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| From | Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why |
| Date | 2016-10-03 12:49 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <e5f2fcF1g46U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <20161003031235.78052104@maxa-pc.cpe.bvcom.net> <e5euf6FamfU1@mid.individual.net> <20161003141255.66b57b3a@maxa-pc.cpe.bvcom.net> |
On 2016-10-03, Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote: > On 3 Oct 2016 11:41:27 GMT > Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> wrote: > >> On 2016-10-03, Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote: >> > 1. Does not correctly decodes all utf headers >> > 2. Threads are difficult to follow as slrn does not cache articles >> > 3. Does not re-formats articles on 80 characters boundary so >> > looking at google groups articles is painful >> > 4. all in all text based experience is sub-par to graphical one >> > >> > So I gave up finally , returned to trusty Claws-Mail ;) >> >> I'm thinking of moving over to Thunderbird myself. I'm a long time >> slrn user but still really a noob because I never dug into the >> configuration options really all that much. >> >> Slrn used to be great for speed and ultimate champ for configuration >> options. Along with either leafnode or even slrnpull it was and in >> some ways still is a very powerful combination. >> >> These days while the latter is true, the former is not. At least not >> on my 2 Linux systems. Thunderbird retrieves faster, posts faster and >> doesn't suffer from the very sligh lag that slrn seems to. >> For me, I think it's time to move on. At least for as long as usenet >> is around which may not be all that long. >> >> One thing about Thunderbird is that I have not been able to figure >> out how to change the fonts to make them larger. The options seem to >> have no effect under LinuMint and even the add on extension "Font >> Changer" which works under Windows version of Thunderbird doesn't >> even show up under the Linux version although it installs. >> Thunderbird configuration options are a mess as well. They are >> scattered all over the place. >> I'll figure it out. >> >> Any other suggestions for a full featured Linux GUI based usenet news >> program under Linux? I don't like pan at all. >> > > Well I said Claws-Mail, not Thunderbird ;) > I'll take a look. I've heard of Claws but never used it. Thanks.
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So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-03 03:12 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Godzilla <godzilla@lizardboss.invalid> - 2016-10-03 01:29 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-03 03:37 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 02:16 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why dyrmak <dyrmak@quelite.terre.invalid> - 2016-10-03 08:26 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-03 03:18 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 03:39 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 04:08 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-03 05:24 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-03 10:15 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 10:15 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 12:25 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-03 21:29 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-04 00:06 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-03 22:22 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-04 00:25 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-03 22:37 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 16:42 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-04 00:26 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 19:28 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-04 01:51 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 18:52 -0700
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-04 12:39 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-04 20:59 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-04 16:39 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-05 03:12 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-05 19:34 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-05 14:15 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-05 16:41 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-05 17:59 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-10-06 01:08 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-10-03 23:28 +0000
Shut Up, Dumb Fuck! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 02:14 -0700
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-03 11:41 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2016-10-03 08:05 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-03 14:15 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-03 12:49 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-10-03 13:27 +0100
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-03 12:48 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 12:27 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-03 14:55 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 13:44 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-03 15:55 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 16:44 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-03 14:12 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-03 12:49 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 10:17 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-03 14:30 +0000
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 10:33 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-03 12:29 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-03 15:09 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-10-03 22:29 +0100
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 08:22 -0500
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-04 15:32 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 09:43 -0500
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-04 17:24 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-04 12:41 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-04 16:34 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-04 16:40 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-04 19:04 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-04 23:49 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-05 08:09 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-05 11:02 -0600
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-05 17:07 +0100
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-04 10:35 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-04 16:54 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 10:26 -0500
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-04 19:22 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-04 12:41 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-04 21:12 +0200
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-04 19:18 -0400
Re: So I gave up on slrn, this is why Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-05 01:55 +0200
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