News Reader

[smiley]

Hi,

I have not been too satisfied with the news reader that my ISP
provides so I downloaded Agent for a trial. It seems pretty good but
I wondered if anyone would like to comment on Agent or the news reader
they are using.

Thank you!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

 

[Old enough . .]

Hi,

I have not been too satisfied with the news reader that my ISP
provides so I downloaded Agent for a trial. It seems pretty good but
I wondered if anyone would like to comment on Agent or the news reader
they are using.

Thank you!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

So do I.

Hey, Smiley: I have been using FreeAgent as long as I have been on-line
(probably 20 years or more).
I have never used any other news reader, so perhaps I don't know what (if
anything) I'm missing, but to me reeAgent has always been everything I needed in
this department.


Cheers! and Merry Christmas.

Old enough . . . .
.... to know I don't really know a thing.

 

[Hypot]

Hi,

I have not been too satisfied with the news reader that my ISP
provides so I downloaded Agent for a trial. It seems pretty good but
I wondered if anyone would like to comment on Agent or the news reader
they are using.

Thank you!

I use Agent Kathy and have done so for years.

Most helpful comment I could make is, there is an excellent newsgroup
where they discuss *just* Agent and there are many helpful people who
hang out there, including some of Agent's own team.

<alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent>

 

[smiley]

Thank you for your quick response. I'm thinking I'll buy it. Guess
what though? They've discontinued the FreeAgent. It says it right on
their home page. Or, anyway, the page I first linked up to. But it's
only like $29/year and since the ISP provided one isn't
satisfactory...

Right-o! Cheers! and Merry Christmas to you as well!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

 

[smiley]

Thank you!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

I use Agent Kathy and have done so for years.

Most helpful comment I could make is, there is an excellent newsgroup
where they discuss *just* Agent and there are many helpful people who
hang out there, including some of Agent's own team.

<alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent>

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Hi,

I have not been too satisfied with the news reader that my ISP
provides so I downloaded Agent for a trial. It seems pretty good but
I wondered if anyone would like to comment on Agent or the news reader
they are using.

Thank you!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

I use Outlook Express, which is already on your computer and costs nothing.

 

[Old enough . .]

I use Outlook Express, which is already on your computer and costs nothing.

Yeah, but it's a Microsoft progeam . . . . (-:

Old enough . . . .
.... to know I don't really know a thing.

 

[Old enough . .]

progeam

make that "program"


Old enough . . . .
.... to know I don't really know a thing.

 

[NewScience]

If you're on a Windows system. What if you're on Linux, Solaris, ....?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Uh, it's a Windows newsgroup?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I also use Outlook Express.

I see no reason to pay money for a newsreader or to use a newsserver other
than msnews.microsoft.com. In the past I used newsgroups.comcast.net, but
msnews.microsoft.com is better because I do not access any groups other than
MS's.

You are using Indiana's news.iquest.net

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You made me LOL

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Malke]

If you're on a Windows system. What if you're on Linux, Solaris,
....?

KNode (what I use), Pan, slrn, tin, mutt, Thunderbird (also for
Windows), gnus, nn, pine, rn...

Also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_clients

Malke

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Outlook Express is free, and works well as a newsreader.. I now use Windows
Mail as I run Vista 24/7.. it's free and works well..

 

[Leythos]

Hi,

I have not been too satisfied with the news reader that my ISP
provides so I downloaded Agent for a trial. It seems pretty good but
I wondered if anyone would like to comment on Agent or the news reader
they are using.

Thank you!

Kathy
aka smiley

In God We Trust

As do I.

Try "SuperGravity", also free, text based, threaded, great and easy to
setup.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Gordon]

I also use Outlook Express.

I see no reason to pay money for a newsreader or to use a newsserver other
than msnews.microsoft.com.

Depends if the OP has any interests outside Microsoft! ;-)

 

[Gordon]

Thank you for your quick response. I'm thinking I'll buy it. Guess
what though? They've discontinued the FreeAgent. It says it right on
their home page. Or, anyway, the page I first linked up to. But it's
only like $29/year and since the ISP provided one isn't
satisfactory...

I think you are getting a bit confused......ISPs do NOT provide a news
READER, they provide a news SERVER. There are many free news READERS you
can use, but if you wish to use a news SERVER other than the one your ISP
provides then you may well have to pay for access. If you pay for Agent,
that will NOT provide you with an alternative news SERVER at all, that will
just give you an alternative news READER. You will still have to connect to
a news SERVER somewhere in order to read news.....

 

[Leythos]

Outlook Express is free, and works well as a newsreader.. I now use Windows
Mail as I run Vista 24/7.. it's free and works well..

While OE is free, it does not work well - as shown my your reply, it
puts the reply at the top instead of the bottom where it belongs.

OE also requires a patch in order to properly quote and delimit sigs.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Windows Mail has the option to compose at the bottom of the message