About YA-NewsWatcher 2.2.0b13

Yet Another NewsWatcher is free. It may not be sold for profit or included with software or other products which are sold for profit without the permission of Northwestern University. Otherwise it may be freely distributed.

Yet Another NewsWatcher was developed by Brian Clark based on the original NewsWatcher application by John Norstad. If you encounter a problem, please read the NewsWatcher manual and the Yet Another NewsWatcher readme files to see if the matter is discussed there.

The Yet Another NewsWatcher program, the various filter file utility, and YA-Base64 helper applications should also be found at Info-Mac Archives mirror sites worldwide..

The anonymous FTP site for the original NewsWatcher program, the user document, and the CodeWarrior C source code is:

ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/ HERE

The helper programs used by NewsWatcher (both versions) are available via anonymous FTP at:

ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/helpers/ HERE

except for YA-Base64 as noted above

NewsWatcher (both versions) requires a Macintosh running System 7.0 or later with 2.5 megabytes or more of memory and a hard drive. The Mac must be connected to the Internet, and MacTCP or Open Transport must be properly installed and configured. Unlike the original NewsWatcher, YA-NewsWatcher will NOT run on machines without Color QuickDraw (which includes all 68000 Macs).

NewsWatcher (both versions) is distributed as a Òfat binary.Ó This means that it runs in native 68K mode on Motorola 68K Macintoshes, and it runs in native PowerPC mode on Power Macintoshes.

For dialup use, NewsWatcher (both versions) works with the various SLIP and PPP programs, and with ARA together with an appropriately configured AppleTalk/IP gateway. It is strictly an online newsreader, and it does not support any other kind of dialup connection. The program requires an active full TCP/IP connection to the Internet. It does not support offline newsreading, and it does not support older kinds of dialup connections designed primarily for simple terminal emulation. We have no plans to add these features. If you need an offline newsreader or a newsreader which works with older kinds of dialup connections, you must use some other program.

The original NewsWatcher was written by John Norstad of Northwestern University:

mailto:j-norstad@nwu.edu

If you have a comment, question, or suggestion about Yet Another NewsWatcher, please read the user documents for the program before writing to any of the authors. Most questions are answered in John Norstad's user document for the original NewsWatcher. In particular, see the ÒGetting StartedÓ chapter for basic instructions on how to use the program, and see Appendix F for a list of ÒFrequently Asked QuestionsÓ (FAQs) and their answers. If you donÕt have a copy of the user document, you can get it via anonymous FTP. Hold down the Command key and click anywhere in the following line:

ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/user-doc.postcard.sea.hqx

Additional information is contained in the various user documents that accompany Yet Another NewsWatcher.

Before writing or posting to ask for help or report a problem, make certain you have the most recent version of the program.

The program is based on the original version 1.0.2 written by Steve Falkenburg of Apple Computer. John Werner of Taligent is a major contributor. Thanks also to the following people who helped test development and beta versions, helped with design discussions, and/or helped with code contributions: Apple DTS, Steven Carmody, Steve Dorner, Adam Engst, Ron Flax, Aaron Giles, Haydn Huntley, Steve Klingsporn, Jean-Pierre Kuypers, Robert Lentz, Peter Lewis, Jim Matthews, Andrea Norstad, Jeremy Norstad, Lasse Hiller¿e Petersen, AndrŽ Pirard, Quinn, Howard Rafal, Pete Resnick, Craig Richmond, Larry Rosenstein, Leonard Rosenthol, Jeroen Scheerder, Michael Shappe, Eric Slosser, Stephan Somogyi, Neal Trautman, Dean Yu, Mahboud Zabetian, Willem Nijenhuis, Bill Stewart-Cole, Andreas Prilop, and the nice people on comp.sys.mac.comm.

The regular expression code is a slightly modified version of code by Henry Spencer. The 3-D button controls are slightly modified versions based on code by Zig Zichterman. The popup menu controls in message windows are slightly modified versions based on code by Jim Stout. The Infinity WDEF was written by by Troy Gault.

Special thanks to Steve Dorner, both for his advice and assistance, and for his ÒEudoraÓ mail program, which has served as a consistent source of inspiration for NewsWatcher in particular and as a standard of excellence for Macintosh Internet software in general.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND BRIAN CLARK PROVIDE YET ANOTHER NEWSWATCHER AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR PROMISE OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND BRIAN CLARK DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OF YET ANOTHER NEWSWATCHER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OR BRIAN CLARK ARE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND BRIAN CLARK MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


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