WinVN is distributed via anonymous FTP from the hosts ftp.ksc.nasa.gov and ripem.msu.edu. The definitive version is always at ksc. Copies of WinVN can often be found at other sites, but they are sometimes badly out-of-date. (The ripem site tends to lag behind ksc by a day or so.)
Both source code and binaries for various platforms are distributed. WinVN binaries are available for Windows 3.x, and Windows NT on Intel and Alpha AXP machines. Distributions are in the form of .ZIP files. As of this writing, WinVN source code distributions have file names starting with WINVNSRC, and binary distributions for have names starting with WINVN. The previous few versions of WinVN are always available at ksc. The latest version is always version with the most recent date. Also included at the ksc FTP site are the FAQ, and the documentation.
Be sure to use binary mode FTP to do the transfer.
Here is a sample FTP session. User-typed entries are in bold.
$ ftp ftp.ksc.nasa.gov
Connected to ftp.ksc.nasa.gov.
220 titan04.ksc.nasa.gov FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Wed Jan 18 18:06:58 EST 1995) ready.
Name (ftp.ksc.nasa.gov:vev): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: fred@abc.com
230-
230- Welcome to FTP.KSC.NASA.GOV
230- (Formerly the "World's Slowest FTP Site")
230-
230- A service of NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Florida
230- The local time is Tue Nov 21 07:39:58 1995
230- You are user 16 out of 100 possible.
230-
230- Please send mail to dumoulin@titan.ksc.nasa.gov if you
230- experience any problems.
230-
230- Welcome, user from abc.com!
230-
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd /pub/winvn
250-WinVN Directory:
250-
250-WinVN is an NNTP newsreader for Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows/NT.
250-
250- docs - Userguide and FAQ in various formats
250- nt - 32 bit WinVN for NT/Intel and NT/Alpha
250- source - Sources for WinVN
250- win3 - 16 bit WinVN for Microsoft Windows 3.X and
250- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups.
250-
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> cd win3
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 298
drwxrwxr-x 2 23 50 1536 Nov 20 12:21 old
-rw-rw-r-- 1 20 50 290791 Nov 10 06:20 wv16_99_07.zip
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> get wv16_99_07.zip
local: wv16_99_07.zip remote: wv16_99_07.zip
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for wv16_99_07.zip (290791 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
290791 bytes received in 1e+03 seconds (0.27 Kbytes/s)
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
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