Posted by carolyn on 01/01/06 07:31

Jose wrote:

>> I don't know why anyone would bother exhuming ancient software like
>> that.
>
> to run on an ancient machine?
>
>> That's the second time you've said that an email/newsgroup appplication
>> is needed.
>
> I'm not aware of any news-only client. I thought the protocols were so
> similar that to do one and not do the other would be silly. I agree
> that bolting it onto a browser and IM client is not necessary.
>
> Jose

I use knode, and have used pan in the past. Both are news readers only. I
assume knode is built around the same core code as kmail, my mail reader,
but they are different applications, with very different feature sets.

Carolyn


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