4a 61 6d 65 73 20 50 6f 6e 64 |und...James Pond| 00000ac0 65 72 2c 20 4a 6f 6e 61 74 68 61 6e 20 48 75 6e |er, Jonathan Hun| 00000ad0 74 20 61 6e 64 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 57 72 69 67 68 |t and John Wrigh| 00000ae0 74 20 66 6f 72 20 6e 6f 74 20 6d 6f 61 6e 69 6e |t for not moanin| 00000af0 67 20 74 6f 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 20 61 62 6f 75 74 |g too much about| 00000b00 0a 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 |.the state the p| 00000b10 68 6f 6e 65 20 62 69 6c 6c 20 65 6e 64 65 64 20 |hone bill ended | 00000b20 75 70 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 49 20 73 70 65 6e 74 |up after I spent| 00000b30 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 77 65 65 6b 65 6e 64 73 20 | a few weekends | 00000b40 64 65 62 75 67 67 69 6e 67 2e 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 4d |debugging......M| 00000b50 61 74 74 68 65 77 20 42 6c 6f 63 68 2c 20 66 6f |atthew Bloch, fo| 00000b60 72 20 62 65 74 61 20 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 2c 20 |r beta testing, | 00000b70 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 |and continually | 00000b80 70 65 73 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 |pestering me to | 00000b90 67 65 74 20 69 74 0a 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 |get it.finished | 00000ba0 2d 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 69 |- and for thinki| 00000bb0 6e 67 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 27 |ng up the name '| 00000bc0 4e 65 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 27 2e 0a 0a 4c 69 63 |NewsHound'...Lic| 00000bd0 65 6e 63 65 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 0a 4e 65 |ence.~~~~~~~..Ne| 00000be0 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 20 69 73 20 43 6f 70 79 72 |wsHound is Copyr| 00000bf0 69 67 68 74 20 31 39 39 36 2d 37 20 4a 6f 73 65 |ight 1996-7 Jose| 00000c00 70 68 20 48 65 65 6e 61 6e 2e 20 41 6c 6c 20 72 |ph Heenan. All r| 00000c10 69 67 68 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 73 65 72 76 |ights are reserv| 00000c20 65 64 2e 0a 0a 50 65 72 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 |ed...Permission | 00000c30 69 73 20 67 72 61 6e 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 75 73 |is granted to us| 00000c40 65 20 4e 65 77 73 48 6f 75 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 |e NewsHound on t| 00000c50 68 65 20 75 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 69 6e 67 |he understanding| 00000c60 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 75 73 65 20 69 | that this use i| 00000c70 73 0a 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 20 61 74 20 79 6f |s.entirely at yo| 00000c80 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 72 69 73 6b 2e 20 49 20 61 |ur own risk. 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