From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 16:12:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 082F4106564A for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from edu-smtp-01.edutel.nl (edu-smtp-01.edutel.nl [88.159.1.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968708FC20 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:12:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from Rena.FStaals.net (unknown [88.159.208.104]) by edu-smtp-01.edutel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2187913E239; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:51:47 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4911C113.4090506@gmx.net> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:51:47 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rada alive References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" , fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: irc & usenet clients for xfce X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:12:23 -0000 Rada alive wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:38 PM, FBSD1 wrote: > > >> What irc, pop mail, and usenet clients from gmone or kde or x would you >> recommend to use on xfce? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > I suggest irssi or Xchat for IRC, mutt or Thunderbird for mail (The latter > for usenet also, idk if mutt supports usenet). > irssi and mutt if you like CLI, Xchat and Thunderbird if you like GUI's. > I have been using irssi (+bitlbee) for my IRC/IM needs for ages now, works like a charm for me. And thunderbird has been my mail client ever since 0.2. so I'd agree they are nice choises. I haven't used thunderbird for usenet stuff though; I only used usenet for downloading purposes. Used pan as a desktop-solution. Worked fine in my opinion. For a more server-like solution you may want to take a look at SabNZBd. > But best of all to use is whatever _you_ would recommend somebody to use. > _______________________________________________ > > Yep, feel free to try out some stuff but choose whatever *you* think works nice Good luck, -- - Frank