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- Path: imaginet.fr!usenet
- From: yeproy@imaginet.fr (UNREGISTERED VERSION)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Not Having to DL everything first to read
- Date: 11 Feb 1996 16:21:03 GMT
- Organization: ImagiNET
- Message-ID: <1426.6615T1044T502@imaginet.fr>
- References: <DM74yE.65@inter.NL.net> <4fh5vd$i11@ccnet2.ccnet.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: national05.imaginet.fr
- X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED*
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- James Vigliotti wrote:
-
- > If you *must* download everything first then read instead of pick and choose
- > then you are using a poorly written newsreader. Time to install a reader that
- > can scan only headers and you pick what you want. If you are running on an
- > Amiga/UNIX/PC etc. I can either find one for you or point you in the right
- > direction to obtain one. There is absolutely no reason today why a news reader
- > must download all messages first before you can do anything with them except
-
- There is even less reasons why binary files are posted in non-binary
- newsgroups. "Today" news readers can't be an excuse for that behaviour.
-
- By the way, what is this modern news reader that erroneously lead you to post
- such a large binary file instead of e-mailing it? <evil grin>
-
- And how does it come that your brand-new-top-five-modern news reader
- provide us with such a poor address "slider <slider>"? <2nd evil grin>
-
- > for poor and sloppy programming or at best beginner programming. Let me know
- > what you need.
-
- He probably needs a reader that lets him choose messages from headers
- offline [I need it too, are you reading Thor people? ;-)], but you seem to
- need a reader that do not let you *mess* news with private mails (especially
- when binary)...
-
- Regards,
-
- Yann
-
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