Frequently Ask Questions about the WinVN Newsreader Version: 1.0 - Contents

• I. General Information
  • I-1. About the FAQ. (I.e. Administrivia)
  • I-2. What is WinVN?
  • I-3. What do I need to run WinVN?
  • I-4. What can it do?
  • I-5. What can't it do?
  • I-6. How do I get WinVN?
  • I-7. How do I install WinVN?
  • I-8. I've got the software, how do I use it?
  • I-10. What is WinVN's licensing status?
  • I-11. Is a commercially-supported version available?
• II. Contact information
  • II-1. How can I keep up-to-date on WinVN's progress?
  • II-2. How do I submit suggestions for WinVN?
  • II-3. How do I submit source changes?
  • II-4. What to do before asking for help.
• III. Common questions
  • III-2. What is 'gwinsock.dll'? ... 'pwksock.dll'?
  • III-3. I'm using SLIP, how can I use WinVN most effectively.
  • III-4. How do I choose between SMTP and MAPI?
  • III-5. I get a "Can't find MAPI.DLL" error message...
  • III-6. How can I do "X" from the keyboard, including Windows functions?
  • III-7. Why are some subject lines blank except for some weird character?
  • III-8. How do I install WinVN on a LAN Server?
• IV. Common Non-WinVN problems that WinVN gets blamed for...
  • IV-1. I can't post if I have more included text than my comments....
  • IV-2. Error 502 Authentication error/NNTP Server has closed connection.
  • IV-3. I'm getting a NNTP Server refused connection error.
• V. Commonly asked for features (stuff on the to-do list/why it's hard).
  • V-1. Why are articles I've read still displayed?
  • V-2. What happened to word wrapping in the compose windows?
  • V-3. Why can't I subscribe using a hierarchical type subscription like Trumpet?
  • V-4. Can't WinVN just read the article count of the groups I'm subscribed to?
  • V-5. Can the number of unread articles in a group be displayed?
  • V-6. Can I sort the news groups in the main window?
  • V-7. How about some button bars?