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From: "Dave "Crash" Dummy" on 29 Nov 2009 17:03
Bob Barrows wrote:
> Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>> contrex wrote:
>>> On 29 Nov, 12:22, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <dva...(a)deathstar.mil>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I can use the CDO.message object to send email with a script. I
>>>> would like to do the same thing with a newsgroup message. Can
>>>> anybody point me to directions? -- Crash
>>>>
>>>> Certified Dilettante
>>> Like we really love bots infesting Usenet...
>> Thank you. Like we really love uninformed social commentary in
>> technical news groups. The are other, legitimate reasons for
>> scripted posting.
>
> Well, I have to admit my lack of imagination here. Could you provide
> some examples of those legitimate reasons?

Okay. I maintain a web site that is frequently updated and that is very
popular on two private news servers. Manually composing and posting
messages to the two servers is a pain. So I use a script that composes the
message with the update information and sends it to two groups on two
servers. If you care to subscribe and check them out, you will see that
the notifications are welcome.

The most recent posting has the subject line:
"List of Lists updated 2009-11-24"
and appears in news://news.grc.com/grc.latest.versions
and news://news.securecomp.org/securecomp.

The web site being updated is:
http://thedatalist.com
--
Crash

Committed to the search for intraterrestrial intelligence.
From: "Dave "Crash" Dummy" on 29 Nov 2009 17:07
Stefan Kanthak wrote:
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <dvader(a)deathstar.mil> wrote:
>
>> I can use the CDO.message object to send email with a script. I
>> would like to do the same thing with a newsgroup message. Can
>> anybody point me to directions?
>
> Just do it! See the complete .VBS sent to your mailbox.
>
> Stefan

Since I don't like spam, I do not include a valid e-mail address with my
public NG postings.
--
Crash

"Update" and "upgrade" are not synonyms.
From: "Dave "Crash" Dummy" on 29 Nov 2009 17:16
Excuse me. The Gibson Research newsgroup should be:

news://news.grc.com/grc.news.latestversions

--
Crash

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
~ W. Edwards Deming ~
From: Bob Barrows on 29 Nov 2009 17:32
Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Bob Barrows wrote:
>> Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>>> contrex wrote:
>>>> On 29 Nov, 12:22, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <dva...(a)deathstar.mil>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I can use the CDO.message object to send email with a script. I
>>>>> would like to do the same thing with a newsgroup message. Can
>>>>> anybody point me to directions? -- Crash
>>>>>
>>>>> Certified Dilettante
>>>> Like we really love bots infesting Usenet...
>>> Thank you. Like we really love uninformed social commentary in
>>> technical news groups. The are other, legitimate reasons for
>>> scripted posting.
>>
>> Well, I have to admit my lack of imagination here. Could you provide
>> some examples of those legitimate reasons?
>
> Okay. I maintain a web site that is frequently updated and that is
> very popular on two private news servers. Manually composing and
> posting messages to the two servers is a pain. So I use a script that
> composes the message with the update information and sends it to two
> groups on two servers. If you care to subscribe and check them out,
> you will see that the notifications are welcome.
>
> The most recent posting has the subject line:
> "List of Lists updated 2009-11-24"
> and appears in news://news.grc.com/grc.latest.versions
> and news://news.securecomp.org/securecomp.
>
> The web site being updated is:
> http://thedatalist.com

All right, that seems legitimate to me. I'm sorry I don't know the answer
myself, but maybe these google results will help:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHMG_en-USUS291US303&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=CDO+nntp

--
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET - 2004-2007
Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I
don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the
"NO SPAM"


From: Stefan Kanthak on 30 Nov 2009 09:20
"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <dvader(a)deathstar.mil> wrote:

> Stefan Kanthak wrote:
>> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <dvader(a)deathstar.mil> wrote:
>>
>>> I can use the CDO.message object to send email with a script. I
>>> would like to do the same thing with a newsgroup message. Can
>>> anybody point me to directions?
>>
>> Just do it! See the complete .VBS sent to your mailbox.
>>
>> Stefan
>
> Since I don't like spam, I do not include a valid e-mail address with my
> public NG postings.

Don't abuse a probably valid email address that isn't yours!
Go inform yourself about SPAM backscatter.
Then change that address into one of yours or something RESERVED to be
invalid.

The script I mentioned really exist, but I won't give it to address
mungers!

Stefan

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