Best newsgroup software/reader ?

[Nic]

Hello,

I would like to know what is the best newsgroup software according to
you. I am mainly looking for one that does the basics (reading & posting
, I won't download from binaries) , and which is important for me is the
ability of making groups of newsgroups so that I can sort it by topic
(computer, software...)
I have been using Gravity for a long time but the big lack of this
software is that it can't create groups of newsgroups

So feel free to post your suggestions.

Thanks

Nic

 

[Maxx Pollare]

The voice of "Nic" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

Hello, I would like to know what is the best newsgroup software
according to you.

<snip>


Well, I'm a bit biosed... };8)

I'll say Xnews. It works from the day you install it, you can orginize
your subscribed newsgroups into folders, and it has some killer Regex
filtering (which I use far to much of). It's also realitive easy to
custimaize its menues (if you don't mind editing ini files).

The downsides?
It can be unstable for some people, causing crashes & freezes. There's
no spellchecker, but you can use any external Text editor for that, and
there's no inline grapics, or HTML display (but we don't need that).

All around Xnews a well manored beast, but it does take some getting
use to. It is an Online Reader after all...

(Spellchecker Offline)

 

[Chrissy Cruiser]

I would like to know what is the best newsgroup software according to
you.

The one I am using.

 

[omega]

Well, I'm a bit biosed... };8)

So, do you beep when start up in the morning?

 

[MLC]

_Chrissy Cruiser_, venerdì 12/nov/2004:

The one I am using.

....is the best also for me.

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

So, do you beep when start up in the morning?

Normal during POS. My own POS consist of two cups of coffee, without
it I get a very slow "boot" with likely memory failure during the
first hours of "up time".

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Nic]

_Chrissy Cruiser_, venerdì 12/nov/2004:


...is the best also for me.

Ok, thanks for the info. I will give it a try.

 

[Conor]

I have been using Gravity for a long time but the big lack of this
software is that it can't create groups of newsgroups

What do you mean group of newsgroups?

 

[Nic]

What do you mean group of newsgroups?

Let's say you have 6 newsgroup that deal with computer, 4 that deal
software , I want to create two groups (computer & software) that will
include newsgroups mentionned previously

 

[Nic]

Let's say you have 6 newsgroup that deal with computer, 4 that deal
software , I want to create two groups (computer & software) that will
include newsgroups mentionned previously

I even try to do it with thunderbird but did not find an option to do
so. When you have a long list of newsgroup, I think it will be useful to
sort it by topic and therefore creating groups.

 

[Conor Turton]

I even try to do it with thunderbird but did not find an option to do
so. When you have a long list of newsgroup, I think it will be useful to
sort it by topic and therefore creating groups.

I've never seen any software that can do it. The only other option is
to create duplicate accounts, each subscribing to a different set of
newsgroups.

 

[Duddits]

Hello,

I would like to know what is the best newsgroup software according to
you. I am mainly looking for one that does the basics (reading & posting
, I won't download from binaries) , and which is important for me is the
ability of making groups of newsgroups so that I can sort it by topic
(computer, software...)
I have been using Gravity for a long time but the big lack of this
software is that it can't create groups of newsgroups

So feel free to post your suggestions.

Thanks

Nic

40tude Dialog
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
The best freeware newsreader.

regards

Dud

 

[eschuylerTAKE]

I even try to do it with thunderbird but did not find an option to do
so. When you have a long list of newsgroup, I think it will be useful to
sort it by topic and therefore creating groups.

I don't know it someone else has suggested it yet, but I like XNews
(http://xnews.newsguy.com/).
It has the ability to create folders (groups) of newsgroups - look at this
screenshot: http://xnews.newsguy.com/xnews1.png

Regards,
Eric

 

[Roger Johansson]

The Noworyta newsreader does groups, of both news and mail accounts.
It is a bit different and not polished with lots of colors and icons, it
feels more like a poor mans newsreader, but it has some interesting
features and can be configured in different ways.

http://nnr.freeservers.com/

I used it for a year, had groups of newsgroups, and groups of mail
accounts. It is very fast, it is text based, no html.

The main disadvantage, and the reason I stopped using it, was
that I could not simply click on an web url in a message to start my
browser, so I had to copy and paste urls into the browser.

 

[Thomas Edison]

I would like to know what is the best newsgroup software according to
you. I am mainly looking for one that does the basics (reading & posting
, I won't download from binaries) , and which is important for me is the
ability of making groups of newsgroups so that I can sort it by topic
(computer, software...)
I have been using Gravity for a long time but the big lack of this
software is that it can't create groups of newsgroups

So feel free to post your suggestions.

40tude Dialog is my favourite reader.

You can create groups of newsgroups with its category feature --
<http://www.40tude.com/dialog/wiki/index.php/CategoryIntro>.

 

[Thomas Edison]

I've never seen any software that can do it.

Dialog can -- <http://www.40tude.com/dialog/wiki/index.php/CategoryIntro>.

 

[Maxx Pollare]

The voice of "omega" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

 

[Maxx Pollare]

The voice of "" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

I don't know it someone else has suggested it yet, but I like
XNews (http://xnews.newsguy.com/).

It has the ability to create folders (groups) of newsgroups - look
at this screenshot: http://xnews.newsguy.com/xnews1.png

http://www.dragonfur.ca/nowhere/TheUsual };8)

 

[omega]

Normal during POS. My own POS consist of two cups of coffee, without
it I get a very slow "boot" with likely memory failure during the
first hours of "up time".

I know well how that goes. <g> During my slow startup, I often get errors
that AMI would indicate with 1 long and 8 short beeps (memory problem).

 

[AzFlyGirls]

After working on computers for days and hours on end, biosed sounds
about right to me.

It's "biased".