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From: "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: XanaNews (was: 40tude Dialog)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:45:28 -0000 (UTC)
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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.