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1 NEWSLIST
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2 ========
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3 A program to assist HTTP browsing of newsgroups
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4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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5
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6 WWW browsers such as NCSA Mosaic allow the user to read newsgroup
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7 articles by specifying the group name in a URL eg 'news:comp.answers'.
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9 To browse through many groups, though, (and there are several thousand
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10 of them) you really need a page or pages containing links to all the
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11 groups. There are some good ones out there, for example,
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13 http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/News/Groups/Overview.html
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14
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15 is the standard one at CERN, but it only shows the groups available there,
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16 which may be rather different from those available on your machine.
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18 Newslist is a program which creates a hierarchy of pages for you based
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19 on the groups available from YOUR server. It is written in python - a
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20 splendid interpreted object-oriented language which I suggest you get
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21 right now from the directory /pub/python at ftp.cwi.nl, if you haven't
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22 already got it.
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24 You should be able to see some sample output by looking at:
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25 http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/newspage/root.html
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27 Descriptions of newsgroups can be added from a file with one group
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28 per line. eg:
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30 alt.foo Articles about foo
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31 comp.bar Programming in 'bar' and related languages
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33 A suitable list detailing most groups can be found at ftp.uu.net in
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34 /uunet-info/newsgroups.gz.
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36 Make sure you read the information at the beginning of the program source and
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37 configure the variables before running.
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39 In addition to python, you need:
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41 An NNTP-based news feed.
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42 A directory in which to put the pages.
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44 The programming is not very beautiful, but it works! It comes with no
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45 warranty, express or implied, but with the hope that some others may
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46 find it useful.
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48 Comments, improvements & suggestions welcomed.
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49 Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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51 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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52 Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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53 http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/people/qs101/me.html
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55 Cambridge University Computer Lab Rank Xerox Cambridge EuroPARC
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56 qs101@cl.cam.ac.uk fraser@europarc.xerox.com
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57 Tel: +44 223 334411 Tel: +44 223 341521
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58 Fax: +44 223 334679 Fax: +44 223 341510
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