[jb_daefo]

I used to use free-agent on Windows98 for usenet.
too much memory temporarily in the dual-boot machine for Windows98
So the newsgroups I read, (news.astraweb.com paid) I read here,
one slrnpull.conf for each group, in its own subdirectory
which contains the group name, and the default numbers (for example
default 500 7 0
)
one .sh or .zsh which contains
slrnpull -d /[this folder] -h news.astraweb.com
and an authinfo file which contains username and password for news.astaweb.com
..............
running the .zsh or .sh fetches the new messages which are put into
[here]/news/name/of/group
changing to /news/name/of
then running
mutt -f group
makes mutt read the messages
..............
sorry for the not-quite-precise instructions. But the idea is there