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From: John Fitzsimons on 17 Sep 2006 20:24 On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:19:01 +1200, bambam <97hk66302(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: >On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:19:16 +0000, ms wrote: >>> Warning: XNews is an *on line* reader. < snip > >By far the best way to use Xnews as an *off line* newsreader is in >association with Hamster, and it just so happens that a member of this >very group has an excellent page to help with setup- >http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/hamster2 >Just substitute Agent\Free Agent for Xnews and you will be sweet. That works, but only up to a certain degree. The advantage of using Free Agent is that all posts are contained in the Free Agent program directory. This is a huge advantage over using multiple programs. Agent/Free Agent with Hamster however is a very good option. Much better than wasting time trying to make Xnews do things it wasn't designed for. Regards, John.
From: Susan Bugher on 17 Sep 2006 22:08 Ron May wrote: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:06:21 -0500, Ron May <mayron(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: >>On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:28:37 GMT, gswiebeREMOVE_THIS(a)mts.net wrote: >>>An interest thread. I too have used Free Agent for many years. One >>>thing that would stop me from switching is not being able to access >>>the messages I've saved over the years without keeping F A. Is there a >>>way of moving them over? > Forgot about this, but there is a small utility called MSGVIEW that > can read exported Free Agent UNIX message files. Just save with > extension .mbx and you should be able to search your exported messages > pretty easily: > > http://www.elbiah.de/tools/old/ From the email tools subcategory: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_INTERNET.php#6.02EmailTool Program: Mbox2eml Author: Ulrich Krebs Ware: (Freeware) http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/ http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/mbox2eml.html <q> "Mbox2eml" allows opening and viewing mailboxes in the standard Unix Mbox format. Mbox2eml is a Java application and therefore you should not expect the performance of a compiled application. If you load a large mailbox it might takes a minute or so before the content is shown. Sender, subject and date is shown in the top panel, the message content in the bottom panel and attachments in the small right bottom panel. You can then export all or selected messages into the eml format, which can easily be imported into Outlook Express (via drag and drop). You can choose any folder to export the messages to. The file names of the exported messages consist of the sender's name and the subject. The file date will be set to the message date. If the created filename already exist, it will be enumerated, so no message is lost. You have also the possibility to extract all or selected attachments from one message. Here you can download the program "Mbox2eml". It does not have a setup routine. Simply unzip the archive and execute the program file "Mbox2eml.jar". Be aware, that you need to install a Java-Runtime-Environment first, before you can use "Mbox2eml"! You can download an appropriate JRE from SUN. Version 1.3 or higher is required. Mbox2eml_ENG.zip English version of "Mbox2eml 1.1.2" 39kB http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/download/Mbox2eml_ENG.zip Mbox2eml_DEU.zip German version of "Mbox2eml 1.1.2" 40kB http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/download/Mbox2eml_DEU.zip </q> Susan -- Posted to alt.comp.freeware Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online): http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:alt.comp.freeware Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)
From: Susan Bugher on 17 Sep 2006 22:56 Susan Bugher wrote: > From the email tools subcategory: > http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_INTERNET.php#6.02EmailTool > > Program: Mbox2eml > Author: Ulrich Krebs > Ware: (Freeware) > http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/ > http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/mbox2eml.html This article has some comments on Mbox2eml and related apps. Worth a read (IMO). http://www.dominicmanley.com/2006/03/07/pesky-thunderbird-mboxes/ "Pesky Thunderbird MBOXes" Susan -- Posted to alt.comp.freeware Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online): http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:alt.comp.freeware Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)
From: Ron May on 18 Sep 2006 00:19 On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:56:19 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Susan Bugher wrote: > > > From the email tools subcategory: > > http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_INTERNET.php#6.02EmailTool > > > > Program: Mbox2eml > > Author: Ulrich Krebs > > Ware: (Freeware) > > http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/ > > http://people.freenet.de/ukrebs/mbox2eml.html > > This article has some comments on Mbox2eml and related apps. Worth a > read (IMO). > > http://www.dominicmanley.com/2006/03/07/pesky-thunderbird-mboxes/ > "Pesky Thunderbird MBOXes" > > Susan Interesting. Thanks. I'm set with what I'm using now <OT> Agent 4.0 for news and mail </OT> but for those who are considering a switch between programs, export from old and import to new is generally the largest hurdle. -- Ron M.
From: bambam on 18 Sep 2006 04:48
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:24:19 +1000, John Fitzsimons wrote: > Agent/Free Agent with Hamster however is a very good option. Much > better than wasting time trying to make Xnews do things it wasn't > designed for. Free Agent has obviously improved a lot over the last couple of years then? I only tried it once, and it was the first that I discarded in my freeware newsreader trial. I know you don't like Xnews, but why don't you at least recommend a decent newsreader instead of Free Agent? IMO Xnews and Hamster is the perfect combination. |