Newsreaders

2010-12-30T03:10:27Z

Dodel: /* BNews */ /* Claws Mail */

The purpose of this page is to provide information without any express or implied preference for any of the applications listed.

Please [mailto:usenet1@os2voice.org contact us] to correct or expand this list.

For more detailed information on newsreaders please refer to http://www.newsreaders.com.

For general questions about newsreaders for any platform try posting the question to [news://news.software.readers news://news.software.readers.] If your question is about a specific newsreader please put the name of the newsreader in brackets "[ ]" at the beginning of the subject line.

Outlook Express can be [http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx configured to read Usenet newsgroups] as can [http://csg.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/tips/news/tbird Thunderbird].
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==== 40tude Dialog ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows<br />
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.40tude.com/dialog/index.htm
* '''Support:''' http://www.40tude.com/dialog/wiki/index.php
* Graphical Newsreader with Unicode character support. Shareware/Freeware.

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==== A4Pocket Newsreader ====
* '''Platforms:''' Pocket PC
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.a4pocket.com/newsreader/
* '''Support:''' http://www.a4pocket.com/support.html
* Graphical Newsreader for Pocket PC. Shareware.

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==== BeInformed ====
* '''Platforms:''' BeOS
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.bebits.com/app/1410
* '''Support:''' http://www.bebits.com/app/1410
* Graphical Newsreader. Freeware.

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==== Beonex ====
* '''Platforms:''' FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.beonex.com/
* '''Support:''' http://www.beonex.com/communicator/support
* Graphical Full-featured web-browser and email/news client. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== BNews ====
* '''Platforms:''' BeOS
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.paradiseplace.org.uk/BeOS/bnews.htm
* '''Support:''' None found
* Graphical News client for BeOS. GPL Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Claws Mail ====
* '''Platforms:''' BSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php?section=downloads
* '''Support:''' http://www.claws-mail.org/
* email client (and news reader), based on GTK+

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==== Forte Agent/Free Agent ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.forteinc.com
* '''Support:''' http://www.forteinc.com/agent/support.php or [news:alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent news:alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent]
* Graphical news and mail reader. Shareware/Freeware.

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==== Freenews ====
* '''Platforms:''' All with JavaScript supported web browser
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://freeusenetreader.com
* '''Support:''' Contact author on web site http://freeusenetnews.com
* A free web based news reader for viewing news groups within a web browser. Requires Javascript.

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==== Gnus ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux/Unix, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.gnus.org/
* '''Support:''' [news:gnu.emacs.gnus news:gnu.emacs.gnus]
* News and mail reader under GNU Emacs. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Gravity ====
* '''Platforms:''' 32 bit Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity
* '''Support:''' http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=906885
* MicroPlanet Gravity is a popular full-featured Usenet news client for Win32 platforms. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== HogWasher ====
* '''Platforms:''' MacOS X
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.asar.com/download.html
* '''Support:''' http://www.asar.com/support/index.html
* Graphical mail and news reader. Commercial.

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==== KNode ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://knode.sourceforge.net/
* '''Support:''' http://bugs.kde.org/
* Graphical news reader for the K Desktop Environment. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Lynx ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux/Unix, VMS, Windows3.x/9x/NT, 386DOS and OS/2 EMX
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://lynx.isc.org
* '''Support:''' http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/
* A text web browser capable of reading and posting news. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== MacSOUP ====
* '''Platforms:''' Mac OS X, Mac OS Classic
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.haller-berlin.de/macsoup/
* '''Support:''' See website for contact email address http://www.haller-berlin.de/macsoup/
* Offline news reader and email for the Mac. Shareware.

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==== Maple ====
* '''Platforms:''' Currently Windows only
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://ro-maple.blogspot.com
* '''Support:''' See website for contact email address http://ro-maple.blogspot.com
* Java and JavaScript based news reader and email client.

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==== MaxNews ====
* '''Platforms:''' Mac OS X
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.maxprog.com
* '''Support:''' http://www.maxprog.com/support/us/maxnews/index.html
* News reader for the Mac. Freeware.

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==== MesNews ====
* '''Platforms:''' All version of Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, XP and Vista)
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.mesnews.net/gb/chargement.php
* '''Support:''' http://www.mesnews.net/gb/
* It is a freeware newsreader developed in the Delphi 7 language.

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==== Mozilla Suite (SeaMonkey) ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2-eComstation, Solaris, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/
* '''Support:''' http://www.mozilla.org/support/
* Graphical Internet suite (web browser, mail, and news reader). Opensource/Freeware.

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==== MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition ====
* '''Platforms:''' OS/2-eComstation and Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.mr2ice.com/
* '''Support:''' [news:comp.os.os2.mail-news news:comp.os.os2.mail-news] or mailing lists:
** Win32: [mailto:mr2win.list@mr2ice.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE mr2win.list@mr2ice.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE]
** OS/2-eComStation: [mailto:mr2ice.list@mr2ice.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE mr2ice.list@mr2ice.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE]]
* Graphical mail and news reader. Shareware.

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==== MT-NewsWatcher ====
* '''Platforms:''' Mac OS X(Universal Binary)
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/
* '''Support:''' See website for contact email address http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/
* Graphical news reader for the Mac. Donationware.

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==== New Yanoff ====
* '''Platforms:''' Palm OS
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.palmyanoff.com/
* '''Support:''' http://www.palmyanoff.com/contacts.htm#support
* News reader for the Palm. Shareware.

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==== Newega ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://newega.free.fr/index.html
* '''Support:''' http://newega.free.fr/index.html
* Usenet reader with a web based interface.

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==== NewsHunter3 ====
* '''Platforms:''' Mac OS X
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.parkersoftware.com/products/newshunter/index.html
* '''Support:''' None found
* Graphical news reader. Shareware.

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==== Newsman Pro ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.newsmanpro.com/
* '''Support:''' http://www.newsmanpro.com/phpbb2
* Graphical news reader. Shareware.

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==== News Rover ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.newsrover.com/
* '''Support:''' http://www.newsrover.com/RoverSupport.htm
* Graphical news reader. Shareware.

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==== NewsTap ====
* '''Platforms:''' iPhone,iPod, iPad
* '''Web site/Download:''' Apple Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292410356&mt=8
* '''Support:''' http://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/
* Usenet reader for the iPhone OS.

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==== NewsXpress ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.malch.com/nx1faq.html
* '''Support:''' Abandonware
* Graphical news reader. Freeware.

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==== nn ====
* '''Platforms:''' Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OSX, HP-UX, Tru64, linux
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.nndev.org/
* '''Support:''' http://www.nndev.org/
* Graphical news reader. nn is a menu based (point and shoot) netnews reader for Unix based systems.

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==== Pan ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux, MacOS X (requires X11 and Fink), Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/
* '''Support:''' http://pan.rebelbase.com/mailing_lists/
* News reader for Gnome. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== PC Yarn ====
* '''Platforms:''' DOS, OS/2-eComStation, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.vex.net/yarn/
* '''Support:''' http://www.vex.net/yarn/list/
* Text-mode offline news and mailreader which imports SOUP packets into its own local database

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==== Pine ====
* '''Platforms:''' AmigaOS, Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OpenVMS, OS/2-eComstation, Solaris, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.cac.washington.edu/pine, OS/2 version: http://www.zeta.org.au/~nps/software/pine/en/index.html
* '''Support:''' http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/non-UW.html#Documentation or news:comp.mail.pine
* Text based mail and news reader. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Pronews/2 ====
* '''Platforms:''' OS/2-eComstation
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pronews
* '''Support:''' [news:comp.os.os2.mail-news news:comp.os.os2.mail-news] or mailing list: pronews_support@os2warp.org
* Graphical news reader. Donationware.

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==== RMRNews ====
* '''Platforms:''' Symbian OS V5.0
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.rmrsoft.com/epoc/news.htm
* '''Support:''' None noted
* Graphical news reader for PDAs. Shareware.

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==== SLRN ====
* '''Platforms:''' AmigaOS, BeOS, Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2-eComstation, Solaris, VMS, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.slrn.org/
* '''Support:''' [news://news.software.readers news:''news.software.readers]
* Console mode mail and news reader. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Sylpheed ====
* '''Platforms:''' FreeBSD, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.sylpheed.org
* '''Support:''' http://sylpheed.good-day.net/en/ml.html
* Graphical mail and news reader. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Sylpheed-Claws ====
* '''Platforms:''' FreeBSD, Linux/Unix, Solaris
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://claws.sylpheed.org
* '''Support:''' http://claws.sylpheed.org/MLs.php
* Graphical mail and news reader. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Thunderbird ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2-eComstation, Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
* '''Support:''' http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/
* Graphical mail, RSS and news reader based on Mozilla. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== TIN ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux/Unix, MacOS X, Solaris, *BSD
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.tin.org''
* '''Support:''' [news://news.software.readers news:''news.software.readers]
* Console mode mail reader. Opensource/Freeware.

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==== Turnpike ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.demon.net/demon/products/internetaccess/turnpike/
* '''Support:''' http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/producthelp/internetaccess/turnpike/faqs/index.html
* Graphical news reader. Free to Demon service customers. Also available for a charge to others.

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==== Unison ====
* '''Platforms:''' MacOS X
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.panic.com/unison/
* '''Support:''' http://www.panic.com/unison/support.html
* Graphical news reader for Mac OS X. Shareware.

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==== Usenet Explorer ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.netwu.com/ue/download.htm
* '''Support:''' http://www.netwu.com/newspro/phpBB2/
* Graphical news reader. Shareware.

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==== WinVN ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/software/winvn/winvn.html
* '''Support:''' winvn@news.ksc.nasa.gov
* Graphical Newsreader for Windows. Freeware.

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==== XanaNews ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows (not 9x)
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://xananews.techtips.com.br/
* '''Support:''' [news://news.software.readers news:''news.software.readers]{
* Open source newsreader for Windows.

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==== XNEWS ====
* '''Platforms:''' Windows
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://xnews.newsguy.com/
* '''Support:''' [news://news.software.readers news:''news.software.readers]{
* Graphical Newsreader for Windows. Freeware/donationware.

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==== XPN ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux, Windows, and any other platform that runs Python and GTK+2
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html
* '''Support:''' http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html
* A graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ toolkit. GPL licensed project http://sf.net/projects/xpn

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==== XRN ====
* '''Platforms:''' Linux, UNIX
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://www.mit.edu/~jik/software/xrn.html
* '''Support:''' http://www.mit.edu/~jik/software/xrn.html#xrn-users
* Newsreader for the X Window System. Freeware/Opensource.

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==== Yanoff ====
* '''Platforms:''' PalmOS
* '''Web site/Download:''' http://yanoff.sourceforge.net/
* '''Support:''' Mailing list: http://www.egroups.com/group/yanoff/
* Newsreader for the Palm. Freeware/Opensource.

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