Please recommend a good newsreader?

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I read and post to newsgroups daily.

Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
different newsgroups.

Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.

Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?

Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.

I post on different groups. Then I have to go back and click on each groups
to see if there are replies to my postings... And a lot of times they don't
get reply. And maybe after 15 days they got reply. I tend to forgot myself.
And some newsgroups are so hot that my postings got washed away in half a
day... then I have to scroll down many message headers to find my own
postings... and a lot of times such searching takes much time. Then I reply
to other people's replies and they reply too and then such tedious procedure
repeats.

If some discussion is meaningful. We'd like to save. But Outlook Express
does not save conversations in a nice-looking way. Maybe I want to save as
PDF. But the layout should be neat and easy to read.

Outlook Express also does not have auto-filling feature. So specify a list
of newsgroups to post is also painful.

Google groups web-based newsreader is a lot better. But still has
shortcomings. The worst shortcoming is it does not allow subscription to MS
newsservers.

Please recommend a good newsreader, thank you so much!

 

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Outlook Express which comes shipped with XP has Newsreader capabilities.

"networm" wrote:

> I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>
> Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
> different newsgroups.
>
> Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
> related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
> News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>
> Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
> replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
> with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>
> Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
>
> I post on different groups. Then I have to go back and click on each groups
> to see if there are replies to my postings... And a lot of times they don't
> get reply. And maybe after 15 days they got reply. I tend to forgot myself.
> And some newsgroups are so hot that my postings got washed away in half a
> day... then I have to scroll down many message headers to find my own
> postings... and a lot of times such searching takes much time. Then I reply
> to other people's replies and they reply too and then such tedious procedure
> repeats.
>
> If some discussion is meaningful. We'd like to save. But Outlook Express
> does not save conversations in a nice-looking way. Maybe I want to save as
> PDF. But the layout should be neat and easy to read.
>
> Outlook Express also does not have auto-filling feature. So specify a list
> of newsgroups to post is also painful.
>
> Google groups web-based newsreader is a lot better. But still has
> shortcomings. The worst shortcoming is it does not allow subscription to MS
> newsservers.
>
> Please recommend a good newsreader, thank you so much!
>
>
>
>

 

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:23:18 -0700, "networm" <networm8848@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>
>Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
>different newsgroups.
>

>
>Please recommend a good newsreader, thank you so much!
>
>
Forget about Outlook and its problems Microsoft style, and its absence
of real facilities.
One of the most llexible program for reading and sending News I know
(and I use it since years) is Forté Agent.
Their free program "Free Agent" could give you a good view about the
essential goodies of Agent, before going to the more complete paying
version.

Hope this helps.

E.Borgers

 

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"=?Utf-8?B?Um9uIFJlY3Rvcg==?=" <RonRector@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:A79539C1-F0BE-455E-86D5-EF35B222F6BA@microsoft.com:

> Outlook Express which comes shipped with XP has Newsreader
> capabilities.
>

I thought the OP asked for a recommendation for a GOOD newsreader !!!!

XNews MAY be the deFacto Text news client. (not meaning to start any
arguments.)

http://xnews.newsguy.com/

 

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networm wrote:
> I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>
> Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
> different newsgroups.
>
> Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
> related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
> News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>
> Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
> replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
> with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>
> Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
>
> I post on different groups. Then I have to go back and click on each groups
> to see if there are replies to my postings... And a lot of times they don't
> get reply. And maybe after 15 days they got reply. I tend to forgot myself.
> And some newsgroups are so hot that my postings got washed away in half a
> day... then I have to scroll down many message headers to find my own
> postings... and a lot of times such searching takes much time. Then I reply
> to other people's replies and they reply too and then such tedious procedure
> repeats.
>
> If some discussion is meaningful. We'd like to save. But Outlook Express
> does not save conversations in a nice-looking way. Maybe I want to save as
> PDF. But the layout should be neat and easy to read.
>
> Outlook Express also does not have auto-filling feature. So specify a list
> of newsgroups to post is also painful.
>
> Google groups web-based newsreader is a lot better. But still has
> shortcomings. The worst shortcoming is it does not allow subscription to MS
> newsservers.
>
> Please recommend a good newsreader, thank you so much!
>
>
>


I prefer Mozilla Thunderbird, myself.

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:23:18 -0700, networm wrote:

>I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>
>Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
>different newsgroups.
>
>Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
>related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
>News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>
>Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
>replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
>with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>
>Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
<snip>

I use "Forte Agent 3.1/32.783" which I find excellent, but it is not
free.
If you visit the newsgroup: news.software.readers you will find that
many people are using a free news reader known as:
"40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1" which is also rated very well.

I suggest you have a look in there and you will find plenty of people
able to make recommendations or provide help.
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"Ian Anderson" <ando@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:23:18 -0700, networm wrote:
>
>>I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>>
>>Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
>>different newsgroups.
>>
>>Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in
>>sports
>>related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
>>News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>>
>>Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
>>replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
>>with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>>
>>Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
> <snip>
>
> I use "Forte Agent 3.1/32.783" which I find excellent, but it is not
> free.
> If you visit the newsgroup: news.software.readers you will find that
> many people are using a free news reader known as:
> "40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1" which is also rated very well.
>
> I suggest you have a look in there and you will find plenty of people
> able to make recommendations or provide help.
> --
>
> Ian


thanks a lot IanQ

 

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:04:02 -0700, Ron Rector wrote:

>"networm" wrote:
>
>> I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>>
>> Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
>> different newsgroups.
>>
>> Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
>> related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
>> News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>>
>> Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
>> replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
>> with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>>
>> Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Outlook Express which comes shipped with XP has Newsreader capabilities.

"Networm" said he was currently using Outlook Express and looking in his
headers I see: "X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180"
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"Ian Anderson" <ando@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:04:02 -0700, Ron Rector wrote:
>
>>"networm" wrote:
>>
>>> I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>>>
>>> Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
>>> different newsgroups.
>>>
>>> Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in
>>> sports
>>> related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example,
>>> Micorsoft
>>> News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>>>
>>> Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
>>> replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way,
>>> and
>>> with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>>>
>>> Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>Outlook Express which comes shipped with XP has Newsreader capabilities.
>
> "Networm" said he was currently using Outlook Express and looking in his
> headers I see: "X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180"
> --
>
> Ian



Yes, I am currently using the one bundled with XP Pro.

 

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In article <ud7fW1nvFHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, networm8848
@yahoo.com says...
> I read and post to newsgroups daily.
>
> Sometimes I subscribe to a variety of different newsgroups and post in
> different newsgroups.
>
> Sometimes in sci.math, sometimes in programming related, sometimes in sports
> related, sometimes move on to another nntp server, for example, Micorsoft
> News server to ask techinical questions... , etc.
>
> Is there a software can collect what I have post and what other people
> replied and present them in front me in an efficient and uniform way, and
> with new replies arrival pop-up/notification feature?
>
> Currently I am using Outlook Express. It is not convinient at all.
>
> I post on different groups. Then I have to go back and click on each groups
> to see if there are replies to my postings... And a lot of times they don't
> get reply. And maybe after 15 days they got reply. I tend to forgot myself.
> And some newsgroups are so hot that my postings got washed away in half a
> day... then I have to scroll down many message headers to find my own
> postings... and a lot of times such searching takes much time. Then I reply
> to other people's replies and they reply too and then such tedious procedure
> repeats.
>
> If some discussion is meaningful. We'd like to save. But Outlook Express
> does not save conversations in a nice-looking way. Maybe I want to save as
> PDF. But the layout should be neat and easy to read.
>
> Outlook Express also does not have auto-filling feature. So specify a list
> of newsgroups to post is also painful.
>
> Google groups web-based newsreader is a lot better. But still has
> shortcomings. The worst shortcoming is it does not allow subscription to MS
> newsservers.
>
> Please recommend a good newsreader, thank you so much!

A simple to use, easy to manage Newsreader is Super Gravity, it's worked
for more than 8 years, still does all the proper newsgroup things and is
FREE now.

http://gravity.tbates.org/


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Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
> I prefer Mozilla Thunderbird, myself.

And you're using an out-of date version!

 

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"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
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> In article <ud7fW1nvFHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, networm8848
> @yahoo.com says...
[snips]
>
> A simple to use, easy to manage Newsreader is Super Gravity, it's worked
> for more than 8 years, still does all the proper newsgroup things and is
> FREE now.

Gravity is certainly a great little newsreader. But the last time I tried
it, it shared a serious flaw with some of the other free newsreaders that
have been mentioned in this thread - you can't install it as Administrator
and then log in as a limited user and run it. It wants to write to its own
installation directory when it's run. Most people wouldn't notice, since
they run day-in-day-out with administrative or power-user privs, but that's
that just not acceptable to some of us.

Cheers,

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In article <evaExb4vFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>,
spooky@fakeinformation.com says...
>
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d9be43d2b63d48c98a0e8@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> > In article <ud7fW1nvFHA.2960@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, networm8848
> > @yahoo.com says...
> [snips]
> >
> > A simple to use, easy to manage Newsreader is Super Gravity, it's worked
> > for more than 8 years, still does all the proper newsgroup things and is
> > FREE now.
>
> Gravity is certainly a great little newsreader. But the last time I tried
> it, it shared a serious flaw with some of the other free newsreaders that
> have been mentioned in this thread - you can't install it as Administrator
> and then log in as a limited user and run it. It wants to write to its own
> installation directory when it's run. Most people wouldn't notice, since
> they run day-in-day-out with administrative or power-user privs, but that's
> that just not acceptable to some of us.

Yea, it wasn't designed in the days of XP, but you can set permissions
on the folder to allow it access and then limited users can run it.

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:16:46 GMT, Leythos wrote:
[re: Gravity...]
> Yea, it wasn't designed in the days of XP, but you can set permissions
> on the folder to allow it access and then limited users can run it.

That works only for a single user though. And Gravity *was* designed in
the days of NT, which certainly had limited users too. But it's still a
nice program if you can live with this shortcoming.

I've discovered that 40tude Dialog 2.0.15.1 (beta 38) can be installed by a
limited XP user into a folder owned by that user (under, say, Documents and
Settings). It shows up in Add/Remove Programs only for that user. So far,
it seems to work well (although I'm darned if I can see how to turn off
overstrike mode in the posting editor).

Followups trimmed.

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"networm" <networm8848@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Looks you have really a lot expieriences in newsreaders...
>
> but I don't care about GUI, I just want a newsreader that can collect back
> my posts and present in a integrated place so that I can find my posts
> easily and see other people replies easily, instead of scroll down to
> search ... on multiple newgroups...


I just click in the Watched column and all posts in that thread get marked
together. I don't need to wait until my post shows up as I can mark the
thread right then. I then click in the header for the Watched column to
sort it so Watched threads are at the top of the list, and they are always
at the top of the list even after new posts arrive, so the order is Watched
followed by other posts in Received order. When I'm done watching a thread
(which is about 5 days after my last post or any replies to it), I click
again in the Watched column (which marks them as Ignored, also useful for
hiding posts), and click again to turn Watching/Ignoring off (so that thread
will get sorted along with the others). In fact, not having a means to
watch a thread of interest was one of the reasons that I quit using some
newsreaders.
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