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David C. Moody
3-May-2005, 11:38 AM
Hey Guys,

I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?

I've tried an older version of Forte Agent I have laying around, and am
currently using Thunderbird. But I can't find one that has all the
features I would like.

Thunderbird is horrible at searching, where Agent excels.

But Agent's UI is horrible I think.

Just curious what other people used.

(Mods, if this is too far off-topic please excuse me this one time, and
let me know.)

Thanks,
-David C. Moody

Joerg Thuemmler
4-May-2005, 12:31 AM
Hi,

I'm using Netscape 7.2 but seems there's a small difference between
Thunderbird and Netscape ...

joerg

David C. Moody wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?
>
> I've tried an older version of Forte Agent I have laying around, and am
> currently using Thunderbird. But I can't find one that has all the
> features I would like.
>
> Thunderbird is horrible at searching, where Agent excels.
>
> But Agent's UI is horrible I think.
>
> Just curious what other people used.
>
> (Mods, if this is too far off-topic please excuse me this one time, and
> let me know.)
>
> Thanks,
> -David C. Moody

Glyn astill
4-May-2005, 03:19 AM
Using the built in mailer with mozilla 1.7.2 here, should think it's
almost the same as thunderbird, but it serves me okay.

Joerg Thuemmler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Netscape 7.2 but seems there's a small difference between
> Thunderbird and Netscape ...
>
> joerg
>
> David C. Moody wrote:
>
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?
>>
>> I've tried an older version of Forte Agent I have laying around, and
>> am currently using Thunderbird. But I can't find one that has all the
>> features I would like.
>>
>> Thunderbird is horrible at searching, where Agent excels.
>>
>> But Agent's UI is horrible I think.
>>
>> Just curious what other people used.
>>
>> (Mods, if this is too far off-topic please excuse me this one time,
>> and let me know.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -David C. Moody

Roger Loftus
4-May-2005, 06:18 AM
David C. Moody wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?
>
> Thanks,
> -David C. Moody

David:

I just converted to XanaNews, which is a free news reader.

I am really impressed and very pleased with with this program, and I
have used many others over the years. I deleted my registered copy of
Agent after using XanaNews for a half hour.

Roger Loftus

Glennbo
4-May-2005, 12:56 PM
The entity known as David C. Moody, posted:

> I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?

Xnews.

It's free, it's powerful, it's written by a turbo geek programmer.

http://xnews.newsguy.com/

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Paul Cooling
4-May-2005, 03:50 PM
I switched from Netscape to Thunderbird a few months ago. I like how it
imported my e-mail accounts and newsgroup subscriptions automatically.
Thunderbird is fine for what I need

I tried Agent and didn't like it.

For searching I use WASP http://80.164.146.190/wasp/login.asp


David C. Moody wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I have an off-topic question. What newgroup reader do you use?
>
> I've tried an older version of Forte Agent I have laying around, and am
> currently using Thunderbird. But I can't find one that has all the
> features I would like.
>
> Thunderbird is horrible at searching, where Agent excels.
>
> But Agent's UI is horrible I think.
>
> Just curious what other people used.
>
> (Mods, if this is too far off-topic please excuse me this one time, and
> let me know.)
>
> Thanks,
> -David C. Moody