I beg to differ on the point regarding following a hyperlink in a newsreader.
I us KRN 0.6.0, standard with Mandrake 6.0, and I can follow a hyperlink in a
message, it opens in KFM. Sure, KRN aint Agent, but it works well enough to
keep me from booting into winblows.
Chip
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one they don't thread
> well and two if someone puts a hypelink in their post you can't follow it
>
> Jeanette
>
>
> Mike Fieschko wrote:
>
> > >>> "Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Jeanette> Joe Marcom wrote:
> > >> Hello, again.
> > >>
> > >> I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as
> > >> long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux,
> > >> what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe
> > Jeanette> This newreader problem is almost as bad as the browser
> > Jeanette> problem. The best newsreader I have been able to use in
> > Jeanette> Linux is Netscape also. I have tried PINE, TRN, SLRN,
> > Jeanette> kexpress, Free Agent on Wine (runs but won't get news),
> > Jeanette> knews, krn, and Pan, and Star Office newsreader and
> > Jeanette> Netscape is still the best. If Linux can only get a
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Have you tried gnus? It is a mail and news reader which runs in emacs
> > or xemacs.
> >
> > http://www.gnus.org
> >
> > Very configurable, so it might be a bit complicated to set up.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA
> > X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el
> > Kernel 2.2.13-28mdk
> > http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm
> > Nov 12 St Martin I