OT: Best Newsreader - Something Better than OE

Teamcasa wrote:
> I have searched but came to no consensus.
> What is the *best* newsreader.
>
> Dave
>

Seamonkey is good. It is the successor to Netscape.

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Hi..

I would recommend Mozilla Thunderbird, which it both and e-mail client
and news reader - and it protects you from phishing attacks and spam.
You can read about it on my website that lists many open source (thus
free) alternatives to commercial software
http://www.osalt.com/thunderbird

best regards,
Anders Rasmussen
webmaster
Open Source Alternative - www.osalt.com

On Wed, 17 May 2006 23:11:19 -0700, andersir wrote

I use both Windows and Linux and it is hard to beat the PAN newsreader for
Linux.

I am way saddened that it is not available for Windows.

Bill

On Thu, 18 May 2006 23:10:12 -0000, W Canaday wrote:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 23:11:19 -0700, andersir wrote
>
> I use both Windows and Linux and it is hard to beat the PAN newsreader for
> Linux.
>
> I am way saddened that it is not available for Windows.
>
> Bill

It will probably build & run under Cygwin.

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"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have searched but came to no consensus.
>What is the *best* newsreader.
>
>Dave

First, the answer to the second part of your subject line: Any of them
<g>

As to "best", there is none. Or more accurately, there are lots, based
on subjective evaluation of what best meets various peoples' needs. I
really like Agent (version 1.93, before they started "improving" it).
Others who download a lot of binaries may find another newsreader
"best", and others who like interfaces that are largely mouse-based
would like still others.

If you do primarily text groups and like a keyboard based interface,
try forte agent. It can be controlled by mouse, but others are slicker
if that is your want. And it is fully capable of handling binaries,
it's just that some others may have some advanced features if that is
all you do.
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On Thu, 18 May 2006 16:15:39 -0400, alexy <[email protected]> wrote:

<snip.

> Eudora has had a MUCH better system for a couple of
>years.

Damn... you ARE an ol' fart... lol

I've been using eudora since version 2.2 and if they want me to use something
other that eudora for email they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands...

Mac

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On 22 May 2006 23:35:27 -0700, SimonZ <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm a little late to the thread, but if you're looking for a good Windows based
>newsreader I'd recommend Xnews. It's free, and works well with both text and
>binary newsgroups.
>
>Not sure what you're account situation is with Usenet.com, but I found them to
>be a bit overpriced. Switched over to Newsguy.com several months ago and have
>been happy with them. You can access with a newsreader or their web interface,
>and their prices were much better...
>
>Usenet.com
>2 GB / $4.95 Month
>20 GB / $14.95 Month
>30 GB / $19.95 Month
>
>Newsguy.com
>3 GB / $5.95 Month
>30 GB / $9.95 Month
>Unlimited / $19.95 Month
>
>They have a free trial that may be worth a look.

I've been using Newsguy for at least 7 years (before they were
Newsguy) and have found them very reliable and they keep adding groups
and improving their retention time. They also do a lot of little
promotional special things for subscribers like unlimited download
days.
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 11:27:35 -0700, "Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have searched but came to no consensus.
>What is the *best* newsreader.
>
>Dave

My vote would be for Agent, or at least Free Agent, Dave...
($30 to register and worth it)

I've been using it for several years while testing others including outhouse and
outhouse express and just can't find anything that I like as much..

Some folks don't like it because all it does IS newsgroups, but that's one of
the things that I really like about it.. YMWV

http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

I notice that the new version also does email, but I'll pass on that... being an
ol' fart, I have a dedicated email program and ain't changin'.. *g*
Mac

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https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1147803908_457
@sp6iad.superfeed.net:

> I have searched but came to no consensus.
> What is the *best* newsreader.

A lot of folk who spend a lot of time in the newsgroups like Xnews:
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

40tude Dialog is also highly regarded:
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/

Gravity used to be very popular but hasn't been maintained in a
while, you can still get it here:
http://gravity.tbates.org/

All three of the above are freeware.

Agent is popular with people who don't like (or can't get a
grasp of) the Xnews interface. There's a limited free version
and a for-pay full version (you can find the full version on
the net if you look, tho):
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php


Depending on your personal preferences, any one of those could
be "best". I myself like Xnews, and would suggest trying that
one first.

John

>> I use both Windows and Linux and it is hard to beat the PAN newsreader
>> for Linux.
>>
>> I am way saddened that it is not available for Windows.

Stop being sad. I use it on Windows (just moved from xnews; like it
better).

--jeff

On Tue, 16 May 2006 11:27:35 -0700, Teamcasa said...
>
>I have searched but came to no consensus.
>What is the *best* newsreader.
>
>Dave

Hi Dave,

I'm a little late to the thread, but if you're looking for a good Windows based
newsreader I'd recommend Xnews. It's free, and works well with both text and
binary newsgroups.

Not sure what you're account situation is with Usenet.com, but I found them to
be a bit overpriced. Switched over to Newsguy.com several months ago and have
been happy with them. You can access with a newsreader or their web interface,
and their prices were much better...

Usenet.com
2 GB / $4.95 Month
20 GB / $14.95 Month
30 GB / $19.95 Month

Newsguy.com
3 GB / $5.95 Month
30 GB / $9.95 Month
Unlimited / $19.95 Month

They have a free trial that may be worth a look.

S


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mac davis <[email protected]> wrote:


>My vote would be for Agent, or at least Free Agent, Dave...
>($30 to register and worth it)

>I notice that the new version also does email, but I'll pass on that... being an
>ol' fart, I have a dedicated email program and ain't changin'.. *g*
>Mac

It has done mail for a long time, but I think it does as half-assed a
job at mail as the mail clients do trying to be newsreaders. The
functionality of mail reading/writing and newsgroup reading/writing is
similar enough that either type of client can be extended to do the
other job adequately--witness all the OE users on usenet. But there
are enough differences that neither does the other well. Like you, I
prefer a separate client for each, but maybe that's just because I'm

Another ol' fart
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Enoch Root <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2006-05-18, [email protected] <[email protected]> ranted thusly:
>
>> I would recommend Mozilla Thunderbird, which it both and e-mail client
>> and news reader - and it protects you from phishing attacks and spam.
>> You can read about it on my website that lists many open source (thus
>> free) alternatives to commercial software
>> http://www.osalt.com/thunderbird
>
>I thought the home for thunderbird is
>http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

It is. I think the cite above is to the prior poster's site about
TBird.


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[email protected] wrote:

>Hi..
>
>I would recommend Mozilla Thunderbird, which it both and e-mail client
>and news reader - and it protects you from phishing attacks and spam.
>You can read about it on my website that lists many open source (thus
>free) alternatives to commercial software
>http://www.osalt.com/thunderbird
>
>best regards,
> Anders Rasmussen
> webmaster
> Open Source Alternative - www.osalt.com

Anders, I am a Tbird user for mail, and really like it. I haven't
tried it for newsgroups, but am very skeptical--I've never seen a
client for mail or newsgroups that does more than a marginally
adequate job in the other domain.

BTW, while I like tbird, their first crack at protection from phishing
is very lame. Incredible that they would put it in with no way to
"learn" or explicitly whitelist sites that should NOT trigger a
phishing warning. Eudora has had a MUCH better system for a couple of
years.


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On 2006-05-18, [email protected] <[email protected]> ranted thusly:

> I would recommend Mozilla Thunderbird, which it both and e-mail client
> and news reader - and it protects you from phishing attacks and spam.
> You can read about it on my website that lists many open source (thus
> free) alternatives to commercial software
> http://www.osalt.com/thunderbird

I thought the home for thunderbird is
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

But in any case, I just gave up on it for reading newsgroups: it
doesn't appear to have enough capabilities for filtering based on
headers, and I didn't see anything descriptive of similar in the
extensions.

If I had more time, I might have tried to write or adapt one...

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