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Fjx1 - 29 Jan 2005 20:39 GMT

I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the service. I
have a cable connection. What would you recommend as a good newsreader to use?

Tks,

Gerry
fjx1@aol.com

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ColynG? - 29 Jan 2005 20:43 GMT

>I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the service. I
>have a cable connection. What would you recommend as a good newsreader to use?
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>Gerry
>fjx1@aol.com

I use forte agent.

You can buy the full version or get the free version at
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

Colyn Goodson
http://home.swbell.net/colyng
http://www.colyngoodson.com

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James Robinson - 29 Jan 2005 21:38 GMT

> I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the service. I
> have a cable connection. What would you recommend as a good newsreader to use?

Assuming you are using Windows, I use an old version of Netscape (4.8),
which you can still download, if you like. I find it the fastest
newsreader available. The down side is that it won't handle yEnc
binaries, which are becoming fairly common. You could probably use
yProxy to solve that problem.

An updated version, called Thunderbird, is available free from Mozilla
(or you can use the full version of Mozilla, which includes browser,
newsreader, and mail:

http://www.mozilla.org

I use Xnews for yEnc binaries, which is also free, and will handle
regular news items:

http://www.seegras.de/xnews/

Finally, as another post suggests, you can download Free Agent, which is
an excellent news reader, or the pay version, to get yEnc capability.

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Matt Clara - 30 Jan 2005 01:54 GMT

>I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the service.
>I
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> Gerry
> fjx1@aol.com

If AOL is dropping the service, you're going to need more than a reader,
you're going to need a service, too! EasyNews is pretty good for $10 a
month.

For text based groups such as this one, Outlook Express or Mozilla's native
reader work just fine. I've been using Outlook Express since 1998, and I
have no complaints. For binaries, you need Forte's Agent, or something like
it. If you go with EasyNews, though, they've got an html interface for
binaries that obviates the need for a reader.

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Roxy Durban - 30 Jan 2005 06:11 GMT

> I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the service. I
> have a cable connection. What would you recommend as a good newsreader to use?
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> Gerry
> fjx1@aol.com

The best reader I have ever used is Pan, which usually comes with Linux.

You can get a free Windows version of it from http://pan.rebelbase.com/
but you will also have to download and install the latest GTK Runtime
libraries for it to work.

Pan allows you to filter just about anything. Crossposts, individuals,
headers, messageID's, etc.

You can also get your news for free from the following server:

freenews.netfront.net

So, if AOL is shutting down newsgroups, maybe we'll see less of Annika.

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R.Schenck - 30 Jan 2005 21:21 GMT

fjx1@aol.comnospam (Fjx1) on 29 Jan 2005 posted

> I had been using AOL to read newsgroups but they are dropping the
> service. I have a cable connection. What would you recommend as a good
> newsreader to use?

I use X-news. Apparently its not being updated anymore, but it does a well
enough job. It also allows scoring of posters and threads which is a plus.

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