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[svn] Use numbers for sections. Added using Noffle as a maillist newsgroup gateway.
author | enz |
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date | Mon, 08 May 2000 17:52:14 +0100 |
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--- a/docs/NOTES Sun May 07 08:39:39 2000 +0100 +++ b/docs/NOTES Mon May 08 17:52:14 2000 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,32 @@ + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -NOFFLE Compatibility Notes + + 1. NOFFLE Compatibility Notes + + 1.1 General + 1.2 kexpress + 1.3 krn + 1.4 Netscape + 1.5 pine + 1.6 slrn + 1.8 Emacs Gnus + + 2. Using Noffle as a local maillist - news gateway + + 2.1 Create a local group + 2.2 Create a mail2news script + 2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.NOFFLE Compatibility Notes +---------------------------- + + +1.1 General +----------- + Subscribing to groups in "full" mode should work with any news reader. Caching of articles is unnecessary, since NOFFLE already caches them and should be switched off. @@ -35,8 +60,10 @@ list up-to-date. -kexpress 0.2.0 --------------- +1.2 kexpress +------------ + +Version 0.2.0; I found no way to disable caching, apart from writing a wrapper script, which removes all files from the cache after terminating kexpress: @@ -48,8 +75,10 @@ rm $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kexpress/data/* -krn 0.4.0 ---------- +1.3 krn +------- + +Version 0.4.0: Set "Options/NNTP Options/Connect on Startup,Connect without asking" and "Options/Expire options/Article bodies/Read=0,UnRead=0" Sometimes @@ -65,9 +94,11 @@ button. This version of krn is still unstable. -netscape 3.04 +1.4 Netscape ------------- +Version 3.04: + No cache problems, netscape caches the article overviews, but not the bodies. It is best to use "Options/Show only Unread Messages" and to keep requested articles in unread state until their bodies are @@ -77,8 +108,7 @@ immediately after opening. -netscape communicator 4.0.5 ---------------------------- +Version 4.0.5: Same as with netscape 3.04, but automatically opens the first article of a listed group and marks it for download thereby. If this bothers @@ -86,21 +116,24 @@ to be unstable for reading news. -netscape communicator 4.5 -------------------------- +Version 4.5: As with 4.0.5 "View/Show/Message" can be used to switch off automatic message display (and marking for download). -pine 3.96, 4.05 ---------------- +1.5 pine +-------- + +Version 3.96, 4.05: Ok. -slrn 0.9.5.2 ------------- +1.6 slrn +-------- + +Version 0.9.5.2: Ok. You can change some keybindings, by saving the following script to ~/.slrn.sl and adding "interpret .slrn.sl" at the end of your @@ -131,15 +164,17 @@ definekey( "my_hide_article", "h", "article" ); -tin pre +1.7 tin ------- +Version tin pre: + Call with "tin -r" or "rtin". 'K' marks articles/thread as read without opening them. '-' marks them as unread. -Emacs Gnus ----------- +1.8 Emacs Gnus +-------------- Some versions of Gnus freeze up when retrieving active groups. Since NOFFLE's log files in DEBUG mode show nothing unusual, I believe that @@ -183,12 +218,66 @@ (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'my-gnus-summary-mode-hook) -pan 0.8.0beta5 --------------- +1.9 pan +------- + +Version 0.8.0beta5: Ok. --- -Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de> -Last update: 5/2000 + +2. Using Noffle as a gateway between a maillist and a local group +----------------------------------------------------------------- + +In combination with procmail, Noffle can be used to gateway all +mails from a maillist to a local newsgroup. +This is convenient for filtering out maillists from your personal emails. +The local group is created with no posting allowed. +Instead, replies to the list should be sent by email. + +2.1 Create a local group +------------------------ + +Example: + + noffle --create local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name + noffle --modify post local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name n + +2.2 Create a mail2news script +----------------------------- + +You need a program that reads an article from stdin and posts it to +the local group. E.g. the following Python script will post an article +read from stdin to the newsgroup given as the first argument: + #!/usr/bin/python + # Post article from stdin to noffle in group given as first argument. + import StringIO, nntplib, os, sys + if len(sys.argv) != 2: raise Exception("Need group as argument") + grp = sys.argv[1] + buf = StringIO.StringIO() + buf.writelines("Newsgroups: " + grp + "\n") + buf.write(sys.stdin.read()) + buf.seek(0) + os.system("/usr/local/bin/noffle --modify post " + grp + " y") + srv = nntplib.NNTP("localhost") + srv.group(grp) + srv.post(buf) + srv.quit + os.system("/usr/local/bin/noffle --modify post " + grp + " n") + +2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc +---------------------------------- + +Add a procmail entry for recognizing mails from the maillist and +posting it using mail2news. + +Example of a ~/.procmailrc: + + PATH=/bin:/usr/bin + MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail + LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log + + :0 + * ^To.*my-maillist-name@lists.somewhere.org + |/home/user/bin/mail2news local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name