This version of slrn can run under OS/2 as well as Unix or VMS.
The compiled binaries, with everything you need to get it running, can
be found on http://www.bgnett.no/~bjoff/slrn.html. 

To install the binaries, here are the steps needed;

1.  Get a copy of the EMX runtime libraries, emxrt.zip (version 09c or
    later required). emxrt.zip are available from most OS/2 archives,
    for example:
       ftp.leo.org:          /pub/comp/os/os2/gnu/emx+gcc
       hobbes.nmsu.edu:      /os2/unix/emx09c

2.  Append the following line to config.sys as a minimum, see notes
    about variables below.
       set NNTPSERVER=my.news.server
       set HOME=d:\home\sweet\home

3.  Copy the file slrn.rc into the home-directory and edit it to your
    needs, it should be pretty well documented.

4.  First time you start slrn, start it with the following parameters
    "slrn.exe -create", this will create a jnews.rc. After that you can
    start it without parameters.

5.  If you want to use the "offline-mode", you have to start slrn.exe with
    "slrn.exe --spool". Also please read documentation in the slrnpull dir.

ABOUT VARIABLES:
    slrn knows the following ENVIRONMENT variables;
        TMP:  Directory for temporary files, this should be set when you
              installed OS/2 to something like x:\TMP.
        USER or LOGNAME: This should be the same as the first part in your
              email-address (until @) 
        REPLYTO: If you have another emailaddress than the account you're
              posting from you can set this to the preffered email-address.
        HOSTNAME: The name of your computer without domain-name.
        NAME: Your real name
        ORGANIZATION: Organization to put in the header.
        EDITOR or VISUAL: Editor used if not defined in slrn.rc. (if none
              of these are defined we use e.exe.

    Most of these can be overridden in the slrn.rc file.

BUGS - Some of the char-translation is probably wrong, I need feedback
       about this one. Preferable with a Message-ID so I can test it
       out myself.

       Scoring: regexp's doesn't match the ibm850 chars, this requires
       changing the S-Lang code, so it won't be done anytime soon. :-(
       
TODO - Adding config-option to hide configuration files and newsrc like
       dotfiles under *nix.

       I don't think slrn.exe still can be used on a fat-only system,
       there is still some filenames that don't conform to the 8+3
       filnameing scheme.

The OS/2 version of slrn will use the full extent of the OS/2 command
window it's run in. You can do "mode co80,50", and it will use all 50
lines. You can also specify a wider window and it will use the extra
width. (If you use a wide window, please take care that your postings
don't exceed 80 characters per line. The net will thank you.)

To mail a reply or forward a message you need to set up a sendmail-
command in slrn.rc. The default is 'sendmail -t -af'. To set up slrn
to use an alternative mailer you can do something like

     set sendmail_command "e:/network/slrn/mailfile.cmd"
 or  set sendmail_command "e:\\network\\slrn\\mailfile.cmd"

     (note that you either must use one forward slash "/" or double
      backslashes "\\")

where mailfile.cmd contains something like:

	@echo off
	cd e:\network\mr2ice
	start e:\network\mr2ice\mr2i.exe /Q%1

I guess this should work with most mailers.

THANKS
    John E. Davis,	davis@space.mit.edu	author of slrn
    Jay Maynard,	jmaynard@nwpros.com	much of the OS/2 port
 
Bjoern Frantzen, bjoff@bgnett.no   January 1997