OT: e-pox free news reader update

After building an OE-like reader and fighting
with the user interface I had an epiphany.
Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
I'm writing a server that sits between the user
and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
with it by simply entering localhost instead of
news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)

The challenge is going to be the filter. Spam
killers have the same problem, that is, identifying
what is desirable and what is not. Fortunately,
it's an easy matter to zap anything with a
***YAWN*** in it. Thanks e-pox, for being so
damn repetitive. What a maroon.

kpg

Kat
Thu Apr 08 17:11:12 CDT 2004

I'm first in line.

kpg wrote:

> After building an OE-like reader and fighting
> with the user interface I had an epiphany.
> Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
> I'm writing a server that sits between the user
> and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
> with it by simply entering localhost instead of
> news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
> will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
> it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
> and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)
>
> The challenge is going to be the filter. Spam
> killers have the same problem, that is, identifying
> what is desirable and what is not. Fortunately,
> it's an easy matter to zap anything with a
> ***YAWN*** in it. Thanks e-pox, for being so
> damn repetitive. What a maroon.
>
> kpg
>
>

--
Kat FORMER MCNGP #29

/* Get the facts first. You can distort them later. */

Neil
Thu Apr 08 17:45:11 CDT 2004

Kat <misty@No.SPAM.flynt.org> wrote in news:4075ce00$1@obsidian.gov.bc.ca:

> I'm first in line.
>
> kpg wrote:
>
>> After building an OE-like reader and fighting
>> with the user interface I had an epiphany.
>> Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
>> I'm writing a server that sits between the user
>> and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
>> with it by simply entering localhost instead of
>> news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
>> will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
>> it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
>> and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)
>>
>> The challenge is going to be the filter. Spam
>> killers have the same problem, that is, identifying
>> what is desirable and what is not. Fortunately,
>> it's an easy matter to zap anything with a
>> ***YAWN*** in it. Thanks e-pox, for being so
>> damn repetitive. What a maroon.
>>
>> kpg
>>
>>
>

next..

--
Neil
"you'd do what, to who, for how many biscuits?"

Rowdy
Thu Apr 08 17:48:07 CDT 2004

"kpg" <ipost@thereforeiam.com> wrote in news:#N#YdObHEHA.2612
@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> After building an OE-like reader and fighting
> with the user interface I had an epiphany.
> Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
> I'm writing a server that sits between the user
> and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
> with it by simply entering localhost instead of
> news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
> will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
> it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
> and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)
>
> The challenge is going to be the filter. Spam
> killers have the same problem, that is, identifying
> what is desirable and what is not. Fortunately,
> it's an easy matter to zap anything with a
> ***YAWN*** in it. Thanks e-pox, for being so
> damn repetitive. What a maroon.
>
> kpg
>
>

isn't that proxy?

check this site if you havent already. might give you soem ideas.

http://www.proxyblind.org/

:-)


--
Rowdy Yates
-------------------------------
"the man who tried and failed"

eddierox
Thu Apr 08 17:49:18 CDT 2004


IT LOOKS LIKE TECH GODDESS F**K'D YOU UP PRETTY GOOD !!!

SHE MAKES A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS AND IT TAKES 30-40+
POSTS FROM THE FAT FAGBOYS TO STILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IS THEIR A PROGRAM TO DISINVENT YOUR BRAND OF FAT?

WHAT WILL THE NEW PROGRAM BE CALLED?

EPIPHANAL FAT FAGBOYS NEWSGROUP INC. ???

BEST YOU BLEW YOUR BRAINS OUT INSTEAD OF WASTING ALL
THOSE TREES FOR YOUR MOUNTAIN OF TOILET PAPER!!!
EASY...NOT A REAL CHALLENGE!!!!

MAROON????
WHAT DID YOU DO, WRITE A NEW PROGRAM FOR HOOK'D ON
PHONICS???

BREAK OUT THE kpg JELLY...YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT WHEN BRAT
COMES ON-LINE !!!!

OK READY???

OK ARE YOU REALLY READY????

GET READY FOR THE MIGHTY EDDIEROX EDDIE...

OK HERE IT COMES...

READY?????


***YAWN***



>-----Original Message-----
>After building an OE-like reader and fighting
>with the user interface I had an epiphany.
>Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
>I'm writing a server that sits between the user
>and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
>with it by simply entering localhost instead of
>news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
>will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
>it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
>and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)
>
>The challenge is going to be the filter. Spam
>killers have the same problem, that is, identifying
>what is desirable and what is not. Fortunately,
>it's an easy matter to zap anything with a
>***YAWN*** in it. Thanks e-pox, for being so
>damn repetitive. What a maroon.
>
>kpg
>
>
>.
>

Ken
Fri Apr 09 08:07:28 CDT 2004

"kpg" <ipost@thereforeiam.com> wrote in message
news:%23N%23YdObHEHA.2612@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> After building an OE-like reader and fighting
> with the user interface I had an epiphany.
> Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of a reader
> I'm writing a server that sits between the user
> and the news group. Any newsreader can be used
> with it by simply entering localhost instead of
> news.microsoft.com (or whatever). The newsreader
> will talk to the local server, which in turn relays
> it to the remote newsgroup. It's a much simpler
> and effective solution. (I'm using it now!)

Haven't you now just created a proxy server of sorts?

> The challenge is going to be the filter.

That's why the mighty kpg is working on it.

> What a maroon.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

--

KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26

first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com

kpg
Fri Apr 09 15:21:11 CDT 2004

Yes, it's a proxy server. This one won't shield the
identity of the end user; it's just a convenient way to
get in between the local and remote hosts.

Progress is good. I don't want to replicate any
functionality already offered by oe so I'm not
implementing the *From: contains* or *Subject: contains*
rules. What I will have is the inverse of that,
*From: does not contain* or *Subject: does not contain*
(not because it's particularly useful, but it is fun.)

Additionally (and more to the point) I will extend oe's
rules by allowing them to be applied to the message body.
I will have contains, does not contain, and mostly uppercase.
In response to a rule match the user can block the message,
correct the case, or modify the message either in part on in
whole.

For example, assume you set a rule: Message Body Contains
***YAWN***. (Now why would we do that?) We can zap
the message, or (even better I think) replace the message with
a new one, like:

I'm sorry I'm such an idiot, please ignore me.

What great fun!

A beta version will be available soon (once I finalize
negotiations with all those spyware vendors that want
in the program).

kpg

JaR
Fri Apr 09 15:41:55 CDT 2004

kpg opined, On 4/9/04 1:21 PM:

> What great fun!
>
> A beta version will be available soon (once I finalize
> negotiations with all those spyware vendors that want
> in the program).
>
> kpg
>
>
Can't wait!

JaR
Impatient Thug