CONTENTS: trn trn-nntp inn cnews tin dip ppp   
inn:      * INN 1.4
inn:
inn:      Rich Salz's InterNetNews news transport system. The Linux INN package
inn:      was prepared by Andreas Klemm using the Newspak instructions by 
inn:      Vince Skahan and Arjan de Vet.
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trn-nntp: * A threaded news reader for reading a remote NNTP server. (v. 3.5)
trn-nntp:
trn-nntp: Compiled to use Overviews or mthreads, and to read news remotely via
trn-nntp: NNTP. Be sure to set NNTPSERVER in your /etc/profile or
trn-nntp: /etc/csh.login. If you're planning to have your own local newspool
trn-nntp: (i.e. use INN or Cnews) then you won't want to install this version.
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trn:      * A threaded news reader for the local news spool. (v. 3.5)
trn:
trn:      This version of trn is compiled to read a local news spool in 
trn:      /var/spool/news for use with INN or Cnews.
trn:
trn:      If you plan to read news from an NNTP server, don't install this
trn:      package -- instead, wait for the trn-nntp package coming next.
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cnews:    * 20 Feb 1993 Performance Release of C News
cnews:
cnews:    Controls the spooling and transmission of Usenet news. 
cnews:    Cnews is typically used with UUCP - for NNTP connections INN might
cnews:    be a better choice.
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tin:      * The 'tin' news reader. (1.2pl2)
tin:
tin:      Tin is a full-screen easy to use Netnews reader. It can read news
tin:      locally (i.e. /usr/spool/news) or remotely (rtin or tin -r option)
tin:      via a NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol) server.  It will
tin:      automatically utilize nov (news overview) style index files if
tin:      available locally or via the nntp xover command. Tin was written by
tin:      Iain Lea.
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dip:      * DIP - dialup IP connection handler 3.3.7i
dip:
dip:      Uri Blumenthal's version of Fred N. van Kempen's DIP utility. DIP 
dip:      handles the connections needed for dialup IP links, like SLIP or
dip:      CSLIP. It can handle both incoming and outgoing connections, using
dip:      password security for incoming connections.  
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ppp:      * PPP for Linux, version 2.1.2b
ppp:
ppp:      PPP for Linux -- Michael Callahan's ppp.c kernel driver and the pppd
ppp:      daemon (ported by Al Longyear).  PPP support is included in most of
ppp:      the precompiled kernels in Slackware.
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