Re: On the newsreader subject

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> > GNUS has a lot of backends for reading news/mail: some do nntp; some
> > do free-agent like newsreading; some let you browser a mbox file as a
> > newsgroup (ie, read your mail with this); there is an MH backend; and
> > a bunch of other methods.
> 
> with a good architecture this is very easy to implement. But OTOH I think
> the mail reader is to read mail, not the news reader. What's the point in
> extending a news reader to able to read news? Isn't that what's CORBA for?

Some of us like to read our mail with threads and have all the power
of a newsreader in the mail reader.

Pista, can I get a copy of your code?  So that we can try to merge
both Balsa and your newsreader into a single program?

best wishes,
Miguel.