how do i subscribe to a news group?
On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:42 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Alright. I have easynews and Unison.
When I start unison it grabs the new headers for my subscriptions.
In my case, I'm only subscribed to alt.binaries.mp3.audiobooks.
In the window for the a.b.m.a group I have four radio buttons and
the files button is checked.
So, the postings are in a table, and they are grouped by thread.
As I arrow down the table there is a collapsed thread called Terry
Pratchet, Discworld24, The fifth elephant. It's from some one
called fixer123 or some such, and it has a size of 615.92 MB.
So, if I want to download that book I press command D. That's it.
Nothing else needs to happen. Unison makes a folder called
alt.binaries.sounds.audiobooks. Then it makes a folder for the
thread using the thread name to call the folder. Then it dumps all
the files from that thread into the folder.
If I want to find out more about the book before I download it, I
press right arrow on the thread to expand it.
Then I arrow down until I find the fifth elephant.nfo, and press
command D on it. It will land in my downloads under
alt.binaries.mp3.audiobooks.
So you just keep hitting command D on the threads you want and they
just pour in. To move between your transfers window and your news
group headers press command accent just like you would to move
between windows in finder or text edit.
Hope this helps.
erik burggraaf
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On 22-Sep-08, at 7:10 PM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
well how do you find a file? and what not? i use easynews if that
helps.
thanks
mike
On Sep 22, 2008, at 6:01 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi Mike,
What exactly are you having trouble with? Unison's disgusting. I
can cue up 20 or 30 gigs worth of news group binaries in half an
hour and let the cue run for a day and it will suck it all down.
Not only are the files compiled, but they are automaticly sorted
by thread and collapsed together like conversations in mail.
To grab a set of files, such as a 300 file audiobook ripped from
cd, you just press command D on the thread and it will download to
it's own nice little folder.
To find something like the info file for a post, right arrow to
expand the thread, down arrow to the nfo, and press command D.
It was mindboggling the first time I used it. I've never had such
a good time with news groups.
Please let me know if you're having a specific issue.
Best,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training
Sales department: 888-828-2445
Support and Training: 888-255-5194
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On 22-Sep-08, at 4:07 PM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
hi;
i use to use Unison but can't remember how to browse discusions?
Could someone let me know how they use this program?
Please let me know, i have the news set up but...
thanks
mike
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