flitterbit wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:44:00 -0500, flitterbit >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Aaah. Currently I use Thunderbird; I used to use Outlook
> > > Express. I realize by some standards they aren't considered to
> > > be "real" newsreaders, but they do the trick and are simple to
> > > use.
> >
> > Flitterbit... they are "real" news readers, but they are not "stand
> > alone" news readers. Does that make any sense to you?
> >
> >
> Indeed it does; I've happily used both without any problems
> whatsoever and have never felt the need to mess with Forte Agent or
> any of the other stand-alones. Rather, I was just trying to pre-empt
> the "get a real newsreader" chorus that usually pops up in other
> groups at the mention of Outlook Express in particular ; )

Those work well enough for basic news access. However, neither has very
robust filtering capability. I wanted to be able to handle the
cross-posting trolls. That's what finally drove me to search out a more
powerful newsreader. For Windows, Xnews is far and away the best at
filtering, but I didn't like the user interface. I'd become accustomed
to the multi-pane look I'd had with the old Netscape reader. I settled
on XanaNews as a compromise in looks and features.




Brian

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