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

D <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Feb 2024, Sn!pe wrote:
> 
> > D <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> >> 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
> >
> > IMO it's more like reinventing the wheel.
> > Why not just use an offline newsreader?
> 
> Because I like my mail client and can use the same scripting 
> functionality, keys etc.

A perfectly valid reason.  I'm wedded to my 'reader too.

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