Subj : test multiple qwk up
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Mar 27 2021 21:07:14

Hi Tommi, 
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 TK> On 27.03.2021 10:34, Marceline Jones wrote:
 TK> 
 TK> >   MJ> I might as well get a NNTP add-on for Microsoft Outlook.
 TK> >
 TK> >   AA> re nntp add-on for MS Outlook.. I tried it many years ago. It's
 TK> >   AA> terrible. I wouldn't recommend that one to anybody.
 TK> >
 TK> > NNTP is for Usenet. BBS puritans do not use it.
 TK> 
 TK> NNTP is also for fidonet. Fidonet is not BBS, and BBS is not fidonet.
 TK> 
 TK> 'Tommi

I meant to add to my previous reply that Thunderbird's ng feature does a much nicer job than Outlook's add-on which I think it even required a $-registration after a while.

But a really slick piece of nice work was FidoLOOK for Outlook Express.  It did an amazing job generating the quoted look just from the name info in the headers. Configuring colours for different quote levels was a nice visual bonus.  FidoLOOK was a cool way to introduce some people to echoes since they were already familiar with OE.

But.. sadly OE died a horrible death as its .db message structure turned out to be very unreliable after certain size and age.

Now.. a JamNNTP server does a very nice job to retain the From and To names.

Ciao!
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