Re: Automatic NewsGroups

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Bryan Parkoff (bryan.nospam.parkoff@nospam.com) wrote:
:     It is off the topic of Apple II Newsgroups, but I want to ask a
: question.  I depend on Apple II NewsGroups by reading everyday.  This NNTP
: Server at Time Warner Road Runner is only equiped to store posts 24 hours to
: 7 days before they are deleted.  It is very annoying that I miss reading
: some important posts.
:     I am looking for a better software that it allows to download all posts'
: header and body automatically every an hour to 24 hours everyday.  I don't
: have to open the software to download all posts manually.  It would be
: easier to view all posts during an offline.
:     Microsoft Outlook Express does not have feature for automatic download
: of NewsGroups.  Microsoft Outlook 2003 does not have NewsGroups
: functionality.
:     I need your advice.  Do you know the best software where I can obtain?
: I will be happy to deal with Apple II Community in this NewsGroups, but I
: don't like the restrictions what NNTP Server from Time Warner Road Runner is
: offering.  I don't want to subscribe another NNTP Server such as GigaNews or
: other type of NNTPs because it is a wasting money while I already have NNTP
: Server from Time Warner Road Runner.
:     I appreciate your advice what you think is best.

First of all, I wouldn't recommend Microsoft lookOut-Anything for reading
mail or news.  That said, I'm not that familiar with newsreader options.

What I do know, though, is that whatever newsreader you use, you can
probably write some kind of script for it which you can fire off
automagically using some kind of an event scheduler.  In the UNIX world,
for example, you could run a chron script that would automagically visit
the NNTP server and download all the new messages to a local news spool. 
The trick would be figuring out some way to send the following sequence of
commands:

connect to nntp server
select all unread
download all selected
disconnect

There has to be a way to do it.  I would start by looking for
old-fashioned offline newsreaders...newsreaders that are optimized for
offline reading.  

Hmmm......I wonder if you could adapt a QWK! system.......

--Dave Althoff, ][.

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