This document contains three parts:

  1. Internet.
  2. SOUP ( Simple Offline USENET Packet Format ).
  3. Tips.

It briefly describes the Internet support provided by wsOMR.


1. wsOMR's Internet support facility
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wsOMR provides two kinds of Internet support, namely:

  1. Internet ( RFC message level)
  2. SOUP     ( packet level)

The first option is quite enough for everyday use if you are not into
USENET reading/posting, it is easier than the SOUP option since it does
not require any other software to be installed in your internet host
except a very simple wsmail.c.

1. Internet
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1.1 Installation
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  1. Upload wsmail.c to your Internet host
  2. cc wsmail.c
  3  mv a.out wsmail

Note:

wsmail.c has been adjusted for Unix compiler, don't try to update and
save it again in MS-DOS otherwise it will not be compiled at Unix 
side, keep wsmail.c intact!

In some Linux system, smail is used instead of sendmail, please change
the line in wsmail.c

  char *send_cmd  = "sendmail -t ";   /* change this in case different */
to
  char *send_cmd  = "smail -t ";      /* change this in case different */

1.2 Uploading of mails
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  1. Run wsOMR /i
  2. Enter a new bbs, here we use INTERNET as an example
  2. Enter messages ( there is only one area available )
  3. wsOMR always creates internet.txt after exit
  6. Upload internet.txt to your Internet host
  7. Run wsmail by typing
      wsmail r internet.txt
  8. That's all

1.3 Downloading of mails
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  1. Log in Internet host.
  2. pack your mail into a file by typing:
      wsmail m internet.001
      Note: you can use mailx too.
  4. Download internet.001 to your PC
      sz internet.001
  5. run wsOMR
      wsomr /i
  6. Open internet.001
  7. read/answer the mail
  8. upon exit, internet.001 will be zipped.


2. SOUP ( Simple Offline USENET Packet Format )
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wsOMR is fully compatible with the SOUP specification ver 1.2, it is a
SOUP reader aside from being BW/QWK/Internet reader. This feature is
usually used for USENET reading/posting as well as e-mailing.

2.1 Installation
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Make it sure that UQWK, ZIP and UNZIP are installed in your Internet host,
ask your system administrator about it.

2.2 Downloading of mails
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uqwk +L +n
zip soup.zip *.MSG AREAS
sz soup.zip

2.3 Uploading of mails
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rz soup.rep
unzip -U soup.rep
uqwk +L -RREPLIES

2.4 Reading/Replying
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run wsomr with /s
wsomr /s
open a packet and read/reply
upon exit a .rep packet will be created.

3. Some tips
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Following is a simple tip on how to use wsOMR with Internet mode( wsomr /i )

3.1 First time

Create an INTERNET bbs, this is for the receiving of mails from 
internet. create a MONTH bbs, this will be used to keep all the mails
you are interested and the replies you make.

3.2 Daily use

wsmail m internet.nnn
sz internet.nnn
wsomr /i
open internet.nnn, while viewing messages, press @W to save the interesting
messages to month.001 or some other number
open month.001 and answer mails.
sz month.txt
wsmail r month.txt

Happy Internet surfing<g>

Frank Wang