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FREEWARE: BETA: v 1.42 of YARNDIAL (Yarn/Souper/Vsoup front end)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Levy)
Fri Dec 13 04:29:37 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 11 Dec 1996 00:35:32 GMT
From: jlevy@ibm.net (Jerry Levy)
Reply-To: jlevy@ibm.net
Reply-to: jlevy@ibm.net
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YARNDIAL version 1.42 is now available to anyone wishing to beta test it.
Request it of me by e-mail (jlevy@ibm.net). I will respond with a MIME
attachment of YRNDL142.ZIP. If you cannot handle MIME, point that out when you
request a copy. It will eventually be posted to FTP sites (est.: 1 Feb 96).
YARNDIAL is freeware.
YARNDIAL.CMD is a menu-driven front end for C.T. Huang's OS/2 Souper and Yarn
off-line News and Mail reader programs and now supports use of VSoup as well
as Souper.
YARNDIAL.CMD is a REXX utility running under OS/2 Warp. It is designed to
automate the steps needed to retrieve and send news articles and mail and
while doing so to provide a more versatile, friendlier interface for users
than could be accomplished using ordinary batch files. Packaged with
YARNDIAL.CMD is its rather full-function installer. If YARN and Souper are up
and running, installation of YARNDIAL via its installer is a breeze. That
includes allowing you to select to use VSoup in place of Souper.
Beta Testers Wanted:
YARNDIAL v 1.42 now supports the use of VSoup, which is multithreaded for news
retrieval, and if you take advantage of this feature, is considerably faster
than with Souper.
YARNDIAL's opening menu illustrates its functionality and feel:
MAIN SELECTION MENU
1 Only import Mail
2 Only import News Articles
3 Only import, but both Mail AND News
4 Only export (send Mail, Posts, Replies, and Follow-ups)
5 Everything: Get Mail and News AND send Posts, Replies,
Follow-ups
6 Complete an interrupted importation of mail/news
or rebuild a corrupted YARN history file
7 Souper options: one-time-only changes in how souper runs:
Catchup on News
Maximum News Packet Size
Do not retrieve newsgroup articles longer than set number of lines
Read-only for Mail: Don't empty POP3 mailbox
Press:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Executes functions as shown; goes off-line when done
or ! @ # $ % ^ & Same functions; connection remains up
To exit now and close connection: Escape key
To exit, but leave any existing connection up: CTRL-Q
Note: The ! @ # $ % ^ & choices represent shift-1, shift-2,
through shift-7 on a US-English keyboard. Those alternates may be
changed to suit your own keyboard.
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jlevy@ibm.net
Jerry Levy Marblehead, MA (USA)
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