Newsleecher 3.9 Forum

I am a big fan of this software for Windows. It only has one real competitor on the Mac side, NZB Drop by Asar (http://www.asar.com/nzbdrop.html), which doesn't come close to the functionality of Newsleecher.

I ran this under the latest two versions of Crossover I have used, 6.2.0 and 6.2.1, and it installed and ran just fine, with just three very minor and slightly weird behaviors.

First, as you would expect with most small downloaded utilities, I had to run the Newsleecher installer manually with the "Run Command..." command. After that it didn't automatically create the program file aliases (shortcuts) I needed, so I had to do that manually. Not a big deal at all, but be aware you might not see that your install did anything at first unless you manually run it the first time.

Secondly , it did not find its own temporary folder because it was set to use the shell variable as a root for its temp folder. The only result of this problem was an error message informing me it couldn't find it's own temp path, and telling me it would use the default windows temp folder instead. This setting can be configured from within Newsleecher's own 'Options' panel so my solution was just to set the temporary folder to a folder on my Mac's local disk.

Finally, this program does not work if you minimize it to the tray or set it automatically to open in the system tray. This is a minor bug but you should be aware that Crossover wasn't able to show me its tray icon at all, even after I configured my bottle to show tray icons in a floating window.

Generally speaking, it pays to go through the 'Options' panel and set your default Temporary, Download, and NZB Scanning directories manually when you install it. Once you do that, the program is fire and forget. Mine now scans and reads NZB files from a folder at in my /Users/MACUSERNAME/Downloads/NZBs/ folder, downloads them to /Users/MACUSERNAME/Downloads/, then moves the NZBs into another folder so I know they've been processed.

I haven't tested the supersearch functionality at all.

I'm glad that Newsleecher seems to work well under CrossOver. I just wanted to respond to one thing...

G Jones wrote:

First, as you would expect with most small downloaded utilities, I
had to run the Newsleecher installer manually with the "Run
Command..." command. After that it didn't automatically create the
program file aliases (shortcuts) I needed, so I had to do that
manually. Not a big deal at all, but be aware you might not see that
your install did anything at first unless you manually run it the
first time.

If you program has an installed of any kind, we recommend that you use CrossOver's Install Software feature. Since it's not a supported software package, you use the Install Unsupported Software button in the assistant window. You will have the opportunity to select the installer program file to run.

Ideally, that would let CrossOver pick up any Start Menu shortcut(s) created and reflect them into its Programs menu and the Finder.

The SuperSearch function, which is the feature that sets Newsleecher apart in my opinion, fails to initialize when Newsleecher is installed in it's own bottle. That feature requires Internet Explorer 5 or higher.

I installed IE6 and Newsleecher 3.9 beta 9 in a WinXP bottle, but Newsleecher would not run at all, or rather it started, displayed its missing temp folder message, then closed as soon as the message was cleared. I intend to experiment with Win2k and 98 bottles in the next few days.

Here are my findings with Newsleecher 3.8 (last stable).

Installing to a new default (win2k) bottle under CXLinux 6.2.0.

-As mentioned above, you will get an error regarding temporary folder location. This is easily remedied by manually specifying a new location in the options menu.

-An error message box is displayed on launch regarding an OLE error. An image of the error is available here:
http://badservo.com/external_links/nlf01.jpg

-Supersearch fails to properly initialize at all. As an IE dependency was mentioned above, I installed IE 6.0 into the same bottle. This did not alleviate the issue.

-As mentioned above, minimize to tray functionality is broken.

-All other features of the software operate as expected including installation, queing, connection, download, etc.

My findings for Newsleecher 3.9 Beta 15 are much more favorable.

Installing as before to a new default (win2k) bottle under CXLinux 6.2.0.

-The invalid temp folder issue is still present.

-There is no longer an OLE error message on load.

-Supersearch now works flawlessly.

-Minimize to tray does not function, app continues to minimize to panel.

All other functions appear to work flawlessly.

Given the relatively insignificant nature of the bugs still present in the beta, I'd rank teh beta as GOLD status. However, given that it is a beta, I'm ranking Newsleecher as BRONZE. Most people will likely wish to use the official, stable version and a GOLD ranking could be misleading. Will update once 3.9 final is released.

Hey guys here is an update to Newsleecher 3.9 Final running in Crossover Professional version 6.2.0-1. I installed the debian file under Ubuntu 8.04.

I picked to install it by picking first Install Windows Software under the crossover dirctory and then picked create a Windows XP bottle using the standard settings. I then picked the Newsleecher 3.9 final file that I had downloaded. Everything when smooth during the install and all screen looked like they did when installing it in Windows XP it even created a link to the program on my desktop when it finished and it works great.

After running it for the first time even after doing it this way I also got the same above error that was stated in the first post of the thread. I made my changes and created the directories in a folder under my home directory. I then put in my account information and picked a nzb file to download. The downloading worked as it should with no problem. I tested to see if the supersearch would work and it works just like it does in Windows XP with no problems.

I must say that I am impressed. Just the one error so far. I will report back and let everyone know if it is able to use the built in par checker feature to put the files together and check them after downloading. This for me is great. I have seen a lot of post else where of people wanting this program to work in Linux and now it does. So for those of us who haven't been able to find a replacement with all of the features of Newsleecher in Linux we now have a solution thanks to the great work of those at Codeweavers.

Thanks guys.

Hi,

I'm having a similar issue with Newsleecher's SuperSearch, in that it stays 'initialising' and never does. I have Crossover 6.2.1 and have tried 2 different bottles, one with IE6 installed and one without both using Newsleecher 3.9 final on Mac OSX 10.5.2.

I think Crossover is great product and would be happy to buy it if I can get this issue resolved, Newsleecher is by far the best News Group software, mainly due to the quality of the SuperSearch function.

I have followed all the tips above, setting the directories to be correct.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Not sure what your trouble is. However, I tested the Final of Newsleecher 2.9 last night and must say that my results were essentially identical to my previous report. However, I did find that the program failed to launch correctly when installed int eh default Win98 bottle. Instead I setup a new Win2k bottle to install into. After that, everything worked fine except the minor glitches in the search refinement field in the SuperSearch tab.

Hello,

First which version are you using of Crossover (Linux or Mac) and Professional, Basic, or Games?

Second the way I got mine working with everything was to create the Windows Xp bottle in Crossover Professional and then install it there.

Like I said you will get the error about creating the directories but if you make a folder in your home folder and point Newsleecher to them you should have no problems.

As far as supersearch make sure everything works then try supersearch. Also just to point out any cracked versions of Newsleecher wont work.

Let me know if I can be of anymore help.

Mark Eastwood wrote:

Hi,

I'm having a similar issue with Newsleecher's SuperSearch, in that
it stays 'initialising' and never does. I have Crossover 6.2.1 and
have tried 2 different bottles, one with IE6 installed and one
without both using Newsleecher 3.9 final on Mac OSX 10.5.2.

I think Crossover is great product and would be happy to buy it if I
can get this issue resolved, Newsleecher is by far the best News
Group software, mainly due to the quality of the SuperSearch
function.

I have followed all the tips above, setting the directories to be
correct.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Hi - Im having trouble installing my much beloved newsleecher. I'm using crossover pro on Ubuntu Hardy and trying to install 3.9.17. I created a XP bottle and installed to it. When I try and run NL I get the file error but then it freezes on the splash screen "launching newsleecher". Any ideas?

Thanks!

Chris Chester wrote:

Hello,

First which version are you using of Crossover (Linux or Mac) and
Professional, Basic, or Games?

Second the way I got mine working with everything was to create the
Windows Xp bottle in Crossover Professional and then install it
there.

Like I said you will get the error about creating the directories
but if you make a folder in your home folder and point Newsleecher
to them you should have no problems.

As far as supersearch make sure everything works then try
supersearch. Also just to point out any cracked versions of
Newsleecher wont work.

Let me know if I can be of anymore help.

Mark Eastwood wrote:

Hi,

I'm having a similar issue with Newsleecher's SuperSearch, in that
it stays 'initialising' and never does. I have Crossover 6.2.1
and
have tried 2 different bottles, one with IE6 installed and one
without both using Newsleecher 3.9 final on Mac OSX 10.5.2.

I think Crossover is great product and would be happy to buy it if
I
can get this issue resolved, Newsleecher is by far the best News
Group software, mainly due to the quality of the SuperSearch
function.

I have followed all the tips above, setting the directories to be
correct.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Are you certain it's frozen? Under Crossover it takes an unusually long time for Newzleecher to load. So you may think it's frozen, when it fact you jsut haven't waited long enough for the initial start-up.

Thanks for the quick reply. I've waited 10 minutes and it still stops at the splash screen.

Ok, let's try installation in a new Windows2000 Bottle. That's worked best for me thus far. Additionally, get the final version. It's available now from the Newsleecher site.

Still no joy. I created a win 2000 bottle and installed 3.9 final but it gets stuck on the splash still.

s much as I hat eto admit it, I'm stumped. I'm running 2 separate workstations running Hardy with Crossover pro and Newsleecher fires right up on both.

Hmmmmm. Ok, guess I'll try uninstalling Crossover and start from scratch. THANK YOU for trying!

Hey not sure if it matters but did you try reinstalling yet. Maybe try deleteing the bottle you mad and make a new one. Also make sure when you tell it to install the unsupported app (newsleecher) make sure it is picking Win Xp bottle. Just for kicks make sure you have the fonts and internet explorer installed too just to be safe. Don't know yet why it is freezing for you I have done this over and over on different machines and have no issues except the one after it starts complaining about the directories. Also make sure there is not a hidden dialog box somewhere asking something of you.

Let me know and I will try to help as much as possible. It is working great for me with no issues. Oh what kind of system are you trying to run it on. Lots of memory and processing power right. Don't know if that matters or not though.

I've got newsleecher installed but supersearch doesn't work at all. Is there are fix for this? I'm running crossover 7.0.1 and newsleecher 3.9.

What did you do to get it running in 7.01 and what crossover and mac or linux? I can get it to install fine but when running newsleecher for the first time it takes 10 min to launch now and I can't put inmy key to register it. The good news is no more error about it not creating the directories like before but I would take that over now not being able to use it after forking out $69.95.

Let me know and if any codeweavers guys have any ideas on what to do I would like to know.

Thanks.

it's on crossover mac. It installs fine, i get a bug error but it still works. no supersearch though. I'm just wondering if i have to change some settings in the options? i;ve registed both programs.

Have you tried creating the default directories outside of the windows directory that newsleecher creates when installing? Like in your home directory on your mac. Not sure why supersearch isn't working though maybe you need to make sure your ports are open or try the alt port in options for supersearch. It just worked for me once I got it working in the last version before 7.0 came out.

Let me know.

ok I'll try anything. I have no idea how to change ports in supersearch. I'm very green when it comes to a mac. I just purchased it a few days ago but i'm savvy on pc's. I'm just wondering should i set the newleecher temp fold to that on my mac? Like Y:. I might need a walkthrough or something.

Ok can help with how to open ports on the Mac but in newsleecher what I was talking about was under options the advance there is a box called use alt. supersearch port. Try putting a check in the box and restart and see if that does anything. Also I was thinking opening the port for your usenet account just incase that was causing an issue but I doubt it. As far as the directories I was talking about under options then advance then folders change those two (data and temp) to whatever you want but maybe in a directory on your mac that you have write permissions to. In linux it is something like /home/username/somefolder.

Let me know because on the previous crossover I had to do this and make sure internet explorer and all those type of things installed too when I installed newsleecher.

Let me know if it works.

Ok I changed the supersearch port. got all the directories set and created. I'm using two servers. one on port 119 and the other on port 1818. I'm not sure how to open those on the mac. I added crossover and newsleecher to the allow connections in the firewall. I havent done the internet explorer install though, do i do that on the same bottle?

Yeah make sure all the fonts, internet explorer, etc get all install in the bottle of newsleecher.

Have you tried it yet to see if it is working with supersearch yet?

installed ie 6.0. What fonts? Everything works except supersearch. I could send you a screen shot.

The fonts are under configuring the bottle. I install them just in case because some programs look for them. So is the screenshot you post even with choosing the alt search port? Really don't understand what the issue is with why it isn't working for you. As far as things go for me I am going to have to go back to CX 6.2 because I can't get newslecher to work for me in Linux with CX 7.

I guess you could send the info to the CX guys in a bug report for the mac and see if they could at least give you some ideas to try.

Good luck.

Thanks for trying. I'm at a loss...

I have exactly the same problem running Crossover 7 on Leopard. Newsleecher loads quickly and fine, can connect to my newsgroup server, can download groups/headers/articles no problem but Supersearch is constantly stuck on initialising.

I know this isn't a network issue because I have also installed AltBinz also which offers supersearch (you just tell it your newsleecher license ID thing in the AltBinz options) and it works fine. So it is a problem with Newsleecher/crossover.

I have read on the newsleecher forums that earlier this year all the Internet Explorer dependencies were removed from newsleecher which explains why installing it doesn't make a difference.

This is a real problem and its my only reason for getting crossover. Can anyone help!?