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Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry?

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On 5/25/25 21:11, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2025-05-25 11:51, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> (138.0.2)
>> I have set up (service from) two news servers, but they remain
>> separate - any newsgroup that's on both appears as a separate entity,
>> with articles/threads having different "read/not read" status.
>>
>> Is there any way to merge them, so that I only see one set - or, at
>> least, when I read a post in one, it's marked read in the other?
> 
> Yes, but not with TB alone.
> 
> In Linux, you can use an nntp proxy server using Leafnode, and then
> point TB to leafnode instead.
> 
> Leafnode can connect to several nntp servers and combine them. You get
> all the posts, though, so if one server has spam filtering and the other
> doesn't, you will get the spam.
> 
> I am not aware of a similar software in Windows. You can install it in a
> Linux server for your entire LAN, though.
> 
You can install leafnode on WSL, I have it running on Ubuntu on Win 10.
It's tricky, but it can be done, and you'll learn a lot about WSL :)>>
>> Apologies if the is a newbie question; last time I used Thunderbird
>> was I think in single-digit version numbers (the same may have been
>> the case then, but I would have only been using one news server).
>>
>> And: is there any way of setting an "expiry" period, such that posts -
>> unless manually starred (or tagged or something similar) - disappear
>> <period> after downloading, whether read or not?
> 
> Yes, with a filter. Also in age settings. James posted the exact place.
> 
>  (Former Turnpike user,
>> which is where I get the term "expiry" - it may be called something
>> else, if it exists. I could in TP set a different expiry per newsgroup
>> - I had 3 days for most. [Oh, and TP merged across 'groups no problem;
>> it showed available servers for each 'group, and you could select/
>> switch server (per 'group) any time, and the "read" state of posts
>> didn't change (though you occasionally got repeat downloads of a few
>> posts).]
> 
> If you set a expiry age of 3 days, you will have problems.
> 

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combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-05-25 10:51 +0100
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-25 15:56 +0100
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-25 11:30 -0400
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 13:32 +0100
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-01 14:03 -0400
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? James <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-25 15:36 +0000
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 12:58 +0100
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-25 21:11 +0200
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-05-25 23:10 +0200
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-26 13:28 +0200
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2025-05-26 17:50 +1200
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-26 13:34 +0200
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-01 13:40 +0100
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-01 14:05 +0100
        Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-03 13:38 +0100
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-01 15:36 -0400
        Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-06-03 13:50 +0100
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-04 15:23 +0200
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-25 20:01 -0500
    Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-26 13:37 +0200
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2025-05-27 16:01 +1000
      Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-04 15:18 +0200
  Re: combine newsgroups from two or more servers? And expiry? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-26 16:54 +0200

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