Graham TerMarsch wrote:
> I know that kioslaves handle most of this currently as a separate
> sub-process, but would prefer to have threads available for those
> things that don't currently have kioslaves written (e.g. nntp).

The Right Way is to implement nntp in a kioslave instead of
restricting it to just your app! :-)

For what it's worth, I'll be doing a nntp slave in the next coming
months if nobody beats me to it...
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