From: telcontar@duck.com   
      
   On 20.12.2022 at 11:21, Mike Easter scribbled:   
      
   > Aragorn wrote:   
   > > Thunderbird is a horrible newsreader — it doesn't even recognize   
   > > crossposts, and its filtering abilities are ridiculously inadequate   
   > > for Usenet.     
   >    
   > Those are very true and very big deficiencies for a newsreader which   
   > is all I use Tb for.   
   >    
   > However, Claws won't compose/send in format=flowed and won't    
   > reformat/rewrap, both of which I consider my preferences for usenet.   
      
   It doesn't do "format=flowed", but it does rewrap.  However, it takes   
   some minor intervention from the user.  You have to put the cursor on a   
   space between two words, delete the space and then retype it.  This   
   will automatically rewrap the text, albeit that it doesn't work well   
   with nested quotes.   
       
   > Claws will only 'respect' format=flowed (not create) which isn't   
   > enough for me.  Claws also has a problem about how it does quotes.  A   
   > single quote character should be followed by a space, but 'nested' or   
   > stacked quotes should not have 'extra' spaces like that.   
   >    
   > So, I'm stuck w/ Tb deficiencies because I won't accept such as Claws    
   > deficiencies; it is a matter of 'choice'.  Tb is also 'bloated'   
   > because of its policy of considering itself an html composer/renderer   
   > email agent which marries it to that moz engine.   
      
   Yes, Thunderbird is really Firefox under the hood.  That's another   
   gripe I have with it: that whole HTML business.   
      
   > Back to your topic; does Marek participate in any 'online' activities    
   > (blogs, forums) related to his interest in languages?   
      
   Only on Facebook, I believe, but not under the name Marek Novotny, and   
   he wants to keep his real identity a secret — for obvious reasons, i.e.   
   he has been dealing with a stalker for many years now, and that was the   
   main reason he abandoned both Usenet and his YouTube channel.   
      
   I know his real name, but I promised him I'm not going to reveal it,   
   and so I won't.   
      
   --    
   With respect,   
   = Aragorn =   
      
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