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  Good browser for Usernet jmclifford@aanet.com.au - 2015-12-04 20:41 -0800
    Re: Good browser for Usernet Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-12-05 12:10 +0000
    Re: Good browser for Usernet Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-12-05 16:21 +0100
      Re: Good browser for Usernet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-12-05 19:37 -0500
    Re: Good browser for Usernet jmclifford@aanet.com.au - 2016-01-03 05:51 -0800
      Re: Good browser for Usernet Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-01-03 11:03 -0500
        Re: Good browser for Usernet Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 10:29 -0800
        Re: Good browser for Usernet Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 10:30 -0800
    Good browser for Usernet Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 10:32 -0800
      Re: Good browser for Usernet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-01-09 20:22 -0500

#33300 — Good browser for Usernet

Hi All.
What is a good browser for Usernet??.  I am still using Windows XP and find the Google access limiting.

With Google I do not get a good appreciation of the group hierarchy along with a navigational tool.

Regards JC...... 

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#33302

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:41:41 -0800, jmclifford wrote:

> Hi All.
> What is a good browser for Usernet??.  I am still using Windows XP and
> find the Google access limiting.
>
The best newsreader I've used with Windows is Forte Agent. There used to 
be a reduced function (no kill file) version and a paid-for version. Now 
there's just to one paid-for version (for a whole $29) with a 30 day free 
trial period. 

http://www.forteinc.com/

You'll also need to choose a server to read news from. I see that Forte 
now offer a paid-for service which I've never tried. A lot of us use 
Eternal September

http://www.eternal-september.org/


> With Google I do not get a good appreciation of the group hierarchy
> along with a navigational tool.
>
I think you'll find a newsreader is faster as well as nicer to use than 
Google's web browser interface. Just as Google Groups works rather like a 
web forum, a newsreader works in much the same way as an e-mail reader.
 

-- 
martin@   | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org       |

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#33306

On 05.12.2015 05:41, jmclifford@aanet.com.au wrote:
> Hi All. What is a good browser for Usernet??.  I am still using
> Windows XP and find the Google access limiting.
>
> With Google I do not get a good appreciation of the group hierarchy
> along with a navigational tool.
>
> Regards JC......

This is completely OT here.

I use Thunderbird.

	robert

-- 
remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

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#33309

On 12/5/2015 10:21 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 05.12.2015 05:41, jmclifford@aanet.com.au wrote:
>> Hi All. What is a good browser for Usernet??.  I am still using
>> Windows XP and find the Google access limiting.
>>
>> With Google I do not get a good appreciation of the group hierarchy
>> along with a navigational tool.
>
> This is completely OT here.

+1

> I use Thunderbird.

+1

Arne

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#33437

Hi All.
I did eventually get around to installing Thunderbird (with my Mozilla Firefox) and connecting to the Eternal-September server (after creating an account).

The version of Thunderbird is 38.5.0.  It seems to download large chunks of whatever I subscribe to.  

Is there any way I can filter this information with a selection before download ??
Is there any way I can filter the already downloaded information with a filter that refers to the contents within the articles ??

I think I stand to be dis-appointed with Thunderbird when I can do such filtering with Goggle user groups (wrt filtering over a whole user group based on what is contained within).

Regards JC.....

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#33439

On 1/3/2016 8:51 AM, jmclifford@aanet.com.au wrote:
> Hi All.
> I did eventually get around to installing Thunderbird (with my Mozilla Firefox) and connecting to the Eternal-September server (after creating an account).
>
> The version of Thunderbird is 38.5.0.  It seems to download large chunks of whatever I subscribe to.

     When you first subscribe to a newsgroup, you haven't yet read any
of its postings (as far as Thunderbird knows).  If it's a low-traffic
newsgroup with few messages Thunderbird just loads them, but if there
are a lot of unread messages it asks you how many you want and then
downloads the most recent N of them for whatever N you choose.

     Thereafter, Thunderbird just downloads new messages; it doesn't
re-download messages you've already seen.

> Is there any way I can filter this information with a selection before download ??

     I'm not 100% sure.  You can certainly set up filters, but I don't
know how much of the traffic Thunderbird actually needs to download
before it can apply them.

> Is there any way I can filter the already downloaded information with a filter that refers to the contents within the articles ??

     Sure: Just set up the filters and run them.

> I think I stand to be dis-appointed with Thunderbird when I can do such filtering with Goggle user groups (wrt filtering over a whole user group based on what is contained within).

     Oh, yeah, agree totally.  Thunderbird is an utterly useless piece
of crap, and Australians are all congenital idiots who are prone to
making hasty judgements.  ;-)

-- 
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
"Don't be afraid of work. Make work afraid of you." -- TLM

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#33443

It's "Usenet", not "Usenet". Perhaps your online search will be more effective with the correct search term.

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#33444

Typo because autocorrect fixed your typo: Not "Usernet".

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#33445

It's "Usenet", not "Usernet". Perhaps your online search will go better with the correct search term.

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#33457

On 1/3/2016 1:32 PM, Lew wrote:
> It's "Usenet", not "Usernet". Perhaps your online search will go better with the correct search term.

Unlikely - Google also auto-corrects the search.

Arne

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