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From: "BillH" <billh@domain.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:55:11 -0000 (UTC)
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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