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

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024, Sn!pe wrote:

> 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.

I somtimes wonder how problematic this is? If you sit me down in front of 
anything besides vim I don't know what to do! ;)