On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 09:39:12PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > You were asking about text mail readers but wanna use them for news as > well. Mutt is great for e-mail but I can't see how one could read > news with it. I used to use slrn for news, as it seemed to have the most features back when I had a newsfeed...back in 02. Havent looked at either tin or slrn since losing my sight, so couldn't make a recommendation, but I second the mutt recommendation. Love it I keep learning new things about it all the time, and it works fantastically with SpeakUP. Once you get rid of the on-screen menubars, mutt is a pretty quiet, massively functional email client. Michael