Open NNTP/News links in Google Groups

Last update on Aug 27, 2007

This script changes newsgroup links to links to the corresponding Google Groups page.




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Jason 4 scriptwright
Posted Apr 30, 2007

Works great for the links I need it for. Thanks for writing this!

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Volker 1 script's author
Posted Nov 30, 2005

Jonatron: I will fix it as soon as i find some time. The following types of links are supported reight now.

news:news.group.name
news://nntp.host/news.group.name #nntp.host will be discarded anyways

But what i read in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html ( 3.7. NNTP ) makes me think that the second URI Scheme should be 'nntp'. As i said, i will fix it sooner or later.

Francis:
Of course it only works on links. No greasemonkey script will affect urls directly types into the address bar.

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Jonatron scriptwright
Posted Nov 29, 2005

Doesn't work for

news://comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot

Something about the regexp looking for something like

news:comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot

?

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Posted Sep 14, 2005

Nice idea. But it only works on links. When I enter a news:// address in the address bar, stupid Outlook Express still opens.

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