Magnate illuminated comp.os.linux.setup by typing:
> Does anyone else use Evolution to read Usenet? I'm having terrible
> difficulty with it:
>
> 1. It doesn't seem to have a full list of newsgroups. For instance, when I
> click to expand the list of groups under alt, there's just a line that says
> "Loading ..." (and if I click on that it crashes Evolution, consistently).
> Clicking "Refresh" does nothing. Does anyone know a way to force Evolution
> to re-fetch the list of newsgroups from the server?
>
> 2. Some newsgroups are not updating - they just get "stuck" at a certain
> date, and Evolution sees/fetches no more articles. I know there are more
> articles in the groups on the server, because I can see them with OE. Again,
> is there a solution to this? I've tried deleting and re-creating the Usenet
> account, but it seems to remember all the groups and articles, including the
> sticking points. Does anyone know a way to completely re-set this?
>
> I guess I could purge Evolution and reinstall it, but I'd rather not do that
> if possible. It's working fine as a mail and PIM client.

I think you've already had a couple of pointers about Evolution as an
NNTP client.

I have it set up to read from news.individual.net, and it is pretty
flaky at both article downloads and also group listing.

As others have done, I recomend looking elsewhere.

There are a myriad of differing clients you can use.

Here are just a few

1) Claws mail
2) Sylpheed
3) Thunderbird
4) Pan
5) Knode (needs some KDE libs)
6) slrn (terminal news reader)
7) Gnus (terminal news reader)

One of them may suit you more than another. I suggest you try them
until you find one that *you* like. It is all about personal
preference.

--
Moog

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