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Re: Newsreaders

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Newsreaders
Date 2014-02-08 16:26 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <bln44vFmsdjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <l4jfnl$995$1@dont-email.me> <nospam-07233C.00490208022014@news.netikka.fi> <slrnlfavc9.j9v.timmcn@sugaree.local> <bllhn5FcrlrU2@mid.individual.net> <bllj20Fd2teU1@mid.individual.net>

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On 2014-02-08, Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-08, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-02-08, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:49:03 +0200, Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>> In article <l4jfnl$995$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>  Michelle Steiner <email@michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So what is the consensus for a newsreader to replace MTNW on
>>>>> Mavericks?
>>>>
>>>> MT-NewsWatcher 3.5.3.b3 via Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 via VMware Fusion
>>>> 6.0.2 via OS X 10.9.1 :-|
>>>
>>> Not the solution for the average user.  ;-)  I have gone to using slrn
>>> with nano as an editor in Terminal.  Not as elegant as MTNW, I grant
>>> you, but it gets the job done.  Usenet has declined so much that I can't
>>> justify paying for an NNTP client.  The S/N ratio has become truly
>>> atrocious.  slrn's scoring weeds almost all of the spam out with a few
>>> elegant rules, though, so I appreciate that.
>>
>> Same here, but with vi, which I'm perfectly comfortable with.
>
> Me too but while I'm comfortable with VI, I prefer TextWrangler.

You mean the TextWrangler "edit" command-line tool? Doesn't that force
you to switch between the Terminal application and TextWrangler whenever
you want to view or create a message? I'm not sure I would like that
context switch.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-08 00:49 +0200
  Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-07 18:42 -0600
    Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 02:05 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 02:28 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-08 13:49 +1100
          Re: Newsreaders Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-10 16:26 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 06:39 +1100
        Re: Newsreaders billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-08 04:04 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-08 14:23 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 16:26 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 19:25 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 20:59 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 02:03 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 02:26 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-02-09 02:05 +0100
            Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 02:06 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 02:25 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-09 17:05 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-08 03:34 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 16:27 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-08 00:24 -0600
    Re: Newsreaders me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-08 16:12 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-08 15:21 -0600
        Re: Newsreaders nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-08 20:01 -0500
          Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-08 18:09 -0700
            Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-08 21:48 -0600
          Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-08 20:51 -0600
          Re: Newsreaders Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-02-28 12:19 -0500
        Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-09 01:40 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-08 21:50 -0600
    Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-09 19:26 +0200
      Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 17:31 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-11 21:35 +0200
          Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-11 23:30 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-12 01:06 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-12 01:13 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-12 17:03 -0500
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-12 22:25 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-12 17:37 -0500
                Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-13 15:10 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-13 15:45 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-13 16:58 -0500
          Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-14 21:58 +0200
      Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-09 23:22 +0000
        Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 23:44 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-02-10 02:01 +0100
        Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 10:00 -0500
          Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-11 13:27 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:51 -0500
              Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-11 18:55 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-11 23:28 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-09 19:40 -0600
        Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-10 04:34 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2014-02-10 23:41 -0600
            Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-11 16:23 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-11 19:02 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-11 13:25 +0000
  Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 02:04 +0000
  Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-08 03:33 +0000
  Re: Newsreaders RonTheGuy@null.invalid (Ron) - 2014-02-07 19:47 -0800
    Re: Newsreaders snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2014-02-09 09:42 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-09 11:02 +0100
      Re: Newsreaders android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-09 11:02 +0100
        Re: Newsreaders snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2014-02-09 16:27 +0000
  Re: Newsreaders android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-09 09:50 +0100
    Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-09 16:19 +0200
  Re: Newsreaders android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-09 09:53 +0100
    Re: Newsreaders Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-02-09 11:06 +0100
      Re: Newsreaders android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-09 12:18 +0100

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