Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)

D wrote:

i've tested and used many other newsreaders since Windows 95
days, but not "XanaNews" until after reading your curious
post; it does appear to work normally afaict, since i can
connect to "localhost" and also to several other popular
newsservers which all appear to connect & download group
lists, headers, and articles as expected;
 
e.g., newsgroup statistics for this group
"news.software.readers":
 

XanaNews Statistic for news.software.readers.  7/30/2024
9:50:20 PM From article 2793 (12/3/2023 10:11:28 AM) to
article 3851 (7/29/2024 4:09:16 PM) Number of threads
................... 242 Number of articles
.................. 1062 Average articles per thread
......... 4.39 Number of unanswered posts  .......... 130
Number of posts from XanaNews users .. 0
Top Threads
Ranking  Articles  Subject
-------  --------  ----------------------------------
     1        71  Free / opensource text-only reader for
linux - suggestions, please?       2        45  (iso
Pythonic code) -- if Usenet allowed a small image embedded
in a msg, ...       3        43  (Dialog) How do I debug a
40tude "socket error" (what's a socket error?)      4
34  (in TB) Can i specify (Sort-by) Descending for all the
Groups?       5        34  is Usenet making a comeback? --
(3 Signs of growth)      6        28  [Dialog] Filter needed
to get rid of Google Groups spam by Message-ID or by
User-Agent      7        26  Newsreader for Android ...

 
"dormant" group is revived in newsgroup properties, user
preferences, by changing get messages action from "none" to
"get all new messages", check "get headers only" to avoid
downloading unwanted message bodies; "quick get messages"
appears to be only manual by pressing "g" or "q", although
macros could be programmed to assist with automating process
(if XanaNews can be setup for timed activity, i didn't see it
listed); i haven't tested filtering or scoring yet, but this
newsreader works well enough to invite further experimentation
. . . i'll post results as time permits (hopefully, it will
allow scoring on message headers).

FWIW I use XanaNews and have done for years. It's simple and
effective and works perfectly well for what I need it to do...
i.e. read messages on Usenet.

YMMV.