Java Glossary : newsreader

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newsreader

A program that lets you read postings in newsgroups and post messages for the all the world to read. The newsreader talks NNTP protocol to the news server, usually provided by your ISP. Popular newsreader programs include:

Forté Agent
40Tude Dialog: free for individuals, $59.00 USD for companies. Supports multiple servers, binary attachments, Unicode, multi-threading, filtering, colourising to sort out quotation nesting depth, multiple identities, email and bookmarks.
Pine
Opera
Mozilla (C++ opensource)
Outlook
Pan

newsreaders.com maintains a list of newsreaders.

If you want Agent to display HTTP references with your browser when you double click them, you need to configure Agent both under mime types and under URLs.

news server ¤ newsgroups ¤ ratings

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