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From: rlk@athena.mit.edu (Robert L Krawitz)
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Subject: Re: Reading News
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Date: Mon, 4-May-87 12:30:25 EDT
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Since 18.41 has code for maintaining TCP connections, you could
implement NNTP in emacs lisp and talk directly to the server.  In
fact, I was thinking about doing this until thesis (*) got in the way.

* thesis (the' sis) A medieval form of torture in which the subject's
brain is ground up and smeared on the computer console.  Outlawed on
the grounds of cruelty during the Inquisition.

Robert^Z