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+tin is a threaded NNTP and spool based UseNet newsreader for a variety of platforms.
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+http://www.tin.org/
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+it's under active development, with a last release on October 3, 2014. It is not yet installed on ``tilde.club``, but if you have it on your local box and can do ssh port forwarding, you can read news using it. (details forthcoming).
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