Quoting Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org>: > I've decided I'm in search of newsreader. I'm probably NOT going to > step into Usenet quite yet, but I do have at least one site that I > want to try using NNTP and a news reader instead of their web > interface. > > Requirements: > Text mode > preferably a Debian Stable package > talks NNTP, as opposed to requiring a local news spool > Threading would be nice. > What would you recommend, and why? tin meets all your requirements. It's tried and true, has support for ANSI colors too. http://packages.debian.org/stable/news/tin