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Favorite NNTP Client?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-do-you-read-your-news-with? dept.

keller asks: "We all have our favourite browser, mail client and OS! So what about Usenet Reader? I have always used Netscape's built-in one, and have always been satisfied, but are there better alternatives out there. I'm not looking for any features in particular, just something easy to use and nice to look at."

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  1. The Pimp-Ass Newsreader by egrinake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    PAN (the Pimp Ass Newsreader) is without a doubt the best newsreader I've used on any platform. Pan seems to be Unix/Linux only, and is based on the gtk+ toolkit.

    Check it out at http://pan.rebelbase.com.

  2. Forte agent by Jon+Peterson · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.forteinc.com/

    It was good enough for me to give up nn (and rn, and trn).

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  3. Microplanet "Gravity" by Chelloveck · · Score: 3, Informative

    I always liked 'trn' under Unix, though I think it's pretty much been orphaned now. I've also heard good things about 'slrn' and 'nn'. All of these are console-based readers. I left the Unix scene too long ago to have found a good reader that runs under X.

    Under Win32 I think that Microplanet's Gravity is a fantastic reader. It got orphaned a year or two ago (and the link is down now, so the company may be defunct) but you can still get it from various download sites. Try Webattack.

    When Microplanet abandoned it they released the last build (v2.50) as freeware. Good going, guys! I liked it enough to pay for it at v1.1, and I'm glad it's still available.

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  4. zeonews and newsgrabber by Gibbys+Box+of+Trix · · Score: 4, Informative

    I recently had zeonews recommended to me. It's reminiscient of OE, but shows a lot more functionality. I prefer it to OE and ForteAgent which are the only two I've used regularly.

    Zeonews is the latest version of newsgrabber, of which you might be able to get an older version free.