News Reader in Vista?

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There are other alternatives to Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows
Mail which are designed specifically to work with Newsgroups -- they
tend to offer more features.
 
Scott said:
Did yo momma drop you on your head when you were a baby? ;-)
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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.
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Sort of like watching Jeopardy, you need to think a little harder, right?
;)

AnthonyR.
 
Scott said:
On 25 Feb 2007 04:58:11 -0800, "Cat" <[email protected]> spake
thusly:

Frankly that should have been it's name from day one. There was
eternal confusion amongst the masses when it came to Outlook and
Outlook Express.
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Yeah. So now there's confusion between Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail and
Windows Live Mail Desktop. Someone in MS Marketing doesn't like us.
 
OK Please name them

Forte Free Agent
Microplanet Gravity (that's what I use)
Noworyta News Reader
NomadNews

There are a batch of them -- track them down via Google or similar
search.
 
Pan for linux and windows. It works in both. Xnews is also good, but
when I tried it with Vista Beta, it didnt work...What else is new..?
 
Guys,

here is a fun question. Is there is switch in "Windows news" that allows
just the newsreader to open? In was great when you would use Outlook for
email and just wanted a basic reader?

David Zera

Ex: in outlook express it was \outnews
 
How well does the Newsreader in Vista work?

Will it work on UUNET servers -- with POP3 connections?

Will it encode/decode yEnc32 files?

How does it improve on the features in Outlook Express 6, if at all?

Does it have ALL the features OE 6 has -- without paying extra for them?

Plus what -- in capabilities that are not fluff, smoke and mirrors?

Limitations We Should Know About...

DSH
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I use Microplanet Gravity. Thunderbird works as well. Windows Mail will
act as a Usenet client.

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Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak...
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Especially in Britain. <G>

DSH
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John Butler said:
I understand that Outlook Express will be dropped from Vista.

What news reader will be available?
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I have used XNEWS for years, very happy with it.
 
I never got into Eudora because it never had a newsreader. I am one of the
few who prefer an all in one program rather than seperates.
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I generally prefer separates. You get better features that way.

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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.
 
I've used Pan in Ubuntu. 40tude is much better than Pan, IMO.
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Agent is better than Pan also. And since I paid for it years ago,
I'll stick with it (when in Windows, that is).
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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.
 
I understand that Outlook Express will be dropped from Vista.

What news reader will be available?
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There are other Usenet clients available, both for XP and for Vista.
There is no need to use Microsoft's "home-brew" reader.

For instance:
Forte's Agent 4.x newsreader
and others (many of them free).

While the newsreader in Windows Mail is decent, it has been "dumbed down"
(not by much, however) since its last appearance in Outlook Express.

Go to http://www.newsreaders.com/win/clients.html to find a fairly recent
listing of Usenet clients.


Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup
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There are other Usenet clients available, both for XP and for Vista.
There is no need to use Microsoft's "home-brew" reader.
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I use Super Gravity and PAN (even on Windows).

They properly format messages, you don't have to fake bottom posting as
it's the norm in a real Usenet client, they wrap lines at 73 characters,
they, the use Mono Spaced fonts unless you pick different, and they are
not prone to using HTML in text groups :)
 
I am using windows mail which is fine.


Leythos said:
I use Super Gravity and PAN (even on Windows).

They properly format messages, you don't have to fake bottom posting as
it's the norm in a real Usenet client, they wrap lines at 73 characters,
they, the use Mono Spaced fonts unless you pick different, and they are
not prone to using HTML in text groups :)
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