@(#)How to collect and send mail and news without SOUP. Date: Oct 1994 Author: Jos den Bekker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To collect news on your host without a SOUP packet generator, you must at least be able to run the newsreader tin (available by anonymous ftp on almost every major ftp site). For the collection of mail no extra software is needed. Use the scripts "getnews" and "getmail" to create news and mail packets ready for downloading. These packets can then be unzipped on your own computer (the news packet in the news directory and the mail packet in /var/mail) and imported by oimport.ttp. For your reply and follow-up, zip all *.d files in mqueue (created by oexport.ttp) into one reply file and upload this to $HOME/poll on your host. Use the script "put" to send mail and news. You cannot use this script if you are not allowed to run "sendmail" and "inews" on your host. All the aforementioned scripts assume you have access to /tmp on your Unix host. It is also assumed that your reply file is called "reply.zip". If you do not have access to /tmp on your Unix host (very unlikely), or if you prefer to use another name for your reply file, you will have to customize the scripts accordingly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not want to use scripts, you can create a directory $HOME/News (if you do not have one already) and type the following on the command line (assuming you have tin): A. To collect news: 1. cd (to make sure you are in $HOME) 2. tin -r -n -S -s $HOME/News -c 3. zip -r news $HOME/News/* (or "zip -rmb /tmp news $HOME/News/*" if you want the news files to be removed immediately) 4. rm -rf News/* (or see 3) The packet news.zip is then ready for downloading. The procedure on your own computer is the same as with the packet created by "getnews". B. To collect mail: 1. cd (to make sure you are in $HOME) 2. ( echo 's1-$' $HOME/$USER ; echo q ) | /usr/ucb/mail 3. zip mail $USER (or "zip -mb /tmp mail $USER if you want the mail file to be removed immediately) 4. rm $USER (or see 3) The packet mail.zip is then ready for downloading. The procedure on your own computer is the same as with the packet created by "getmail". C. If you do not want to use a script for sending your mail and news, you are in difficulty.