A UseNetReader needs only: single executable [1 line] file eg. w3m -m nntp://news.aioe.org/comp.os.linux.hardware to fetch the list of N latest-headers of the chosen group. IE. mc scroll to file:comp.os.linux.hardware from among the list-of-files/groups; and hit <enter>: fetches & displays the N latest-headers of Usenet GROUP: comp.os.linux.hardware --------- Now: scrolling though the list of headers, to select the required ARTICLE, allows <enter> to fetches & display the selected ARTICLE. For extreme inet Economy it would be good if <extended mc> could save for reuse, the List of headers. More necessary & probably using the same pattern/method, is to save the fetched ARTICLE in the dir of this GROUP with a user-chosen name? ------ ------ The above describes how to fetch/read ARTICLES; but how to POST/REPLY ? mc's data-base/Tree of files-to-read-Usenet would look like, eg.:--- ./comp.os.linux.hardware <-DirSubTree contains HeaderList & Articles. GetHeaders <-- 1-liner-script HeaderList <-- how to save *HERE* ? interesting ? ARTICLE1 <-- how to NAME & save *HERE* ? interesting ? ... ARTICLEn <-- how to NAME & save *HERE* ? interesting ? ./news.software.readers GetHeaders HeaderList ARTICLE1 ... ./<3rd GROUP> ... ... Right now I'm using: `uname -a` ==Linux debian 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 i686 GNU/Linux which has: User menu -> "h Strip headers from current newsarticle" and is related to "mc + MinimalCode = UseNetReader" ?! And: /root/.c~/mc.ext => ...|| w3m -dump %f ... And w3m seems to handle the new-fad/CURSED: httpS problem?? I've used `lynx` to POST to NNTP, but REPLY is complex: needs to <link>. --- Can someone comment/test/improve/extend the above and tell how to handle POST & REPLY? ============ _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc