Nfilter / NewsProxy - HELP!

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Transferred this across to my XP system a few months ago, worked
fine.

Accidentally ran newsproxy twice today, and now it "Has a problem and
must close" every time.

What the hell happened to it?
Has anyone else had this problem, is there a cure?

I'm stumped ... thinking of trying to recompile from the source, if
it'll build using the free compilers from Microsoft.
 
Matt said:
Transferred this across to my XP system a few months ago, worked
fine.

Accidentally ran newsproxy twice today, and now it "Has a problem and
must close" every time.
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At program launch or when connecting to a news server?

Try renaming your nfilter.dat and *.ini files temporarily.
Then launch it. If it crashes, I have no idea why except
to guess that you are running Zone Alarm. ZA has to be set
up not to mess with port 119 on localhost.
What the hell happened to it?
Has anyone else had this problem, is there a cure?

I'm stumped ... thinking of trying to recompile from the source, if
it'll build using the free compilers from Microsoft.
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Which build of NewsProxy? I recommend you use v1.2.3

I included the entire Visual C++ project with the v1.2.3
binary. It will build as is with Visual Studio 6.0, but
there should be few problems compiling it with a newer
version.

I don't monitor this group closely. I'd appreciate it if
you directed followups to alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent.modified

I and several other people have been running v1.2.3 without
a single glitch for over six months on a variety of OSes.
I've been working with the v1.2.0 code and have been extending
it since 2000. I'd just as soon let someone maintain it but
there appears to be no volunteers.
 
At program launch or when connecting to a news server?
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When it starts getting headers, though the first time it got some
Try renaming your nfilter.dat and *.ini files temporarily.
Then launch it. If it crashes, I have no idea why except
to guess that you are running Zone Alarm. ZA has to be set
up not to mess with port 119 on localhost.
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Outpost Pro - though it had updated recently (I'm a genuine beta
tester) - maybe it was just coincidence that I fouled up at just the
same time.
Which build of NewsProxy? I recommend you use v1.2.3
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1.2.0 public release.
I included the entire Visual C++ project with the v1.2.3
binary. It will build as is with Visual Studio 6.0, but
there should be few problems compiling it with a newer
version.
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Googled for it, no luck.
I don't monitor this group closely. I'd appreciate it if
you directed followups to alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent.modified
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Done, crossposted to ACF as well
I and several other people have been running v1.2.3 without
a single glitch for over six months on a variety of OSes.
I've been working with the v1.2.0 code and have been extending
it since 2000. I'd just as soon let someone maintain it but
there appears to be no volunteers.
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I wish I could remember who the good guys and bad guys were from the
maelstrom that is the abw groups, no idea who to trust.
 
Matt said:
1.2.0 public release.
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That's the problem. Many people have reported the nfilter.org
builds crash on XP. v1.2.3 was compiled with Visual C++ 6 SP6
and the most recent Platform SDK. It's been tested on XP SP2.
The only issue I know of is the Zone Alarm conflict.

With regard to nfilter.dat, it's just a text file. If it
isn't present, no filtering will be done. There are many
good examples of filter expressions, I recommend using Google's
newsgroups search engine and hunting for
~~~
nfilter.dat examples
~~~
The people in rec.woodworking seem to be using nfilter with
good results.

The Xref header is the most reliable for filtering. Only
a handful of headers are officially supported in the overview,
any additional ones are going to vary from server to server.
Googled for it, no luck.
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If Vrodok's post in alt.binaries.freeware has expired, let me
know and I'll repost it. It's ~250 kB, so reposting it is no
problem.

v1.2.3 stomps out a handful of memory leaks and I've made a
few UI changes, such as a context menu for the tray icon.

It also adds 100% header control. You can strip any or all
headers from your posts, rearrange headers and add new ones.
I've deliberately left the documentation out of the readme,
but headers.c should be enough to figure out how to use it.
I wish I could remember who the good guys and bad guys were from the
maelstrom that is the abw groups, no idea who to trust.
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Trust no one, especially messages posted under my nym, most
of which are forgeries as of late.
 
That's the problem. Many people have reported the nfilter.org
builds crash on XP. v1.2.3 was compiled with Visual C++ 6 SP6
and the most recent Platform SDK. It's been tested on XP SP2.
The only issue I know of is the Zone Alarm conflict.
Thanks.

With regard to nfilter.dat, it's just a text file. If it
isn't present, no filtering will be done. There are many
good examples of filter expressions, I recommend using Google's
newsgroups search engine and hunting for
~~~
nfilter.dat examples
~~~
The people in rec.woodworking seem to be using nfilter with
good results.

The Xref header is the most reliable for filtering. Only
a handful of headers are officially supported in the overview,
any additional ones are going to vary from server to server.
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Mine has about the same list as in the nfilter.org example...
Particularly proud of my scoring based filter which cuts out
googlegroups crossposing abuse, without cutting out all googlegroups
participants. Got pretty bad on RPD a while back.
If Vrodok's post in alt.binaries.freeware has expired, let me
know and I'll repost it. It's ~250 kB, so reposting it is no
problem.
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Got it, surprised it was still there as my ISP news server is junk.
 
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