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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!ak.netlink.co.nz!manawatu.planet.co.nz!manawatu.gen.nz!news.express.co.nz!news.triton.net!news1.dearborn.agis.net!agis!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!feeder.chicago.cic.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!ng1.icn.state.ia.us!beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us!geoffrey From: geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us (geoffrey alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newsreaders Date: 10 Jun 97 00:43:58 GMT Organization: ICN News Server Lines: 18 Message-ID: <geoffrey.865903438@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us> References: <EB7xzw.L2w@nonexistent.com> <slrn5pp2ft.c15.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42667 pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) writes: >On Tue, 3 Jun 1997 21:20:19 GMT, > Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> mused and hath written: >>I am using a 28.8 dialup connection to keep my box on the Internet, >>as a server. >Try slrn available at <ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis> the current version >is slrn0.9.4.0.tar.gz and get slang0.99-38.tar.gz. Install the slang >first. It is small and quick with many features. May I suggest...? :) nn -- my fav, and the most advanced curses-based newsreader, IMO. In the ports. Just a properly written .newsrc is all it needs, besides a server. Geoff Alexander.