Re: On the newsreader subject

[Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman boxster law miami edu>]

Szekeres Istvan <szekeres@cyberspace.mht.bme.hu> writes:
> Someone told me c-client is a memory hogger (see: pine), and recommended me
> not to use it for the newsreader. I don't know the truth, but nntp is simple
> enough not to use an external library for it.

Versions packaged with PINE 3.X are big memory hogs.  Version packaged
with IMAP4beta aren't.

However, I don't know if the c-client license is as restrictive as
that of pine, which has forced Debian to put pine in non-free.

Mike.
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