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Noteworthy Newsgroup

Having, due to various problems with my email set up, been away from it for some considerable time, I have been unable to find the Noteworthy Newsgroup lately. Is it still going or has its place been taken by this forum?  If that is so, can we upload samples of our work here for criticism by other members?
Cheers,
     John

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #2 –
I used to be quite active on it, but not for a number of years.  I have to enter a password to access any newsgroup and an extra one to access the nwc group is too much.  In the early days, newsgroups were what the internet was all about--now people go to websites with forums or social media, myself included.

I wish the Newsgroup could just become another major category on this Forum.
Since 1998

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Warren Porter –
I wish the Newsgroup could just become another major category on this Forum.
I don't. It has its own flavor. I believe it also has its own infrastructure. This allows users who have access problems in one to get them confirmed and resolved in the other.
Registered user since 1996

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Reply #5 –
The newsgroup is still open, but seems less active than in the recent several years.

John, it's good to see you online again ... I was worried and wondering.

Joe
 

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Reply #6 –
I just got my username and password by validating my instillation disk, but reading or writing attachments is a new problem.

How can uuencode or uudecode be done on a Windows PC (not Unix)?

TIA
Since 1998

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #7 –
Hi Warren,

I replied in the newsgroup to your post - this is what I said :

Quote
My newsreader does it automatically but will let you choose if you want.

Here is what it says

Choosing between MIME, uuencoded and yEnc formats

You can define which message format to use for Usenet and Email messages on the Email Attachments panel or the Usenet Attachments panel. When selecting the format for messages with attachments, you must consider the hardware and software constraints of the message recipient. It defeats the purpose of your message if the person receiving your MIME attachment cannot view (or hear) it. Here's a good rule of thumb to follow:

  For email messages - Most major email programs support the MIME format, so in many cases "MIME" would be the appropriate choice. (The safest thing to do is to find out whether your recipient's email program supports MIME.)

   For Usenet messages - At the present time, most newsreaders and participants in the Usenet use uuencoded or yEnc format, so currently it would be wise to choose "uuencoded" or "yEnc" when posting attachments.



Perhaps you could look up uuencode in your newsreader, (as I did), it may help.



Rich.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #8 –
Hi Warren,
for an old fogey, who hasn't visited the Noteworthy Newsgroup for years,
please spell out in detail,  which disk you used and
how you validated your installation disk
to get your user name and password

The latest disk which I have, is V2.5, and I'm using NWC V2.51
(I started using NWC when it still was distributed on stiffy,
and my NWC 1.75b disk does show an Authenticity ID)

Thanks.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Haymo –
for an old fogey, who hasn't visited the Noteworthy Newsgroup for years,
please spell out in detail,  which disk you used and
how you validated your installation disk
to get your user name and password

The latest disk which I have, is V2.5, and I'm using NWC V2.51
(I started using NWC when it still was distributed on stiffy,
and my NWC 1.75b disk does show an Authenticity ID)
I started going here.  My installation disk was for 1.75a which had a two part Authenticity ID.  Instead of clicking on Next, choose Use this form instead in the note near the bottom.  You will get to a page with a place for your name and two textboxes for your AID.

HTH
Since 1998

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #10 –
When going to this topic in the newsgroup, I found the following from Rick's measure numbering example:


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Is there a way to tell how it was encoded?  I found a way to convert something while in command mode, but NWC said the file was corrupted when I tried to open it.
Since 1998

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #11 –
If I go to that post and do an index on it (that's what I have to do to get details in my newsreader) it tells me that it is uuencoded.


Rich.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #12 –
Yes, it is uuencoded.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #13 –
Warren,

It might also be worth searching for an option on attachments.  I have an option in my newsreader "View" menu which says "Display as Raw message".

If I select this, the attachment looks exactly as you have posted here - If I take the tick off, then it just looks like a Noteworthy icon with the file name that I can click on, which then loads into Noteworthy.


Rich.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #14 –
Warren,
thanks for the info -
I validated my NWC 1.75b disk - but that was it - I only got a report back in connection with my order of 2004.
Validating my NWC 2.5 disk - DITTO for my 2012 order.

I've requested help from NWC Support.

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #15 –
Quote from: Warren Porter –
When going to this topic in the newsgroup, I found the following from Rick's measure numbering example:
<snip code block>
Is there a way to tell how it was encoded?  I found a way to convert something while in command mode, but NWC said the file was corrupted when I tried to open it.
It is corrupted because spaces were trimmed from the right side of two of the lines. It is correct in my original message. Uuencode unfortunately includes the space character in the list of characters it uses to encode. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuencoding for more details.
Registered user since 1996

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #16 –
Quote from: Rick G. –
It is corrupted because spaces were trimmed from the right side of two of the lines.
Thanks.  I found a way to add two extra spaces plus a non space character to the end of all lines except first and last.  No problem with redoing my last two downloads plus a new one a few minutes ago.
Since 1998

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #17 –
Quote from: Warren Porter –
Thanks.
You are welcome.

Quote from: Warren Porter –
No problem with redoing my last two downloads plus a new one a few minutes ago.
Or you could use the attached User Tool ...
Edit: the original attachment has been replaced with version 1.1
Registered user since 1996

Re: Noteworthy Newsgroup

Reply #19 –
I've tried Flurmy's method of getting on to the Newsgroup 2 or 3 times but my user name/password combination is always rejected. Unlike at most web sites that I visit, there appears to be no way of retrieving a forgotten password. Other suggested methods look to difficult for me. Maybe someone on this forum who is still on the Newsgroup could let the other members know that I greatly miss their company.
    Cheers,
        John.
Cheers,
     John