Value-Added NewsWatcher is a free Macintosh USENET news
reader. It differs from the original version of NewsWatcher
by John Norstad by adding support for posting and mailing
binary files, by adding filtering of articles (killfiles and
selective highlighting), sorting of articles based on
article number, author, or subject, and digest processing.

MOST IMPORTANT. This version is NOT an "official, John
Norstad" version of NewsWatcher. John can't and won't
support it, and is not responsible for any bugs we've added
to his code.  We will attempt to continue to support
Value-Added NewsWatcher, and keep pace with the
modifications John Norstad makes to his version. John's own
binary posting and killfile support will not be available
until version 2.1. Since no one can say when this will be
available, we have decided to release our own version, now.
It is also NOT supported or endorsed in any manner by
Northwestern University or ACNS. All questions or comments
regarding problems or support should be directed towards us
and NOT John Norstad or Northwestern University or ACNS.

Value-Added NewsWatcher requires a Mac running System 7.0 or
later with 2.5 megabytes or more of memory and a hard drive.
The Mac must be connected to the Internet, and MacTCP must be
properly installed and configured. For dialup use,
Value-Added NewsWatcher works together with the various SLIP
and PPP programs, and with AppleTalk Remote Access together
with an appropriately configured AppleTalk/IP gateway.

va-newswatcher-20b27.0.sit.bin: The program.
va-source-20b27.0.sit: The CodeWarrior source code.

Included with both archives is a short readme file which
documents the additional features found in Value-Added
NewsWatcher.

All other files (primary documentation, uudecode and ftp
helper applications, etc. are to be found with the regular
(John Norstad) version of NewsWatcher:

ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/

user-doc.msword.sea.hqx: The 2.0b24 user doc (Word format).
user-doc-postcard.sea.hqx: The 2.0b24 user doc (postcard
format)

The "helpers" subdirectory contains copies of other programs
which NewsWatcher uses to help it fetch referenced files and
extract binaries. In particular, you should get a copy of
Aaron Gile's new "uuUndo" program, which NewsWatcher uses to
decode attached uuencoded binaries. Also get copies of the
current versions of Fetch, Anarchie, and StuffIt Expander if
you don't already have them.

David Brewster
brewster@bis.trw.com

Bob Boonstra
boonstra@ultranet.com