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From: frank@thehowards.ca
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Subject: Re: Newsgroup Reader software
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:49:09 -0800, Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>On 2016-03-08 16:06:46 +0000, frank@thehowards.ca said:
>
>> I know this is really off topic but I am wondering what software
>> people use for this newsgroup.
>>
>> I use Forte Agent but really don't like the way it subjects of posts,
>> at least as it appears when it comes back into Agent.
>>
>> 1. If a message has an single attachment no text, Agent appends the
>> file name to the subject.
>>
>> 2. If there are more than one attachments, again with no text, it does
>> not append file names.
>>
>> 3. If there are more than one message with multiple attachments, with
>> no text, the first message comes up and the following messages are
>> threaded to it.
>>
>> 4. If there is text as well as one attachment, the file name is
>> appended to the subject and it comes up as two messages. (0/0)
>> contains the text and (*/7) e.g. contains the attachment.
>>
>> 5. If there is text plus multiple attachments, it works as per 4 but
>> without appending the file names to the subject,
>>
>> Now I can see why Agent handles the subject name differently for
>> single and multiple attachmens. I guess I just have to be less lazy
>> and type something in. That would get rid of case 3.
>>
>> I do wonder, though, why the separation of text and attachments in
>> cases 4 and 5 happens. Do any of you out there have a Newsgroup Reader
>> that displays the text and attachment as a single message?
>
>In the Mac world I have two Usenet clients I use; the now defunct
>Unison and Hogwasher. Each deal with attachments slightly differently.
>With Unison and Hogwasher I can take image files and drag and drop them
>into the body of a single message, or I can use the attach file menu
>options.
>Unison also gives me the option to post multiple image files in
>sequence, but for the most part I post individual JPEGs and do the work
>to be as specific as possible with the subject line.
>
>So here are two of my shots posted by drag & drop into Unison.
Thanks, SD. There are times that I wish I had the nerve to teleport
myself to the world of MACs. I always seem to chicked out at the last
moment. The only exception is that I now have an iPad for travel
rather than lugging a notebook.
Frank.
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