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authoritojun <itojun@FreeBSD.org>1997-09-13 02:28:07 +0800
committeritojun <itojun@FreeBSD.org>1997-09-13 02:28:07 +0800
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new port of newsfetch, command-line downloader for news articles.
"download news articles from NNTP server."
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+This is version 1.0 of the newsfetch distribution. This is an utility
+to download news in the mail format. Feedbacks are welcome.
+
+If you find a bug in the newsfetcht distribution, please report it.
+
+ Yusuf Motiwala
+ yusuf@scientist.com
+
+DESCRIPTION
+ % newsfetch news.yourisp.com
+ % newsfetch $NNTPSERVER
+
+ newsfetch pulls news from an NNTP server and writes the
+ articles to a file named same as newsgroup name. The file
+ created by newsfetch can be used with any mail reader.