Ok, I'm trying to make it somehow clearer. As a starter this time only
for news reception:
- create a new subdirectory, let's say c:\vsoup
- in this subdirectory create a file newsrc, which contains the
newsgroups you like to read. E.g. (type c:\vsoup\newsrc):
comp.os.os2.announce
alt.test
- create a small batch file (c:\vsoup\getnews.bat) which contains the
following:
c:
cd \vsoup
vsoup -m -t8 -C50 -h . nntp://your.news.server
import -u
Of course vsoup and import must be found in the PATH
- for convinience: create a link for that small batch file
- establish connection to your ISP
- start the small batch file from above which now should start
fetching news from your news server. After that data will be
imported to Yarn
- hangup connection to your ISP
- the c:\vsoup\newsrc now shows something like:
comp.os.os2.announce: 1-7396
alt.test: 1-32411
- more sophisticated versions of the batch could contain automatic
dialin/hangup, _sequential_ reception&transmission of mail&news.
Another feature could be scoring of news articles (to avoid
transmission of unwanted articles)
- much more sophisticated versions of the batch could include the
above and _parallel_ reception&transmission of mail&news (also for
more than one server for each task)
For further reading refer to my homepage which contains not even a
complete (more or less) description of the command line switches, but
also a FAQ which should guide you through the process of refining your
batch.
Hardy
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