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Below is a comparison of several popular (free) news clients to assist you in choosing the most suitable client for your intended use.

Recommendations...
  • Outlook Express is included with Windows (As a component of Internet Explorer), and should meet the needs of most users. News providers generally supply instructions for configuring or support for Outlook Express.

  • KNode is part of the KDE Desktop, and is particularly useful for users who wish to post to multiple groups with different details. It offers most standard features, and lots more.

  • Users who want a unified Web-browser and e-mail/news client may prefer to install Mozilla or Netscape.


    • KNode 0.4
    Outlook Express 5.5
    Mozilla 0.9.9
    Free Agent 1.21
    Netscape Communicator 4.79
    Platform (Test platform)
    Unix variants (KDE 2, XFree86 3.3.6, FreeBSD 4.3)
    Win32 (Windows 2000 Professional)
    Various (Windows 2000 Professional)
    Win32/Win16 (Windows 2000 Professional)
    Various (KDE 2, XFree86 3.3.6, FreeBSD 4.3 Linux emulation)

    Usability
    Multiple account support
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    Per group configuration
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    Group descriptions
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    Group statistics
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    Folder synchronisation
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    Offline browsing
    Offline browsing
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    Automatic cleanup
    Display font selection
    Fixed or variable width

    Composing Messages
    Spelling check
    External
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    -
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    Character set selection
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    External editor
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    Message encoding
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    Quoted Printable/base64
    Quoted Printable
    Plain text
    Quoted Printable
    HTML support
    Plain text and/or HTML
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    Plain text and/or HTML

    Reading Messages
    Threading
    Article scoring
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    Used-defined filters
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    Pre-defined filters
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    Customise header display
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    Display attachments inline
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    Display alternate content
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    HTML news support
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    Other Features
    SSL Support
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    Mail support
    SMTP
    SMTP
    Digital signature support
    PGP
    Certificates
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    Define own x-headers
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    Customise reply/forward phrase
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    Cancel/supersede messages
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    Source viewing
    Show all headers
    Show all headers
    Signature support
    File only
    File only

    Annoying 'Features'
    Emoticons as graphics
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    If you know any of the above to be incorrect, please let us know and we will ensure this page is updated.

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