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{{Short description|Open-source newsreader}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Pan
| logo = 
| screenshot = Pan-screenshot.png
| caption = Pan screenshot showing the [[Gmane]] newsserver and the pan user list
| author = Matt Eagleson
| developer = 
| released = {{Start date and age|1999|07|30|df=yes}}<ref>[http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/releases/0.4.0/ 0.4.0 ChangeLog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322063212/http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/releases/0.4.0/ |date=2023-03-22 }}, Version 0.4.0 (Friday 30 July 1999) - Initial release</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pan.rebelbase.com/oldnews-07.html |title=August 5, 1999 - Pan 0.4.3 released |accessdate=2016-04-08 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010221030246/http://pan.rebelbase.com/oldnews-07.html |archivedate=21 February 2001}}</ref>
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1493898|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1493898|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1493898|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1493898|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = 
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]] [[OpenSolaris]], and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| platform = 
| language = 
| genre = [[News client]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]
| website = {{URL|pan.rebelbase.com}}
}}
'''Pan''' is a [[news client]] for multiple operating systems, developed by Charles Kerr and others. It supports offline reading, multiple servers, multiple connections, fast (indexed) article header filtering and mass saving of multi-part attachments encoded in [[uuencode]], [[yEnc]] and [[base64]]; images in common formats can be viewed inline. Pan is [[free software]] available for [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[OpenSolaris]], and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].

Pan is popular for its large feature set. It passes the [[Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval]] 2.0 set of standards for newsreaders.

== Name ==
The name Pan originally [[acronym|stood for]] '''P'''imp-'''a'''ss '''n'''ewsreader.  As Pan became an increasingly popular and polished application, the full name was perceived to be unprofessional and in poor taste, so references to it have been removed from the program and its website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Horkan |first=Alan |title=Alan Horkan Says |work=maemo applications |publisher=svenfoo (Sven Neumann) |date=2005-06-24 |url=http://svenfoo.geekheim.de/2005/06/17/maemo-applications/#comment-88 |accessdate=2011-01-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314210852/http://svenfoo.geekheim.de/2005/06/17/maemo-applications/ |archivedate=14 March 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001101100220PSGN GNOME Newsreader Wins The Register's "Flame of the Week"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512194102/http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2001101100220PSGN |date=2016-05-12 }}, 2001-10-11, Linux Today, ''From the Flame of the Week: "GNOME-compatible Usenet client software pan (that's for Pimp-Ass Newsreader) has named its latest release - version 0.10.0.92 "Andrew Orlowski Can Kiss My Ass".''</ref>
[[Image:Screenshot_of_Pan_newsreader_application.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Pan 0.14.2.91]]
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==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[List of Usenet newsreaders]]
*[[Comparison of Usenet newsreaders]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|pan.rebelbase.com}}

{{FLOSS}}

[[Category:Free Usenet clients]]
[[Category:BSD software]]
[[Category:GNOME Applications]]
[[Category:News aggregators that use GTK]]
[[Category:Software using the GNU General Public License]]

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