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Package: slrn (1.0.0~pre16-1)

threaded news reader (fast for slow links)

Slrn is a threaded news reader with color support that is designed to read news fast over slow links.

Slrn can read usenet news via NNTP or directly from a local news spool.

Slrn can be heavily customized from its rc file, and even includes a built in macro language. There is also support for killfiles and article scoring.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Networking: Client, Network Protocol: NNTP, SSL/TLS, Role: Program

Other Packages Related to slrn

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libcanlock2 (>= 2b-1)
    library for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
  • dep: libgnutls26 (>= 2.7.14-0)
    the GNU TLS library - runtime library
  • dep: libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1)
    The S-Lang programming library - runtime version
  • dep: libuu0
    Library for decoding/encoding several popular file encodings
  • sug: metamail
    implementation of MIME
  • sug: slrnpull
    pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server

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