From: office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk   
      
   On 18 Jul 2021, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote   
      
   > On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:48:18 +0100   
   > HVS  wrote:   
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   > []   
   >>   
   >> It wasn't a patch on my desktop news client -- a now-bewhiskered   
   >> XNews, which for me has never been surpassed -- and it was a   
   >> relief to find myself forced back to it.  It means I spend less   
   >> time reading the groups, but the upside of that is that I waste   
   >> less time reading the groups.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Feh, that's really old hat (OK I olny changed vfrom xnews last   
   > year; too many WTF-8 chars coming through. What was wrong with   
   > ASCII quote chars?   
      
   Now you *are* showing your age.   
      
   I agree entirely, of course, but putting up with the error characters   
   is less faff than switching to a different proper news client with   
   different keyboard shortcuts.   
      
   As for using a web interface of any sort................   
      
   (deep breath) let's just call that a "no".   
      
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   Cheers, Harvey   
      
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   indiscriminately mixed   
      
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