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Subject: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: Retro Guy
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:42 UTC

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Subject: Thunderbird Tutorial
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I'm sure someone has already done this, but I went ahead and created a tutorial to get started with Usenet using Thunderbird:
https://www.novabbs.com/Thunderbird/Usenet-Thunderbird.html

I'm posting here so just a few see it right now and can offer critique if need be, before I add links to it on sites.

I also have made a .pdf copy for any server admins who might wish to add it to their sites easily.

Please let me know of any errors or problems. I'll probably just go live with it soon, but putting it out there for a bit first.

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Retro Guy

Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: Andy Burns
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Retro Guy wrote:

> I'm sure someone has already done this, but I went ahead and created a
> tutorial to get started with Usenet using Thunderbird:

Seems to cover the basics, some might think the text in the screenshots
is a little small to read

Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: Retro Guy
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Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
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Andy Burns wrote:

> Retro Guy wrote:

>> I'm sure someone has already done this, but I went ahead and created a
>> tutorial to get started with Usenet using Thunderbird:

> Seems to cover the basics, some might think the text in the screenshots
> is a little small to read

Thank you for the feedback. I may update the screenshots at some point as I did let the screenshot window drift a bit to the left in some of them. If I do that, I'll see what I can do about improving readability. Maybe I will make each image a link to the image. The full size is reasonably large.

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Retro Guy

Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: Retro Guy
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Retro Guy wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:

>> Retro Guy wrote:

>>> I'm sure someone has already done this, but I went ahead and created a
>>> tutorial to get started with Usenet using Thunderbird:

>> Seems to cover the basics, some might think the text in the screenshots
>> is a little small to read

> Thank you for the feedback. I may update the screenshots at some point as I did let the screenshot window drift a bit to the left in some of them. If I do that, I'll see what I can do about improving readability. Maybe I will make each image a link to the image. The full size is reasonably large.

I've placed the tutorial here:
https://www.i2pn2.org/common/Thunderbird/Usenet-Thunderbird.html

I planned for it to end up on i2pn2.org, so it is there now. Any admin who wants to copy it is welcome to, but the pdf might make it easy to add to another site:
https://www.i2pn2.org/common/Thunderbird/Usenet-Thunderbird.pdf

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Retro Guy

Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: SugarBug
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:08 UTC
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<snip>

You might like this utility for screenshots. It allows selecting the active window or dialog and to exclude visual background noise so you don't have to crop images. Options include region select and delay timer.

~$ apt show xfce4-screenshooter
......
Description: screenshots utility for Xfce
Screenshooter is an utility for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can take desktop, rectangles or selected window screenshots, and you can bind it to your "Print Screen" key. A panel plugin is provided too.

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Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
From: Retro Guy
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From: retro....@rocksolidbbs.com (Retro Guy)
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Subject: Re: Thunderbird Tutorial
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SugarBug wrote:

> <snip>

> You might like this utility for screenshots. It allows selecting the active window or dialog and to exclude visual background noise so you don't have to crop images. Options include region select and delay timer.

> ~$ apt show xfce4-screenshooter
> ......
> Description: screenshots utility for Xfce
> Screenshooter is an utility for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can take desktop, rectangles or selected window screenshots, and you can bind it to your "Print Screen" key. A panel plugin is provided too.

Thanks for the pointer!

I was using Spectacle, which works fine, but I somehow moved the window and didn't check on the next pic.

I was grabbing only a portion of the window, I didn't want too much info shown in the pics, so I cropped out the menu, etc. Does Screenshooter make that any easier than Spectacle?

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On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:50:40 +0000
retro.guy@rocksolidbbs.com (Retro Guy) wrote:

> SugarBug wrote:
>
> > <snip>
>
> > You might like this utility for screenshots. It allows selecting the active window or dialog and to exclude visual background noise so you don't have to crop images. Options include region select and delay timer.
>
> > ~$ apt show xfce4-screenshooter
> > ......
> > Description: screenshots utility for Xfce
> > Screenshooter is an utility for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can take desktop, rectangles or selected window screenshots, and you can bind it to your "Print Screen" key. A panel plugin is provided too.
>
> Thanks for the pointer!
>
> I was using Spectacle, which works fine, but I somehow moved the window and didn't check on the next pic.
>
> I was grabbing only a portion of the window, I didn't want too much info shown in the pics, so I cropped out the menu, etc. Does Screenshooter make that any easier than Spectacle?
>
> --
> Retro Guy

Screenshooter is like spectacle without the preview. It is a bit simpler. It is the only screenshot app I use any more. I don't need annotation, export to app and the other things spectacle does.

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rocksolid / Rocksolid Nodes Help / Re: Thunderbird Tutorial

Subject	Author
Thunderbird Tutorial	Retro Guy
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	Andy Burns
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	Retro Guy
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	Retro Guy
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	SugarBug
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	Retro Guy
Re: Thunderbird Tutorial	SugarBug