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Paul Brown said in comp.sys.amiga.applications on 21-Aug-96 16:03:11
 PB> Hi all,

 PB> I have a quick question if any one can give me some help.  What I want to
 PB> do is when I'm away from the keys to get the computer to dial up my
 PB> provider, download my mail and download my news and logoff.

 PB> I set it up using a nice cron timing program and have managed to dial in
 PB> and get my mail and logoff, but getting my news is a different matter..

 PB> I'm using Thor (the best!) and one of the options is to download mail
 PB> automatically, but there is no option for news as far as I can see...

 PB> Have I struck on an idea for a new arexx script for Thor to automatically
 PB> download news I'm not quite sure but would love to solve this problem
 PB> once and for all, so I can get completely automated, when I'm not about.

 PB> Everything else I can do from backups to even switching on the lights and
 PB> feeding my pet rabbit :-) but getting my news is a different matter.....

 PB> Regards

 PB> Paul

I would like to know how to do this, too.  I've fiddled with GetTCP, and
couldn't figure out how to get news, either.


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On or about 21-Aug-96 15:03:11 Paul Brown typed the following words
about "THOR question...".  My reply is thus...

 Hi Paul,


 PB> Hi all,

 PB> I have a quick question if any one can give me some help.  What I want to
 PB> do is when I'm away from the keys to get the computer to dial up my
 PB> provider, download my mail and download my news and logoff.

 PB> I set it up using a nice cron timing program and have managed to dial in
 PB> and get my mail and logoff, but getting my news is a different matter..

 PB> I'm using Thor (the best!) and one of the options is to download mail
 PB> automatically, but there is no option for news as far as I can see...

I assume you are having the chron program run ConnectThor from what you
said. Don't run ConnectThir use GetTCP instead. Take a look at the template
for GetTCP. If you have evreything set up for news and mail, i.e.
passwords, sercers, etc., in Thor then allyou need to do is run "GetTCP
<bbsname>" and it will get both mail and news.

 PB> Have I struck on an idea for a new arexx script for Thor to automatically
 PB> download news I'm not quite sure but would love to solve this problem
 PB> once and for all, so I can get completely automated, when I'm not about.

 PB> Everything else I can do from backups to even switching on the lights and
 PB> feeding my pet rabbit :-) but getting my news is a different matter.....

 PB> Regards

 PB> Paul


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Hi there Daniel J. Andrea II, I believe it was you who said:
> Paul Brown said in comp.sys.amiga.applications on 21-Aug-96 16:03:11

 PB>> I'm using Thor (the best!) and one of the options is to download mail
 PB>> automatically, but there is no option for news as far as I can see...

> I would like to know how to do this, too.  I've fiddled with GetTCP, and
> couldn't figure out how to get news, either.

GetTCP automatically gets news and mail. You have to use the NOMAIL or
NONEWS switches to do otherwise. Type GetTCP USAGE in a shell to see
the options

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Oi, wasn't it you, Paul Brown, who muttered the following?

 PB> I'm using Thor (the best!) and one of the options is to download mail
 PB> automatically, but there is no option for news as far as I can see...

There is, if you use the seperate programs GetTCP and SendTCP. Look in the guide
for the parameters. These are binaries, not Arexx scripts by the way.

 PB> Have I struck on an idea for a new arexx script for Thor to automatically
 PB> download news I'm not quite sure but would love to solve this problem
 PB> once and for all, so I can get completely automated, when I'm not about.

Well, I have my Thor actions on menus. For example, if I click on "Get News" it
runs GetTCP with some parameters, like newsserver name, the time to rechheck it
after (but this never seems to work) and stuff. It also puts out some error
messages to a window, like "400 Server Busy". So (and I stress I haven't tried
it but just thought a lot - I have the sawdust to prove it) if you redirect the
output to a file, and check it for one of those messages you'll know if it's
safe to log off or not, i.e. whether it's recieved news OK..

 PB> Everything else I can do from backups to even switching on the lights and
 PB> feeding my pet rabbit :-) but getting my news is a different matter.....

Can't you teach your rabbit to use a mouse? :)

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Hi there Chris Appleton, I believe it was you who said:

> Well, I have my Thor actions on menus. For example, if I click on "Get News"
> it runs GetTCP with some parameters, like newsserver name, the time to
> rechheck it after (but this never seems to work) and stuff. It also puts out

The preiodic option is only for use with POP3 mail.

> some error messages to a window, like "400 Server Busy". So (and I stress I
> haven't tried it but just thought a lot - I have the sawdust to prove it) if
> you redirect the output to a file, and check it for one of those messages
> you'll know if it's safe to log off or not, i.e. whether it's recieved news
> OK..

Or you can simply check the return code.

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