On 17.11.11 12:38, Trent W. Buck wrote:
So, something like mutt for NNTP is what I want.
PS: I notice mutt's debian/patches/ contains some NNTP patches that just need rebasing, maybe that's less icky than learning foorn...
That has enormous appeal, if the patches are current. (Especially since I had trouble with slrn. It wouldn't progress past the first 10 posts on a list.) The patched debian package at http://www.llucax.com.ar/proj/mutt-nntp-debian/ is satisfactorily current - the mutt 1.5.21 is newer than my current one. Now, adding a debian repository to /etc/apt/sources.list is a no-no on a ubuntu box IIRC, but can I get away with installing one package, I wonder? A single interface for two slightly different internet protocols, which essentially do the same thing, seems ideal, if there's not too much pain implicit in the description: "It is not meant to make mutt into a newsreader, but allow you to treat newsgroups the same as your mailboxes.", at http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/mutt/ Erik -- "A friend had given me this EPIRB in Chile and the expiry date on the battery was actually 2002, so you know there was no guarantee it was going to work." - Paul Lim, a 62-year-old Canadian solo mariner, rescued in August 2011. (http://abc.com.au/news/2011-08-02/yachtsman-rescued-in-southern-ocean/282036...)