On 20/11/2018 17.34, Frank Slootweg wrote:

But - as I said -, currently 'news:' URLs don't work anymore in TB, at
least not for me, also not after several hours Googling numerous
dead-ends.

You have to enter the messageid in "search messages" (ctrl-shift-F)
instead (it works fast, there is probably an index). I don't know if
there is a way to call this from outside.

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Cheers, Carlos.