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RE: Auto Newsgroup downloader

Robert Broughton (rbrought@infomatch.com)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 00:30:19 -0700 (PDT)

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On 16-Aug-99 Dave DeGear wrote:
>
> I've been looking for an automated newsreader that would download and
> decode
> files for me. For example, I would like to select the alt.binaries.clip-art
> newsgroup and have it download the first 100 messages and have them decoded
> into a download directory. I've searched freshmeat but can't find anything
> that
> appears suitable.
>
"suck" will download newsgroups for you. After that, it shouldn't be difficult
to develop a script that would take the file(s) created by suck and uudecode
them.

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