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In article <DnHK6I.yp@babel.matra.com.au>,
	del@babel.matra.com.au (Del) writes:
>Dave Fitch (davidf@syd.csa.com.au) wrote:
>: How can I have my computer
>: automatically call up my ISP once a day (or however often) and download
>: mail to /var/spool/mail and news (only in groups i've subscribed to)
>: to /var/spool/news (or wherever it goes)??
>
>uucp is the answer.  It is really the best answer by a long way.

Indeed it is, if the volume is light and doesn't warrant a 24/7
connection.


>: I've read in one of the
>: howtos that it can be done with a uucp connection, but I would prefer
>: to use my current SLIP connection.
>
>You can do this (but it's long, complicated, nasty, prone to errors,
>and I can't help you with it):

Prone to errors? Complicated?

No, not by a long stretch. Taylor-uucp makes it very simple, documentaion
included in 'info' format, installed right alongside uucp.


>: 2) What (and where) are other X based mail and newsreaders?? (apart
>: from XFmail)
>
>TkMail is an OK mail reader.  I use it.

knews is very nice, especially running under fvwm or mwm. I've certainly
got no complaints.


>There is a program called tknews, and another called nn-tk, and another

Haven't seen either. Written in tk?


>called xrn, but I haven't had much success with either of them.

I didn't much take to xrn either - everything seemed backwards. Support
for threading is non-existant (knews does this very well!). xvnews just
would not run, and I had too much difficulty locating the problem so
eventually I gave it up. It might be nice, but I haven't seen it to
find out. :)

In any case, I stopped looking when I ran knews the first time. It is
an impressive piece of work - not overly large, simple layout, optional
multi-window, full colour support, very configurable resources, and
threading done /very/ well. All other standard newsreader versions are
there as well (kill files, sorting, 'hot' articles (anti-kill as nn
calls it)) and so forth.

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