Subject: Re: Newsreader NNTP XOVER command

From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 17:46:02 -0700

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Ron Bickers wrote:
> I use pine as a newsreader and it's pretty slow to sort the articles.  I
> just realized it uses the HEAD command instead of something like XOVER.
> Are there any plans to "fix" this.  I'm sure the performance gain would be
> significant.

Yes.

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From: Stefan Scholl <[email-masked]>
Date: 10 Oct 1996 20:26:46 GMT

> Are there any plans to "fix" this.  I'm sure the performance gain would be

Just don't use a mailreader as a newsreader.

***Stefan

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From: [email-masked] (Bev)
Date: 12 Oct 1996 06:00:34 GMT

| > Just don't use a mailreader as a newsreader.
 
| Pine - a Program for Internet News & Email
|          ^           ^        ^      ^
| Hmmm... Looks like a newsreader to me.

It is.  It just isn't a GOOD one.  Great for mail, though.  And pico is a
fine text editor.  Try tin for news.  

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