On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Richard Welty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i might be persuaded to start taking a look at the newsreader side, given > that noone else is. don't expect rapid progress or anything like that. You may want to have a look at this thread (from Nov. 2002) where some shortcomings of M with respect to newsreading were exposed. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1313352&forum_id=5246 > i'm currently using Pan as a newsreader, it's mostly ok, but has a few > things i find annoying. does anyone have any X or other window system based > newsreaders they particularly like? (i used to use Agent on windoze, and > liked it, subject to a few caveats; Pan seems to be working in that style.) I used to use XNews. I now use slrn. Although I can't say I particularly like it, I'm too lazy for yet another change. > also, is there any documentation on the philosophy or design of the > existing newsreader bits in Mahogany, Not that I know. > or is it just a matter of reading code? I guess it's much more a matter of using it. I don't think that there is anything inherently bad in the internals of M with respect to news. The problem is mostly usability, I would say. -- Xavier Nodet "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
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