Command line usenet client?

[NoOp]

On 07/08/2008 12:31 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:
> I'm currently looking for a binary newsreader that can easily download
> binary files from usenet from the command line. I'm also looking for
> something that can easily upload binary files to usenet, such as
> PowerPost on windows, except that this needs to function on the
> command line only. I'm using Ubuntu Server 8.04. Thanks in advance.
> 

Many years ago I used Pine & found it to be quite sufficient. See:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/

Also see:
http://littlergirl.googlepages.com/newsreaders.html
for a comparison of lots of newsreaders.

That said, you can actually install a GUI desktop on your server if you
wish. Perhaps something light like xubuntu:

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

then

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

All of your server features/functions are still available & working and
you can then use Thunderbird for newsgroups & Firefox for your DSL
bandwidth speed testing.