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>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu> writes:

Jason> Now will someone write an nnman backend that lets you browse a
Jason> tree of manpages as if they were news?  That way at least the
Jason> statement would be true.

I like this idea.

Lars> Well -- manual pages aren't particularly message-like.  New manual
Lars> pages seldom appear,

Not on a Linux system.  I'm installing new software constantly. :-)

Lars> and it isn't really interesting to mark read manual pages in any
Lars> way, so I don't think an nnman backend would make much sense.

Sometime this is going to have to be reconciled.  Mail archives can be
very useful;  there is utility in rereading old messages.

Two things Gnus mail still needs are more convenient access to saved
material and drafts (the only MH feature I still miss).
-- 
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What are the last two letters of "doesn't" and "can't"?
Coincidence?  I think not.