NewsWerthy Offline Mail Reader
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This is the README.TXT file for version 2.02 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 12 files in the archive:

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:

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

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 data-basing mode.
* Added dialog in the News Incoming menu to allow expiring 
  messages from the data-base.

10/22/95 (Beta Version 2.00)
* Added Data-basing of messages, with four different expiration
  options for old messages possible. Order of newsgroups can be
  changed in data-base using Shift-arrow.
* Kill lists for each newsgroup, instead of for all newsgroups
  if using Data-basing 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:

To use NewsWerthy, first make a directory named NWERTHY, then
copy NWERTHY.* to it. You'll also need a subdirectory named
FOLDERS (for saved messages).  Make sure pkzip and pkunzip
are on your path. Make sure you have set the TEMP or TMP
environment variable (enter set, at a DOS promt to check).
If not add a "SET TEMP=C:\TEMP" to your autoexec.bat file and
create the TEMP directory.

TO UPGRADE:

* 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 Data-basing Options. Additional information
about Data-basing Options is found in the section on "Reading the
Data-base with the Number Keypad".

* For those who were using Yarn:

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:

If you haven't used UQWK with the SOUP format before, read
section III of the manual. Read NWERTHY.DOC for information on
on how to run and setup NewsWerthy or just wing it along with
a little help from the online help.

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