Downloading Newsgroups
Daniel
news.mozilla.org servers, because I'm on dial-up and figured if I D/l
all the messages, I could then read at my leisure and have my phone line
free, in case someone was trying to contact my by 'phone.
Occasionally I forget to select one of the news servers before trying to
D/L, but when I do this, the "Offline" selection is greyed out, letting
me know I've stuffed up again.
When I get it right, it has always intrigued me that, when I want to D/L
the news groups, I can select to d/l my mail at the same time. Why,
then, can I not D/L my news groups whilst D/L'ing e-mail, but HAVE to
select a news server to get both?
Anybody got any ideas??
Daniel
L...@its.invalid
You have only one primary email address right?
You have multiple new servers (at least two). The program needs you to make
a choice:-))
Lou
I eat my peas with honey.
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny.
But it keeps them on my knife.
Daniel
Sorry, Lou. I subscribe to four news servers, and usually d/l from two.
So what's this got to do with not being able to D/L my News groups when
I have my mail account selected when I can D/L my mail if I have any of
the four News servers selected?
Daniel
L...@its.invalid
The program MUST be told WHICH news server to D/L. It does NOT know which one and
it can only d/l one at a time.
Lou
Daniel
Thanks, Lou, yes I know this, but, as I say, if I can also D/L my mail
whilst d/l'ing the newsgroups, Why isn't the program set up so that
whilst I'm d/l'ing my mail, I can also d/l my newsgroups??
Daniel
Moz Champion (Dan)
You can. You can either download newsgroups manually (like downloading
mail manually using Get Mail) or you can have the program do it for you
on an automatic basis (like you have with mail). That way you can be
reading your mail and getting your newsgroups at the same time.
Caveat: I recommend mail check times of 5 minutes or more, and news
server check times of 10 minutes or more.
Mumia W.
>
> [...] I say, if I can also D/L my mail
> whilst I'm d/l'ing my mail, I can also d/l my newsgroups??
>
> Daniel
I do exactly that in SM. I've selected newsgroups for
downloading for offline reading, and when I click the
"disconnect" icon, all my newsgroups and e-mails are downloaded.
Then I disconnect from the Internet and read and reply to
messages offline like I'm doing right now 8-)
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It's time to say goodbye to the Mork database.
Daniel
> On 07/31/2006 05:55 PM, Daniel wrote:
>>
>> [...] I say, if I can also D/L my mail whilst d/l'ing the newsgroups,
>> Why isn't the program set up so that whilst I'm d/l'ing my mail, I can
>> also d/l my newsgroups??
>>
>> Daniel
>
> I do exactly that in SM. I've selected newsgroups for downloading for
> offline reading, and when I click the "disconnect" icon, all my
> newsgroups and e-mails are downloaded.
But can you D/l these newsgroups for offline reading without first
selecting the news server. I believe not, which is the basis for this
thread..........
If I can select one of my News servers then select File|Offline and
select Download|Sync Now, I can select which of my news groups I want to
D/L AND I CAN SELECT TO D\L MY MAIL so, if I have my mail account
selected, why cannot I select to D\L my news groups as well at the same
time?
>
> Then I disconnect from the Internet and read and reply to messages
> offline like I'm doing right now 8-)
>
Daniel
Moz Champion (Dan)
Yes, you can download for offline use without manually selecting the
news server or groups
You tell SeaMonkey what servers, and what groups you want downloaded,
and when you go offline, it grabs the groups for you, automatically
(confirmation click)
Mumia W.
>
> [Can] you D/l these newsgroups for offline reading without first
> selecting the news server[?] I believe not, which is the basis for this
> thread..........
Yes you can.
>
> If I can select one of my News servers then select File|Offline and
> select Download|Sync Now,
That's not how you do it. You set the preference called
"select newsgroups of offline reading"; you might also have to
change "when downloading messages/ask me."
Daniel
Thanks to both of you for sticking with me, gw and Mumia.
Of course, now that I've read everything on the secnews and news.mozilla
groups that I have selected, when I went offline (File|Offline|Work
offline, or just clicking on the bottom right symbol, nothing happened,
but, now that there is something new on this server, i.e. this message,
I'll see if I get asked, and get back to you.
Daniel
Daniel
Back online.
When I went offline, either by disconnecting the symbol or by selecting
File|Offline|Work Offline, nothing happened, except the symbol
separated. It didn't matter if I had the mail account or this server
account selected at the time of going offline. I have eight groups
selected for D/L, three on the Moz server and five on the secnews server.
What have I broken now?
Daniel
gwtc
> Thanks to both of you for sticking with me, gw and Mumia.
>
huh!? What did I say? This message is my first one in this thread.
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Maxims for the Internet Age: In Gates we trust.
Mumia W.
I gave you the brief instructions because I'm lazy, and this
is free tech. support ;-)
You have to select the newsgroups you want download first in
"Edit/Mail&Newsgroup Account Settings/<Your-Account> /
Offline&Disk Space/Select newsgroups for offline usage."
It's a good idea to go through all of the preferences menus
and click on all of the buttons to see what's there to
familiarize yourself with Mozilla.
Daniel
> Daniel wrote:
>> Thanks to both of you for sticking with me, gw and Mumia.
>>
>
> huh!? What did I say? This message is my first one in this thread.
>
See how flustered I getting, gw? I confusing you with Dan (Moz Champ)!
Daniel
Daniel
Yep, been with this since about Netscape 4.5 or thereabouts, so been
through all of the menus heaps of times, I would think, and in my other
message I said I had eight groups selected for D/L'ing but nothing happened.
Daniel
Mumia W.
> Mumia W. wrote:
>> It's a good idea to go through all of the preferences menus and click
>> on all of the buttons to see what's there to familiarize yourself with
>> Mozilla.
>>
>
> Yep, been with this since about Netscape 4.5 or thereabouts, so been
> through all of the menus heaps of times, I would think, and in my other
> message I said I had eight groups selected for D/L'ing but nothing
> happened.
>
> Daniel
Also select "Edit/Preferences/Mail & Newsgrups/Offline&Disk
Space/Download messages for offline use when going offline/Yes."
Moz Champion (Dan)
I dont know whether to be insulted or flattered
gwtc
one, I'm the anal one. ;-) :-D
--
Maxims for the Internet Age: The E-mail of the species is more deadly
than the mail.
Moz Champion (Dan)
> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>> Daniel wrote:
>>> gwtc wrote:
>>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>>> Thanks to both of you for sticking with me, gw and Mumia.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> huh!? What did I say? This message is my first one in this thread.
>>>>
>>>
>>> See how flustered I getting, gw? I confusing you with Dan (Moz Champ)!
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> I dont know whether to be insulted or flattered
> I don't know how anyone could make that mistake. Dan is the grumpy one,
> I'm the anal one. ;-) :-D
>
ME? Grumpy? I'm not short
Daniel
I'm sure I had that selected, but now I do, anyway. Lets see what
happens this time!
Daniel
Daniel
That seems to be working now, thanks.
Daniel
Daniel
And now I remember why I disabled this "download before going off-line"
feature before. Once you are off-line, for some reason SM forgets to
"empty trash on exit" so any virii I might be sent stay with me.
Daniel
Moz Champion (Dan)
So what? A virus cant do anything unless its activated, unless you are
in the habit of launching attachments you havent checked from the trash
of course.
Mumia W.
>
> And now I remember why I disabled this "download before going off-line"
> feature before. Once you are off-line, for some reason SM forgets to
> "empty trash on exit" so any virii I might be sent stay with me.
>
> Daniel
So remember to empty the trash before you exit SM or write a
shell script that (called from cron) periodically clears the
"Trash" file when Seamonkey is not running.