Tin (newsreader)

Infobox Software
name = tin


caption = Tin Newsreader - Threading
developer = Urs Janen
latest_release_version = Stable 1.8.3; Unstable 1.9.3
latest_release_date = Stable February 1, 2007, Unstable May 6, 2008
operating_system = Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, OpenVMS
genre = news client
OSI approved = yes
license = BSD
website = [http://www.tin.org/ www.tin.org]

tin is an open source text-based and threaded news client. It is available for a variety of Unix-like operating systems. It is based on TASS newsreader, whose source code had been posted in 1991 on USENET by Rich Skrenta. [cite newsgroup
url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sources/browse_frm/thread/9f925ffe9361ab4d/9003d570c82ed9a1?tvc=1#9003d570c82ed9a1
title=Tass 3.2 newsreader
author=Rick Skrenta
newsgroup=alt.sources newsgroup
date=April 18, 1991] tin was begun shortly afterwards by Iain Lea, [cite newsgroup
url=http://groups.google.com/group/news.software.readers/msg/d114fab1f98ce5bc
title=ANNOUNCEMENT: tin v1.00 - YAN (Yet Another Newsreader)
author=Iain Lea
date=August 24, 1991
newsgroup=news.software.readers] who provided information for the IETF RFC 2980. [cite web
url=http://www3.tools.ietf.org/html/draft-barber-nntp-imp-04
title=Common NNTP Extensions (draft 4)
last=Barber
first=Stan
year=1996] [cite web
url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2980
title=RFC 2980 Common NNTP Extensions
last=Barber
first=Stan
month=October | year=2000] Since 1996 tin has been maintained by Urs Janßen.

The program is generally compared with trn or nn. [cite web
url=http://www.savetz.com/yic/YIC05FI_10.html
title=Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online — 5.10. What program should I use to read news?
last=Savetz
first=Kevin
year=1996
publisher=Sams Publishing] [cite web
url=http://docs.rinet.ru/LiSys/lsg41.htm
title=Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide
last=Parker
first=Tim
publisher=Same
year=1996] cite book
url=http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_network/x-087-2-newsreaders.html
title=Linux Network Administrators Guide &mdash
pages=Chapter 24. Newsreader Configuration
first=Olaf
last=Kirch
coauthors=Terry Dawson
publisher=O'Reilly
year=2000] Some note that tin has the most flexible threading support.

tin runs on any UNIX or POSIX platform.This is because tin was an early adopter of autoconf, in 1996.Older versions of tin also ran on OpenVMS; [citation
url=http://vms.tuwien.ac.at/freeware/TIN-1-4-4/
title=OpenVMS Freeware CDs V5.0
contribution=TIN-1-4-4
last=Dickey
first=Thomas E
date=April 2001] the newer versions which have UTF-8 support do not.

The original tin used termcap.Along with the portability improvements gained by using autoconf,its developers improved the adaptability bymaking it work with terminfo or curses — again improving portability.Other changes, such as localization using gettext,as well as IPv6 support have kept the application current.

Unlike trn or nn,it is easy to follow the progress of changes since 1995 in tinbecause its changelog is detailed, and dated.

ee also

*List of news clients

References

External links

* [http://www.tin.org/ tin.org] - Official homepage
* [http://www.skrenta.com/tass/ Notes on tass]