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   Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 22:09:54 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
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   In message , Moog     
   writes   
      
   >Bernard Peek illuminated the devils arse on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:53:32   
   >+0000, by typing:   
   >   
   >>>Turnpike is a bag of shite fella (my opinion of course). I've   
   >>>purposefully stayed out of this thread, but I dumped it after   
   >>>alternatives arrived. I only used it initially 'cos it was free with my   
   >>>Demon account.   
   >>   
   >> Was that TP 6 or one of the earlier versions?   
   >   
   >6   
      
   OK, each to their own.   
      
   >   
   >>>I use a dedicated newsgroup program. And three email programs.   
   >>>   
   >>>You won't like any of them though. They're NOT Turnpike. If you want   
   >>>Turnpike....stick with Windows.   
   >>   
   >> As I said, I may have to if I can't find a usable native Linux one.   
   >   
   >It may sound "wacky" and a little "out there", but how about learning   
   >another program and its strengths/inadequacies. Just a thought like. I   
   >wouldn't want to queer your pitch. Turnpike was certainly inadequate for   
   >me.   
      
   I've tried a few other programs, I tried to use Thunderbird for a while    
   but gave up on it. When I went back to Turnpike I even shelled out for a    
   multiuser license. Demon being Demon they screwed up the order, but that    
   wasn't unexpected.   
      
   What I think I'll do is go back to one of the text-only newsreaders.    
   I've just put slrn on this Windows box and I'll give that a try. Having    
   looked at slrn I can see where the graphical browsers got their design    
   ideas. But slrn in a 132 x 40 screen looks to be a definite improvement    
   on Tbird or Claws.   
      
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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