[comp.groupware] Seeking Unix newsreader similar ANU-news/VTX

ngse18@castle.ed.ac.uk (J R Evans) (06/19/91)

We are seeking a Unix news reader which provides a high level of support
and feedback to new/occasional users, after the fashion of the ANU-NEWS
or VTX user interfaces.  It will be used primarily for access to low-volume
high-importance newsgroups within our organisation, but may also be used for
access to Usenet groups at sites where these are available.

We have already examined rn, nn and the unsw/c-news readnews; none of these
provide the level of hand-holding to the non-technical reader that we are
looking for.  Many of the users will be using VTnnn terminals, so X
or PC based newsreaders do not offer a solution.

All suggestions gratefully received.

Russ Evans                   Ed Marchewicz
British Geological Survey    NERC Computer Services
Edinburgh UK                 Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
e_gs18@va.nmh.ac.uk          k_ejm@va.nmh.ac.uk

jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) (06/20/91)

>>>>> On 19 Jun 91 12:34:46 GMT, ngse18@castle.ed.ac.uk (J R Evans) said:

|> We are seeking a Unix news reader which provides a high level of support

[..deleted requirements...]

|> All suggestions gratefully received.

|> Russ Evans                   Ed Marchewicz

I personally use GNUS 3.13 and if you are already an GnuEmacs user
there is little to learn but the actual keys (ie, 'g' to get; 's'
to save, 'r' to reply ....real hard ones...(* grin *)) However, 
it is comparitively slow upon getting into a specific newsgroup and
it might be confusing (probably will be) for non-emacs users.

jc

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