Virtual news server?

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Tom Corcoran

Can someone please recommend a virtual news server for Windows. I've been
told about Hampster, I can't find it online but I get the impression it's
for unix.

I want to use it to combine all my servers into one fed so I can see all my
watched threads in one pane.

Thanks a lot,

Tom.
 
Can someone please recommend a virtual news server for Windows. I've been
told about Hampster, I can't find it online but I get the impression it's
for unix.

I want to use it to combine all my servers into one fed so I can see all my
watched threads in one pane.

Thanks a lot,

Tom.
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You had a slight spelling error which impaired your search.

Hamster
(Freeware) (open source)
OS:
Languages: English
Description: Hamster is a local server for news and mail. It's a
windows-32-bit-program. It allows the use of multiple news- and
mailserver and combines them to one mail- and newsserver for the
news/mail-client. It load faster than a normal newsreader because many
threads can run simultaneous. It contains scorefile for news and mail,
a build-in script language, the GUI allows translation to other
languages, it can be used in a network and that's not all ...
Author: Juergen Haible; Thomas G. Liesner and many other Company: --
Home Page:
http://www.tglsoft.de/misc/hamster_en.htm
Download: v 2.0.0.1 (2003-02-19) (2.1MB)
http://hamster.arcornews.de/tgl/hamster/Hamster.2.0.0.1.zip
(desc. rev.: 2003-12-30)


When you're looking for freeware programmes, if they're good (like
Hamster) you can almost always find them at
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004ProgramIndex.php
 
Tom Corcoran said:
Can someone please recommend a virtual news server for Windows. I've been
told about Hampster, I can't find it online but I get the impression it's
for unix.

I want to use it to combine all my servers into one fed so I can see all my
watched threads in one pane.

Thanks a lot,

Tom.
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What you're looking for is a news aggregator. I think XNews was a popular
one. One of the problems with hamster is that you can't recover your
passwords once they're plugged in...you can only change them or delete the
entry.
 
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:35:21 +0000 (UTC), "Tom Corcoran"

I want to use it to combine all my servers into one fed so I can see all my
watched threads in one pane.
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My page at :

http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/hamster.htm

might help you.


Regards, John.

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/ Oz \ John Fitzsimons - Melbourne, Australia.
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v http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/
 
John Fitzsimons said:
My page at :
http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/hamster.htm
might help you.
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Hey I was reading that earlier, nice :-) Found it wasn't current with v2 but
I got some tips. The autostarting, etc is all done through a ini file now.
Still trying to get it going with Outlook Express / thunderbird, it says the
server could not be found...set everything up as per help but obviously
missed something...

Cheers, Tom.
 
Ceg said:
What you're looking for is a news aggregator. I think XNews was a popular
one. One of the problems with hamster is that you can't recover your
passwords once they're plugged in...you can only change them or delete the
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entry.

Interesting, need to learn more about this stuff news
aggregator/rss...passwords are not an issue for me, if I can get hamster
going, it looks sweet..

Cheers, Tom.
 
* Tom Corcoran Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-03:
Oh my gawd :-) Duh, thanks for the gentle heads up!
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Which is how it was spelled in my post which recommended it ;)
 
SINNER said:
* Tom Corcoran Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-03:


Which is how it was spelled in my post which recommended
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it ;)

Which post would that be?
 
SINNER said:
* Ben Cooper Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-03:




It was in a different group.
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Ah... now I understand. Hanging out with Blinky, Q, and DC.
Good times.
I see Boomer's still telling people they're in the wrong
place without offering anything helpful.

Interesting signature, sinner...

"David | AGM Favorite Games -
http://tinyurl.com/loec
Q: Why is it that Mexico isn't sending anyone to the '84
summer games?
A: Anyone in Mexico who can run, swim or jump is already in
LA."

You're a sensitive bastard aren't you? Ha!
 
* Ben Cooper Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-03:
Interesting signature, sinner...
[...]

You're a sensitive bastard aren't you? Ha!
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Its random sig done via the use of fortune, I rarely read them before
sending so occasionaly a questionable one slips out.

I am a member of minority group myself so no offense is meant. Any one
offendedd please accept my apologies.
 
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:35:21 +0000 (UTC), "Tom Corcoran"


I always liked this program better than Hamster, particularly
because it downloads headers only when you request them:

NewsPlex is a news-server multiplexer. It allows any news-reader to
access several news-servers simultaneously, by merging their content
transparently into one single news-server. NewsPlex merges the lists
of news-groups proposed by different news-servers into one single
list, and for each news-group, it merges the lists of articles
available on different news-servers into one single list of articles.
NewsPlex does not retrieve articles before the news-reader requests
them. It only creates local indices and redirects article retrieval as
necessary.

Publisher: Adam Mirowski
Date: 2003.01.15
Size: 328 / 822 kB
Language: english
OS: Windows [all], OS/2, Unix

This is pasted from its main page. There is a typo in the release
date oh version 2004. It is 2004.01.15, not 2003.01.15. Mr. Mirowski
was a little distracted when writting the page :) Take a look at it at

http://triceron.com/project/1/newsplex/

Regards
 
mercoledì 04/feb/2004 _candemor_ ha scritto:
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:35:21 +0000 (UTC), "Tom Corcoran"

I always liked this program better than Hamster, particularly
because it downloads headers only when you request them:

NewsPlex is a news-server multiplexer. It allows any news-reader to
access several news-servers simultaneously, by merging their content
transparently into one single news-server. NewsPlex merges the lists
of news-groups proposed by different news-servers into one single
list, and for each news-group, it merges the lists of articles
available on different news-servers into one single list of articles.
NewsPlex does not retrieve articles before the news-reader requests
them. It only creates local indices and redirects article retrieval as
necessary.

Publisher: Adam Mirowski
Date: 2003.01.15
Size: 328 / 822 kB
Language: english
OS: Windows [all], OS/2, Unix

This is pasted from its main page. There is a typo in the release
date oh version 2004. It is 2004.01.15, not 2003.01.15. Mr. Mirowski
was a little distracted when writting the page :) Take a look at it at

http://triceron.com/project/1/newsplex/
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He must have problems with the dates.
In this page he speaks about 23rd December 04 and 5th December 04 http://triceron.com/news.htm
 
I am a member of minority group myself so no offense is meant. Any one
offendedd please accept my apologies.
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Hey, I'm a minority, too! (see sig) Do you think I can play this to my
advantage while job hunting[1]? }:O)

[1] Not to imply that this ever happens.
 
SINNER wrote in said:
* DC Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-04:
SINNER wrote in <[email protected]_of_hell.INVALID>:
[...]
I am a member of minority group myself so no offense is meant. Any one
offendedd please accept my apologies.
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Hey, I'm a minority, too! (see sig) Do you think I can play this to my
advantage while job hunting[1]? }:O)
[1] Not to imply that this ever happens.
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I cant see why not ;)
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I think I had better drop a few strategic terms, like GIMP user, for
good measure. };OP
 
* DC Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-04:
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-snip-
Hey, I'm a minority, too! (see sig) Do you think I can play this
to my advantage while job hunting[1]? }:O)
[1] Not to imply that this ever happens.
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I cant see why not ;)
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[/QUOTE]
I think I had better drop a few strategic terms, like GIMP user,
for good measure. };OP
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Just don't go taking out loud about "Unix" -- they can get real mean
when they get riled...
 
-snip-
Hey, I'm a minority, too! (see sig) Do you think I can play this
to my advantage while job hunting[1]? }:O)
[1] Not to imply that this ever happens.
I cant see why not ;)
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I think I had better drop a few strategic terms, like GIMP user,
for good measure. };OP
Click to expand...
[/QUOTE]
Just don't go taking out loud about "Unix" -- they can get real mean
when they get riled...
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I will take that that under advisement. }:O)
 
SINNER said:
* Ben Cooper Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on 2004-02-03:
Interesting signature, sinner...
[...]

You're a sensitive bastard aren't you? Ha!
Click to expand...

Its random sig done via the use of fortune, I rarely read them before
sending so occasionaly a questionable one slips out.

I am a member of minority group myself so no offense is meant. Any one
offendedd please accept my apologies.
Click to expand...

Well, there's always going to be someone offended by
something.
I figure anyone who uses the nym 'SINNER' and also quotes
Mark Twain has got to have a good sense of humor.
Then again, Twain was almost cruel at times with his
observations. Maybe you're just a sadist.
 
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