Anyone need a program written?

[phil hunt]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:55:51 -0500, Steve Holden <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>"Fused" <I.j.w.Wever at student.tnw.tudelft.nonsense.nonsense.nl> wrote in
>message news:3ca43ef4.3666136 at news.tudelft.nl...
>> I'm currently trying to master Python, but to succeed I need to
>> exercise. However, I detest building programs that have already been
>> built a kazillion times and aren't of use to anyone.
>> Can anyone think of a program that I could build that would actually
>> have use to someone (you?)? I'm trained in Delphi, know some Java and
>> rudimentary C, so the programs don't need to be newbie-easy ( I like a
>> challenge: the greater the challenge, the faster I'll learn ;-) ).
>
>I'd really like to see a Python mail/newsreader. That would teach you a lot,
>and keep you busy for a while...

IIRC there is already a Python mail client.

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