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"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in

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> Gurus,

>

> Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an

> email notification when someone responds to your post in a

> newsgroup?

 

No. You can provide a real email address in Reply-to and ask to

be replied to via email but such requests are usually rejected.

 

If you use a REAL newsreader like XNews, any replies to your

posts are highlighted and "jumped to" when you update the group

headers. You can't ask for much more than that.

 

 

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email notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

 

Gurus,

 

Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an email notification

when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

 

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Re: email notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

 

Which newsreader? How can the newsreader "know" if it doesn't sync with the

newsserver?

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Spin wrote:

> Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an email notification

> when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

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"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in news:6jo2jsF49lhnU1@mid.individual.net:

> Gurus,

>

> Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an email

> notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

>

The replier does it by reply by mail instead of reply in the group. A

pointless task that shouldn't be used in such a group as this IMHO.

 

 

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(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

Guest Daave

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"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an email

> notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

 

No.

 

But if you use Outlook Express, while in its newsreader mode, simply

press Ctrl+H. Then you'll see if there are any new responses in threads

you have been participating in.

Guest Spin

Guest Spin

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Some of us prefer top-posting.

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On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:08:16 -0400, "Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote:

>Gurus,

>

>Is there a way to configure a newsreader to send you an email notification

>when someone responds to your post in a newsgroup?

 

Why ask here? This has nothing to do with XP.

 

Ask elsewhere

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Guest Damian

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Unknown wrote:

 

Admission of defeat noted.

Guest Daave

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"Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> wrote in message

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> Unknown wrote:

> [blank post]

> Admission of defeat noted.

 

Well, at least you didn't top-post. ;-)

Guest Spin

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You all REALLY have to get over your hang up regarding top-posting. Extreme

type-A personality meets anonymous USENET user = angry and childish

responses. Personally, I don't do it anymore myself, cuz I don't want to

hear people complain, but the MS Outlook Express default is to top-post the

reply. If the question was short as well as the answer, the point is moot.

The reader will differentiate between the OP and the reply by ">"

characters...

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Spin wrote:

> You all REALLY have to get over your hang up regarding top-posting.

> Extreme type-A personality meets anonymous USENET user = angry and

> childish responses. Personally, I don't do it anymore myself, cuz I

> don't want to hear people complain, but the MS Outlook Express

> default is to top-post the reply.

 

Install OE-Quotefix.

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

Guest Daave

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It was a joke, son.

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> You all REALLY have to get over your hang up regarding top-posting.

> Extreme type-A personality meets anonymous USENET user = angry and

> childish responses. Personally, I don't do it anymore myself, cuz I

> don't want to hear people complain, but the MS Outlook Express default

> is to top-post the reply. If the question was short as well as the

> answer, the point is moot. The reader will differentiate between the

> OP and the reply by ">" characters...

Guest Spin

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"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message

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> It was a joke, son.

 

It wasn't aimed at you Daave, so much as it was to the others. I don't mind

a "please consider bottom-posting" suggestion every now and then, but a

childish rant about it using up valuable USENET space is annoying.

Guest Daave

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"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message

> news:eGMH13SIJHA.2256@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> It was a joke, son.

>

> It wasn't aimed at you Daave, so much as it was to the others. I

> don't mind a "please consider bottom-posting" suggestion every now and

> then, but a childish rant about it using up valuable USENET space is

> annoying.

 

You see, the person you responded to, I assume, is someone I have

already killfiled, so I didn't see that post. And since you gave no

indication as to what the context was (you had snipped *everything*!),

it appeared that you were replying to PA Bear! Then Unknown chimed in

with a blank post. Damian came in with a silly rejoinder, and I was

replying directly to him with a wry comment of my own.

 

A bit of silliness for sure, but it helps divert my attention from much

more serious concerns.

Guest Spin

Guest Spin

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Understood.

Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]

Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]

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And you're replying to...? (G*d, I hope it was me! I'll top-post if and

when I want to. If you don't like it, don't crosspost to MS newsgroups.)

 

Better to top-post than not quote! <eg>

 

Spin wrote:

> You all REALLY have to get over your hang up regarding top-posting.

> Extreme

> type-A personality meets anonymous USENET user = angry and childish

> responses. Personally, I don't do it anymore myself, cuz I don't want to

> hear people complain, but the MS Outlook Express default is to top-post

> the

> reply. If the question was short as well as the answer, the point is

> moot.

> The reader will differentiate between the OP and the reply by ">"

> characters...

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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>Better to top-post than not quote! <eg>

 

 

How is it a top post, if there is no quote...<BAG>

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Wow: Neuschwanstein Castle

 

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<Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov> wrote in message

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> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>

>>Better to top-post than not quote! <eg>

>

>

> How is it a top post, if there is no quote...<BAG>

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> http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/neuschwanstein-castle.html

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