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CNEWS or BNEWS (was Re: CNEWS or BNEWS on Xenix)

#4801
From: Tim Lyons
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:31
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In article <1gircaINN85h@milk.Warren.MENTORG.COM> tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>In <1992Dec13.093227.2220@psg.com> rick@psg.com (Rick Buhagiar) writes:
>
>>.... run cnews4 on xenix 2.3.2. Someone told
>>me to stick to bnews but I read somewhere that cnews is quickier and much more
>>powerful.
>
>C news is much more modern and much better supported that B news.
>Considering that the author of B news doesn't use B news anymore, I
>don't think it's a good idea to use it.

I use Bnews on a Sun.

I have tried to ask one or two questions about Bnews, on one or two
different newsgroups, but I have only ever got one reply (thanks whoever
it was), and that said I should switch to Cnews (or INN).

In fact, I can't even find a newsgroup where Bnews is ever discussed, so
if anyone can suggest a better place to ask I would be grateful as I
still have some glitches to sort out.

In the absence of replies, I periodically think that I really must
think seriously about switching to Cnews, so I have the following
question: 

Can anyone give me any advice on switching from Bnews to Cnews?  Are
there any particular problems or issues I should look out for?

Tim Lyons
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From: tgll@datasci.co.uk (Tim Lyons)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: CNEWS or BNEWS (was Re: CNEWS or BNEWS on Xenix)
Message-ID: <4221@datasci.co.uk>
Date: 18 Dec 92 14:31:54 GMT
References: <1992Dec13.093227.2220@psg.com> <1gircaINN85h@milk.Warren.MENTORG.COM>
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