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 PAINGWIN'S NNTP SERVER CHECKER
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Stuff being worked on:

** - On the Working Servers List, it will tell you if posting is allowed
** - The default webpage URL is now:
       http://paing.sourceforge.net/nntpsc/nntp-servers.htm - This new
       webpage is updated every now and/or again with the newest list of
       working servers that work for me (from my connection). I have NNTP
       Server Checker check multiple popular webpages for NNTP links and
       create the list.
** - Once done checking all of the servers, it will reset ALL of the
       controls (text boxes, buttons, etc.) instead of leaving everything
       disabled
** - You can choose to not check government or educational servers for groups
** - Now using better webpage download code so the program doesn't freeze
       when downloading or saving
** - You can control the program from a remote source (via Telnet on port
       23) and tell it to do stuff. So far, the following commands have been
       implemented: help, quit, download, usecached, usefile, timeout,
       group, prevdup, append, overwrite, begin, stop, savestop, outputhtml,
       outputtxt, status, viewworking, winsockstate, info, hide, minimize,
       maxmize, close, shutdown, logoff, savesettings, serversleft
** - Skins (choose your favorite colors)
** - Resides in the system tray



Notes from Paingwin:
   - OK, it's too hard to check servers for multiple groups.  Just run
       the program more than once and use the append feature.  I spent
       a long time trying to work it in to the rest of the application,
       but decided not to do it because too many problems would arise.


Known issues:
   - When running from a floppy, a "Bad file name or number" error may
       come up on startup.  Copy it onto your HDD instead and it will
       work.
   - When downloading a webpage, it will appear to be doing nothing for a
       very long time.  It's actually saving the entire site into your
       available RAM and will save it in a minute.  The larger the site
       is, the longer it will take.  However, if it's idle for 5 minutes,
       it's safe to assume it's frozen (stopped responding), in which
       Ctrl+Alt+Del should be used.  I need a better method!!!
   - If running on Windows 95, it's slower, some logic doesn't occur,
       etc.  This usually doesn't effect anything major, but it prevents
       the prettiness from shining through. :-)

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