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1 james 17 NewsStats 1.40 (18 Sep 2001)
2    
3     NewsStats analyses newsgroups or email mailboxes giving information such as
4     the number of messages about a particular subject or the duration of a
5     thread.
6    
7     NewsStats works by requesting newsgroup messages from a message server
8     program, such as Newsbase. It will only work if you are using Newsbase to
9     store your newsgroups or emails, or a compatible program. A web browser is
10     also required to display the analysis.
11    
12     ________________________________________________________________________________
13    
14     Installation
15    
16     NewsStats is written in Python, so requires the Python runtime resources. You
17     can get this from
18    
19     http://www.schwertberger.de/
20    
21     (the 'Binaries, Libraries' archive is sufficient). Install it as described in
22     the archive. You are now ready to run NewsStats.
23    
24     ________________________________________________________________________________
25    
26     Usage
27    
28     Double-click on the NewsStats icon to load it to the iconbar. Make sure
29     Newsbase or an equivalent is loaded, then click on the NewsStats icon.
30    
31     Enter a username and password, as you would use in Messenger or your mail
32     reader.
33    
34     Choose the newsgroup or email mailbox to analyse from the pop-up menu. �All
35     groups� will analyse all the groups available. Choose the type of analysis:
36    
37     Fast analysis - this only analyses the subject, author and date of the
38     messages.
39    
40     Full analysis - this analyses all the headers available, so takes longer
41    
42     Fully analysing a newsgroups can take a long time, especially if there are
43     many messages. For example, analysing a small newsgroup with 50 messages
44     takes about 25 seconds on an A7000+.
45    
46     Click �Analyse and save� and drag the icon to a directory, or click �Analyse
47     and display� to start the analysis. A window will show the progress of the
48     analysis.
49    
50     When the analysis is complete, the results will be displayed in your
51     browser, or saved to the directory as html files. Each link on the first
52     page (�index/html� in the directory) corresponds to one of the headers in
53     the news postings or emails, and leads to a page giving a count of each
54     content for that header. The duration is calculated from the �Date� header.
55    
56     Interactive help is supported.
57    
58     ________________________________________________________________________________
59    
60     Possible problems
61    
62     Problem: I get the message �News Stats could not find a message server.
63     Please load a server (eg. Newsbase), and try again.� every time I
64     click on the NewsStats icon.
65    
66     Solution: Load Newsbase or a compatible message server. If it is already
67     loaded, wait a moment before trying again.
68    
69    
70     Problem: I get �File not found� errors from my browser.
71    
72     Solution: NewsStats deletes the result pages it generated when it is quit if
73     you used �Analyse and display�, so leave it running while you look
74     through the results.
75    
76    
77     Problem: NewsStats crashes or doesn't work with Messenger Pro.
78    
79     Solution: This may be due to a bug in older version of Messenger Pro. Upgrade
80     to version 2.09 or later.
81    
82     ________________________________________________________________________________
83    
84     Copyright (c) 2001 James Bursa
85    
86     All rights reserved.
87    
88     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
89     copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
90     "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
91     without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
92     distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
93     to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above
94     copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of
95     the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this
96     permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
97    
98     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
99     OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
100     MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
101     OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
102     HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL
103     INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
104     FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
105     NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
106     WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
107    
108     Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder
109     shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use
110     or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
111     of the copyright holder.
112    
113     ________________________________________________________________________________
114    
115     NewsStats uses the mxDateTime library. See the copyright and license
116     in the mx directory.
117    
118     ________________________________________________________________________________
119    
120     james.bursa@strcprstskrzkrk.co.uk
121     http://www.strcprstskrzkrk.co.uk/
122    
123     ________________________________________________________________________________

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