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rdt
What version of Xnews is that??Tech said:
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Christopher Jahn
And said:
Just make sure you check for patches daily, and have a
powerful AV scanner. Outlook Express is the screen door on
your computer.
Also make sure to install OE quote fix, or you will be reviled
throughout usenet.
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After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
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DC
For Windows: Xnews (no contest)
For Linux: slrn
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Danin
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:51:08 +0100, Paul the D
| What NG reading software are you using - Is there a better free
| newgroup reader software that 'Free Agent'?
Still using Agent.
- return address is altered slightly to reduce spam.
| What NG reading software are you using - Is there a better free
| newgroup reader software that 'Free Agent'?
Still using Agent.
- return address is altered slightly to reduce spam.
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Onno
I first tried Free Agent, then Xnews just for binaries, then OE, then
Gravity. And then I got ADSL, so I could use Xnews for everything!
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badgolferman
Just make sure you check for patches daily, and have a
Yes, Outlook Express without OE-Quotefix is unusable in newsgroups. I
also follow the other recommendations about patches and anti-virus, but
not daily. Weekly seems to work for me, but common sense is necessary
when it comes to opening messages you shouldn't.
Yes, Outlook Express without OE-Quotefix is unusable in newsgroups. I
also follow the other recommendations about patches and anti-virus, but
not daily. Weekly seems to work for me, but common sense is necessary
when it comes to opening messages you shouldn't.
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Peter Seiler
badgolferman - 03.09.2003 14:08 :
and if you kindly could complete your OE with a true SIG, all would be
fine to the usenet. Thanks.
and if you kindly could complete your OE with a true SIG, all would be
fine to the usenet. Thanks.
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Duddits
I suggest 40tude Dialog
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
Very powerful and fairly easy to use.
regards
Dud
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Bebop & Rocksteady
I have tried many others and I kept coming back to XNews...
It is probably the best and easiest to use...
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badgolferman
Peter said:
Please explain. I have no signature enabled at all.
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Tiger
For an oversized reindeer, you've got good taste.
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Tiger
"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
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Jim Scott
Tiger wrote on Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:07:07 GMT
Xnews
Xnews
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John Fitzsimons
If you want to download binaries then Dialog will do a better job than
XNews. It downloads and assembles multi-part binaries without the
need of any other program(s) and has inline display of them.
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/history.htm
Regards, John.
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John Fitzsimons
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:30:33 +0200, Peter Seiler
As this topic comes up fairly regularly here I thought I would add a
quick question. Does OE strip the space after the two dashes on every
line in a sig ? Or just the first one ?
For example if the first line is dash dash space the latter goes
and the sig is not compliant.
If the first line said eg sig, then the second line started dash dash
space would the dash vanish in that position too ?
Regards, John.
As this topic comes up fairly regularly here I thought I would add a
quick question. Does OE strip the space after the two dashes on every
line in a sig ? Or just the first one ?
For example if the first line is dash dash space the latter goes
and the sig is not compliant.
If the first line said eg sig, then the second line started dash dash
space would the dash vanish in that position too ?
Regards, John.
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Max Quordlepleen
I use Xnews to download and assemble multi-part binaries all the time,
and don't need any other programs to do so. As for in-line display, are
you saying that Dialog will display the PDFs and zips I download
without using Acrobat reader or a ZIP utilty? We all know you're on
some psychotic anti-Xnews had, but please try to let at least a few
facts make their way into one, or preferably both, of your sad little
neurons.
FOAD, John.
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=
Versions of OE which strip spaces strip them from /every/ line of a
post, not just in the sig.
Erm, no, the space would vanish. But I am sure that is what you
meant to type.
The trailing-space stripping is part of the reformatting routine
that OE uses when you hit send, and again, every trailing space gets
stripped from every line of the post at that time. (Lines also get
rewrapped at that time.) There /is/ a way to escape that
reformatting on a line-by-line basis, useful for including long URLs
on a single line but not for making a sig delimiter. If a line has
a single bracket character, [ or { or < or some others, the
following line will not be reformatted. So putting a single bracket
character on the line before the sig delimiter will cause the
trailing space in the delimiter to remain, but that leaves an extra
character (the bracket) to remain above the sig.
A far better solution is to upgrade to the latest version of OE,
which does not strip the trailing spaces of sig delimiters. Or to
use OEQF, if a user is unwilling to upgrade to the latest OE. Or to
stop using OE altogether.
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Ben Cooper
»Q« said:
Versions of OE which strip spaces strip them from /every/ line of a
post, not just in the sig.
Erm, no, the space would vanish. But I am sure that is what you
meant to type.
The trailing-space stripping is part of the reformatting routine
that OE uses when you hit send, and again, every trailing space gets
stripped from every line of the post at that time. (Lines also get
rewrapped at that time.) There /is/ a way to escape that
reformatting on a line-by-line basis, useful for including long URLs
on a single line but not for making a sig delimiter. If a line has
a single bracket character, [ or { or < or some others, the
following line will not be reformatted. So putting a single bracket
character on the line before the sig delimiter will cause the
trailing space in the delimiter to remain, but that leaves an extra
character (the bracket) to remain above the sig.
A far better solution is to upgrade to the latest version of OE,
which does not strip the trailing spaces of sig delimiters. Or to
use OEQF, if a user is unwilling to upgrade to the latest OE. Or to
stop using OE altogether.
OR...
Learn how to communicate with each other without dictating
how the other person replies.
S
SINNER
* Ben Cooper Wrote in alt.comp.freeware, on Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:28:19 -0700:
[snip over quoted poorly wrapped text]
If you saw what you just posted in any other client then OE you would
understand the problem. Your newsreader rendered the quoted text
unreadable. Its not about telling people what to do, its a combination
of courtesy and common sense.
[snip over quoted poorly wrapped text]
If you saw what you just posted in any other client then OE you would
understand the problem. Your newsreader rendered the quoted text
unreadable. Its not about telling people what to do, its a combination
of courtesy and common sense.
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DC
And I taste good, too! }:O9
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=
No, it looks just as bad when viewed in OE. Getting used to that
misformatting is part of "learning how to communicate with each
other."