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   Nicholas Boel to Paul Quinn   
   smapinntpd   
   21 Nov 18 07:42:40   
   
   Hello,   
      
   On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:21:28 +1000, Paul Quinn -> Nicholas Boel wrote:   
      
    PQ> Mine...   
     NB>> --- Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101   
    PQ> Thunderbird/31.4.0   
      
    PQ> Yours...   
     NB>> --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101   
     NB>> Thunderbird/60   
      
    PQ> Same/similar base code, mostly.  Does yours 'shoot around corners'   
    PQ> (quote from a 'Robin Hood' movie [not the one you're thinking of]) or   
    PQ> will it make my coffee?  I am unexcited at the prospect of more code   
    PQ> bloat when the one I have does my Fidonet NNTP and basic email.   
      
   I can understand that when working with old(er) hardware. In my case I'm using   
   a fairly newer gaming rig where code bloat really doesn't make any difference   
   in performance, at least humanly noticeable. So as long as updates actually   
   work, I have no problem updating them.   
      
     NB>> Oh, and long time no see. ;)   
      
    PQ> A lot of water under the bridge, for sure.  Much happenings behind the   
    PQ> scenes here, with disasters & disappointments.  I am unhappy with my   
    PQ> main node's plight with its tosser.  I cannot find a decent replacement   
    PQ> that's not attached to a BBS trying to be the Swiss Army Knife answer to   
    PQ> a question that nobody really thought to ask.   
      
   Why so many disappointments? There's always the turn of cheek method where you   
   can just not look at this stuff for like 10 months like I just did. ;)   
      
   What plights are you having?   
      
   What are you looking for a decent replacement for, or what are you currently   
   using?   
      
   What have you looked at so far? And what did you *not* like about them?   
      
    PQ> Such is life.  I need chocolate...   
      
   Seems to do the trick, albeit only temporarily. ;)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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