Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)

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Sujet : Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)
De : billh (at) *nospam* domain.is.invalid (BillH)
Groupes : news.software.readers
Date : 31. Jul 2024, 18:55:11
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User-Agent : XanaNews/1.21-f3fb89f (x86; Portable ISpell)
On 7/30/2024 at 9:42:01 PM D wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:01:20 -0700, BillH <billh@domain.is.invalid>
wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:56:44 -0700, BillH wrote:
I have been testing out 40tude Dialog and have a few questions.  I
was >> hoping someone would know the answers.
1.  I accidentily marked a group as dormant.  How do I undo that?
Do I >> have to delete the group and add it again?
2.  Is there anyway to have XanaNews periodically do a Quick Get?
3.  After I plonk an author is there any way to get it to show
some type of >> visual clue on the message list that they have been
plonked?  >> Bill
Sorry, I got confused.  These were really XanaNews questions.
Bill
 
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).

Thanks, this is good info.  I was looking for an "un dormant" option,
but couldn't find one.  I don't do scripting so I really miss the
ability to have it check for new messages automatically.  Seems to be
common with newsreaders.

Thanks,
Bill

Date Sujet#  Auteur
29 Jul 24 * 40tude Dialog5BillH
29 Jul 24 `* XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)4BillH
31 Jul 24  `* Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)3D
31 Jul 24   +- Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)1Blueshirt
31 Jul 24   `- Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)1BillH

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