David B's Xnews Help Pages

Xnews is a free newsreader written by Luu Tran. It is one of my favourite newsreaders, but the wealth of options mean it can be a bit daunting to a newbie. I've put together these pages to provide some extra information that may be useful for new users; additionally, Luu's manual is also available. I'm David Breach by the way :-)

I've also put together a few pages detailing some of the other software that I use, that some may find interesting. Or not.

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Xnews Setup

Servers setup - Basic

Servers setup - Custom

Additional Information

ini files

SSL

NewsProxy

What's New

History - Added lots of information (see links on right) about other software I use.

Xnews

Follow the links on the left to go step-by-step through the main Xnews setup details, as well as getting the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

Screenshots

Want to know what Xnews look like before you try it? See some screenshots of my setup (virtually all aspects of the display are customisable) here:

Groups display (67kb) :: Articles display (67kb) :: Message composition window (37kb) :: "Open Special" window (24kb) :: Keyboard mapping window (16kb) :: Scoring (25kb) :: Score window (18kb) :: Score file (6kb) :: Filter window (14kb) :: Skip quoted text (52kb)

Other useful Xnews information

For more Xnews related goodies also check out DC's page.

Ralf Hasse has a great site which explains the function of Xnews's menus, which may be useful if you're new to reading news with Xnews.

Other Software

The links below take you to my pages which detail some of the free software I use for various tasks. Alternatively, a small index page with more details is available here.

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