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[Pan-users] Re: Pan Reviewed in Linux Format Magazine
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Duncan |
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[Pan-users] Re: Pan Reviewed in Linux Format Magazine |
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Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:39:41 +0000 (UTC) |
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Jim Henderson <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, excerpted below, on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:53:21
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> Just got my April 2009 issue (yes, I'm a time traveler, apparently <g>),
FWIW, magazine dates used to confuse me too. Then it was explained to me
that the date is when it /expires/, not when it's published or hits your
box and the stands. Thus, for a monthly (which I assume Linux Format
is), just getting the April edition should be correct -- it'll expire the
beginning of April when the May edition comes out.
So it sort of makes sense, but it's still a bit confusing.
> and the "Roundup" this month is on newsreaders.
>
> They compared Gnus, SLRN, Thunderbird, XPN, KNode, and Pan.
>
> Pan rated an 8/10 in the review, and was given the thumbs up in their
> verdict (ie, it was selected as the best of the newsreaders).
>
> Pan's binary download handling is what pushed it over KNode, but they do
> note that KNode's scoring system is better than Pan's.
Congrats Pan!
You (they) are right, tho, it's scoring could be better, and of course
knode can /post/ binaries (but not yEnc, AFAIK), something pan can't do
on its own.
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