YARNDIAL version 1.42 is now available to anyone
wishing to beta test it. Request it of Jerry Levy
by e-mail (jlevy@ibm.net). He 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.
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.
-- jlevy@ibm.net Jerry Levy Marblehead, MA (USA)