# Introduction

&knode; is an easy-to-use, convenient newsreader. It is intended to allow even newbies to use a newsreader under &kde;. &knode; also offers advanced features appealing to experienced users. &knode; is a online-reader but could work together with a newsserver like leafnode as an offline-reader.

As of version 0.4 &knode; complies with all the requirements of theGNKSA.

If you have problems or questions about this program, please contact the mailing list for &kde; users (for subscription, seeHomepage of the &kde; mailing lists ) or one of the &kde; newsgroups:

- comp.windows.x.kde
- de.comp.os.unix.apps.kde (german)

If you found a bug or have suggestions regarding the functionality of &knode; please report them via the menuHelp Report bug....

Please make sure when asking questions in the above mentioned newsgroups and mailing lists to only ask questions that are not answered in this manual.

For those new to reading news and posting articles, I want to recommend the chapter A journey through Usenet. It is not so much about the program &knode; as how to move about in the Usenet with its help. In general, it is not sufficient to just master a news reader for writing news articles. Imagine a car driver who masters his car perfectly but does not know about the traffic rules or signs. Do you want to encounter such a driver when out in traffic? So please take your time to learn at least a little about the traffic rules of the Usenet. The other participants will thank you.

&knode; supports you in many cases with hints and warnings. If you do not simply ignore them, you will avoid many beginners' mistakes. But do not exclusively depend on them either.

Please address suggestions and critics at the author or at the responsible translator for your language.