Setting Options

Each NewsHunter document can be configured differently by setting the various options. To access the Options window, open or create a NewsHunter document and click on the Options... button.

The Options window provides access to the follow options:

• Turn newsgroup cycling on or off.
• Turn new server cycling on or off.
• Set the number of headers to download.
• Set the number of files to download before cycling to the next newsgroup.
• Set the timeout value.

Screen Shot 30 - The Options Window - Downloading Tab

Screen Shot 31 - The Options Window - Connection Tab

Cycle Through Newsgroups

This option let you configure your NewsHunter document so that it will cycle through the list of news groups. When you enable this command the "Switch after downloading" menu becomes enabled. Use this menu to tell your NewsHunter document how many files it should download before switching to the next news group in the list. Once your NewsHunter document reaches the final newsgroup in the list it will start all over again.

Cycle Through News Servers

This option tells your NewsHunter document to cycle through all the news servers in your database. Once your NewsHunter document finishes downloading from one news server, it will automatically log on to the next news server and begin downloading.

Get This Many Headers

Your NewsHunter document does not download the entire list of articles, commonly known as headers, at one time. Sometimes the list of headers can be very long. You can use this menu to tell your NewsHunter document how many headers to download. If you have turned on the Cycle Through Newsgroups option, when you select the number of files to download before switching newsgroups, the number of headers to download is automatically set to a suggested value.

Switch After Downloading

When you enable the Cycle Through Newsgroups options, this menu becomes enabled so you can tell your NewsHunter document how many files it should download before switching to the next newsgroup.

Timeout After This Many Minutes

This is the number of minutes you want your NewsHunter document to wait for a response from the news server. once the limit is reached, your NewsHunter document will re-connect to the news server and attempt to download the article again. After failing to download an article two times, your NewsHunter document will automatically skip the offending article and resume downloading at the next article in the list.