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From: James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Methods to refer to threads in archives besides Google
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:43:41 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bjxmx6p6.fsf@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36338.986472559$1733092340@news.gmane.org> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Bj?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=B6rn?= Bidar"'s message of "Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:30:53 +0200")

Björn Bidar wrote:

> While configuring my Gnus to search better when referring to threads
> I stumbled on the nnweb backend.
> Looking at nnweb again made me think isn't there any other source that
> could use the nnweb backend such as one that uses mailman archives?
>
> Another thing that I learned sometime ago are public-inbox archives.
> Wouldn't those be perfect for Gnus to search in? Some of them are just
> plain IMAP making them very easy to adapt into Gnus.

If this public-inbox offers a direct link for any message-id, or one
obtainable via searching, you can add a method to nnweb-type-definition.

Regards,
James


       reply	other threads:[~2024-12-08  2:14 UTC|newest]

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2024-12-08  2:13 ` James Thomas [this message]
2025-01-04  0:54   ` Björn Bidar
2024-12-01 22:30 Björn Bidar

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