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From: John Fry <john+usenet@johnfry.org>
Subject: Re: run script over each article in group?
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:11:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ygall6dtpli.fsf@Clam.AI.SRI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sm0m4r03.fsf@ashbery.wjsullivan.net>

johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:

> John Fry <john+usenet@johnfry.org> writes:
>
>> I'm guessing that the best approach is to write the script in elisp
>> and then plug it into an appropriate hook, for example
>> gnus-exit-group-hook.  The automatic processing could occur before
>> or after visiting the group, or even without visiting the group at
>> all, as far as I'm concerned.  I'm also open to other solutions,
>> for example daemons or procmail.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to do this would be much appreciated!
>>
>
> I did something like this using rss2email, procmail, and wget. I
> think that's a good combination for what you want to do.

Yes, that's exactly what I need.  Thanks for the excellent tip!

Best,

John


      reply	other threads:[~2005-05-17 23:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-17  0:08 John Fry
2005-05-17  0:48 ` johnsu01
2005-05-17 23:11   ` John Fry [this message]

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