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Newsgroups: (for discussing Unix/Linux newsreaders):

• newsreaders.nntp.software.clients.unix newsgroup (part of NewsReaders.com nntp/webforums )
• news.software.readers newsgroup

Newsreaders:

• Cone is primarily a text-based mail client. It handles multiple POP3, IMAP accounts, and local mail folders. Cone is also a simple newsreader
  
  
• Gemini is the multi-platform version of Messenger Pro by intellegit.
  
  
• Gnus : is the mail client and newsreader for Emacs.
  
  
• GRN Gnome News Reader by Sergey Chernikov is designed to look as much like TIN as possible
  
  
• KLibido : by Alessandro Bonometti. A KDE Linux binaries downloader.
  
  
• Knews: by Karl-Johan Johnsson, an X Window newsreader.
  
  
• KNode : by Christian Thurner. Online KDE newsreader.
  
  
• krn : unix/linux newsreader - part of the KDE project.
  
  
• Lucy : perl-based newsreader.
  
  
• Mahogany by Karsten Ballüder and the M-Team is an OpenSource cross-platform mail and news client. It is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide range of protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP and full MIME support.
  
  
• Mozilla Group newsreaders:
  • SeaMonkey internet suite
    
    
  • Thunderbird from the Mozilla group does mail and news. Although "news" in the nntp sense is not mentioned on that page, see the release notes ("Thunderbird is a full-featured email, RSS and newsgroup client that makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before.") and Open Source Articles on setting up newsgroups in Thunderbird
    
    
  • Netscape Unofficial FAQ covers both of the above
  
  
• Netscape (link is to their download archive) puts a newsreader in some versions of their software. ( latest version doesn't have one, I don't believe)
  • Netscape Unofficial FAQ
  
  
• Newega has a web-based interface, working with Firefox, Opera, or Internet Explorer. For Windows or Linux.
  
• NewsFlex : an offline newsreader for Linux by Jan Panteltje.
  
  
• Newsleader by Bram Schoenmakers "is an offline newsreader for Linux. It's based on the NewsFleX 1.5.5, also an offline newsreader, by Panteltje."
  
  
• NN
  • ( news.software.nn newsgroup )
    
    
  • Infinite Ink's The NN News Reader
    
    
  
  
• Outlook Express : available for Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6. Does mail and news.
  • msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.inetexplorer.unix newsgroup
  
  
• PAN : a Linux newsreader that uses Gtk+.
  
  
• PINE: Pine InternetNews and E-mail, from University of Washington ( comp.mail.pine newsgroup )
  • xP for Linux by Brian Ecker is a graphical version of PINE.
    
    
  • Read about how PINE got its name
    
    
  • Infinite Ink's PINEpage
    
    
  
  
• PNNTP: perl based newsreader by Mats Peterson
  
  
• Post Office : mail and news program for un*x systems, by Pim van Riezen. ( alternate link )
  
  
• Pyne by Tom Morton does mail and news. Offline, threaded news reading and posting, POP3/SMTP mail. Attachments and all that stuff. simple mail/news filtering, optional expiry of mail too.
  
  
• rn : one of the first unix newsreaders. Originally by Larry Wall (of perl fame) and now maintained by Stan Barber.
  
  
• SkateNews by Apostle1 is described as a simple threaded newsreader written in Java for Linux.
  
  
• skim : off-line linux newsreader by RenŽ Pijlman. (not maintained)
  
  
• slrn : "Beside the usual features of a newsreader, slrn supports scoring rules to highlight, sort or kill articles based on information from their header. It is highly customizable, allows free key-bindings and can easily be extended using the sophisticated s-lang macro language. Offline reading is possible by using either slrnpull (shipped with slrn) or a local newsserver (like leafnode or INN)."
  
  
• Sylpheed :GTK+ mail and news reader..
  
  
• tass : by Rich Skrenta.
  
  
• TIN has added scoring and many other new features since the old 1.2 and 1.3 days.
  
  
• trn : is currently being maintained by Wayne Davison. ( sourceforge) (Strn was a variant of trn 3.4.1, most of it's features are available in trn 4, and Clifford Adams [the author]says that he has no plans for further development).
  • Introduction to Usenet News and the 'trn' Newsreader by Jon Bell
  
  
• Trulsnews : a Motif newsreader by Alexander Larsson.
  
  
• XRN : (X News Reader) by Jonathan Kamens.
  
  
• xvnews : by Hans de Graaff, now maintained by Mark Jackson. A OPENLook based newsreader.
  
  

Missing:

• Elk News : by Elker Cavina (for Linux and X.11).
  
  
• GONE : a linux newsreader by Martijn van de Streek, Dennis Smit, Sander Smeenk.
  
  
• kexpresss : offline linux newsreader by Peter Wichert.

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