Anyone need a program written?

[Steve Holden]

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> "Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> >
> >I'd really like to see a Python mail/newsreader. That would teach you a
lot,
> >and keep you busy for a while...
> >
> It would teach me indeed, especially since I know next to nothing
> about mail/news protocols :) But why would you specifically want a
> Python mail/newsreader, when there are plenty of good mail/newsreaders
> around?

Because I could modify the Python code to0 make it behave in ways the "good"
mail/newreaders don't. Specifically, I could have it interact with a
relational database rather than a file-based message store.

regards
 Steve