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Lollipop© allows you to connect to an Internet news server (NNTP) to download and upload messages to selected news groups. Lollipop is shareware.

Lollipop runs in three modes, which I refer to as Setup, Subscribe and Batch.

Lollipop was created to support BBS operations using Spider Island Software's TeleFinder Server suite, so that files created by Lollipop as a result of downloading messages are input to that software. Other software may or not be able to read these files, I have not tested any. The same is true for messages to be uploaded.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Lollipop tends to have roughly the same hardware and software requirements of the TeleFinder Server suite, and as such you should not generally have any problems using it. However, it is worth detailing the necessities:

Hardware

680020 processor or better

Around 1200Kb of free RAM (1000Kb minimum)

Software

System 7.0 or later.(MacOS 7.6.1 or later is highly recommended)

Open Transport or MacTCP (OT 1.1.2 or later is highly recommended)

Package Distribution

Lollipop is distributed in a self extracting StuffIt archive file. When extracted, you will be presented with a folder containing (roughly) the following items:

Documentation -----This online documentation.

Lollipop(FAT) ----- The Lollipop application itself.("fat binary" means that it run native 68k mode on Motorola 68k Macintoshes, and it runs in native PowerPC mode on Power Macintoshes.

Lollipop Groups --- This is a Lollipop document which contains a list of groups names and other information about the groups to which you have subscribed.

TCP/IP

Lollipop requires an active full TCP/IP connection to the Internet. This can be a full time or part-time connection. For dial up use, Lollipop works with the various SLIP and PPP programs.

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July 16, 1997