OT: Usenet software

You'd rather use fast-changing Microshit?

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

As Keith pointed out, this is

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As this (newsreaders) category of software is fairly mature, preference is a personal thing:

A lot of folks agree with Keith on the Windoze side:

(There are many other M$-compatible newsreaders: .)

and who agree with him on the Linux side:

(I especially like the way pan versions are denoted

--no 1.1.1, 1.1.2 for them.) There are ports of pan for Windoze as well: http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:lIa6H83Q4PAJ:pan.rebelbase.com/+%20Pan-is-a-newsreader+haleykd+Windows-build+K-Haley+Windows . .. There are newsreaders especially for the binaries newsgroups (e.g., alt.binaries.schematics.electronic):

. .. This is the document on which the newsgroups concept is based: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:8PaSp2kKbWoJ:*-top-*-*-message+give-context It amazes me how many folks on Usenet don't know it exists

--much less have read it.

Combine that with some (seemingly common sense) things like

're-clickable+zapatopi.net-afdb.html-and-for-Amiga/Linux-users-zapatopi.net-mindguard.html and you're off to a good start.

Welcome to the mad-house.

I assume you mean software to read the newsgroups (the Usenet is not email). The choice of software is personal, but I'd propose that anything other than GoogleGroups or M$ OuthouseExcess is a good choice. I prefer Gravity for Windows and Pan for Linux (both free).

The other thing you need is a news (NNTP) server. Your ISP may have a server, though another good choice is Individual.net (about $13/year).

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  Keith

For email and newsgroups, I use Win 3.1 and Netscape 2.02. I tried all the other clients that run on Win 3.1, but could not find anything that worked as well as the original Netscape. Version 3.04 is ok, but 4 and later versions are a disaster. You can find V2.02 in many places on the web, and it should run on any version of Windows that supports 16 bit code. Search for "n16e202.exe".

I have Win 95 and Linux on other machines, but do not connect them to the web. Win 3.1 is nearly perfect for the work I do. Viruses, trojans and spyware won't run, and I have no problems browsing with Opera 3.62.

Once in a while I come across a site that needs MSIE 5.0, but this is rare. If the site is so bad that MSIE won't work, it's a sign the site is so badly designed it will be impossible to get what I need anyway. There are plenty of other sites that are better designed.

Mike Monett

I'm getting into this somewhere down-string, but.....

I recently went through several readers while searching for a good one, and was surprised to find I already owned one. It is Entourage, which is part of Microsoft Office. It is very easy to use, with many user-friendly options. I use it to fetch my email, as well as the newsgroup posts. I really like it and have none of my usual complaints about Microsoft products.

I use OSX (Mac), but I'm sure it's also available for Windows crunchers.

Don

I use Agent (from Forte), which still has a good following despite its age and its relatively slow pace of development.

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Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

Agent handles personal email and Usenet.

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things)

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try

or Nonags;

for shareware and freeware newsreaders.

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Jim Yanik
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Mozilla is pretty good. I use the suite since it is nicely integrated with a great web browser. If you want to check it out:

Regards, Joerg

Thunderbird, good for mail, good for usenet.

Paul Burke

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I use XNEWS