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Acornet/TTFN/NewsBase problem

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From: Tony Spence
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:00
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I have just upgraded to Acornet 0.19 having been a (relatively) happy user
of the old 'acorn starter pak' software for a couple of years. To ensure
that I didn't waste a lot of time and money downloading use group messages
already read on the old software I copied the relevant directories from the
'old' NewsBase into the 'new' NewsBase and all appeared to be fine - first
connection picked up the correct next messages from each group. Today I have
noticed that althought I am able to delete messages from Newsgroups, I am
unable to change the lock status of any message from within TTFN, however if
I change the locked status from a filer window TTFN correctly shows the
changed status. HELP! What have I done wrong? How can I fix it? I have tried
various combinations of access rights on files and directories without
solving the problem.

I am (and was) using TTFN v0.36, I am using Newsbase v0.57h (not sure what I
*was* using but it was definitely an earlier version).

A further, related but less urgent question: is it possible to get Newsbase
to 'Show Queues' in Acornet? I don't know if this is a problem with my
instalation or just that Newsbase doesn't provide this facility when used
with FreeNews and FreeSMTP.

-- 
Tony Spence
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From: tony@anakrono.demon.co.uk (Tony Spence)
Subject: Acornet/TTFN/NewsBase problem
Date: 1997/01/04
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