WebNews news reader
WebNews is a CGI-based NNTP newsreader written in Perl, designed for ease of use (minimal configuration required) and multiple concurrent user accesses.
| Tags | Communications Usenet News Internet Web Dynamic Content Message Boards |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 02 Jan 2005 23:48
Changes: This release implements support for CSS, previous/next article buttons, colorized quoting, and several bugfixes.
- 11 Jul 2004 04:01
Changes: This release fixes a perl -w warning, adds basic support for NNTP authentication (based on user feedback), and adds support for running WebNews out of a "cgi-bin" directory.
- 14 Feb 2002 22:22
Changes: There is a new configuration variable "MAINTAINER" so that you don't need to edit webnews.cgi to change the email address that appears at the bottom of each page. Also, there's now a Danish localization.
- 21 Nov 2001 05:48
Changes: Several incremental performance improvements have been made, and a couple of important race-condition bugs have been fixed.
- 13 Aug 2001 07:09
Changes: Fixed bug involving NNTP XOVER commands which were too long.
