Re: [Nymproxy-devel] NNTP thoughts

[Deacon <de...@re...>]

* Peter Palfrader (pe...@pa...) [691231 18:59]:

> I would download pop3 mail via cron/in the background and store them
> on the proxy.  For the user it should appear as if the message was in
> the newsgroup local.pop.<accountname>.

That's an interesting idea. But the point is to allow them to use whatever
MUA they wish, not to have them writing mail via their newsreader. of course
with many clients it's the same software.

Plus this would be handy if/when we move to a web-based sort of client.
 
> For usenet traffic I'ld suggest being a transparent proxy for reading.
> You don't even need to cache posts as that is done by the client anyway.

Why would you go this route?

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