Introduction
BeInformed is a newsclient for BeOS with a simple and intuitive GUI.
It takes advantage of Be's multithreaded environment and of the query mechanism
built into the Be File System. This screenshot shows a typical BeInformed
session:
To read the articles of a specific newsgroup (or filter), open the newsgroup
group or filter group using the triangle. Select a newsgroup or filter
in the Subscribed List . Double click to open the Article
List. The articles are displayed in the Article List with
author, subject and a representation of their threads. Selecting
a specific article in the Article List displays the full article text in
the Article Reader. Use Prev or Next button
to navigate thru the articles.
Hosts
You can have more than one host at one time. Just add them to the list
of all hosts. To retrieve a list of all possible newsgroups from a specific
news-server, use the right mouse button to access this function through
the contextmenu.
Posting, FollowUp and Reply
You can post a new article to one or more newsgroups, answer to an article
in the newsgroup (FollowUp) or reply by eMail.
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