To build slrn, first build the slang library. Get it from ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang. Once the slang library has been created, change directories to the [.src] subdirectory and do: $ @vmsmake Hopefully this will automatically detect your compiler and TCPIP package. It also assumes the slrn directory is at the same level as the slrn directory, i.e., [.slrn] [.slrn.src] [.slang] [.slang.src] After building slrn, you must do: $ slrn :== $device:[directory.of.slrn]slrn.exe $ define/job nntpserver news.server.name $ slrn -create -f jnews.rc