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From: alfie@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs)
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Subject: Re: REQ: Newsreader
Date: 24 Aug 2000 05:48:07 GMT
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Zotiel <zotiel@REMOVETHISnet-link.net> wrote:
> I use linux and am looking for a decent newsreader for KDE. If you know
> of one please let me know.

 If it really should be a graphical one you should give pan a try. It's
gtk based but that shouldn't be much of a problem even with KDE.

 If you are on the other hand searching for a real powerful newsreader,
you should really give slrn a try - it's worth the first maybe hard days
finding the right keys (it's text based, but it has also online help for
the default key bindings, and there is a really good documented .slrnrc
within the package).

 Although version number is currently 0.9.6.2, it is not really unstable
but still not really the thing the author wants (although it is already
_loaded_ with features and can be easily extended with a scripting
language!).

> At the moment I am using "Netscape Communicator" and I can not stand it.

 Read my signature :-)  I fully agree to it - e.g. NC still can't read
messages with MIDs longer than aproximately 100 characters, which is not
even the half the RFCs requests to be able to use.

 Have fun!
Alfie
-- 
"Netscape is not a newsreader, and probably never shall be."
        -- Tom Christiansen