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In article <1993Mar16.092540.18268@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>,
 a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Wong Siu To) writes...
#Hi there,
# 
#We're going to migrate our news system to new platforms.  Would like to
#seek your advise on the news system setup plus performance, and share
#your experience in this issue.  You advise is vital to us since we can't
#get testing machines from vendors to perform tests on each model. :_(
#I would like to seek your advice on : 

#- if you're using news on either one of these platforms;
#- which model of machines you're using; 
#- performance of your news system; 
#- any bottleneck and problem encountered on your news system;
#- the versions and news-related software you're using.
# 
#Any help will be much appreciated.
# 
#Sorry for asking such "localized" (to our setup) questions... :-|
# 
#Thanks in advance !!
# 
#Regards,
# 
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#S.T. Wong             	            [] BITNET: A866700@CUCSC.BITNET      
#Computer Services Centre            [] Internet: st-wong@cuhk.hk 
#The Chinese University of Hong Kong [] Tel. No: (852) 609 8825      

  I use VNEWS and Multinet News.  I did use BULLETIN for INFO-VAX and
 the (was it) INFO-SPACE newsfeeds.

 We have a VAX cluster running VMS 5.5-2HW.


   Problems with VNEWS:  you can't search the TEXT for a word like
                         you can with BULLETIN and VMS Mail,

                         you can't scroll backwards through the text
                         that you are reading,

                         you can't forward (the "S") command an article
                         to a typed-in list of users . This forces me
                         to go to a file and VMS Mail the file to the list.

   Advantages of VNEWS:  it's the fastest newsreader I've seen,

                         it has lots of useful features,

                         it's free (I think) .


   Problems with Multinet News:
                         it reads in ALL the messages in a group before
                         you can read the first one.  THIS IS REALLY SLOW
                         (to put it politely!) and really irritating,

                         its commands are non-intuitive to me (hey, I got
                         into VNEWS right away, but the News commands don't
                         seem to do what I think they should do),

                         you have to pay for it (I think).

   Advantages of Multinet News:
                         it allows better searching (I think),

                         it allows you to scroll backwards (real nice).



    Just my $.02 worth.  I prefer VNEWS because of the speed and ease
 of use.  I don't know who wrote it.   THe split between VNEWS and NEWS
 here is about 50-50, but I would rate my opinion higher because I use 
 the USENET newsgroups more than anyone else here (I would bet).

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