What is KNode?

KNode is a newsreader for the K Desktop Environment. It is GNKSA compliant (unfortunally a review is still pending), and has support for MIME and multiple servers.

It is a online-reader, but in combination with a local newsserver like leafnode also usable with dial-up connections.

KNode is written in C++ using KDevelop, a great IDE for KDE (thanks to the whole KDevelop-team for their excellent work). It is published under the GNU General Public License and comes without any warranty.

Features

• all basic features of a newsreader (read articles, post articles, threading ...)
• support for multiple newsservers
• reading and composing of MIME multipart messages
• inline display of attachments (text and images)
• support for sending mail via smtp
• customizable filters
• full scoring
• configurable fonts and colors
• customizable hotkeys for all functions
• Drag and drop between folders and groups
• a good looking gui ;-)
• usage of the mbox-format for folders

Do we really need another newsreader for Linux?

Well, I think so. Of course, there are a lot of powerfull newsreaders for Linux, but a lot of them are hard to configure, difficult to use or simply looking ugly. The goal of KNode is to provide an easy-to-use newsreader, with all the features the average user migth want. It is not meant to be a tool for the poweruser, who wants every aspect of his newsreader to be customizable. Those people should go with other applications.