I'm using the FAST (Files And Settings Transfer) wizard to back up my OE
Newsgroups on a weekly basis.  I don't use OE for anything except NGs, so
when the wizard is run, I manually delete everything from the job except OE
and the *.eml and *.nws file types.  Works perfectly, but the process is
incredibly tedious.  The UI is not very friendly in this regard, can't even
select groups of item, have to hit that damn Remove button for EVERY item.

So now I'm trying to determine if this utility can be run in batch (command
line) mode, and makes things a little easier.  I've tried searching on these
key words, but nothing seems to indicate I can.  I see some refs to other
migration tools, like User State Migration Tool (USMT).  Is FAST some sort
of subset of USMT??  (I notice it creates a subfolder by this same name,
USMT2.UNC).  I get the impression that if I want batch support, I have to
switch over to using USMT, which seems like overkill, and just one more
thing to complicate matters.  I know there are other third-party OE backup
apps too, but since FAST works just fine, why switch.

In a nutshell, the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard does exactly what I
want, just want to know if and how I can gain batch or command line access.

TIA

Jim