On 03/13 02:23 , rhubarbpieguy at gmail.com wrote:
> Prior to posting I'd searched for Linux-based news readers and found
> Thunderbird.  But again, I can read but don't see how to post.  I read good
> things about PAN but it's not compiled even though I compiled gmime.

I would highly recommend PAN. I used it for years to read Usenet.
http://pan.rebelbase.com/

Packages are available in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories, so just
'apt-get install pan'. If you're on a Red Hat or other distro, I don't know.
Search your package repository as always.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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