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From: Adrian on 24 Jun 2010 13:43 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Still, even if he does manage to find the article, I rather suspect the >> ads will have expired, so here's some more... >> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/121177775.htm >> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/120710559.htm >> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/91885400.htm >> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/113948085.htm > But.... they're all French!! <recoils in horror> Well, yes. The French pretty much led the world in diesel engines - it's only in the last decade or two that everybody else has caught up. But that's OK. TMH only lives about 50 miles from Dover.
From: Brimstone on 24 Jun 2010 14:06 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:88hjqfF3ffU33(a)mid.individual.net... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>> Still, even if he does manage to find the article, I rather suspect the >>> ads will have expired, so here's some more... >>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/121177775.htm >>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/120710559.htm >>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/91885400.htm >>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/113948085.htm > >> But.... they're all French!! <recoils in horror> > > Well, yes. The French pretty much led the world in diesel engines - it's > only in the last decade or two that everybody else has caught up. > > But that's OK. TMH only lives about 50 miles from Dover. Indeed he does, but he struggles with people who were born twenty miles away.
From: Jim A on 24 Jun 2010 14:30 On 06/24/2010 05:37 PM, Adrian wrote: >> How is it *supposed* to work? > > It's a MessageID. Any half-decent proper news client will be able to > parse it correctly. > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 > > Google Groups should, too, but it's terminally fucked. I don't think Thunderbird does either. Certainly I can't find a way to do it. IME there's no such thing as a half decent proper news client on Linux. The only one I ever rated on Windows was Forte Agent. -- www.slowbicyclemovement.org - enjoy the ride
From: JNugent on 24 Jun 2010 14:37 Jim A wrote: > On 06/24/2010 05:37 PM, Adrian wrote: > >>> How is it *supposed* to work? >> >> It's a MessageID. Any half-decent proper news client will be able to >> parse it correctly. >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 >> >> Google Groups should, too, but it's terminally fucked. > > I don't think Thunderbird does either. It doesn't. > Certainly I can't find a way to > do it. IME there's no such thing as a half decent proper news client on > Linux. The only one I ever rated on Windows was Forte Agent. Luckily, it doesn't come up all that often.
From: Adrian on 24 Jun 2010 14:40
Jim A <ja(a)averyjim.myzen.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> How is it *supposed* to work? >> It's a MessageID. Any half-decent proper news client will be able to >> parse it correctly. >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 >> >> Google Groups should, too, but it's terminally fucked. > I don't think Thunderbird does either. No, it doesn't. > IME there's no such thing as a half decent proper news client on > Linux. Pan's about the least-worst, ime. |