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    From Nil Alexandrov@2:5015/46 to All on Sat Oct 19 16:51:02 2019
    Hi folks,

    It may sound a bit like off-topic here and not directly related to jamnntpd.
    I wonder what NNTP client you guys use for desktop and mobile. My guess would be using Thunderbird for Win/Mac and NewsTap for iOS (with 2-newsgroup limit
    in a free version).

    For the FTN-style quotes, I can see you're testing the smartquote feature. Anybody has tried/used the "ftnquoter" add-ons for Thunderbird which is experimental and/or works for old versions?

    Have you also experienced an issue with threads being broken as @REPLY is not properly set when replying?

    Best Regards,
    Nil
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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Nil Alexandrov on Sat Oct 19 17:25:10 2019
    On 19.10.2019 16:51, Nil Alexandrov -> All :

    I wonder what NNTP client you guys use for desktop and mobile. My guess would be using Thunderbird for Win/Mac and NewsTap for iOS (with
    2-newsgroup
    limit in a free version).

    Thunderbird in Windows, Linux and OS/2
    Sylpheed in Windows and Linux
    HotDogEd in Android.

    For the FTN-style quotes, I can see you're testing the smartquote feature. Anybody has tried/used the "ftnquoter" add-ons for Thunderbird  which is experimental and/or works for old versions?

    I think that one is outdated and does not work in newest Thunderbird?

    Have you also experienced an issue with threads being broken as @REPLY
    is not properly set when replying?

    Not really, as long as the message base (JAM/Squish) is properly
    reply-linked.

    'Tommi

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  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Nil Alexandrov on Sat Oct 19 18:34:13 2019
    It may sound a bit like off-topic here and not directly related to
    jamnntpd. I wonder what NNTP client you guys use for desktop and
    mobile. My guess would be using Thunderbird for Win/Mac and NewsTap
    for iOS (with 2-newsgroup limit in a free version).

    I'm using Thunderbird and Claws Mail (fork of Sylpheed). I don't have iOS, but still looking for a good open source client for Android.

    For the FTN-style quotes, I can see you're testing the smartquote
    feature. Anybody has tried/used the "ftnquoter" add-ons for
    Thunderbird which is experimental and/or works for old versions?

    It's not maintained anymore and only is compatible with very old Thunderbird versions. In other words: it's useless.

    Have you also experienced an issue with threads being broken as
    @REPLY is not properly set when replying?

    I never had a problem with that.

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  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/360 to Nil Alexandrov on Sat Oct 19 21:49:18 2019
    Hi, Nil Alexandrov : All!
    I read your message from 19.10.2019 16:51

    It may sound a bit like off-topic here and not directly related to jamnntpd. I wonder what NNTP client you guys use for desktop and
    mobile. My guess would be using Thunderbird for Win/Mac and NewsTap
    for iOS (with 2-newsgroup limit in a free version).

    For the FTN-style quotes, I can see you're testing the smartquote
    feature. Anybody has tried/used the "ftnquoter" add-ons for
    Thunderbird which is experimental and/or works for old versions?

    I use Thunderbird 31.7.0 + ftnQuoter 0.9.2. FtnQuoter works more or less, but certainly it doesn't work in any area taken from Tommy's NNTP server. I don't know why. I use here another quoter of my own design.

    Thunderbird has a neat feature you can set up your message base to be on a flash drive. In this case you don't need synchronizes messages if you use Thunderbird at several computers.

    Bye, Nil!
    Alexander Koryagin
    jamnntpd 2019

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