(In reply to max from comment #13) > This add-on requires Experiments API. This is about to change ultimately, see bug 1901822. > I do not think extensions may affect handling **command line** arguments for `news:` and `nntp:` URIs. I am aware of that. Couldn't be similar functionality be achieved by some clever scripting? > However supporting of nntp: command line arguments is still useful if your are strongly against extending `news:` for URIs with article numbers. There are still enough broken http links to gmane with article numbers. They may be converted to `nntp:`, but thunderbird, being a news reader, does not understand `nntp:` URIs. I suggest keeping this bug primarily about this and change the title accordingly.
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(In reply to max from comment #13) > This add-on requires Experiments API. This is about to change ultimately, see bug 1901822. > I do not think extensions may affect handling **command line** arguments for `news:` and `nntp:` URIs. I am aware of that. Couldn't similar functionality be achieved with some clever scripting? > However supporting of nntp: command line arguments is still useful if your are strongly against extending `news:` for URIs with article numbers. There are still enough broken http links to gmane with article numbers. They may be converted to `nntp:`, but thunderbird, being a news reader, does not understand `nntp:` URIs. I suggest keeping this bug primarily about that, and changing the title accordingly.