Newsgroup Reader

People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
know any better!!


Thanks

I've been using Newsbin Pro version 5 with Vista and it works great.

"Spanky McFly" wrote:

> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
> you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
> know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

Spanky McFly wrote:
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
> you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
> know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>
>

I use Thunderbird and Agent. Also if you just check the headers on the
messages they tell you the reader being used. OE works OK for lots of
people. If it works for you that all that matters. If you want to
check out different readers try this link:

http://www.newsreaders.com/

gls858

You will always get people on both sides.. use what you feel most
comfortable with..


"Spanky McFly" <Spanky@yadayadayada.net> wrote in message
news:OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What
> are you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just
> don't know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:15:06 -0800, "Spanky McFly"
<Spanky@yadayadayada.net> wrote:

>People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
>you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
>know any better!!

Good and bad are relative terms. It depends what you use your
newsreader for, how often, if or not you run multiple instances to
connect to more than one newsgroup at a time, if you download
graphics, need support for automatic decoding of graphics, etc.. want
to let the newsreader hunt for posts by itself and so on. If you just
spend some time reading text only posts in sleeply little backwater
newsgroups like this then OE is probably fine.

I think a good analogy is people that spend a lot time in newsgroups
look down on OE because they know they can do way better, just like
people look down on people that have AOL accounts because they know
they see only a "filtered" view of the Internet.

Try here:

http://www.tucows.com/search?search_...h_size_multi=b

OE and Windows Mail is working fine here. There were some early issues with
WM, but it's working acceptably now.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Spanky McFly" <Spanky@yadayadayada.net> wrote in message
news:OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What
> are you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just
> don't know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>

Windows Live Mail desktop



"Spanky McFly" <Spanky@yadayadayada.net> wrote in message
news:OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What
> are you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just
> don't know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>

In article <OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
Spanky@yadayadayada.net says...
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
> you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
> know any better!!

Yes, you just don't know any better.

OE is an email client that had Usenet access added into it once MS found
out there was an Internet. Vista's MAIL client suffers from the same
issue, it doesn't take Usenet or the documented standards into
consideration.

I've used a older program, now free, called Super Gravity for almost a
decade and it works find under Vista. I also use an Open Source product
called PAN. Both are free and both are designed for Usenet.

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"Spanky McFly" <Spanky@yadayadayada.net> wrote in message
news:OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What
> are you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just
> don't know any better!!
>
>
> Thanks
>

Could never get comfortable with any other newsreader so stuck with OE. Am
now using Vistas Mail and that does the job in both mail and news but still
prefer OE

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:MPG.204f4442f528bed9897f4@adfree.usenet.com.. .
> In article <OUAyE5tWHHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
> Spanky@yadayadayada.net says...
>> People are slamming OE for being a "brain dead" news group reader. What are
>> you using instead? I am using OE 6 and it isn't so bad. Maybe I just don't
>> know any better!!
>
> Yes, you just don't know any better.
>
> OE is an email client that had Usenet access added into it once MS found
> out there was an Internet. Vista's MAIL client suffers from the same
> issue, it doesn't take Usenet or the documented standards into
> consideration.
>
> I've used a older program, now free, called Super Gravity for almost a
> decade and it works find under Vista. I also use an Open Source product
> called PAN. Both are free and both are designed for Usenet.

What you are overlooking is that most people's Usenet needs are
fully met with OE/WinMail. I for one don't need to combine binary
parts or do yEnc decoding. I only read text newsgroups, and
OE/WinMail does that quite well.

Gary VanderMolen