OT: Recommend a free newsreader?

[Patter]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:58:28 +0000, Paul Boyd wrote:
> Anyone still using Pine?????

Not since email a decade ago at uni. I find slrn to be the best of a bad
bunch.

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[Steve]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:39:06 +0000, Andrew May wrote:

> Nigel Cliffe wrote:
>> [22 quoted lines suppressed]
> 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?

I've seen people try to do that with scripts, but its a slightly heavy
method.

I just use a "!delete Xpost %>3" on global with a lower limit for some
groups, thats keeps most **** under control.

Steve

 

[Marz]

On Jan 29, 4:44 pm, Donnie <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 google groups (duck and cover), I can access it from anywhere
(pc, mac, blackberry, ipod touch) it saves my subscriptions and I can
RSS feed it into my home page. Plus I don't have to install anything
on my restricted work PC.

 

[Roger Merriman]

Marz <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jan 29, 4:44 pm, Donnie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 google groups (duck and cover), I can access it from anywhere
> (pc, mac, blackberry, ipod touch) it saves my subscriptions and I can
> RSS feed it into my home page. Plus I don't have to install anything
> on my restricted work PC.

for the moment i use it on my tablet, though it does have some
shortcomming, attually quite a lot, but it does serve a need.

roger
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[Andrew Price]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:51:12 +0000, rothers <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>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.

Yes, and I believe the new version 4 can also ignore subthreads. But
neither of them are free (Free Agent has been discontinued).