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Keith Barratt

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Nov 12, 2009, 11:40:22 AM11/12/09
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Anyone on the group use linux for newsgroup reading?

Looking for suggestions.

I used slrn a while ago but wondering about other clients.

I would prefer a command line option.

Thanks


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Keith Barratt

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Nov 12, 2009, 11:42:13 AM11/12/09
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In article <MPG.25664acf6...@usenet.plus.net>,
gw4...@yahoo.co.uk says...

> Anyone on the group use linux for newsgroup reading?
>
> Looking for suggestions.
>
> I used slrn a while ago but wondering about other clients.
>
> I would prefer a command line option.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
Sorry, fingure trouble, wrong group

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Keith Barrett
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clay

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Nov 12, 2009, 12:03:56 PM11/12/09
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Keith Barratt wrote:
> Anyone on the group use linux for newsgroup reading?
>
> Looking for suggestions.
>
> I used slrn a while ago but wondering about other clients.
>
> I would prefer a command line option.
>
> Thanks
>
>

I do, at home...
Thunderbird for text groups.
Pan and/or hellanzb for binaries.

oops, you said command line.
There's a whole following of command line types using slrn/tin/mutt/etc.
Whenever talk goes OT onto newsreaders, someone always points out
alt.<something>.newsreaders, where all the GUI challenged hang out.

franz47

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Dec 5, 2009, 2:07:12 AM12/5/09
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"Keith Barratt" <gw4...@yahoo.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Anyone on the group use linux for newsgroup reading?
>
> Looking for suggestions.
>
> I used slrn a while ago but wondering about other clients.
>
> I would prefer a command line option.

If you want to to it the hard way...
Within any terminal application
telnet my.newsserver.address 119
connects you to your newsserver on port 119
http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/0099.htm
gives you a list of the commands of the NNTP protocol
Franz47

Tim McNamara

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Dec 5, 2009, 11:32:39 AM12/5/09
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In article <MPG.25664acf6...@usenet.plus.net>,
Keith Barratt <gw4...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Anyone on the group use linux for newsgroup reading?
>
> Looking for suggestions.
>
> I used slrn a while ago but wondering about other clients.
>
> I would prefer a command line option.

Well, if you happen to use Emacs as your editor with slrn then you might
try Gnus (M-x gnus). Very powerful newsreader with the benefit that it
works the same in any Emacs on any platform, if you have to use other
platforms sometimes.

I have heard good things about pan but have never used that; that may
require GNOME.

Here's a list of options:

http://www.newsreaders.com/unix/clients.html

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