This *Amiga PPC* owner and program buyer reply`s to your....
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19 Jun 99 21:48:19 +0000
[md-2] Newsgroups grouplist
Hi Tim Burgess
> Hi all,
>
> Probably everyone else knows this already but I've just found a useful
> tip for searching big a long list for newsgroups...
>
> Here goes:-
> 1 > Open Dopus or a text editor with search facilities
> 2 > Open a file called grouplist.#### (#### stands for the user, may
> not exist and just be called Grouplist) from the MicroDot/Data drawer.
> 3 > Watch as it opens amazingly faster than the group manager!
> 4 > Search for any string or occurence of a text e.g. "amiga" and
> locate all the groups related.
> 5 > Write down the news group name. e.g. alt.sys.amiga
> 6 > Go back to MicroDot and select new newsgroup fom the menu and
> enter the name you recorded earlier and hey presto you now just have
> to subscribe to it and you receive mails. Wahey.....
>
> Sorry kninda long winded but this puts MD in a whole new light.....
> I got fed up of waiting for MUI to think about displaying the huge
> list on my A1200 so I went and had a look for myself :) Its a lot
> quicker and easier to use in my book especially with free4all
> supporting 40 000+ ng.....
OR You can edit the newsgroup list to only include what your
interested in, mine is only 200 lines long and takes a milli second to
load.
Give it a try.
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Only the Amiga makes it possible (Especially the *G4* Amiga)
Malcolm Harnden
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http://www.nobleone.u-net.com
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