Re: Initially setting news groups read

Hi luvmepls37,

On 07.05.2003 05:48:37 these lines were written down onto papyrus:

BTW: Can you please set your linelength to a value of around 75? TIA.

> Two days ago I setup Hamster 2.0.0.1 and it seems to be working nicely. I just
> have one query. I get my Internet via modem dialup. I have worked out how
> to subscribe to newsgroups through Hamster and get messages to my Newsreader but
> what I want ot know is how, when I join a new newsgroup do I immediately set
> the group as read so I only get new messages and not my ISP's whole message cache
> for the group.

You can set Hamster to download only the x newest/oldest/elsewhat.
You have to set this on "First Pull".
Sorry, I don't know where to set exactly in Classic 2.x

> I have also noticed that Hamster seems to work in a passthru mode for email
> (ie, when I do an email fetch in Sylpheed, Hamster also goes online for those email
> addresses at the same time. Is there a way to tell Hamster to only deliver to
> Sylpheed what it has in it's cache (if anything) and to only do the
> pop/smtp/nntp server pull/push when I say to?

I don't think so, perhaps Claws/Windows only dial up?
Hamster won't do such a automatic without using a script which say so.

> I am trying to read the faq / help so hopefully I will get uptospeed soon and
> not have to bother you too often :-)

Good luck and fun! :)


MFG

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Heiko Studt <[email protected]>



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