MT-Newswatcher for OS 9 hopes...

[Revanant Morituri]

Okay, what I _really_ want is version 3.2 to get ported to OS 9...

...but that doesn't seem likely. Anyone have a good suggestion for
a viable replacement? I'm looking for something that'll take an exported
killfile and will "support" yenc.

Thanks in advance!

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[Adam Bailey]

SND <s...@snd2.com.invalid> wrote:
> In article <revanant-4F2BED...@news2.news.adelphia.net>,

> Revanant Morituri <reva...@obvious.adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>> Okay, what I _really_ want is version 3.2 to get ported to OS 9...
>>
>> ...but that doesn't seem likely. Anyone have a good suggestion for
>> a viable replacement? I'm looking for something that'll take an exported
>> killfile and will "support" yenc.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>

> I also wish MT 3.2 was working on OS 9.
>
> Thoth supports yenc but won't import filters. It's failure to import
> filters and group lists from MT Newswatcher is a pain for switchers from
> MT (you can't even drag a list of groups into the groups window).

Convert your MT-NewsWatcher filters into YA-NewsWatcher, which can then be
converted to Thoth.

As for group lists, just get the newsrc data out of the MT-NewsWatcher saved
file and import it into Thoth.

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[Adam Bailey]

SND <s...@snd2.com.invalid> wrote:
> In article <slrnav5098...@typhoon.xnet.com>,

> ad...@lull.org (Adam Bailey) wrote:
>> SND <s...@snd2.com.invalid> wrote:
>> > In article <revanant-4F2BED...@news2.news.adelphia.net>,
>> > Revanant Morituri <reva...@obvious.adelphia.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Okay, what I _really_ want is version 3.2 to get ported to OS 9...
>> >>
>> >> ...but that doesn't seem likely. Anyone have a good suggestion for
>> >> a viable replacement? I'm looking for something that'll take an exported
>> >> killfile and will "support" yenc.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > I also wish MT 3.2 was working on OS 9.
>> >
>> > Thoth supports yenc but won't import filters. It's failure to import
>> > filters and group lists from MT Newswatcher is a pain for switchers from
>> > MT (you can't even drag a list of groups into the groups window).
>>
>> Convert your MT-NewsWatcher filters into YA-NewsWatcher, which can then be
>> converted to Thoth.
>

> I tried this with "MT->YA FilterTranslator" and Thoth wouldn't accept
> the data.

As I said, you then have to convert them from YA to Thoth. It's the
filter->pref application. Read the manual for instructions.

>> As for group lists, just get the newsrc data out of the MT-NewsWatcher saved
>> file and import it into Thoth.
>

> With MT 3.1, I exported the group list and received the following
> message when trying to import the list into Thoth:

Don't export the group list. Open it in a text editor and copy out the data,
or re-save it as a text file. That can then be imported into Thoth.