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  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) As no email software SHOULD, but let's discuss THAT topic somewhere else ;) (email which is purely HTML goes to my /dev/null , makes for a saner day) (...) RSS is nice, but how would you replace the offline behaviour of NNTP and how would you (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) It's all tied into the fact that it wasn't wrapped correctly when it was posted. I'm guessing something in the nested thread view constrains the width of the tables, so the wrapping is done by your browser when you view it. ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) Yes the latest Windows firewall does have issues - I have stopped using it as my ADSL modem has a firewall. But before that I used Sygate firewall (URL) with no problems. Also, make sure you're using the correct port 1119, not the default 119. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) Thanks to both you and steve for your help Still doesn't work mind you! I'm wondering XP firewall issues but as the missus is using the computer I'll have to test some other time. FreeAgent gives a windsock error Connection refused by server (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Dear NNTP users,
 
(...) I used to use the NNTP service but I must say I much prefer the web based service. I find NNTP to be that little bit too primitive, sort of like email software which can't deal with HTML mime type. (...) I think using RSS is a great idea. It (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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