Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!huxley!glenn From: glenn@bitstream.com (Glenn P. Parker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Can I make mail look like news? Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 91 14:05:22 GMT References: <9106041612.AA11382@hobbes.mdc.com> Sender: glenn@huxley.UUCP Reply-To: (Glenn Parker) Distribution: comp Organization: Bitstream, Inc. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: johnb@HOBBES.MDC.COM's message of 4 Jun 91 16:12:11 GMT In article <9106041612.AA11382@hobbes.mdc.com> johnb@HOBBES.MDC.COM (John Breen) writes: > o read the mail with a mail reader that has some of the capabilities of rn, > particularly the ability to follow "threads". Also, since I plan to make the > mail available for others to read, something that keeps track of the read > messages for each user (like rn does) would be nice. I can't offer a solution, only an approach. Why not write (or find) a filter that bursts the contents of your mailbox into the directory-based format used under /usr/spool/news? Then you can just go back to using your usual news reader. -- Glenn P. Parker glenn@bitstream.com Bitstream, Inc. uunet!huxley!glenn 215 First Street BIX: parker Cambridge, MA 02142-1270