Chris, you could most certainly use Pine to read news and I know others on list have used mutt too though I have no personal experience with regard to using mutt to read news groups. Hth. Ed On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Christopher Moore wrote: > I'm seeking advice/opinions on a news reader for linux. The other day I > tried trn but found it extremely slow and difficult to understand. I > wouldn't mind spending a couple days reading the man page if the program > were worth the learning curve. > > As much as I don't like Windowws, Outlook Express has a nice news reading > facility. But I'd much prefer to use something in linux. > > Thanks for your input. > Chris >