OT: Recommend a free newsreader?

Quoted message said:

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

Xnews. Has the advantage that you can move the entire thing around
different computers, memory sticks etc by just cutting and pasting the
folder. It's very easy to use too.

It doesn't have as many features as others thobut.

Donnie said:

anyone?

Been years since ive been on newsgroups and back then i used outlook
express.

However, currently using Mozilla Thunderbird for email and using it
for newsgroup access is fiddly and not as good (much as it pains me
to say this) not as good as what i remember Outlook to be.

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility called
QuoteFix.

By the way, a news server faste and more reliable than most ISP's is
news.individual.net - for a small fee per year.

~PB

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility called
QuoteFix.

Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on usenet
sneers mercilessly at OE.

(yes, it works for me too, and I don't even use QuoteFix).

cheers,
clive

Mark T said:

Quoted message said:

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

Xnews. Has the advantage that you can move the entire thing around
different computers, memory sticks etc by just cutting and pasting the
folder.

That's true for OE as well. Actually all the messages are stored in a
single file.

~PB

I scribbled:

Quoted message said:

Mark T said:

Quoted message said:

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

Xnews. Has the advantage that you can move the entire thing around
different computers, memory sticks etc by just cutting and pasting
the folder.

That's true for OE as well. Actually all the messages are stored in a
single file.

The news messages, I mean, in a single .dbx file. Same for every other
"folder" too (inbox, etc).

~PB

Clive George said:

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility
called QuoteFix.

Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on
usenet sneers mercilessly at OE.

(yes, it works for me too, and I don't even use QuoteFix).

Aren't we outrageous? ;-)

I've tried several other programs - but I simply like the way OE looks and
works the best.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Clive George said:

[10 quoted lines suppressed]

Aren't we outrageous? ;-)

I've tried several other programs - but I simply like the way OE looks and
works the best.

If you do feel the need to get yourself off the OE habit, then try
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ , think of it as a fixed OE.

It took me ages to switch from OE, simply because many of the alternatives
are just plain ugly, or totally unusable unless you learn the 400 hotkey
combinations. I think I tried every other newsreader before deciding on
this one, and use it in combination with Thunderbird for Email to give the
perfect combination.

Steve

Donnie said:

anyone?

Been years since ive been on newsgroups and back then i used outlook
express.

However, currently using Mozilla Thunderbird for email and using it
for newsgroup access is fiddly and not as good (much as it pains me to
say this) not as good as what i remember Outlook to be.

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

emacs/gnus (of course).

In article <[email hidden]>, Donnie
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

anyone?

Been years since ive been on newsgroups and back then i used outlook
express.

However, currently using Mozilla Thunderbird for email and using it for
newsgroup access is fiddly and not as good (much as it pains me to say
this) not as good as what i remember Outlook to be.

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

Microplanet Gravity http://mpgravity.sourceforge.net/

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Rudin
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Donnie said:

anyone?

Been years since ive been on newsgroups and back then i used outlook
express.

However, currently using Mozilla Thunderbird for email and using it
for newsgroup access is fiddly and not as good (much as it pains me to
say this) not as good as what i remember Outlook to be.

So, there must be a decent one out there?
What are you lot using?

emacs/gnus (of course).

emacs is just so wrong. :-)

Rob Morley said the following on 30/01/2008 08:23:

Quoted message said:

emacs is just so wrong. :-)

Anyone still using Pine?????

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Clive George said:

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility
called QuoteFix.

Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on
usenet sneers mercilessly at OE.

I use OE as well (with QuoteFix). I've tried various alternatives and found
them lacking.

Its big limitation is filtering, which is impossible to filter cross-posted
trolling. If a group gets a bad case of the trolls, I can swing NewsProxy
into action.

- Nigel

--
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

Nigel Cliffe said:

Clive George said:

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility
called QuoteFix.

Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on
usenet sneers mercilessly at OE.

I use OE as well (with QuoteFix). I've tried various alternatives and found
them lacking.

Its big limitation is filtering, which is impossible to filter cross-posted
trolling. If a group gets a bad case of the trolls, I can swing NewsProxy
into action.

- Nigel

I use Thunderbird and find the filtering a bit limiting. What I would
really like is to be not only able to filter all messages from x or all
messages cross-posted to y but also all messages (from anyone) that are
follow-ups to that message. Don't suppose anyone knows of a
news-reader that will do that do they?

Andrew

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Xnews. Has the advantage that you can move the entire thing around
different computers, memory sticks etc by just cutting and pasting
the folder.

That's true for OE as well. Actually all the messages are stored in a
single file.

The news messages, I mean, in a single .dbx file. Same for every other
"folder" too (inbox, etc).

Ah, I wondered what you meant. To clarify, you can move the entire Xnews
program folder about useful if you use two computers.

Nigel Cliffe said:

Clive George said:

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility
called QuoteFix.

Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on
usenet sneers mercilessly at OE.

I use OE as well (with QuoteFix). I've tried various alternatives and found
them lacking.

JOOI - what did you find that gnus lacked?

Quoted message said:

I use Thunderbird and find the filtering a bit limiting. What I would
really like is to be not only able to filter all messages from x or all
messages cross-posted to y but also all messages (from anyone) that are
follow-ups to that message. Don't suppose anyone knows of a
news-reader that will do that do they?

Andrew

Agent has the ability to ignore a thread.

Paul Boyd said:

Anyone still using Pine?????

No, but I am still using Tin.

--
Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt
The struggle of people against power is the struggle
of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

Andrew May said:

Nigel Cliffe said:

Clive George said:

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

> I still use and like Outlook Express. It's improved with a utility
> called QuoteFix.
Ooh, how can you possibly do such a thing. Everybody who's anybody on
usenet sneers mercilessly at OE.

I use OE as well (with QuoteFix). I've tried various alternatives and found
them lacking.

Its big limitation is filtering, which is impossible to filter cross-posted
trolling. If a group gets a bad case of the trolls, I can swing NewsProxy
into action.

- Nigel

I use Thunderbird and find the filtering a bit limiting. What I would
really like is to be not only able to filter all messages from x or all
messages cross-posted to y but also all messages (from anyone) that are
follow-ups to that message. Don't suppose anyone knows of a
news-reader that will do that do they?

There are some,I'm sure. however look for NewsProxy (a free download)
and install it between Thunderbird and your news server. It can filter
on many things, including cross posted to more than n groups, or sent
by x.

I'm not sure if it can do the "follow ups to" bit.

--

Tim

I understand very little of what's being discussed
but for some reason it's fascinating.

(Jon Thompson, urs)

Donnie said:

anyone?

Been years since ive been on newsgroups and back then i used outlook
express.

However, currently using Mozilla Thunderbird for email and using it for
newsgroup access is fiddly and not as good (much as it pains me to say
this) not as good as what i remember Outlook to be.

So, there must be a decent one out there? What are you lot using?

Donnie.

I use Pan
http://pan.rebelbase.com/
it is small fast and simple

Peter

The Kiwi bird is very aptly New Zealand's national emblem.
It is a bird which cannot fly.
It only comes out at night.
It has nostrils at the end of its long beak, and
It is always poking its nose into things.

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