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Eustace
Dec 2, 2011, 4:49:37 AM12/2/11
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I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
anyway?
An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
something like this?
emf
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It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/bd/itaintebabe.html
few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
anyway?
An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
something like this?
emf
--
It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/bd/itaintebabe.html
Graham P Davis
Dec 2, 2011, 5:28:34 AM12/2/11
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On 02/12/11 09:49, Eustace wrote:
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
>
> An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
> folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
> and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
> list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
> something like this?
>
> emf
>
I haven't tried this, but I noticed an add-on the other day that might
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
>
> An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
> folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
> and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
> list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
> something like this?
>
> emf
>
be what you're after. It's called "Folder Categories" and is available
via your add-ons manager.
--
Graham Davis, UK
User of Mozillarish stuff since Netscape 1.2N.
Running FF 8.0, TB 8.0, KDE 4.7.3 on openSUSE 11.4.
goodwin
Dec 2, 2011, 9:31:40 AM12/2/11
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On 12/02/2011 01:49 AM, Eustace wrote:
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
>
> An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
> folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
> and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
> list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
> something like this?
>
why not use filters to move posts to separate folders?
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
>
> An alternate, and even better, idea would be to be able to create a new
> folder inside nntp.aioe.org (like I have done inside my email account)
> and include the newsgroups of the long list there; then I could keep the
> list collapsed, and expand it when necessary. Has anybody thought of
> something like this?
>
Ralph Fox
Dec 2, 2011, 3:44:19 PM12/2/11
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On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:49:37 -0500, in message
news://news.mozilla.org/nLidnSZ1etwCA0XT...@mozilla.org
Create a second news server account with the following settings
Server name: news.aioe.org [NOT nntp.aioe.org]
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Port: 563 Default, 563
B. A generic way with any server
As far as I know, this can only be done when the server has more
than one host name (domain name).
--
Kind regards
Ralph
news://news.mozilla.org/nLidnSZ1etwCA0XT...@mozilla.org
Eustace wrote:
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
A. A way with aioe
> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
> anyway?
Create a second news server account with the following settings
Server name: news.aioe.org [NOT nntp.aioe.org]
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Port: 563 Default, 563
B. A generic way with any server
As far as I know, this can only be done when the server has more
than one host name (domain name).
--
Kind regards
Ralph
Eustace
Dec 3, 2011, 2:58:51 AM12/3/11
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On 2011-12-02 15:44 Ralph Fox wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:49:37 -0500, in message
> news://news.mozilla.org/nLidnSZ1etwCA0XT...@mozilla.org
> Eustace wrote:
>
>> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
>> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
>> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
>> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
>> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
>> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
>> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
>> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
>> anyway?
>
> A. A way with aioe
>
> Create a second news server account with the following settings
> Server name: news.aioe.org [NOT nntp.aioe.org]
> Connection security: SSL/TLS
> Port: 563 Default, 563
Done! It was not necessary, however, to use secure connection. Now all
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:49:37 -0500, in message
> news://news.mozilla.org/nLidnSZ1etwCA0XT...@mozilla.org
> Eustace wrote:
>
>> I am "subscribed" to many different newsgroups through nntp.aioe.org. A
>> few of these I visit frequently, most of them infrequently. I wish there
>> was a way to split them, creating 2 different accounts of nntp.aioe.org,
>> so I won't have to open the long list of all the newsgroups every time I
>> want to visit one of the newsgroups of the short list. I tried to create
>> a second nntp.aioe.org account with a different name (the first is aioe;
>> the second would be aioe 2), however TB does not allow me to do it. I
>> really do not see why not. Why should TB bother? Is there a way to do it
>> anyway?
>
> A. A way with aioe
>
> Create a second news server account with the following settings
> Server name: news.aioe.org [NOT nntp.aioe.org]
> Connection security: SSL/TLS
> Port: 563 Default, 563
the computer-related newsgroups are under aioe comp.
> B. A generic way with any server
>
> As far as I know, this can only be done when the server has more
> than one host name (domain name).
this problem, with oioe.org, though.
Thanks,
emf
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It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation
Nir
Dec 3, 2011, 12:34:59 PM12/3/11
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Saturday 03 December 2011 01:28 PM তারিখে, Eustace লিখেছে:
Use of IP of NG is another way to do it[1]; specially when server
doesn't have multiple host name to use.
[1]
<http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.thunderbird/msg/6c68133de8758456>
doesn't have multiple host name to use.
[1]
<http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.thunderbird/msg/6c68133de8758456>
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