Re: [Evolution] evo and news

[Jay Daniels <tux myt60 net>]

On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 22:18 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 19:12 -0400, Jay Daniels wrote:
> > What is the current state of the news or nntp plugin for evolution?  I'm
> > using Ubuntu 8.04-3 and it does not seem to be installed for some
> > reason.
>
> It's not a plugin. Evo has this built-in. Create a new account and
> select NNTP as the server type.
>
> > Is it better to read gmane with a real news reader and not put evo
> > though the pain.
>
> Possibly. I'm not a big NetNews user. Some people have complained about
> Evo's handling of giant folders, which are typical of popular
> newsgroups.
>
> poc

Thanks Patrick, I think I will try out Pan for news.


jay