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echo: jamnntpd
to: NIL ALEXANDROV
from: OLI
date: 2019-10-19 18:32:00
subject: NNTP clients question

> 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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