Re: still in search of a good news reader
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:18, Michael M. wrote:
>> Does anyone have suggestions on a good newsreader package with support
>> for multiple nntp servers and filtering? I'd prefer gui but did start out
>> with tin (-:.
>>
>> Arthur.
>
> If you can't find a newsreader that does everything you want on it's
> own, you might want to take a look at Leafnode: http://www.leafnode.org/
Thanks, I knew that there must be some other answer besides an emacs-based
newsreader.
> It's an NNTP server you can run locally. You can set it up to pull from
> all three of the remote servers you use, and do all your filtering
> within Leafnode. That will free you up to use any gui newsreader you
> want, regardless of how dumb. :-) You can focus on finding one with an
> interface you like, without having to worry about whether it can handle
> multiple servers, do server-side filtering, etc.
>
> I think the original idea of Leafnode was to provide people who used
> "online" newreaders with "offline" newsreading capability, but it does
> more than that. Basically, Leafnode is to newsreaders as an MTA/MDA is
> to an email client. Personally, I think Thunderbird works well in
> combination with Leafnode.
I'll give it a try then (-:
My apologies to all receiving the multiple posts from me on this subject.
Gmane was in the midst of an upgrade and was neither rejecting nor
displaying my posts in Debian user.
Arthur.
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