Subj : Last message..
To   : DaiTengu
From : Accession
Date : Tue Dec 16 2025 17:31:00

Hey DaiTengu!

On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:31:24 -0600, you wrote:

 > I never could get used to reading/writing echomail messages in a GUI
 > app.

If it actually worked as one would expect it to, it would by far be the fastest method of newscanning messages.

Alas, it seems Thunderbird just assumes people just quote the entire message (probably what most people actually did in newsgroups), and assume you don't mess with/modify/edit the quoted text to be more specific to what you're actually replying to (remove some quoted text, etc). There's sometimes blank lines where there shouldn't be, and just the opposite, blank lines missing when you specifically put one where you want it. ;)

There's no other GUI apps I would use besides TB, though.. as every other one I've tried is ugly as all get out.

slrn and even tin definitely do NNTP better, but then I'm still using ssh to my server machine where those (and Golded) are installed. I try to use Thunderbird from my Windows machine so I can bypass more steps of telnetting to the BBS, or what I mentioned above, if needbe.

Needless to say, I test out quite a few different methods, and pretty much agree with what you said above, as I always end up going back to a console app or directly from the BBS. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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