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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:17:26 GMT
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Tim David wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> > You're forgetting some BIG advantages of NNTP... NNTP doesn't require
> > huge bloated software (be it IE or Firefox or whatever...), since it's
> > text-based there's little overhead (just look at all the HTML code when
> > looking at the source of ANY webboard) and it can be used offline.
> But Lugnet isn't just a text medium. Do you get the images in the FTX via
> NNTP? You have to open a browser to see any links anyway and for me its at
> least half about the pics. And quite frankly, bloated they might be, but
> browsers run quickly enough.
These days, I use almost only the discussion groups of LUGNET, which I still
access using NNTP, so to me it's pretty much text only. I don't see any
images no, but I don't mind. If it's described well and sounds cool, I'll
cut'n'paste the URL and look at the pics later.
> Having spoken against NNTP (actually not more for the Lugent web
> interface) I'm going to try it out, especially if someone further
> down-thread has suggested some software!
Try Agent, which as far as Windows goes is the best newsreader.
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
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| (...) Exactly. My computer is online 100% (Linux), so offline doesn't matter to me. I sit here typing into Gnu emacs (so editing is comfortable), with a browser window half-hidden, open to the "Lugnet Classic" logo from a post I read a few minutes (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I've never used NNTP (hate Outlook Express and never bothered to explore other readers (plus its blocked by the firewall at work)). However only this evening on the train home from work I was think I should see what the fuss was, before I read (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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