Re: MT Newswatcher

In article <user-52F125.17072626072009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sander Tekelenburg <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <howard-3308AD.23065325072009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Howard S Shubs <howard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <barmar-49AC59.13314124072009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's why MT-NW has the preference option to automatically open all the
groups documents in a designated folder.

It's easier to just open one of the newsrc files.

Well argued...

If you have multiple group lists (for example because you use multiple
servers, or just to keep things organised), having MT-NW open them all
at launch is less work than having to locate and click-click them all
individually.

Having MT-NW automatically fetch the file from a ftp server is similar,
but is limited to only a single file (and might be a security risk).

Yep it seems to be limited to just one file. That doesn't bother me,
since I am accustomed to having one single list of subscribed groups in
a single window anyway.

As far as security goes, you are just as responsible for maintaining the
security of your FTP server as you would be otherwise. And the newsrc
file only contains the names of news groups to which you are subscribed
along with the range of articles you've already read for each group.

That said, the benefit of being able to open MT-NW on any computer,
anywhere and see the same list of subscribed news groups and have the
read status of each of them automatically synchronized, far outweigh the
above two drawbacks, IMO.

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