On Sun Dec 27 1998 at 18:15, Hal MacArgle wrote:
[Please avoid Reply-To: headers (and why do you have two of them?), it
makes it difficult to easily post replies back to the mailing list.]
> As a client, on the Net with PPP, I want to read a thread of articles
> in one group at a time; typically - comp.mailer.elm, etc, possibly
> posting a query or reply to some..
>
> Can it be that simple?? I've tried rn, rtin, trn, newsfetch, with the
> latter seemingly simple, but getting bogged down and in trouble most
> of the time..
Try "leafnode".
It is a small news server, and with it you can download over a PPP
link messages from any number of newsgroups, spool and read them
offline, and post messages (which get posted when back online). With
the local spool you can set expirary times so that your local cache
doesn't get too large.
Works great, very convenient for ppp use (heh, as long as you don't
subscribe to too many groups or high volume ones:)
Once locally spooled, you can use your favourite news reader to
read/reply to them. They should all work (once configured correctly).
There was an announcement in comp.os.linux.announce only recently
about an updated version:
ftp://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/leafnode-1.8.tar.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/news/transport/leafnode-1.8.tar.gz
Cheers
Tony
