Somewhat OT but related to uk.d-i-y
 

Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
newsgroup.
If so how?

PhilC
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:59:28 +0100, "PhilC" wrote:

|Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
|newsgroup.
|If so how?

With Agent you have to do message-keep for every post.

Groups.google archives things forever.
AFAIK no one uses X-No-Archive yes on uk,d-i-y
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method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:59:28 +0100, "PhilC" wrote:

|Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
|newsgroup.
|If so how?

With Agent you have to do message-keep for every post.

Groups.google archives things forever.
AFAIK no one uses X-No-Archive yes on uk,d-i-y
--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

Forgot about GG
I use news.datemas.de and readfreenews.net but sometimes do not see
original/first message

PhilC

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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:33:31 +0100, "PhilC" wrote:

|
|"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
.. .
| On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:59:28 +0100, "PhilC" wrote:
|
| |Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
| |newsgroup.
| |If so how?
|
| With Agent you have to do message-keep for every post.
|
| Groups.google archives things forever.
| AFAIK no one uses X-No-Archive yes on uk,d-i-y

|Forgot about GG
|I use news.datemas.de and readfreenews.net but sometimes do not see
|original/first message

I use News.individual.net, (Berlin free university) which is very good for
text newsgroups at only 10 Euro per year.
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Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

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"PhilC" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
newsgroup.
If so how?

PhilC
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I see you are using Outlook Express as a news client.

In the folder pane on the left, right-click 'Local Folders', and create a
new local folder called something like 'Saved interesting posts' or
whatever.

Now, go to the newsgroup you want, and make sure the thread you want to save
is collapsed, not expanded up.

Now, simply drag the message into the 'Saved' folder.
So long as the thread was collapsed, all the sub-posts in the thread will be
copied there along with the top level post.

--
Ron

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"Ron Lowe" wrote in message
...
"PhilC" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
newsgroup.
If so how?

PhilC
--


I see you are using Outlook Express as a news client.

In the folder pane on the left, right-click 'Local Folders', and create a
new local folder called something like 'Saved interesting posts' or
whatever.

Now, go to the newsgroup you want, and make sure the thread you want to
save
is collapsed, not expanded up.

Now, simply drag the message into the 'Saved' folder.
So long as the thread was collapsed, all the sub-posts in the thread will
be
copied there along with the top level post.

--
Ron


Thank you Ron - did not know you could do that with newsgroup threads

PhilC

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In article ,
PhilC wrote:
Is it possible to save a question and the thread of answers from a
newsgroup.
If so how?

No way of locking then so they don't expire?

But on mine I simply highlight the thread title and export.

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