Hi all;
I just downloaded Agent and I've started using it. I'm sold.
Yesterdya, I seemed to have it set up right. But, Agent hasn't downloaded
any new messages from the wreck since yesterday. OE has downloaded 10-15
new messages from the same server. All the other newsgroups I've subscribed
to have new messages as well.
Is there a setting somewhere that I've got wrong?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks a heap,
-jbb
Is
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J.B.Bobbitt
So I just remembered that I've been theough this before.
Unsubscribe, re-boot, resubscribe .....
It seems to bwe working OK.
-jbb
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:38:23 GMT, "J.B. Bobbitt"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I just downloaded Agent and I've started using it. I'm sold.
>
>Yesterdya, I seemed to have it set up right. But, Agent hasn't downloaded
>any new messages from the wreck since yesterday. OE has downloaded 10-15
>new messages from the same server. All the other newsgroups I've subscribed
>to have new messages as well.
>
>Is there a setting somewhere that I've got wrong?
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks a heap,
>-jbb
>
>Is
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:19:23 GMT, J.B. Bobbitt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>So I just remembered that I've been theough this before.
>
>Unsubscribe, re-boot, resubscribe .....
>
>It seems to bwe working OK.
There's a manual way to make it think it's looking at a new group as
well. Open Agent, and then select a group other than rec.woodworking.
Then open the folder Agent is in, and delete the .dat files. MAKE
SURE that Agent is open, or you do run the risk of deleting your
registration information. Once you've got the DAT files deleted,
Agent will look at any group whose DAT file you've deleted as a new
group that has never been viewed before, and download all the headers
you news server has- not just the ones it thinks you haven't seen yet.
It works for me- but if you're not comfortable with any part of the
method, you shouldn't do it. There is the possibility that you will
need to re-install the program if you delete the wrong file(s).
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:27:05 GMT, the opaque "J.B. Bobbitt"
<[email protected]> clearly wrote:
>> Did you subscribe to groups yesterday, then click the Get New Messages
>> In Subscribed Groups button (upper left?) today?
>
>Yes, repeatedly. It downloads messages from other groups correctly, just
>nothing from the wreck today.
I subbed to ABPW the other day and it downloaded a corrupt file which
played havoc with the index. I ended up scrapping all the downloads
for that newsgroup and downloaded the last week's crap. All is well
now. I've only had 2 problems with Agent along that line in 10+ per
day downloads for a decade. I'd say it was a damned good DBM.
I've had occasional non-downloads from the server and it turned out to
be a server upgrade or replacement every time.
Unsubscribe and resubscribe to the Wreck, then try the download again.
If it still doesn't work, check with Plodigy, your news server host.
They may have a problem on that end.
>> Other than that, Agent is perfect!
>
>So far, I'm verrry impressed.
Ayup. Me, too.
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- Tom Mix Died For Your Sins -
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:38:23 GMT, "J.B. Bobbitt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I just downloaded Agent and I've started using it. I'm sold.
>
>Yesterdya, I seemed to have it set up right. But, Agent hasn't downloaded
>any new messages from the wreck since yesterday. OE has downloaded 10-15
>new messages from the same server. All the other newsgroups I've subscribed
>to have new messages as well.
>
>Is there a setting somewhere that I've got wrong?
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks a heap,
>-jbb
>
>Is
Since you posted with Outhouse Express, I can't tell what program you d/l'd...
was it Agent, or Free Agent?
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:38:23 GMT, the opaque "J.B. Bobbitt"
<[email protected]> clearly wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I just downloaded Agent and I've started using it. I'm sold.
>
>Yesterdya, I seemed to have it set up right. But, Agent hasn't downloaded
>any new messages from the wreck since yesterday. OE has downloaded 10-15
>new messages from the same server. All the other newsgroups I've subscribed
>to have new messages as well.
>
>Is there a setting somewhere that I've got wrong?
Did you subscribe to groups yesterday, then click the Get New Messages
In Subscribed Groups button (upper left?) today?
I've used Agent for nearly a decade and love it. I just wish they'd
allow filtering by body text so I could plonk messages quoting people
I have in my twit filters. The fidiots who constantly reply to known
*sshol*s piss me off to no end. I've told Forte that I'll upgrade to
2.01 or whatever number they come up with when that filtering
improvement is finally installed. Other than that, Agent is perfect!
--
- Tom Mix Died For Your Sins -
--------------------------
http://diversify.com Comprehensive, Sin-free Website Development
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:19:23 GMT, J.B. Bobbitt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>So I just remembered that I've been theough this before.
>
>Unsubscribe, re-boot, resubscribe .....
>
>It seems to bwe working OK.
That indicates that the server has renumbered articles so Agent thinks
all the new articles are older than the ones you have already
downloaded. Good news servers don't do that very often (if ever).
--
"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com