News reader

R

Roady [MVP]

Outlook Express :)

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Any one recommend a good free newsreader since OL does no have one ?

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THANKS
RICK

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Rick

LOL

You had to say that didn't you.

I was going to stop using OLE but as you say it is a good news reader so why
mess about.
 
G

Galen

In Rick <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
LOL

You had to say that didn't you.

I was going to stop using OLE but as you say it is a good news reader
so why mess about.
Click to expand...

I have looked. I've tried other clients. Time and time again I have reverted
to OE. I've given up searching. Years ago, I have no idea if it exists
anywhere these days, there was an application called XNews that fit on a
floppy and could be run without even installing it. It even had a decent
feature-base. It's been some number of years since but the application is
probably still available but even then it is nothing compared to OE which is
easy, effective, and simple. Other than it's needing to be compressed and
cleaned once in a while it's a decent application and the price is right. ;)
So, if you want to try others (I've heard a few recommended) then something
here might tickle your fancy:

Newsreaders/Usenet:
http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/network/fwusenet.html

Hah, still says Xnews (I could have sworn the N was capitalized before but
this was years ago) is available. That and 40tude appear to be the only true
clients listed there.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Indeed ;-)

There are add-ins that add NNTP to Outlook. Also see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/news.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
LOL

You had to say that didn't you.

I was going to stop using OLE but as you say it is a good news reader so why
mess about.
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash Gordon®\)

There's a newsreader built into Mozilla (not FF).
Works well, OE is more convienient though.


| LOL
|
| You had to say that didn't you.
|
| I was going to stop using OLE but as you say it is a good news reader so why
| mess about.
|
| --
| THANKS
| RICK
|
| message | > Outlook Express :)
| >
| > --
| > Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
| > www.howto-outlook.com
| >
| > Tips of the month:
| > -FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
| > Windows
| > -Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
| >
| > -----
| > | > Any one recommend a good free newsreader since OL does no have one ?
| >
| > --
| > THANKS
| > RICK
| >
| > ----------------------------
| > If you have children then look at our E Bay items
| > http://tinyurl.com/4874c
| >
| > COOL SITES...
| > www.groups.yahoo.com/group/North-West-Scanning-Group/
| > www.rickshell.com
| > www.ackadia.com
| > http://groups.msn.com/accessforall
| > www.groups.yahoo.com/group/scanpromauk/
| >
| >
| >
|
|
 
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Brian Tillman

Galen said:
Years ago, I have no idea if
it exists anywhere these days, there was an application called XNews
that fit on a floppy and could be run without even installing it.
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

It
even had a decent feature-base. It's been some number of years since
but the application is probably still available but even then it is
nothing compared to OE which is easy, effective, and simple.
Click to expand...

One thing I like about Xnews is its integrated handling of yEnc. However,
there are yEnc proxies that can be used with Outlook Express (yProxy Pro at
http://www.brawnylads.com/yproxypro/ , yDecode at http://www.ydecode.com/).
One thing I don't like is that I don't find its UI very intuitive.
Hah, still says Xnews (I could have sworn the N was capitalized
before but this was years ago) is available. That and 40tude appear
to be the only true clients listed there.
Click to expand...

Forte Agent also has a free version.
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
 
G

Galen

In Brian Tillman <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Forte Agent also has a free version.
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
Click to expand...

Ah, that was the other one I'd heard rants about. If you recommend it I'll
happily download it so, seeing as you posted a URL for it, I'll give it a
whack. If it's any good I'll even buy it. (I buy lots of applications - even
some I really don't *NEED* but think other people will enjoy. It's my way of
contributing to the future of those applications and to hoping that they'll
still develop them.) I'll download it tonight when the PC is no longer busy.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes
 
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