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Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly

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On 9/28/18 6:12 PM, SilverSlimer wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:22:09 +0000, RonB wrote:
> 
>> On 2018-09-28, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 04:31:44 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-09-27, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:25:19 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2018-09-27, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, it's not too great but it gets the job done in the end. I
>>>>>>> also think it's the only Usenet reader I've used which loads the
>>>>>>> 2-bit images some posters have attached to their Usenet identities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pan was the closest I could get to XNews when I left Windows and
>>>>>> it's definitely not "crap." It uses a good filter system and does a
>>>>>> good job with quotes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I actually disagree about the filter system. So far, it's the worst
>>>>> and least intuitive I've come across since the function, in the
>>>>> software itself, seems broken and you have to edit the config file on
>>>>> your own. Of course, you have to understand _how_ to edit it as well
>>>>> and lucky for me,
>>>>> Fabian Russell and Steve Carroll helped me out quite a bit with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thunderbird is a _lot_ better than Pan for Usenet but I'm not much in
>>>>> favour of using Mozilla software.
>>>>
>>>> I completely disagree about Thunderbird and Usenet. I thought it was
>>>> terrible. Mangled quotes, hard (for me) to use. And what I really
>>>> disliked about it is that I once mistakenly sent out a personal email
>>>> respone over my Usenet account. (Heartfelt letter to my younger
>>>> brother who, at the time, was strugglng with addiction. I've seen
>>>> others do something similar.) That was the last time I ever used
>>>> Thunderbird for Usenet. Since then I've always used something
>>>> specifically designed for newsgroups, basically Xnews (then Xnews
>>>> under Wine), then Pan, then slrn.
>>>>
>>>> That said, choice is good. Use what you're comfortable with. I'm not
>>>> sure why you don't want to use Mozilla software, but I'm sure there's
>>>> a reason.
>>>
>>> Mozilla = social justice warrior advocates who got rid of Brendan Eich
>>> because he had donated to an organization which was against abortion
>>> and donated to Antifa. Good points about Thunderbird though and I have
>>> to admit that I faced the same. It's one of the reasons I use Evolution
>>> over Thunderbird for e-mail.
>>
>> Yeah, that's true, but pretty soon that's going to be just about every
>> corporation. The blackmail and extortion racket is pervasive and the
>> screeching mobs see no ethical delimma in doing "whatever it takes."
>> Exactly the same mindset of those attacking Kavanaugh (probably
>> controlled by the same slime).
> 
> Well, if all corporations under the sun eventually get controlled my
> brain-dead social justice warriors, I'll have to stop using all software
> made by all corporations under the sun. I'm resisting this shite at all
> costs.

I am sure they will weep.

> It's not even a matter of left vs. right anymore; it's a matter of sane
> vs. insane, normal vs. abnormal. I have no interest in supporting the
> evil of the left in any way, even accidentally.

There are loonies on the left, but you think equal rights is "evil".


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cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-26 12:37 +0000
  Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-09-26 19:45 -0400
    Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-09-26 23:56 +0000
      Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-09-26 20:29 -0400
        Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-09-27 01:03 +0000
          Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 07:24 -0500
            Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 08:16 -0500
            Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-27 15:53 +0000
            Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-09-27 12:13 -0400
    Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-27 00:57 +0000
      Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly Sam O'Nella <poison@donteatit.net> - 2018-09-26 21:04 -0400
        Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-27 15:41 +0000
          Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-27 20:25 +0000
            Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-27 22:29 +0000
              Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 04:31 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-28 18:06 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 22:22 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-29 01:12 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly Brick <brick@mortar.invalid> - 2018-09-29 01:21 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-28 20:30 -0700
        Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-27 20:23 +0000
      Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-27 20:22 +0000
        Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-27 22:27 +0000
          Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 04:25 +0000
            Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-28 18:05 +0000
              Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly Brick <brick@mortar.invalid> - 2018-09-28 20:25 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 22:19 +0000
                Re: Pan takes forever to open, never closes properly Brick <brick@mortar.invalid> - 2018-09-28 22:23 +0000

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