news readers for linux

[Toby Fisher]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Christopher Moore wrote:

> I'm seeking advice/opinions on a news reader for linux.  The other day I
> tried trn but found it extremely slow and difficult to understand.  I
> wouldn't mind spending a couple days reading the man page if the program
> were worth the learning curve.

Personally, I use SLRN, I like the way it does stuff, but I have also used
Pine on this system, especially now that it supports threading, I would
never countenance using a reader that doesn't have this facility.
The main advantage that SLRN has over Pine though is its kill file, very
nice indeed, though I suppose you can get around this if you use leafnode
and the filtering rules it contains.

> As much as I don't like Windowws, Outlook Express has a nice news reading
> facility.  But I'd much prefer to use something in linux.

Errrrrrrm?!?  Outlook Express news reading, nice?  Oh well, each to his
own, I suppose.

Cheers.

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