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

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On 2025-05-26 07:50, Ralph Fox wrote:
> On Sun, 25 May 2025 21:11:36 +0200, 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.
> 
> 
> FWIW there used to be a similar software in Windows to  newsgroups from
> two or more servers, but its site is now offline.  You can still find
> its site on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
> 
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20091025054832/http://newsplex.webstylists.com/>

The thing is, Leafnode was designed to be used with modem access to 
internet. I mean, connect the phone, and possibly automatically the 
software would download all new posts in subscribed areas, upload 
answers, and then the modem could disconnect. The alternative was to 
have TB connected to internet for hours while you read and wrote posts, 
which could cost important money, depending on the country.

There is no need of modems today, internet access can be continuous and 
not paid per minute. So the need to use Leafnode or similar is gone. 
Leafnode has survived, there is a chap that maintains a new version. 
Alternatives were not so lucky, it seems.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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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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