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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 12 Feb 2001.
Re: OT: *nix mail/newsreaders (was: OT: Spamfighting)

Re: OT: *nix mail/newsreaders (was: OT: Spamfighting)

Nate / DAC <nos...@nospam.com> writes:

> > Well, tanstaafl, as you're probably aware ;-) But that isn't really an
> 
> [looks in vain for explaination] tanstaafl........Do what?

man jargon (or http://tuxedo.org - look for "the jargon file"
somewhere - great reading IMHO ... "There Aint No Such Thing As A Free
Lunch")
 
> > [freemail-accounts for avoiding spam]
> I've never liked those, since they usually require a web interface, with
> no POP3 or NNTP capabilities (as appropriate).

? Never ran across one of those myself... I like gmx
(http://gmx.net). decent pop server, and even offer smtp (but that
service sucks IMO).
 
> > [pine for news]
> I do have a choice, since it is my box it's running on.  Actually it
> does a nice job for the most part.

Mhm. I have to use it for mail on my University's shell account (ok,
there's always mail, but that's something from the stone ages IMHO), and
I *really* miss gnus there... but for news? I don't know. Even tin might
be better - and I hate that one...

But well, whatever. With software, as with everything, beauty lies in
the eye of the beholder...
 
Does pine at least do decent threading by now? That's what *really* put
me off in the first place.

Tilman, f'up2 /me 'cause this is slowly but surely going *way* OT.
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Subject: Re: OT: *nix mail/newsreaders (was: OT: Spamfighting)
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