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Aragorn
Apr 1, 2013, 10:02:27 PM4/1/13
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On Tuesday 02 April 2013 01:21, jo...@wexfordpress.com conveyed the
following to alt.os.linux.slackware...
> On Monday, April 1, 2013 7:18:14 PM UTC-4, jo...@wexfordpress.com
> wrote:
>
>> OK I give in. Google won't put its news reader back in the old usable
>> format any more. so I will try a local news reader. Is there a
>> graphic one that comes with slack 14 that anyone would recommend?
>
> Forgot to add need a news host too. Went through all this a year or
> two back but forget all the details. Johnc.
KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
newsreader.
As for a free news server, register here...
http://www.eternal-september.org
... and set up your newsreader with the information from the e-mail they
will be sending you.
Note: You *have* to enable authentication in your newsreader, or else
you will only see the eternal-september.* support groups.
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= Aragorn =
GNU/Linux user #223157 - http://www.linuxcounter.net
following to alt.os.linux.slackware...
> On Monday, April 1, 2013 7:18:14 PM UTC-4, jo...@wexfordpress.com
> wrote:
>
>> OK I give in. Google won't put its news reader back in the old usable
>> format any more. so I will try a local news reader. Is there a
>> graphic one that comes with slack 14 that anyone would recommend?
>
> Forgot to add need a news host too. Went through all this a year or
> two back but forget all the details. Johnc.
KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
newsreader.
As for a free news server, register here...
http://www.eternal-september.org
... and set up your newsreader with the information from the e-mail they
will be sending you.
Note: You *have* to enable authentication in your newsreader, or else
you will only see the eternal-september.* support groups.
--
= Aragorn =
GNU/Linux user #223157 - http://www.linuxcounter.net
Chick Tower
Apr 2, 2013, 2:14:18 PM4/2/13
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On 2013-04-02, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
> KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
> more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
> newsreader.
>
> As for a free news server, register here...
>
> http://www.eternal-september.org
I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
> more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
> newsreader.
>
> As for a free news server, register here...
>
> http://www.eternal-september.org
wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them without
being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that ruled it out
for me. It's possible it suffers from the same requirements that KMail
does, and won't run without akonadi, strigi, and friends.
Eternal September does seem to be a well-respected, free newsserver.
Other free ones are news.aioe.org (reviled by some as a source of
anonymous trolling) and news.sunsite.dk. Most, if not all, free
newsservers do not carry binary attachments, if that matters to you.
Teranews and news.individual.net require payment to use, but seem to be
reputable. If you want to find more free newsservers, you could Google
them or use hierarchical search services like Yahoo! (dir.yahoo.com) or
the Open Directory Project (dmoz.org).
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Chick Tower
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Aragorn
Apr 2, 2013, 4:48:37 PM4/2/13
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On Tuesday 02 April 2013 20:14, Chick Tower conveyed the following to
alt.os.linux.slackware...
> On 2013-04-02, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>
>> KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. [...]
required by KMail either - it's a desktop file indexer, tied in with the
semantic desktop paradigm. ;-)
alt.os.linux.slackware...
> On 2013-04-02, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>
>
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them
> without being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that
> ruled it out for me. It's possible it suffers from the same
> requirements that KMail does, and won't run without akonadi, strigi,
> and friends.
No, it does not require Akonadi/Nepomuk, and just FYI, Strigi is not
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them
> without being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that
> ruled it out for me. It's possible it suffers from the same
> requirements that KMail does, and won't run without akonadi, strigi,
> and friends.
required by KMail either - it's a desktop file indexer, tied in with the
semantic desktop paradigm. ;-)
Peter Chant
Apr 2, 2013, 4:37:52 PM4/2/13
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On 04/02/2013 07:14 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
> Eternal September does seem to be a well-respected, free newsserver.
> Other free ones are news.aioe.org (reviled by some as a source of
> anonymous trolling) and news.sunsite.dk. Most, if not all, free
> newsservers do not carry binary attachments, if that matters to you.
> Teranews and news.individual.net require payment to use, but seem to be
> reputable. If you want to find more free newsservers, you could Google
> them or use hierarchical search services like Yahoo! (dir.yahoo.com) or
> the Open Directory Project (dmoz.org).
>
I'll second news.individual.net seems to work well and 10 euro a year is
> Eternal September does seem to be a well-respected, free newsserver.
> Other free ones are news.aioe.org (reviled by some as a source of
> anonymous trolling) and news.sunsite.dk. Most, if not all, free
> newsservers do not carry binary attachments, if that matters to you.
> Teranews and news.individual.net require payment to use, but seem to be
> reputable. If you want to find more free newsservers, you could Google
> them or use hierarchical search services like Yahoo! (dir.yahoo.com) or
> the Open Directory Project (dmoz.org).
>
reasonable.
jeff g.
Apr 2, 2013, 10:14:09 PM4/2/13
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On 04/02/2013 11:14 AM, Chick Tower wrote:
> On 2013-04-02, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>> KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
>> more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
>> newsreader.
>>
>> As for a free news server, register here...
>>
>> http://www.eternal-september.org
>
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them without
> being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that ruled it out
> for me. It's possible it suffers from the same requirements that KMail
> does, and won't run without akonadi, strigi, and friends.
Sounds like Thunderbird will fit for you - and it allows off-line reading.
> On 2013-04-02, Aragorn <str...@telenet.be.invalid> wrote:
>> KNode and Pan are both GUI-based. So is Thunderbird, albeit that it is
>> more of an e-mail client with newsreader functionality than a real
>> newsreader.
>>
>> As for a free news server, register here...
>>
>> http://www.eternal-september.org
>
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them without
> being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that ruled it out
> for me. It's possible it suffers from the same requirements that KMail
> does, and won't run without akonadi, strigi, and friends.
>
<snip>
andrew
Apr 3, 2013, 3:12:40 AM4/3/13
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On 2013-04-02, Chick Tower <c.t...@deadspam.com> wrote:
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them without
> being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that ruled it out
> for me.
You could try using the proxy NNTP server leafnode, I look after the
> I used to use Pan, and it worked well. I tried out KNode, but it
> wouldn't let me store articles locally so that I could read them without
> being connected to the internet (I'm on dial-up), so that ruled it out
> for me.
leafnode 2 SlackBuild:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/network/leafnode/
and this works very nicely. Mind you slrnpull does this in a simpler
way...
Andrew
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Martin
Apr 3, 2013, 6:59:04 AM4/3/13
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about KNode & KMail:
On 04/02/2013 10:48 PM, Aragorn wrote:
>
> No, it does not require Akonadi/Nepomuk,
Last time I checked (around 4.4, 4.5, 4.6) they did require akonadi,
which was also the declared target architecture of KDE PIM developers.
That's when I switched to Thunderbird.
Shortly after that I switched to XFCE altogether. (Having said that, I
don't actually mind KDE 4.)
On 04/02/2013 10:48 PM, Aragorn wrote:
>
> No, it does not require Akonadi/Nepomuk,
which was also the declared target architecture of KDE PIM developers.
That's when I switched to Thunderbird.
Shortly after that I switched to XFCE altogether. (Having said that, I
don't actually mind KDE 4.)
Aragorn
Apr 3, 2013, 2:38:34 PM4/3/13
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On Wednesday 03 April 2013 12:59, Martin conveyed the following to
alt.os.linux.slackware...
I am running KDE 4.6.5. _KMail_ requires Akonadi and Nepomuk. Same
thing for KOrganizer. _KNode_ however does not require Akonadi or
Nepomuk.
alt.os.linux.slackware...
thing for KOrganizer. _KNode_ however does not require Akonadi or
Nepomuk.
alistair
Apr 3, 2013, 5:37:38 PM4/3/13
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On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:14:09 -0700, jeff g. wrote:
>
> Sounds like Thunderbird will fit for you - and it allows off-line
> reading.
>>
> <snip>
or Seamonkey
>
> Sounds like Thunderbird will fit for you - and it allows off-line
> reading.
>>
> <snip>
Chick Tower
Apr 4, 2013, 1:47:48 PM4/4/13
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On 2013-04-03, andrew <and...@skamandros.invalid> wrote:
> You could try using the proxy NNTP server leafnode, I look after the
> leafnode 2 SlackBuild:
>
> http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/network/leafnode/
>
> and this works very nicely. Mind you slrnpull does this in a simpler
> way...
Yeah, I actually do use slrnpull to retrieve articles and then read them
> You could try using the proxy NNTP server leafnode, I look after the
> leafnode 2 SlackBuild:
>
> http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/network/leafnode/
>
> and this works very nicely. Mind you slrnpull does this in a simpler
> way...
later with slrn.
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