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Marek Kalisz
Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little but - are
there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
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Ken Blake, MVP
Marek said:Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
but - are there any other good options?
There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite. When you
ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will come along and
tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who uses Choice B is an idiot.
Then someone else tells you that Choice B is better than Choice A, and
you're an idiot for using Choice A. And so on.
Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook Express is
terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a much better choice.
However I used to use to use Agent and liked it all right, but switched to
Outlook Express because I liked it better.
The most important thing here is that all of the available choices are
better in some respects than in others, and which choice is better for *you*
depends on what you do, how you work, and which features you use. As a
single example of this, Outlook Express is one of the very worst choices if
you do binary newsgroups, but that deficiency doesn't bother me at all
because I don't do binary newsgroups.
So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of which is best
(including mine) and try them all (or most of the better-known ones) for
yourself to see which best meets *your* needs. Fortunately this is very easy
with newsreaders, because almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
F
Fuzzy Logic
Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little but -
are there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
I use Xnews. http://xnews.newsguy.com/
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Marek Kalisz
Thanks for all of you opinions.
Marek Kalisz
Marek Kalisz
Fuzzy Logic said:I use Xnews. http://xnews.newsguy.com/
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Marek Kalisz
Thanks for opinion. I'm just considering to switch from OE completely to
another mail gadget (part of Chaos Intellect) and looking for alternative
for newsgroups (not binaries, of course, I'm not into XXX that is mostly on
binaries, I guess).
Marek Kalisz
another mail gadget (part of Chaos Intellect) and looking for alternative
for newsgroups (not binaries, of course, I'm not into XXX that is mostly on
binaries, I guess).
Marek Kalisz
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Ken Blake, MVP
Marek said:Thanks for opinion.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
I'm just considering to switch from OE
completely to another mail gadget (part of Chaos Intellect) and
looking for alternative for newsgroups
Note that changing E-mail clients away from Outlook Express doesn't mean you
have to also stop using it for newsgroups. I use Outlook Express as my
newsreader, but Outlook for my E-mail client and prsonal information
manager.
By all means try other newsreaders if you'd like to, and choose another one
if you find you like it better. But don't stop using Outlook Express for
newsgroups just because you stop using it for E-mail.
(not binaries, of course, I'm
not into XXX that is mostly on binaries, I guess).
X-rated pictures are only one kind of binaries. There are also other kinds
of pictures, music files, etc.
But I don't do any of them.
B
Bruce Chambers
Marek said:Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little but - are
there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
I rather like Thunderbird.
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TheNewsGuy(Mike)
Marek said:Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little but - are
there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
I also like Thunderbird, have used Forte, OE, etc...
I agree with the poster that says they pretty much all work. Try one
and see what feels comfortable for your needs.
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Ayush
Why are you starting a new thread for this Ken? I know some people do this
[by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of thing from you,
strange ...
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: Marek Kalisz wrote:
:
: > Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
: > but - are there any other good options?
:
:
: There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite. When
you
: ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will come along and
: tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who uses Choice B is an
idiot.
: Then someone else tells you that Choice B is better than Choice A, and
: you're an idiot for using Choice A. And so on.
:
: Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook Express is
: terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a much better
choice.
: However I used to use to use Agent and liked it all right, but switched
to
: Outlook Express because I liked it better.
:
: The most important thing here is that all of the available choices are
: better in some respects than in others, and which choice is better for
*you*
: depends on what you do, how you work, and which features you use. As a
: single example of this, Outlook Express is one of the very worst choices
if
: you do binary newsgroups, but that deficiency doesn't bother me at all
: because I don't do binary newsgroups.
:
: So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of which is
best
: (including mine) and try them all (or most of the better-known ones) for
: yourself to see which best meets *your* needs. Fortunately this is very
easy
: with newsreaders, because almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
[by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of thing from you,
strange ...
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: Marek Kalisz wrote:
:
: > Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
: > but - are there any other good options?
:
:
: There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite. When
you
: ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will come along and
: tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who uses Choice B is an
idiot.
: Then someone else tells you that Choice B is better than Choice A, and
: you're an idiot for using Choice A. And so on.
:
: Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook Express is
: terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a much better
choice.
: However I used to use to use Agent and liked it all right, but switched
to
: Outlook Express because I liked it better.
:
: The most important thing here is that all of the available choices are
: better in some respects than in others, and which choice is better for
*you*
: depends on what you do, how you work, and which features you use. As a
: single example of this, Outlook Express is one of the very worst choices
if
: you do binary newsgroups, but that deficiency doesn't bother me at all
: because I don't do binary newsgroups.
:
: So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of which is
best
: (including mine) and try them all (or most of the better-known ones) for
: yourself to see which best meets *your* needs. Fortunately this is very
easy
: with newsreaders, because almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
K
Ken Blake, MVP
Ayush said:Why are you starting a new thread for this Ken? I know some people do
this [by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of
thing from you, strange ...
No, I didn't start a new thread. I just replied to Marek's message, and I
just checked in Googlegroups to be sure. My message appears properly
threaded
Why did you think I started a new thread?
A
Ayush
OK, sorry about that. The problem was from my side. Outlook downloaded all
the message but not the main one. I even searched for the message with the
same subject but because it is not downloaded, it cannot find it. After
sending the message and clicking Get Next Headers, it was there. Sorry,
again.
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: Ayush wrote:
:
: > Why are you starting a new thread for this Ken? I know some people do
: > this [by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of
: > thing from you, strange ...
:
:
: No, I didn't start a new thread. I just replied to Marek's message, and I
: just checked in Googlegroups to be sure. My message appears properly
: threaded
:
: Why did you think I started a new thread?
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
:
: > : >> Marek Kalisz wrote:
: >>
: >>> Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
: >>> but - are there any other good options?
: >>
: >>
: >> There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite.
: >> When you ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will
: >> come along and tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who uses
: >> Choice B is an idiot. Then someone else tells you that Choice B is
: >> better than Choice A, and you're an idiot for using Choice A. And so
: >> on.
: >>
: >> Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook Express
: >> is terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a much
: >> better choice. However I used to use to use Agent and liked it all
: >> right, but switched to Outlook Express because I liked it better.
: >>
: >> The most important thing here is that all of the available choices
: >> are better in some respects than in others, and which choice is
: >> better for *you* depends on what you do, how you work, and which
: >> features you use. As a single example of this, Outlook Express is
: >> one of the very worst choices if you do binary newsgroups, but that
: >> deficiency doesn't bother me at all because I don't do binary
: >> newsgroups.
: >>
: >> So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of which
: >> is best (including mine) and try them all (or most of the
: >> better-known ones) for yourself to see which best meets *your*
: >> needs. Fortunately this is very easy with newsreaders, because
: >> almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
: >>
: >> --
: >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: >> Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
the message but not the main one. I even searched for the message with the
same subject but because it is not downloaded, it cannot find it. After
sending the message and clicking Get Next Headers, it was there. Sorry,
again.
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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
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Replied To :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Ayush wrote:
:
: > Why are you starting a new thread for this Ken? I know some people do
: > this [by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of
: > thing from you, strange ...
:
:
: No, I didn't start a new thread. I just replied to Marek's message, and I
: just checked in Googlegroups to be sure. My message appears properly
: threaded
:
: Why did you think I started a new thread?
:
: --
: Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
:
: > : >> Marek Kalisz wrote:
: >>
: >>> Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
: >>> but - are there any other good options?
: >>
: >>
: >> There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite.
: >> When you ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will
: >> come along and tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who uses
: >> Choice B is an idiot. Then someone else tells you that Choice B is
: >> better than Choice A, and you're an idiot for using Choice A. And so
: >> on.
: >>
: >> Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook Express
: >> is terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a much
: >> better choice. However I used to use to use Agent and liked it all
: >> right, but switched to Outlook Express because I liked it better.
: >>
: >> The most important thing here is that all of the available choices
: >> are better in some respects than in others, and which choice is
: >> better for *you* depends on what you do, how you work, and which
: >> features you use. As a single example of this, Outlook Express is
: >> one of the very worst choices if you do binary newsgroups, but that
: >> deficiency doesn't bother me at all because I don't do binary
: >> newsgroups.
: >>
: >> So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of which
: >> is best (including mine) and try them all (or most of the
: >> better-known ones) for yourself to see which best meets *your*
: >> needs. Fortunately this is very easy with newsreaders, because
: >> almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
: >>
: >> --
: >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
: >> Please reply to the newsgroup
:
:
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Iceman
Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little but - are
there any other good options?
Marek Kalisz
You have already been advised on newsreaders, but IMHO it is having a
reliable newsserver that counts the most.
K
Ken Blake, MVP
Ayush said:OK, sorry about that. The problem was from my side. Outlook
downloaded all the message but not the main one. I even searched for
the message with the same subject but because it is not downloaded,
it cannot find it. After sending the message and clicking Get Next
Headers, it was there. Sorry, again.
OK, no problem.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
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Ken Blake said:Ayush said:Why are you starting a new thread for this Ken? I know some people
do this [by chance or they dont know how to reply] but this type of
thing from you, strange ...
No, I didn't start a new thread. I just replied to Marek's message,
and I just checked in Googlegroups to be sure. My message appears
properly threaded
Why did you think I started a new thread?
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
Marek Kalisz wrote:
Can someone suggest some useful newsreader? I know Forte a little
but - are there any other good options?
There are many good options, and almost everyone has his favorite.
When you ask a question like this, the result is that somebody will
come along and tell you that Choice A is great, and anybody who
uses Choice B is an idiot. Then someone else tells you that Choice
B is better than Choice A, and you're an idiot for using Choice A.
And so on.
Many people, for example example, will tell you that Outlook
Express is terrible and Forte Agent (or whatever they prefer) is a
much better choice. However I used to use to use Agent and liked
it all right, but switched to Outlook Express because I liked it
better.
The most important thing here is that all of the available choices
are better in some respects than in others, and which choice is
better for *you* depends on what you do, how you work, and which
features you use. As a single example of this, Outlook Express is
one of the very worst choices if you do binary newsgroups, but that
deficiency doesn't bother me at all because I don't do binary
newsgroups.
So what I recommend is that you ignore everyone else's view of
which is best (including mine) and try them all (or most of the
better-known ones) for yourself to see which best meets *your*
needs. Fortunately this is very easy with newsreaders, because
almost all of them are freeware or shareware.
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