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Re: OT: usenet reader software

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On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:10:02 -0700, memilanuk wrote:

> Given the ongoing hub-bub about Google Groups and some recent long
> threads where I *really* wanted to be able to mute/ignore certain
> individuals/subjects... I started looking into other choices for Usenet
> reader software again.  I use news.gmane.org as a mail2news gateway for
> reading a lot of lists besides just this one, and gmane is about the
> most convenient way to do so without being bombarded by emails every
> day.
> 
> I'm on Ubuntu (14.04 LTS, if it matters) and I've been using Thunderbird
> for a loooong time... I've tinkered with slrn off and on over the years,
> tried pan occasionally due to recommendations... but I keep ending up
> back @ Thunderbird.  About the only thing it doesn't do that I really
> want is scoring/kill-files.  Slrn has those, and I do use vim on
> occasion so that worked well enough... but when people *do* post links
> or html it didn't handle that stuff gracefully like Thunderbird.  Pan...
> locks up and crashes often enough to be annoying, and I can't get it to
> display 'Threads with Unread' (i.e. new unread posts *with* their
> associated threads for context) - just 'Unread' or 'everything'.  Never
> messed with gnus... emacs was never really my thing.
> 
> Guess where I'm going with this is... is there anything out there worth
> trying - on Linux - that I'm missing?

interesting
apart from an issue i had with multiple postings (due to a setting change 
i made) I have never had any issues with pan




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OT:  usenet reader software memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2014-07-18 12:10 -0700
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-18 22:40 +0300
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software Warren Post <warren@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-18 14:23 -0600
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-07-18 20:27 +0000
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2014-07-18 21:10 +0100
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software cl@isbd.net - 2014-07-19 10:40 +0100
    Re: OT:  usenet reader software Monte Milanuk <memilanuk@invalid.com> - 2014-07-20 03:48 +0000
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-20 14:23 +1000
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Monte Milanuk <memilanuk@invalid.com> - 2014-07-21 04:06 +0000
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-21 14:11 +1000
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-07-22 18:14 +0300
    Re: OT:  usenet reader software "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-07-22 14:36 -0400
  Re: OT:  usenet reader software ismeal shanshi <stuffstorehouse2014@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 10:36 -0700
    Re: OT:  usenet reader software Monte Milanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 20:49 +0000
      Re: OT:  usenet reader software Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-22 20:59 +0000
        Re: OT:  usenet reader software Monte Milanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 21:21 +0000
          Re: OT:  usenet reader software Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-07-22 21:57 +0000
        Re: OT: usenet reader software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 07:25 +1000
    Re: OT: usenet reader software Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> - 2014-07-24 01:19 +0000
      Re: OT: usenet reader software cl@isbd.net - 2014-07-24 10:58 +0100

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