The news groups table seems oddly ambiguous. There isn't a
discription for each group available from the server, but there is a
size field and unison doesn't seem to give it to me.
Best,
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On 24-Sep-08, at 8:44 AM, Will Lomas wrote:
as some of the groups have odd names though is there a description
field?
of what the group is when you are going through a list
On 24 Sep 2008, at 16:29, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
eric;
thanks a lot
mike
On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:04 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
OK, I'm assuming you went through all the beginning stuff when it
comes up and you have your easynews account set up.
So, press command option G to open the groups window.
VO to the all groups radio button and make sure it is checked.
Now the way I'd do this is to press command K.
Type the group name such as alt.binaries.mp3.audionbooks.
Press enter and wait for the group to load. Then go to the group
menue and choose add to favourites.
If you want to browse for groups, take the day off work.
Type the first part of the group name, such as alt, so you can get
to all the groups that start with alt.
When you actually find alt, press the right arrow to expand it and
then type bin to get to where you can conveniently arrow down to
binaries and press right arrow on it.
Repete the process of typing and arrowing until you actually find
the group you want.
Once you find the group you want go to the group menu and choose
add to favourites.
For some reason I can't get it to come up by pressing enter on it
and there's no popup menue.
Hope this helps,
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On 23-Sep-08, at 12:28 PM, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote:
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
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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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