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   =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mr_=D6n!on?= to Maria Sophia   
   Re: Can we send an email DIRECTLY to Use   
   13 Feb 26 22:50:52   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.thunderbird, news.software.readers   
   From: onion@anon.invalid   
      
   Maria Sophia  wrote:   
      
   > Mr Ön!on wrote in:   
   alt.comp.software.firefox   
   comp.sys.mac.system   
   alt.os.linux   
      
   [...]   
      
   > > I'm particularly interested in Usenet Newsreaders; would you please   
   > > tell me more about yours?  I've never heard of it before.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Well, assuming (and hoping) that you're not the "sn!pe" troll, the   
   > fundamental point of writing my own newsreader was simply two major   
   > privacy/usability goals because I happen to know a lot about both.   
   >  a. Full control of my privacy, and,   
   >  b. Full control of the $EDITOR (which, for me, is gVim)   
      
   [...]   
      
   I don't understand how our conversation from alt.comp.software.firefox,   
   comp.sys.mac.system, alt.os.linux has appeared in news.software.readers   
   but, now that it's here, nsr is obviously an appropriate place for it.   
      
   You have omitted what I wrote in my followup to that conversation;   
   it was:   
      
   =========   
   There's a lot to digest in your explanation!  Thank you, I've left it   
   below for context.  Apologies for rewrapping long lines, my 'reader   
   insisted.   
      
   I'm curious to know how it is that Paul happens to use the same 'reader   
   as you do; I haven't seen seen Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802)   
   used elsewhere before.   
   =========   
      
   Would you care to comment please, Maria?   
      
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