News reader?

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Brown

Hi,

I just bought Outlook 2003 as my email client,It doesn't have a newsreader
In everyone's opinion what's the best free newsreader I should look at ????


TIA

Farmer
 
Brown said:
Hi,

I just bought Outlook 2003 as my email client,It doesn't have a newsreader
In everyone's opinion what's the best free newsreader I should look at ????
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It should use the Outlook Express newsreader.
 
Brown scribebat:
In everyone's opinion what's the best free newsreader I should look
at????
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40tude Dialoge - http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
Because it is very good in general and especially in declaring and
reading most char sets. (But it is a beta version which can only be used
till a certain date)

Gravity Newsreader - If you want an Open-Source program. But I forgot
its URL. :(

bye,

Onno
 
Brown scribebat:

40tude Dialoge - http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
Because it is very good in general and especially in declaring and
reading most char sets. (But it is a beta version which can only be used
till a certain date)
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[...]
From Pricelessware and History:
"The time limitation has been removed (beginning with v 2.0.9.1 (Beta 32))"
Gravity Newsreader - If you want an Open-Source program. But I forgot
its URL. :(
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http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/start1.html
or
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004INTERNET.htm#A369
 
You can download Graviy Newsreader from
<http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/>
It seems they have a new (un offical) version as of 25-01-2004

There is also Forte Agent (You can download the compleet package and install
a light version as one of the installation options). But you might called
serve cripple ware.
I like sorting trheads by date, but the freeware version does not even allow
it. I just mention this one, as many shareware and commercially based
freeware sites seem to push this client, presenting the software as 'the
best thing since sliced bread'. Personally, I found my headache the other
day a lot more enjoyable :-)

To be honest, I still did not found *the* newsreader that fits me, even
though this newsgroup has been quite helpfull pointing to all possible
versions. I guess I'm too demanding when it comes to newsgroup readers. :-|
Anayway, 40tude is quite decent and I will take a second look at Gravity
Newsreader..

Just my ? 0,02 ( At least it is nowadays more then $0,02 ;-) )

MightyKitten
 
I am trying Forte Agent as we speak, I'm starting to think Outlook Express
isnt that bad ,if I just trust my virus protection software.
And get on with my life!!!
Farmer
 
Well, I'm using McAfee VirusScan 7 on my 'commercial' pc and
AVG anivirus http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php on my 'Freeware' pc (I'm
almost done... if you can ever speak of 'done' in this case).
Though I found McAfee to be superior in scanning and updating, AVG isn't bad
at all. Just remind yourself to check for updates often and be a bit
steerwise about downloading and opening e-mail. You'll be fine.

And Yes... I currently also use outlook express. Mainly because it only very
basic for newsgoups (and thus simple to master) while the features I realy
want in a Newsreader are scattered over about a dozen freeware readers.

MightyKtten

Brown said:
I am trying Forte Agent as we speak, I'm starting to think Outlook Express
isnt that bad ,if I just trust my virus protection software.
And get on with my life!!!
Farmer
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<Snipping my scribbles>
 
In everyone's opinion what's the best free newsreader I should look at
????
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In everyone's opinion? That reader does not exist ;) .
It depends on what you're looking for. If you want an off-line reader,
Gravity (former shareware) and Dialog are said to be very good.
If you want an on-line reader, in my opinion Xnews has no match.
By the way, Xnews can also mimic off-line reading.
 
martedì 24/feb/2004 _Onno_ ha scritto:
In everyone's opinion? That reader does not exist ;) .
It depends on what you're looking for. If you want an off-line reader,
Gravity (former shareware) and Dialog are said to be very good.
If you want an on-line reader, in my opinion Xnews has no match.
By the way, Xnews can also mimic off-line reading.
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Why do you put Dialog between off-line readers?
IMHO Dialog has no match also as an on-line reader.
However I don't want to start a flame about the *best*: I agreed with you
that doesn't exist in absolute.
 
I have Kaspersky Personal as my virus Program, and I'm impressed with it,I
guess I Just get paranoid about virus's .I should stop trying to stay
informed and embrace the ignorance is bliss theory.

farmer
 
Brown said:
Hi,

I just bought Outlook 2003 as my email client,It doesn't have a newsreader
In everyone's opinion what's the best free newsreader I should look at ????


TIA

Farmer
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Thunderbird does the job pretty effectively for me. Good for e-mail also.

B
 
40tude Dialog v 2.0.10.1 (Beta 33)
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004INTERNET.htm#A106

For a Beta it is very stable, lots of features and it's not abandonware
like one other very popular Newsreader. Just my opinion.
After you've tried the rest, come back to the best.
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Agreed. If it had more powerful filtering, it would be a 9.5/10! Since it's
in active development, I am confident the filtering will come.

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.
 
To be honest, I still did not found *the* newsreader that fits me, even
though this newsgroup has been quite helpfull pointing to all possible
versions. I guess I'm too demanding when it comes to newsgroup readers. :-|
Anayway, 40tude is quite decent and I will take a second look at Gravity
Newsreader..

Just my ? 0,02 ( At least it is nowadays more then $0,02 ;-) )
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Have you tried the full version of Agent 2.0? (O/T) I'm big on Freeware, but
when the best commercial software is light years ahead of the best Freeware
offering, I refuse to sell myself short. This is especially important to me
in such life-and-death matters as News Groups. :)

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.
 
Why do you put Dialog between off-line readers?
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Because it is ;) , but by saying that I did not mean it can't function as
an on-line reader
AFAIK all off-line readers are capable of on-line reading, so I didn't
bother to mention that.
 
martedì 24/feb/2004 _Onno_ ha scritto:
Because it is ;) , but by saying that I did not mean it can't function as
an on-line reader
AFAIK all off-line readers are capable of on-line reading, so I didn't
bother to mention that.
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Thanks, Onno, now I've understood.
Being English so difficult for me, could you make Bob Adkins to know that
Agent 2.0 is not "light years ahead of the best Freeware offering" (cit.)?
I've also read of many Agent users very disappointed with this long waited
release.
 
My goal is to have one compleet -except for the os- freeware system. And it
works fairly well...


I have tried the commercial version of agent (of course) but even the full
agent made me only luke-warm enthausiatic. Sometimes you just have something
in your mind about how a piece of software should work. Though having a lot
of options, I find the User interface quite messy. Somehow this bothers me
big time in a newsreader. Mightbe because my mind works more visual instead
of visual. infact, if only subscribed newsgoups could be grouped by subject,
I wouldn't mind Outlook Express. of course ther are other things I also want
in a news reader, but the interface somehow is very important for me in this
case (Mind you, my mind has a mind of it own :-) ) I've tried other
newsgroup reader who can group newsgroups, but they also made a mess out of
the userinterface.

Guess it is time to grab a copy of delphi 6 PE somewhere an build one myself
(after I refrsh my pascal knowledge :-) )

Thanks anyway for your sugestion. think for most fanatic Newsgroup users,
Forte Agent full would be an ideal solution (especialy if it was free :-) )

MightyKitten
 
Being English so difficult for me, could you make Bob Adkins to know that
Agent 2.0 is not "light years ahead of the best Freeware offering" (cit.
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I've never used Agent 2.0, so I can't comment on it. However, the reports I
have read merely suggest that it's Forte's attempt to catch up with Dialog.
;)
 
Agreed. If it had more powerful filtering, it would be a 9.5/10! Since it's
in active development, I am confident the filtering will come.
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I see you have 40tude as an "8" and you are using Agent. Hmmmmm....
waiting for Agent to catch up?
 
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