Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:01:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newsreader question - binaries support? Message-ID: <20010924110131.K37147-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010924135948.C35124@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>
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try xnews from http://cws.internet.com/news.html Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success =3D Preparation + Opportunity On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Hey all. I recently started fetching some old Betty Boop cartoons off > alt.binaries.multimedia.cartoons. If you are familiar with how these > things are posted, you can probably guess what I am looking for. > > The cartoons are usually archived into several files using the rar > archiver. Each file is then broken up into smaller pieces and posted > a little at a time. > > I am using Mutt with the nntp patch, and on a Windows machine, Free > Agent. > > FreeAgent has some smarts about fetching multipart files, but won't do > the sorting that makes it so much easier to get the multiple files > required to get the end product (often a 200+MB mpeg file). I am told > that the commercial version of Agent can also watch for messages that > fit a pattern, so you can not only fetch the messages needed for > boop.r00, but any of the other 12 or so pieces needed for "Crazy > Town.mpg". > > So, is there a newsreader that anyone knows of that has these features > in the ports? I've seen several newsreaders available, but I'm not > inclined to learn half a dozen different readers to get the one with > the features I want. > > Thanks in advanced. > > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net =D4=BF=D4=AC > > All laws are simulations of reality. > -- John C. Lilly > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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