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From: George Musk <grgmusk@skiff.com>
Newsgroups: alt.usenet.offline-reader,news.software.misc
Subject: Re: Modern SOUP software?
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 16:15:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On 8 Apr 2024 11:48:13 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   Which operating system do you use and which newsreader do you (want
> to) use?
> 
>   If you're not tied to a newsreader which processes SOUP, you might
> want to use a local 'proxy' news server like Hamster (if Windows) or
> Leafnode (if Linux). These local news servers sit between your
> newsreader (any NNTP newsreader) and your real news server (the news
> server of your NSP (News Service Provider), i.e. in your case BWH).
> 
>   FYI, in the old days I used uqwk on UNIX with the YARN newsreader on
> DOS. These days (since 2003) I use Hamster (on Windows) with the tin
> newsreader (under Cygwin on Windows).

I wanted to experiment with MultiMail (in Linux or something), because it 
looks cute.
Maybe it would've worked like 
proxy news server <-> uqwk <-> mm
If uqwk would compile of course.
But Leafnode doesn't support TLS too.
Uqwk can also get news from a directory.