From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta21.charter.net (mta21.charter.net [216.33.127.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD53C1A184 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:56:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imp10 ([10.20.200.15]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.02.04 201-2219-117-106-20090629) with ESMTP id <20100907160040.GZXI18832.mta21.charter.net@imp10> for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:00:40 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.57.202]) by imp10 with smtp.charter.net id 3s0Z1f0074MnGdk05s0cqV; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:39 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=BeWN_xm6IygA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=creq1Pz6AAAA:8 a=3EAWN9ttAAAA:8 a=0HXsMYSnDugvNqGPuEwA:9 a=bOe8NJBsqFXKZlf2ElAA:7 a=UMEoUDLdeAYa0bZMgwuz7C236yQA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=AXUuGDJlMHIA:10 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o87G0WIw019976 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:00:32 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o87G0W6O019975 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:00:32 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:00:32 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: questions about text-based e-mail Message-ID: <20100907160032.GA19954@gmx.net> References: <20100906043912.GC26444@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20100907063317.GA27307@rivensight.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100907063317.GA27307@rivensight.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:56:10 -0000 If you want to try and get access to news again, try looking on www.newzbot.com for a public nntp server...even though a lot of them don't allow posting, I've always been able to find ones that do. I'm lucky enough to have an ISP that still offers news access, but their server is a little flaky, so I've used some public news servers I found on newzbot from time to time. On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:33:17PM -0700, Gaijin wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 09:39:12PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > You were asking about text mail readers but wanna use them for news as > > well. Mutt is great for e-mail but I can't see how one could read > > news with it. > > I used to use slrn for news, as it seemed to have the most > features back when I had a newsfeed...back in 02. Havent looked at > either tin or slrn since losing my sight, so couldn't make a > recommendation, but I second the mutt recommendation. Love it I keep > learning new things about it all the time, and it works fantastically > with SpeakUP. Once you get rid of the on-screen menubars, mutt is a > pretty quiet, massively functional email client. > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.