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   candycanearter07 to nospam@example.net   
   Re: 30 Years Of Netscape   
   08 Nov 24 19:30:03   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   D  wrote at 15:20 this Friday (GMT):   
   >   
   >   
   > On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Chris Green wrote:   
   >   
   >> D  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Ant wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In alt.comp.software.firefox candycanearter07    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>> Chris Green  wrote at 08:03 this Thursday (GMT):   
   >>>>>> Ant  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> In alt.comp.software.firefox The Real Bev  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 11/5/24 7:21 PM, Sn!pe wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> The Real Bev  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Heh.  I am one of those old people and I started using Netscape .9   
   for   
   >>>>>>>>>> linux.  I even used Mosaic a few times!   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I predate Netscape, my first browser was Cello:   
   >>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I THINK I heard of that, but it's pretty dim. I did use lynx, though.   
   >>>>>>>> And pine and tin.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I'm still using tin. I also used pine, but went to mutt. I used Lynx   
   >>>>>>> earlier today on a web site that had its annoying paywall. Yeah, I'mn   
   >>>>>>> old school!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yes, I'm still using tin too, and I also use mutt.  I use lynx with   
   >>>>>> mutt to view HTML E-mail.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I use slrn.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I couldn't get into slrn. :/   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I use alpine, although I hacked it a bit, to allow offline news reading   
   >>> and not online only as the default alpine does.   
   >>   
   >> I have leafnode on my system (that I use with tin), so it's   
   >> effectively offline.  Leafnode is a doddle to install and it means you   
   >> never have to notice when news-servers are slow or not working   
   >> perfectly for some other reason.   
   >   
   > Yes, leafnode is part of my "hack". Very good piece of software and does   
   > its job very well! =) I fear that it will eventually fade away and stop   
   > compiling on modern linux systems. =(   
      
      
   I personally just use slrnpull, its easy to set up and is designed to   
   work with slrn so yeah ^^   
   Also slrnpull is why every post i make is on a multiple of 10   
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