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From: D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Newsreader mechanicals
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:58:57 +0100
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2024, Lars Poulsen wrote:

> On 2024-12-17, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>> How did you do the rb/D quoting? Do you have a script for that? It was
>> very beautiful.
>
> Hand editing in "vi" - my newsreader is "slrn".

Ahh... gods own editor! I understand.

> For a while I was using Thunderbird as my newsreader, but since I use a
> variety of computers, it was a nuisance that each device had its own
> "newsrc" file.
>
> With "slrn", I can "ssh" into one Fedora box, with minimal bandwidth
> consumption and delay. TigerVNC is not so friendly for that.

This is the truth. You are a wise man!