Usenet Newsreaders for Linux | Linux Today

Usenet Newsreaders for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 21, 2008

“Choices abound for reading Usenet messages in Linux. Many email
clients can deliver news. Several standalone clients are also
around, including Knode/Kontact, Pan, and several text-based
choices. Some require you to be online when accessing news, others
permit offline reading. Of course, there’s also gnus for Emacs.

“Reading email and reading news are similar tasks: Read messages
and respond, and perhaps save items for later use. For this reason,
the easiest way to keep up may be to use a mail client that
supports reading Usenet…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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