NewsGroups Reader?

Juan Wei

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Jul 8, 2013, 8:28:02 PM7/8/13

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Is anyone using the NewsGroups reader app?

I have not been successful in getting any groups from eternal-september.

Thanks for your help.

Andy Burns

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Jul 9, 2013, 2:33:04 AM7/9/13

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Juan Wei wrote:

> Is anyone using the NewsGroups reader app?

Occasionally, but not with e-s

> I have not been successful in getting any groups from eternal-september.

The usual problem with any newsreader and e-s is configuring it to
authenticate when the server doesn't request authentication, if the
client doesn't authenticate then the server only gives a small subnet of
available groups.

Juan Wei

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Jul 9, 2013, 2:54:37 AM7/9/13

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Andy Burns has written on 7/9/2013 2:33 AM:

I have it configured exactly the same way I have Thunderbird configured.

I don't get any groups at all.

Geordie

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Jul 9, 2013, 3:36:47 AM7/9/13

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Juan Wei <juan...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:

> Is anyone using the NewsGroups reader app?
>
> I have not been successful in getting any groups from eternal-september.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

I'm using it with e-s without any problems

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Geordie
NewsReader

mac

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Jul 9, 2013, 7:28:59 AM7/9/13

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"Juan Wei" <juan...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:krfl3u$tij$1...@dont-email.me...

> Is anyone using the NewsGroups reader app?
>
> I have not been successful in getting any groups from eternal-september.
>
> Thanks for your help.

settings that work here:
news.eternal-september.org
charset: ISO-8859-1
only plain text
port 119
SSL not checked
need login YES
Enter username and password
your name
your 'munged' email address.
enter sig if used

HTH?

mac

SC Tom

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Jul 9, 2013, 6:19:36 PM7/9/13

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" mac" <mack...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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Doesn't work for me either. I've tried several newsreaders, and none of them
find ANY groups on E-S.
I used the settings you suggested (again!) thinking maybe something was
entered incorrectly. Nope, same results. I don't see any other settings than
those, and when I pull down on the top bar, then "Release to refresh", there
are still no groups listed :-(
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SC Tom

SC Tom

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Jul 9, 2013, 6:25:13 PM7/9/13

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"SC Tom" <s...@tom.net> wrote in message news:kri1v0$4h0$1...@dont-email.me...

Let me follow-up on that last reply- I can "Add" new groups manually, and
then get into read the posts, but it never auto-finds any groups.
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SC Tom

SC Tom

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Jul 9, 2013, 6:30:48 PM7/9/13

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"SC Tom" <s...@tom.net> Wrote in message:

. . . now if only my community bridge would work :-(
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SC Tom

----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup

Juan Wei

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Jul 9, 2013, 7:03:33 PM7/9/13

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" mac" <mack...@fsmail.net> Wrote in message:

Yes. That worked. thanks.
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SC Tom

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Jul 9, 2013, 7:30:34 PM7/9/13

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" mac" <mack...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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I want to thank you for your post. It made me look at the app again, and
maybe it was the updated program itself, but I never saw the additional
settings button at the bottom of the screen that allows one to manually add
a group. All is well in newsland again :-)
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SC Tom

mac

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Jul 9, 2013, 7:42:47 PM7/9/13

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"SC Tom" <s...@tom.net> wrote in message news:kri642$ndi$1...@dont-email.me...

> I want to thank you for your post. It made me look at the app again, and
> maybe it was the updated program itself, but I never saw the additional
> settings button at the bottom of the screen that allows one to manually
> add a group. All is well in newsland again :-)
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> SC Tom

You found that this App does not give you the list of groups to choose from,
you have to search for them to add.

Pleased you are both sorted.

mac

Geordie

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Jul 10, 2013, 3:38:48 AM7/10/13

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"SC Tom" <s...@tom.net> Wrote in message:
>
>

Isn't that the way it is meant to be, only getting the groups
that you want to subscribe to thus saving space and memory

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Geordie
NewsReader

SC Tom

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Jul 10, 2013, 8:15:43 AM7/10/13

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"Geordie" <geord...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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Probably so. I just assumed (yes, I know what that means LOL) that it would
automatically get the list of groups from the server, then you could pick
the ones you wanted to subscribe to. I guess I'm trying to use a desktop
mentality on a tablet, and not always succeeding :-)
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SC Tom

Juan Wei

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Jul 10, 2013, 12:58:34 PM7/10/13

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Geordie has written on 7/10/2013 3:38 AM:

>>
>> Let me follow-up on that last reply- I can "Add" new groups manually, and
>> then get into read the posts, but it never auto-finds any groups.
>
> Isn't that the way it is meant to be, only getting the groups
> that you want to subscribe to thus saving space and memory

It would be nice if you could enter say alt.comp.* and get a list of
newsgroups in the alt.comp hierarchy.

Juan Wei

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Jul 10, 2013, 9:28:47 PM7/10/13

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Juan Wei <juan...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:

Huh! You can!!

Geordie

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Jul 11, 2013, 3:21:55 AM7/11/13

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Juan Wei <juan...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:

I doubt if my phone would be able to handle that

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Geordie
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Juan Wei

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Jul 11, 2013, 12:07:19 PM7/11/13

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Geordie has written on 7/11/2013 3:21 AM:

Handle what, a display of all the groups in alt.comp?

Once you get the list, you then subscribe to the one(s) you want.