Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 15:32 -0700, Joshua Tinnin wrote: Well, I'm not sure about pulling articles from multiple servers, but my GUI newsreader of choice is Pan. However, it never reached a stable or gold version, and it has been stagnant for some time, as the author doesn't seem to have time to deal with it these days. Many patches have been posted in various places online, but the version in the ports tree crashes frequently, at least on my 5.3-BETA7/STABLE (previously 5.2.1) box. I'd love if someone good at programming made it into a decent newsreader ... am learning what I can Hmph. Just a few days ago I was thinking about how Pan deserves a 1.0 version number because of its full feature set, stability, and so forth. It's never crashed here, and I've been using it since before 5.0 existed. -- I abhor a system designed for the user, if that word is a coded pejorative meaning stupid and unsophisticated. -- Ken Thompson - Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Monday 18 October 2004 11:10 pm, Christopher Nehren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 15:32 -0700, Joshua Tinnin wrote: Well, I'm not sure about pulling articles from multiple servers, but my GUI newsreader of choice is Pan. However, it never reached a stable or gold version, and it has been stagnant for some time, as the author doesn't seem to have time to deal with it these days. Many patches have been posted in various places online, but the version in the ports tree crashes frequently, at least on my 5.3-BETA7/STABLE (previously 5.2.1) box. I'd love if someone good at programming made it into a decent newsreader ... am learning what I can Hmph. Just a few days ago I was thinking about how Pan deserves a 1.0 version number because of its full feature set, stability, and so forth. It's never crashed here, and I've been using it since before 5.0 existed. Really? What version of FreeBSD are you using, and what's your window manager/desktop? - jt ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:36:32 -0400, Frank J. Laszlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think evolution has a news reader. You might want to look into that. Regards, Frank Yes evolution has a news reader and it works quite well for me. Have had a few problems but it wasn't with evolution, it was with the service. -- Terry ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Tuesday 19 October 2004 08:59, Joshua Tinnin wrote: On Monday 18 October 2004 11:10 pm, Christopher Nehren Hmph. Just a few days ago I was thinking about how Pan deserves a 1.0 version number because of its full feature set, stability, and so forth. It's never crashed here, and I've been using it since before 5.0 existed. Really? What version of FreeBSD are you using, and what's your window manager/desktop? I also find it stable. I'm using KDE 3.3 on 5.2.1. One thing that can cause problems is having too many cached message bodies; I find that it can become less stable above ~3Gig. There *may* also be problem with large groups. I once had a group surge to 180,000 articles and pan crashed several times on it, before I deleted the headers and repulled the most recent 30,000. That might have been a one-off problem with corruption though. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 00:59 -0700, Joshua Tinnin wrote: Really? What version of FreeBSD are you using, and what's your window manager/desktop? Currently, I'm using FreeBSD 5.3B7 with GNOME + XFce's window manager (I happen to like window docking and some other features that Metacity will apparently never have), though I've also been known to use Enlightenment and KDE as well. I've been using Pan since before 5.x existed, and I've crashed it at most once. -- I abhor a system designed for the user, if that word is a coded pejorative meaning stupid and unsophisticated. -- Ken Thompson - Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
Tom Connolly wrote: Hello List, I'm looking for a newsreader that has multi-server capabilities in that it can piece together articles using different newsgroup servers. Similar to NewsPro for windoze. Anyone had any luck with a good newreader port for FreeBSD? I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 if that makes any difference. I use Thunderbird. It does not have the multiserver-capabilities you describe, but otherwise I like it a lot. Especially as I am able to do mail and news from one program, also I really like its junk mail detection. Kind regards, Benjamin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
Benjamin Walkenhorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It does not have the multiserver-capabilities you describe, but otherwise I like it a lot. That can be worked around by using some sort of NNTP proxy, such as leafnode or noffle (both quite simple to set up). That will also get rid of the need for the client to do any kind of caching or pre-fetching. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
I'm looking for a newsreader that has multi-server capabilities in that it can piece together articles using different newsgroup servers. Similar to NewsPro for windoze. Anyone had any luck with a good newreader port for FreeBSD? I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 if that makes any difference. It doesn't have that particular feature you mentioned, but the one news reader that is closest to being perfect for me is slrn - very nice. As someone mentioned; leafnode can be used as a suitable proxy NNTP server that can pull news from multiple servers. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:51:28 +0100, Walker, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really didn't know that. At the moment I am using evolution for my mail and mozilla as my news client. How do you access the news client? I just had a quick look through the Ximian online doc's and couldn't find anything. Mick Walker It shows in the summary. You can see one (CNET_News.com) in this screenshot. http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/images/screenshots/1.4/summary.png Use the tools menu to configure. You can select from the set of news servers given or add any others you want. -- Terry ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
On Monday 18 October 2004 03:21 pm, Tom Connolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I'm looking for a newsreader that has multi-server capabilities in that it can piece together articles using different newsgroup servers. Similar to NewsPro for windoze. Anyone had any luck with a good newreader port for FreeBSD? I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 if that makes any difference. Well, I'm not sure about pulling articles from multiple servers, but my GUI newsreader of choice is Pan. However, it never reached a stable or gold version, and it has been stagnant for some time, as the author doesn't seem to have time to deal with it these days. Many patches have been posted in various places online, but the version in the ports tree crashes frequently, at least on my 5.3-BETA7/STABLE (previously 5.2.1) box. I'd love if someone good at programming made it into a decent newsreader ... am learning what I can - jt ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Good newsreaders for FreeBSD?
Tom Connolly wrote: Hello List, I'm looking for a newsreader that has multi-server capabilities in that it can piece together articles using different newsgroup servers. Similar to NewsPro for windoze. Anyone had any luck with a good newreader port for FreeBSD? I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 if that makes any difference. Thanks All, Tom I think evolution has a news reader. You might want to look into that. Regards, Frank ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
