A news package for VM is available that can help to offload LISTSERV
traffic.  It is called NETNEWS and is available via LISTSERV.  NETNEWS
can gateway LISTSERV lists into bulletin board format, receive USENET
feeds via either Bitnet or NNTP (which uses TCP/IP) set up local
discussion groups, and control read and post access on a per-group
basis.
 
The user interface has a "Filelist-like" feel to it, with three levels.
First there is the Newsgroup Menu, listing all groups available.  The
user selects a group via cursor and PFkey and gets that group's Article
Menu, which lists all current articles in the group.  Finally, the user
chooses an article (again with cursor and PFkey) to be displayed.  The
software can keep track of what groups the user wants to see and what
articles have already been read.
 
For info, issue TELL LISTSERV AT PSUVM GET NETNEWS PACKAGE
This will send you an Administrator's Guide, a User's Guide and
information on how to get the package.
 
For information on the NNTP server (which is designed to work with this
NETNEWS implementation), issue TELL LISTSERV AT QUCDN GET NNTP PACKAGE.
 
The LISTSERV discussion list on this is NETNWS-L at NDSUVM1.
 
-Linda