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Posted by Juno on April 5, 2008, 12:36 pm
I know we've been over this a million times but please some
recommendations for good news readers. For some reason my killfile on
Thunderbird has stopped working and I'd like to get a good news reader
and not bother trying to fix the one I have. LAzy I guess.
Juno
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Posted by The Wanderer on April 5, 2008, 12:44 pm
On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:36:41 GMT, Juno wrote:
> I know we've been over this a million times but please some
> recommendations for good news readers. For some reason my killfile on
> Thunderbird has stopped working and I'd like to get a good news reader
> and not bother trying to fix the one I have. LAzy I guess.
I use 40tude Dialog. I rate it very highly. It is jam-packed with features,
and is to some extent customisable by way of scripting add-ons. The
filtering rules are superb.
There are a couple of downsides. Firstly, the original author, one Marcus
Moenig, seems to have gone to ground over the last few months. It's open
source, and there are one or two other enthusiasts who are continuing with
development.
The other, like any new software, there is a fairly steep learning curve to
be able to make best use of it. If you stick with it, I'm sure you'll ask
yourself whyever didn't you move to it years ago!
--
Richard - The older I get, the better I used to be!
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
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Posted by Juno on April 5, 2008, 3:20 pm
>
> I use 40tude Dialog. I rate it very highly. It is jam-packed with features,
> and is to some extent customisable by way of scripting add-ons. The
> filtering rules are superb.
>
> There are a couple of downsides. Firstly, the original author, one Marcus
> Moenig, seems to have gone to ground over the last few months. It's open
> source, and there are one or two other enthusiasts who are continuing with
> development.
>
> The other, like any new software, there is a fairly steep learning curve to
> be able to make best use of it. If you stick with it, I'm sure you'll ask
> yourself whyever didn't you move to it years ago!
>
Thanks Richard I'll give it a good look over.
Juno
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Posted by RedDog on April 6, 2008, 1:22 am
> I know we've been over this a million times but please some
> recommendations for good news readers. For some reason my killfile on
> Thunderbird has stopped working
That's because I know how to get under your killfile, sweety. As I've
been repeatedly telling you, all you have to do is send me naked pics
of you and the spam will stop. ..... *sigh* ..... Is that so difficult
to understand?
> and I'd like to get a good news reader and not bother trying to fix the one I
have.
I use Agent a lot. It costs about 30 bucks, but it's worth it. 40tude
is sort of like a free version of Agent, but it lacks some features.
However, if all you're going to need it for is text messages, then d/l
40tude for free and don't bother spending any money.
If you want to filter out my direct posts, just kill anything that has
a "@budweiser.com" in the author. As far as the threads I funnel into
alt.sewing, though, I think you'll have to killfile them
individually. ..... Sorry ..... well, really I'm not sorry :-)
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Posted by Joy Beeson on April 6, 2008, 1:58 am
On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:36:41 GMT, Juno
> I know we've been over this a million times but please some
> recommendations for good news readers. For some reason my killfile on
> Thunderbird has stopped working and I'd like to get a good news reader
> and not bother trying to fix the one I have. LAzy I guess.
I liked Agent until my latest upgrade -- the "improved" version had a
whole new interface for no benefit whatsoever. I got used to most of
its little foibles, but it still annoys me that 3.2/32.830 freezes up
the entire computer whenever it has to wait for a response from the
server -- the computer never freezes when Agent is *doing* something,
only while it's waiting!
Nonetheless, I stick to it -- changing programs would mean yet another
new interface with no compensating benefits, and I haven't found any
other newsreader with timed filters that will remove themselves when
no longer needed. Self-removing filters are particularly important
in news.answers, where I kill-file everything so that I can tell when
somebody posts something new, but I like to be reminded of FAQs a year
or three after I read them or decide not to read them.
Joy Beeson
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joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing
http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange
The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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