Re: (iso Pythonic code) -- if Usenet allowed a small image embedded in a msg, ...

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024, Colin Macleod wrote:

> D <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>>
>> And regardless, your usenet client is free to implement some kind of
>> graphics handling. The least you can do is to include a html link to a
>> graphic if it is necessary.
>
> That's not a bad idea. I might try to put that in the usenet web client I'm
> working on, once I get the basic functionality sorted out.
>
> Of course you then have the problem of how to respond to illegal or
> objectionable images being posted, that needs some thought.

Another question, since you seem to be one of the guys wise in the ways of 
(computer) science!

I wonder if you know of any software or script that syncs usenet messages 
from the server to Maildir?

The reason I am asking is that my newsreader works directly against the 
server, and only caches certain operations. It is fairly fast, but, I 
would ideally like to be able to sync all the news groups I read to local disk 
(in Maildir, since my email client (alpine) supports that) so that I can 
read and respond to them offline, and then send them once I'm online.

I wonder if Maildir would be capable of "holding" the messages, or if that 
would just be trying to hammer the square peg through the round hole?

Best regards,
Daniel