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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:03:19 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 7 | Last edited on Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:13:48 am | by CraigBox | Revert |
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-A program used to access
[NNTP] servers
and read and reply to UseNet posts
.
+A UseNet client application that implements the
[NNTP] protocol, much like a MailClient implements [SMTP]
and a WebBrowser implements [HTTP]
.
-Standalone
[NewsReader]s include
[Slrn
], tin
(1
) and [Pan
]. Integrated
[NewsReader]s are included with OutlookExpress and Netscape/
[Mozilla
] browsers
. (MicrosoftOutlook does not have an NNTP reader
.)
+Integrated
[NewsReader]s are included with the Netscape/
[Mozilla
] browsers and OutlookExpress
(not MicrosoftOutlook
); though using the latter might make you unpopular due to a large array of "perks"
and annoyances that ignore established
[Netiquette
].
+
+A list of popular standalone
[NewsReader]s for Linux includes:
+
+; %%% With
[GUI
] :
+** MozillaMail
+** [Pan]
+** [Knode|http://knode
.sourceforge
.net/] ([KDE]
)
+; %%% For the console :
+** [Slrn]
+** [tin | http://www.tin.org/]
