From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 24 0:51:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA5837B401 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:51:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40EA843E88 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18FsTy-00063g-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:51:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 8A19A6A56 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:51:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id E9ADC1F2C for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:51:02 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id D08E9225F8; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:51:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:51:03 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail to News software suggestions? Message-ID: <20021124085103.GA51850@raggedclown.net> References: <20021123184212.GI55241@kirk.dlee.org> <20021123231245.GA4342@kirk.dlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021123231245.GA4342@kirk.dlee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 06:12:45PM -0500, Doug Lee wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 04:03:40PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > > An alternative that works almost as well and is simpler to set up: have > > procmail sort your mail into different directories by mailing list. > > That addresses the physical storage, but the reason I want news format > is I prefer the nn/trn interface over the mail readers I've used--the > ability to see a screen of subjects, pick what I want to read, then > hit a key to (1) go to the next screen and (2) mark "read" all I did > not mark on the first screen. In nn/trn, I mark all I want to read, > clear all the rest, then start reading; in Mutt, it's more effective > to read as I go, but that means all the stuff I'm not interested in > hangs around in the topic list until I get clear to the bottom of the > whole file. > > Now, if you know of a mail reader sporting an nn/trn-style UI, I'm all > ears! :) > I am not sure whether this would do what you want, and I have never tried it, but I believe there is a Mutt patch somewher that gives Mutt news reading capabilities. I know squat about it, I just pass this on for your information. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message