NEWS

The files in this save set build the complete news system on VMS. This is NOT
set up as a VMS INSTALLable product.

News is a messaging system supporting many-to-many communications over a
network or networks, using a variety of transports. ANU News is fully
functional even if your only connection with the outside world is
a mail one, and/or can be used locally as a messaging system with multiple
topics, threads within topics, and multiple groups, giving a very general
hierarchical model of messaging and numerous options for access choices.

The software is distributed in the source, object and executable formats.
It will require the installation of a number of logical names and site
specific configuration files, and a number of DCL procedures to be defined
at each site.

For a list of files in the distribution, and the installation procedure
please read the installation instructions contained in the file NEWS.DOC.

NOTE: the executables in this release were linked under VMS V5.3. If you are
running VMS V4.x then you will need to re-LINK the object files. This is
described in the documentation files.