Dsource forum question

[kris]

BCS wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> 
>> "BCS" <BCS at pathlink.com> wrote in message 
>> news:e7rnem$2a12$2 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>> Is there any way to access the Dsource forum with Thunderbird or 
>>> another such client? I couldn't find any indication that phpBB can do 
>>> this by its self, but a search for phpBB+nntp turned up indications 
>>> it is possible:
>>
>>
>>
>> I think the question is: why would you want to?  Internet forums came 
>> about as an alternative to (ancient, poorly-featured) newsgroups..
>>
> 
> Because I hate crawling through web pages. About 90% of the data on the 
> wire is otherwise unneeded formatting, I can't re-brows stuff without 
> re-downloading it. Thunderbird on the other hand stores most of the data 
> locally, downloads little or no extraneous formatting, and even can pop 
> up a notification when new stuff shows up.
> 
> *I* think the question is: why would anyone /want/ to use the Internet 
> forum?  It is now (IMO) the anachronistic, poorly-featured paradigm.
> 
> If the Dsource forum was accessible as a newsgroup I would read it with 
> great interest. As the only access seems to be by way of an internet 
> forum, I probably won't even bother.

How about requesting an RSS feed?