OT: Newsreaders

On Thu 05 May 2005 06:25:42a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?

Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you
can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I
have more time later today and post it.

Michael

You can designate which sig goes with which identity, but AFAIK you cannot
automatically designate the signature down to the individual newsgroup
level.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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On Thu 05 May 2005 06:25:42a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?

Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you
can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I
have more time later today and post it.

Michael

You can designate which sig goes with which identity, but AFAIK you cannot
automatically designate the signature down to the individual newsgroup
level.

Same with NewsWatcher for a Macintosh.
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One time on Usenet said:

Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?

NewsXpress lets you create different sig files, but you have to
select which one you want via pull-down menu. IIRC, Xnews also lets
you have more than one sig, and I'm pretty sure it's automatic as
you describe...

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Jani in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
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way that bricks don't" - D. Adams, HGTTG

On Thu 05 May 2005 05:01:19p, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright <[email hidden]> wrote in
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On Thu 05 May 2005 06:25:42a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

> Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several
> different signatures and then automatically adds a different one to
> each message depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?
>

Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you
can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I
have more time later today and post it.

Michael

You can designate which sig goes with which identity, but AFAIK you
cannot automatically designate the signature down to the individual
newsgroup level.

I think you can if you set up a new server with a new identity. Then you
will have 2 servers set up with 2 different identities and different
sigs. Just subscribe which newsgroup you want on server 2. I just got
home and have not had time to play. I *do* know it can be done with 2
different servers ie: charter.net and msn.com.

Michael

Yes, of course you can do it this way and it will work a treat. However,
I don't think that's what the OP wanted to do. If I understood correctly,
the OP wanted to assign different sigs to different newsgroups on the same
defined server. I like you idea, though. I hadn't actually thought to do
that, but then I didn't really have a need to do that.

Cheers!

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On 5/5/2005 11:43 PM or thereabouts, sf appears, somewhat unbelievably,
to have opined:

Quoted message said:

Dog3 said:

"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?

Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you can
use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I have more
time later today and post it.

I downloaded XNews after your last accolade... but oh, man is it ever
complicated! It wasn't designed for the common person, so I deleted
it after a few blunders. Too bad - I was ready for a change.

You may want to give Thunderbird a try. Perhaps not as versatile as
XNews, but it does have the multiple identities feature. It is
relatively easy to configure (at least IMHO. http://www.mozilla.org

I am still using the Mozilla suite rather than Thunderbird. It, too,
offers multiple identities which are easily configured with different
sigs for each identity.

--
I sent ten puns to all my friends hoping that at least one
would make them laugh.
Sadly, no pun in ten did.

"Dennis Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On 5/5/2005 11:43 PM or thereabouts, sf appears, somewhat unbelievably, to
have opined:

Quoted message said:

Dog3 said:

"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

> Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
> signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
> depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?
>

Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you
can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I
have more time later today and post it.

I downloaded XNews after your last accolade... but oh, man is it ever
complicated! It wasn't designed for the common person, so I deleted
it after a few blunders. Too bad - I was ready for a change.

You may want to give Thunderbird a try. Perhaps not as versatile as XNews,
but it does have the multiple identities feature. It is relatively easy to
configure (at least IMHO. http://www.mozilla.org

I am still using the Mozilla suite rather than Thunderbird. It, too,
offers multiple identities which are easily configured with different sigs
for each identity.

I looked at Thunderbird and aside from the fact that I discovered a bug in
the first 15 seconds, it is limited in that your signature can be only one
line. Then I did some more exploring in Outlook Express and found that it
has multiple signature capability. Each signature can be more than one line,
and each one can be associated with a news account (but not with individual
news groups).

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Peter Aitken
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Peter Aitken said:

"Dennis Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On 5/5/2005 11:43 PM or thereabouts, sf appears, somewhat unbelievably, to
have opined:

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On Thu, 05 May 2005 13:25:42 GMT, Dog3 wrote:

>"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
>news:[email hidden]:
>
>
>>Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several different
>>signatures and then automatically adds a different one to each message
>>depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?
>>
>
>Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think* you
>can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out when I
>have more time later today and post it.
>

I downloaded XNews after your last accolade... but oh, man is it ever
complicated! It wasn't designed for the common person, so I deleted
it after a few blunders. Too bad - I was ready for a change.

You may want to give Thunderbird a try. Perhaps not as versatile as XNews,
but it does have the multiple identities feature. It is relatively easy to
configure (at least IMHO. http://www.mozilla.org

I am still using the Mozilla suite rather than Thunderbird. It, too,
offers multiple identities which are easily configured with different sigs
for each identity.

I looked at Thunderbird and aside from the fact that I discovered a bug in
the first 15 seconds, it is limited in that your signature can be only one
line. Then I did some more exploring in Outlook Express and found that it
has multiple signature capability. Each signature can be more than one line,
and each one can be associated with a news account (but not with individual
news groups).

Umm...

Did you notice that my sig is MORE than one line???

This is posted with Thunderbird, although the last was posted with
Mozilla. They are virtually identical in terms of features.

--
I sent ten puns to all my friends hoping that at least one
would make them laugh.
Sadly, no pun in ten did.

"Dennis Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Peter Aitken said:

I looked at Thunderbird and aside from the fact that I discovered a bug
in the first 15 seconds, it is limited in that your signature can be only
one line. Then I did some more exploring in Outlook Express and found
that it has multiple signature capability. Each signature can be more
than one line, and each one can be associated with a news account (but
not with individual news groups).

Umm...

Did you notice that my sig is MORE than one line???

This is posted with Thunderbird, although the last was posted with
Mozilla. They are virtually identical in terms of features.

OK, what's the trick? I see a single line box to enter a sig, and pressing
Enter does not start a new line. Do you do it by having the sig in a
separate file?

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Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

On 5/6/2005 4:43 PM or thereabouts, Peter Aitken appears, somewhat
unbelievably, to have opined:

Quoted message said:

"Dennis Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Peter Aitken said:

I looked at Thunderbird and aside from the fact that I discovered a bug
in the first 15 seconds, it is limited in that your signature can be only
one line. Then I did some more exploring in Outlook Express and found
that it has multiple signature capability. Each signature can be more
than one line, and each one can be associated with a news account (but
not with individual news groups).

Umm...

Did you notice that my sig is MORE than one line???

This is posted with Thunderbird, although the last was posted with
Mozilla. They are virtually identical in terms of features.

OK, what's the trick? I see a single line box to enter a sig, and pressing
Enter does not start a new line. Do you do it by having the sig in a
separate file?

You save the sig or sigs anywhere you like on the hard drive and select
which sig to attach to which mail and news account. You can have as many
lines as you like since it's a simple text file. Create with notepad,
word, or any other text editor that can save it as plain text (.txt).

--
I sent ten puns to all my friends hoping that at least one
would make them laugh.
Sadly, no pun in ten did.

On 5/6/2005 4:43 PM or thereabouts, Peter Aitken appears, somewhat
unbelievably, to have opined:

Quoted message said:

"Dennis Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Peter Aitken said:

I looked at Thunderbird and aside from the fact that I discovered a bug
in the first 15 seconds, it is limited in that your signature can be only
one line. Then I did some more exploring in Outlook Express and found
that it has multiple signature capability. Each signature can be more
than one line, and each one can be associated with a news account (but
not with individual news groups).

Umm...

Did you notice that my sig is MORE than one line???

This is posted with Thunderbird, although the last was posted with
Mozilla. They are virtually identical in terms of features.

OK, what's the trick? I see a single line box to enter a sig, and pressing
Enter does not start a new line. Do you do it by having the sig in a
separate file?

Here's another one I created just for you LOL.

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Here be the sig.

It's way too long.

A sig should really only be 3 lines,

But this one is many more.

I just want to demonstrate

That doing so is possible.

DennisTurneratCableOnedotNet

On 5/7/2005 7:44 AM or thereabouts, Dog3 appears, somewhat unbelievably,
to have opined:

Quoted message said:

Dennis Turner <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

On 5/5/2005 11:43 PM or thereabouts, sf appears, somewhat
unbelievably, to have opined:

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 05 May 2005 13:25:42 GMT, Dog3 wrote:

>"Peter Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in
>news:[email hidden]:
>
>
>>Does anyone know of a newreader that let you define several
>>different signatures and then automatically adds a different one
>>to each message depending on which newsgroup you are posting to?
>>
>
>Xnews will allow you to set up different identities and I *think*
>you can use a different sig for each identity. I'll check it out
>when I have more time later today and post it.
>

I downloaded XNews after your last accolade... but oh, man is it ever
complicated! It wasn't designed for the common person, so I deleted
it after a few blunders. Too bad - I was ready for a change.

You may want to give Thunderbird a try. Perhaps not as versatile as
XNews, but it does have the multiple identities feature. It is
relatively easy to configure (at least IMHO. http://www.mozilla.org

I am still using the Mozilla suite rather than Thunderbird. It, too,
offers multiple identities which are easily configured with different
sigs for each identity.

I'm sorry XNews was such a pain Peter. It can be complicated needs to be
tweaked. Many people just don't want to fool with it. I like XNews a lot
and find it to be very versatile but it takes a lot of tweaking to get it
'just right'. Thunderbird is a good reader. Dennis, what other newsreaders
have you tried?

Michael

I've tried XNews & Agent as well as Opera, Mozilla, Thunderbird,
Netscape (every version since 3.0), and, of course, Outlook & Outlook
Express. Mozilla suite remains my current favorite for the balance of
features v. ease of use. Thunderbird is more or less identical to the
mail/news component of Mozilla suite (minor differences in appearance &
features). I am no expert, but I know what works for me. I don't do
multipart binaries, so I can't really say what works best there.

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I don't have a clue what I'm talking about.