NewsWerthy Offline Mail Reader
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This is the README.TXT file for version 2.03 of NewsWerthy.

NewsWerthy is a DOS based offline mail reader for the SOUP format.
It is copyrighted and it is shareware. There is a registration fee
of $25 for use of NewsWerthy after the 30 day evaluation period.
See the file NWERTHY.RDR for details. You are encouraged to make
copies and distribute NewsWerthy, as long all files (as listed)
are included in the archive.

The lastest version can always be found using ftp at: 
ftp.eskimo.com in the /u/b/billw directory.

You should have the following 14 files in the archive:

INSTALL.BAT   (NewsWerthy installation batch file)
WELCOME.PKT   (Small SOUP packet with mini-tutorial)
NWERTHY.RDR   (Registration Form)
NWERTHY.EXE   (The executable)
NWERTHY.H16   (Online help for NewsWerthy)
README.TXT    (This file)
NWERTHY.MAN   (NewsWerthy Manual)
FILE_ID.DIZ   (Short discription of NewsWerthy for BBS's)
PGPSHELL.BAT  (shell for use with pgs.exe)
SOUP          (Unix script file to get mail and news)
RFC1036.TXT   (Detailed description of usenet message)
SOUP12.DOC    (Detailed description of SOUP format)
WHATS.NEW     (History of NewsWerthy releases)
YARNTONW.EXE  (Converts Yarn's address book to NewsWerthy's)

WHATS NEW:

12/29/95 (version 2.03)
* Added phone numbers to use for registering with a credit card.
* Added batch file for installing NewsWerthy.
* A couple minor bug fixes (see WHATS.NEW for details).

11/18/95 (version 2.02)
* Fixed bugs with the new screen saver, and with the save to
  folder of read messages in database.

11/11/95 (Version 2.01)
* Fixed all the bugs found in the 2.00 beta.
* Added printing short header for message (prints only the Date,
  From, and Subject from the message header).
* Added an option to delete the messages in a newsgroup, but leave
  the newsgroup in place.
* Changed the dialogs so that the Cancel button always appears 
  last.
* Added hook to run a screen saver. See the Directories and 
  Utilities Setup menu item, and the directions in the manual.
* A global Kill lists can be used in addition to the per newsgroup
  kill list for databasing mode.
* Added dialog in the News Incoming menu to allow expiring 
  messages from the database.

10/22/95 (Beta Version 2.00)
* Added Databasing of messages, with four different expiration
  options for old messages possible. Order of newsgroups can be
  changed in database using Shift-arrow.
* Kill lists for each newsgroup, instead of for all newsgroups
  if using Databasing mode.
* Longer Aliases in the address book.
* Use Space Bar to show only unread messages.
* Dos Shell anywhere with Ctrl-S (yes anywhere).
* The To or Newsgroup line can now be searched in messages without
  a From line (useful for searching saved replies).
* Can now create a Newsgroup message (Send News) without a packet.
* Can use Reply option in Reply packet to edit reply message, so
  that Address book, etc. is available for making changes.
* Added an Extra Header line to Reply dialog.
* Added multiple setups by allowing the name of the setup file to
  be used on the command line, ie "NWERTHY SETUP2.CFG".
* Added double clicking on message to go to next unread message.
  Right clicking was fixed to be the same as Esc key.
* I now include a YARNTONW.EXE utility, for converting Yarn's
  address book to NewsWerthy's address book.

TO INSTALL:

Make sure pkzip and pkunzip are on your path:

  To verify that they are, enter pkzip at a DOS prompt. If you
  receive the message "Bad command or file name", then you'll
  need to locate pkzip and note the directory. Edit the file
  C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, and add a semicolon (;) and the directory to
  the end of the line that starts with PATH=. Of course if you
  don't have a copy of pkzip, you'll have to get one. This can
  most likely be found at the same location you found NewsWerthy.

Run the install batch file from where you have unzipped the 
NWRTH203.ZIP like so:

  install C:

Where C: is your hard drive.

The above will install NewsWerthy in the C:\NWERTHY directory and
run NewsWerthy. A welcome packet will be opened that contains a
mini-tutorial. After viewing the tutorial (which is really a SOUP
packet), you'll want to finish entering your setup data. Follow
the directions in the tutorial to finish setting up NewsWerthy.
You can view the welcome packet again by pressing F4 (Read News).
Or you can view it later by placing it in your download directory,
press F3 (New Packet) and select it to open it.

Or if you prefer to install NewsWerthy manually, first make a
directory named NWERTHY, then copy NWERTHY.* to it. You'll also
need a subdirectory named FOLDERS (for saved messages). Make sure
you have set the TEMP or TMP environment variable (enter set, at
a DOS prompt to check). If not add a "SET TEMP=C:\TEMP" line to
your autoexec.bat file and create the TEMP directory. You'll need
at least 500k free for the TEMP directory.

FOR UPGRADES:

You can only use the install batch file to upgrade if you've
installed NewsWerthy in the \NWERTHY directory.

* For those who are upgrading from a version prior to 1.60:

Turn on the Word wrap feature in the Message Options dialog under 
the Setup menu. The NWERTHY.BKM file is no longer used, and may be
deleted from the work directory. Ignore the error message about
not being able to remove 0000000.BKM file, the first time
NewsWerthy is run.

* For those who are upgrading from a version prior to 1.70:

Make sure that your email address is entered in the Reply-To
picklist and add any mailing lists to the address book. This is
used in separating out your personal mail from mailing lists.

* For all upgrades:

Turn on the "Expire All Messages" option, if you want to keep
using NewsWerthy as a "Packet" reader. Otherwise read the manual
about how to use the Databasing Options. Additional information
about Databasing Options is found in the section on "Reading the
Database with the Number Keypad".

* For those who were using Yarn:

First install NewsWerthy per the above instructions.
To convert Yarn's address book, to NewsWerthy's address book.
Run the YARNTONW.EXE file like so: YARNTONW ADDRBOOK
This will create a file named NWERTHY.PL9. Put this in the
work directory you've got listed in the Setup menu. To convert
your folders, run the SENDFOLD utility included with YUTIL02.ZIP
in the dos/offline directory on SimTel. Then open the SOUP packet
this creates in NewsWerthy, and save the messages to the correct
folders.

GETTING STARTED:

As a minimum, you'll want to read the Quick Start Procedure
(section II) in the manual (NWERTHY.DOC) and consult the online
help often. If you haven't used UQWK with the SOUP format before,
or want to learn how to use NewsWerthy better, read section III
of the manual. 

To contact the author send email to billw@eskimo.com (Eskimo North
BBS).