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Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader

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"Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message 
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> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
>> On 05/18/2011 06:46 PM, Spanky wrote:
>>> Please stop creating a new thread for each time you reply to a message.
>>>   I think this might have to do with the crummy way that google handles
>>> newsgroups, though I'm sure that there must be an option to fix it
>>> somewhere.
>>
>> I think you're giving Google too much credit there. As far as I can
>> tell, Google Groups provides no such option. If you locate that option,
>> please let us know.
>
> Just go back to the "old" interface.  It still strips the trailing
> blank from "-- " signature delimiters and mangles any e-mail
> addresses that appear in the body of the message (including in
> attribution lines), but at least it quotes properly and sets the
> References: header.

I still maintain that there are only two requirements for working on the 
Google Groups project:

1. Be an incompetent software engineer
2. Be completely ignorant of usenet

It's not like it's some cutting edge technology with no prior art. Dozens 
(probably hundreds) of newsreaders have been written over the years, some 
with functioning web interfaces. Why GG can't get basic things right is a 
mystery.



Brian

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Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Spanky <Spankme@noway.com> - 2011-05-18 17:46 -0500
  Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-18 19:38 -0400
    Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-19 11:42 +1200
    Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-18 17:19 -0700
      Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-05-19 14:07 -0700
        Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-20 09:14 +1200
      Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-19 16:43 -0500
        Re: Dear Janus - Get a newsreader Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-20 09:54 +1200

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