> SL> Uhm, I beg to differ. On a newsgroup with moderate traffic (50-60 > SL> messages/day) the amount of data transfered to read what I want to > SL> read is less than if it were a mailing list. The difference is, a > SL> mailing list, all message bodies are transfered. With a newsgroup > SL> only the bodies of the messages read are transfered. > > Which newsreader for Linux do you use that offers this functionality (get > the headers, disconnect, select postings, reconnect, get the messages > selected)? Is it packaged for debian?
While not the author of the original letter... News Peruser allows this, AFAIK not available as a .deb package. It's a bit klunky and still pretty heavily mouse-reliant but I keep hoping for more keyboard shortcuts... Still, I don't read very much news from home so I don't feel too constrained... Available at http://www.wwdc.com/~jbailie/peruser.html There's also [x]skim which I don't know to much about as it didn't work with my ISPs news server... no .deb AFAIK. Available via http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapp4.html#inet /Michael -- | Linux: Turn on...Tune in...Fork out... | | Michael Tempsch, member of Ballistic Wizards, TIP#088, POG#130 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Cell.Phone:+46 705487554 URL:http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/%7Ed1temp | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
