On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Can anybody suggest a good off-line news-reader that I can use with Linux? > I'd prefer one that comes with the Debian distribution - I've looked at > Netscape, but don't like the interface, I'd prefer a text-based one. > > I just want to be able to connect to my news server, grab headers and > selected articles and post articles and any mail to my POP3 email server at > my ISP.... > > I don't really want to set-up a full feed of the groups I get as I want to > keep my on-line time down....
You should take a look at slrn. I haven't used it off-line, but it looks like it can support that with slrnpull to grab articles. Bob --- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .