In this article you will learn how to export the contents of an newsgroup for offline searching, using Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox. This walkthrough uses two open-source, free products in concert to collect the newsgroup data and then search it. You can get Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Firefox from, or you can use Netscape 7 or Mozilla Suite.įor details on using Outlook Express for offline newsgroup searching, click here. Several questions: () Is it better to first uninstall 7.0 from Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and then reinstall or is it better to just install over the existing program and (2) should I uunistall first the Java that is now on my machine prior to the new install or will the new 7.02 simply write over it.
You will also require a browser, textfile reader, text editor, or other software than contains a search feature and can handle LARGE files (ie., over 30M of text).Ĭontents Step 1. For more details on how to set up a connection to news://, read this. To extract the contents of your chosen newsgroup for offline reading, right-click that newgroup, and select 'Properties.'. Select the 'Offline' tab, check the box for 'Select this newsgroup for offline use', and then click 'Download Now'. Note that depending on the size of the newsgroup, this could take some time.
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