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Conference gyro::internet_toolss

Title:	Internet Tools
Notice:	Report ALL NETSCAPE Problems directly to [email protected].rnet? Read note 448.L for beginner information.
Moderator:	teco.mro.dec.com::tecotoo.mro.dec.com::mayer

Created:	Fri Jun 25 1993
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4714
Total number of notes:	40609

4630.0. "Auto-monitor newsgroup responses?" by WOTVAX::HILTON (Save Water, drink beer) Mon Apr 21 1997 14:27

    Is there any software out there that monitors Newsgroups and mails or
    informs you of responses to certain topics?
    
    I find if I enter a post into a newsgroup, I tend to forgot to check
    it, or responses come back much later, when the news server has passed
    it out of the default list of responses.
    
    Greg

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4630.1	There's always www.dejanews.com	AOSG::wolf95.zk3.dec.com::pbeck	Paul Beck at [email protected]	`Mon Apr 21 1997 14:34`	4
	If you've missed the response you can generally backtrack it by looking for your original message in http://www.dejanews.com . There probably are news monitors, but I'm not aware of any particulars.
4630.2		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Tue Apr 22 1997 12:35`	8
	I use OUI (Offline Usenet Interface) from Peak to Peak Services (formerly Dvorak Software), www.peaktopeak.com. It's a Windows application which I find makes newsgroups much more convenient. One of the things it does is maintain a "current reading list" (including messages you've posted) and it will automatically download any followups to those threads and highlight newly downloaded postings. Steve