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#! rnews 2321 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Netscape vs Knews (was Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?) Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 22:13:16 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <32582EFC.7641@www.play-hookey.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51pog8$1gj@newsbr.eunet.fr> <Dy0K58.MLv@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <32423719.6904CE4@julia.de> <51uo7m$bu9@magic.metawire.com> <R.3244780C.23B6AB75@aug.com> <01bbadcf$6ef66e60$8588b6cc@tzspc> <324E26CD.7785@www.play-hookey.com> <l7ij25.2s8.ln@localhost> <324E80B3.21F4@www.play-hookey.com> <j87k25.97g.ln@localhost> <32521332.2BD0@www.play-hookey.com> <4n9935.cg.ln@localhost> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:134014 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28752 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44529 Remi Guyomarch wrote: > > Another newsreader flamewar ! ;-) That's the *last* thing we need! Ah, well -- at least this one is a bit more civil than most I've seen. [Mostly snipped; I'm not about to argue preferences.] > I don't know if it decodes BinHex or BtoA or any other 'exotic' binary > to ascii conversion method. Since it can't pipe the article to another > program, you have to do it yourself (save to file, launch decoder, > remove ascii version). I admit that 90% of usenet binaries are in > Base64 or uuencoded, and Netscape does the Right Thing with these > attachments. Not true. For example, I've had Netscape call up Paint Shop Pro to display an image. There's a whole range of "helper programs" you can define for all sorts of applications, if you have the programs. [snip some more] Of course, it's still a matter of finding the software you want that suits your own choices. :-) -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |