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+Rocksolid Light (rslight). Web based Usenet client.
+Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Retro_Guy 
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Installing Rocksolid Light (rslight) - a web based news client
+
+rslight is based on NewsPortal, which discontinued development in 2008, and was 
+developed by Florian Amrhein https://florian-amrhein.de/newsportal/
+
+rslight contains some major code and feature changes, but would not exist 
+without NewsPortal as a basis for development.
+
+Requirements:
+
+You will need a web server: rslight has been tested with apache2, lighttpd, nginx
+and synchronet web servers
+
+php is required, and your web server must be configured to serve .php. 
+
+php-mbstring (to support other character sets), sharutils (for uudecode) and 
+openssl are required. 
+phpmailer is required if email confirmation is to be used.
+These are the names for Debian packages. Other distributions should 
+also provide these in some way.
+
+If you get errors, check your log files to see what packages I've failed to mention.
+
+For FreeBSD:
+pkg install php72
+pkg install php72-extensions
+pkg install sharutils
+pkg install php72-pcntl
+pkg install php72-sockets
+pkg install php72-mbstring
+pkg install php72-openssl
+
+Installation: 
+
+1. Set up your webserver to handle php files
+
+2. Extract rslight into a temporary location
+
+3. Run the provided install script (debian-install.sh or freebsd-install.sh) as root
+and answer the prompts. This will configure locations, create directories and move files
+into place.
+
+4. Edit configuration file
+
+Load common/setup.php in your browser to configure your site. The admin password
+was displayed during install but can also be found in your config directory in
+admin.inc.php
+
+5. Add a cron job for the root user. Change the directories in this line to match your setup
+as shown in the installation script. Set the minutes as you wish. The paths must match your
+installation:
+
+*/5 * * * * cd /usr/local/www/html/spoolnews ; bash -lc "php /etc/rslight/scripts/cron.php"
+This will start the nntp server, then drop privileges to your web user and begin pulling
+articles from the remote server to create your spool. You won't see articles immediately
+in rslight, please wait 15-30 minutes to begin to see articles appear.
+
+If you have trouble, post to rocksolid.nodes.help and we'll try to help.
+
+Retro Guy
+retroguy@novabbs.com
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/README.md b/Rocksolid_Light/README.md
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@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ in rslight, please wait 15-30 minutes to begin to see articles appear.
 If you have trouble, post to rocksolid.nodes.help and we'll try to help.
 
 Retro Guy
-retroguy@rocksolidbbs.com
+retroguy@novabbs.com