Version 0.8.7 of the slrn newsreader is available from space.mit.edu in
pub/davis/slrn.  Slrn is also available in Europe at ftp.uni-stuttgart.de in
/pub/unix/misc/slang.

For images of slrn in action, see the slrn web page at
http://space.mit.edu/~davis/slrn.html.

SLRN is an NNTP newsreader with the following features:

  * Runs under Unix, VMS, and OS/2
  * True referenced-based threading
  * Score (Kill) file support with scores that can be set to expire
  * Draws a colored thread tree using line drawing characters
  * Multiple server support
  * Multiple windows
     - Header summary window showing threads
     - Article window
  * Customizable 
     - Keybindings
     - Colors
         For example, the default colors, say, using a color xterm such as
	 rxvt, shows the top status bar in blue on white, the author's name
	 in the header summary window as magenta on white, the thread tree
	 as red lines connecting subject titles, the window status lines
	 appear as yellow on blue, the article headers in the article window
	 are cyan on white, the quoted text appears as red on white, and
	 the body of the article appears as blue on white.
     - Server -> newsrc mappings
  * Built-in support for MIME
  * Smart screen updating
  * Online help which is also customizable
  * Automatic reconnect if server drops connection
  * Fast on slow modem connections.  It does not read the whole active file
     like many other newsreaders.
  * Compile with TERM support under Linux
  * XTerm mouse support with clickable buttons
  * Easy uudecoding of articles


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John E. Davis                   Center for Space Research/AXAF Science Center
617-258-8119                    MIT 37-662c, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://space.mit.edu/~davis