How To Install and Setup KNode Online NewsReader

KNode is the newsready component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager of KDE.

KNode is an easy-to-use, convenient flexible and simple newsreader. KNode is part of KDE component. KNode is intended to allow even newbies to use a newsreader under KDE, but it also offers advanced features appealing to experienced users. KNode is an online-reader but could work together with a newsserver like leafnode as an offline-reader.

Here a list of KNode highlights:

* GNKSA compliant
* supports multiple new servers
* signing emails and newsarticles
* reading of HTML articles
* supports all international character sets
* powerful search and filter functions
* spell checking

The above are only a few of what a newsreader like KNode has to publicly offer.

KNode Installation on Fedora

KNode is part of KDEPim which is comprised of several KDE applications. To install

# yum -y install kdepim


KNode would be located under Applications > Internet > Knode

Launching KNode

# knode

Setup and Configure KNode

Launch Knode

Click Settings and select Configure KNode

Inside KNode settings, go to Accounts and click Add to add a new news server. Fill up the required fields

a. new server

b. port (default 119)

c. authentication details (optional - username, password)

d. other KNode options

Close and exit. You can optionally fill up the Identity menu above Accounts Menu from where you create your new News Account. Hit fetch all buttons to retrieve all the news item from your news server.

KNode can also be used to connect and retrieve news items from publicly available usenet news server or even known commercial news media station around your city.

All done.