Pan requires gtkspell 2.0.2 or higher (http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net).
A Mandrake 9.0 package (libgtkspell0-2.0.3-1mdk90) is available at
   http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/extras/gtkspell/MANDRAKE_90/

The 'nospell' package have been compiled with spell checking disabled,
and therefore do not require the gtkspell package.

Pan also requires gnet 1.1.5 or higher.  A Mandrake 9.0 package
(libgnet1.1-1.1.8-1mdk90) is available at
   http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/extras/gnet/MANDRAKE_90/

These packages are built for Mandrake 9.0, using Mandrake's library
naming conventions.  Mandrake's menu file and icons are included.

Using these packages on Mandrake 8.2 is possible, but this requires
several packages from Mandrake 9.0, including:
   libatk1.0_0
   libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0
   libglib2.0_0
   libgtk+-x11-2.0_0
   libpango1.0_0
   pango
   libxml2

If Pan is crashing freqently, upgrading pango/libpango1.0_0 to 1.0.5 or
later may help.  (This requires additional packages).  See Texstar's
mirrors for packages:
  http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/apt/Mandrake/RPMS.texstar/
  http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms/