This is an NNTP newsreader for Microsoft Windows 3.X.  You can use it
to read and post Usenet News.

Requirements:

   A DEC Pathworks or Microsoft LanManager compatible WSOCKETS.DLL
   Dynamic Link Library.  Make sure Windows can find it.  (set your
   PATH environment variable).

   An NNTP News Server.  It *must* support the XHDR call (most do).
   I've developed this with ANU News, a VMS news package, but any
   should work.

   A 'NEWSRC' file.  An example is provided.  You *must* have the
   file there; WinVN won't write one out just randomly.  It can be
   empty.

   A 'WINVN.INI' file.  Edit this file to point to your news server,
   or you can later change parameters from within WinVN.

   A 'WINVN' environment variable, telling WinVN where to find its
   two configuration files: 'WINVN.INI' and 'NEWSRC'.  You have to
   set this variable BEFORE you start up windows.


The on-line documentation no longer matches the program exactly,
but is pretty close.  The 'Reply by Mail' options were removed,
since they seemed to use a non-standard NNTP extension.

There are bugs.

There are scroll bugs.
There are strange bugs.

For the most part, though, this is useable.  So why horde it?

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Thanks to Mark Riordan for the original WinVN!

Enjoy, and if you have any questions, email me at:

Sam Rushing
rushing@titan.ksc.nasa.gov