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Package: slrn (0.9.9~pre102-2)

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

Other Packages Related to slrn

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libcanlock2 (>= 2b-1)
    library for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
  • dep: libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1)
    The S-Lang programming library - runtime version
  • sug: metamail
    implementation of MIME
  • sug: slrnpull
    pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 819.0 kB2336 kB [list of files]
amd64 807.8 kB2252 kB [list of files]
arm 767.7 kB1798 kB [list of files]
armel 772.2 kB2140 kB [list of files]
hppa 795.8 kB2180 kB [list of files]
i386 787.2 kB2196 kB [list of files]
ia64 888.4 kB2632 kB [list of files]
mips 804.6 kB2332 kB [list of files]
mipsel 803.4 kB2332 kB [list of files]
powerpc 809.6 kB2284 kB [list of files]
s390 839.0 kB2308 kB [list of files]
sparc 810.9 kB2284 kB [list of files]