Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Have I mentioned 40tude Dialog? Yes - I think I have ;-)
>
Ahem. Yes you have. It's not available for Linux, AFAIAA. Is it purely for
news, or does it do email too? I would ideally like something that handles
both...

> One of the best features is that any threads that you've contributed to
> can be automatically watched, and any responses to your posts can
> be automatically highlighted in another color.
>
> It also allows multiple identities and servers for mail and
> newsgroups.
>
Well KNode (which you also mentioned to me once or twice) does all of the
above too - and the filtering is pretty good in general. However, the GUI
reminds me of a Christmas tree (but I think I may have mentioned that a few
times too :-P). BTW, it also allows for easy customization of additional
headers (remember the WebTV thing?) and a few other nice bells and
whistles.

> It's tough moving to a new newsreader and/or mail client but once
> you bear with it for a day or three, you realize how much a great
> investment it was to switch. Most people just don't want to
> invest the time and are stuck in their ways.

You have a point about changing newsreaders being a 'schlep'. Old farts like
me are a prime example. However the one thing that KNode doesn't show is
the total number of messages in a thread. Which to me is a 'must'. Even TB
has that. Well, the stand-alone version of KNode I have, which I have been
messing with again for a week or three, doesn't have that feature (or I am
just too dumb to find it). It shows how many unread posts there are in a
thread, and you can switch on the number of lines per post, and the scoring
etc. Think they may have "upgraded" it by now, as I have seen an
email/newsreader "suite" now available called Kontact or something on the
KDE site, but I haven't gotten around to downloading and fiddling with
it... yet.

OBFood: Probably chicken soup. Got a "summer cold" coming on... sigh.
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