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Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10

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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:48:25 -0400, SCTom <anonymous@anon.com> wrote:
>Path: news..!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
>From: SCTom <anonymous@anon.com>
>Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11
>Subject: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10
>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:48:25 -0400
>Message-ID: <vuom2b$1tap$1@dont-email.me>
>Injection-Info: dont-email.me; ..="abuse@eternal-september.org"
>...
>For years, I have used Live Mail as my newsgroup reader, but recently
>it wouldn't work on either OS version. I found out support for it has
>been killed, so there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to make it
>work again.
>The good thing is that it worked well, and I could set it up to look
>how I liked it, and, best of all, it's free.
>Any ideas on a decent replacement that would more than lees imitate it?
>I have tried Easynews, NZBget, Newsbin, and a couple more that I can't
>recall.
>This program is NewsgroupsRT, and was pretty easy to set up and run,
>but it won't get me very many headers. Granted, this is the trial
>version and that may be where the limitation lies, but I can't find a
>manual or contact info to try and find out.
>Tia for your help!

this list hasn't been updated, but there wasn't much to choose from after
40tude dialog came along twenty years ago (if it ain't broke don't fix it)

(using Tor Browser 14.5)
http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
>1.Introduction
>2.Newsreaders
>   40Tude Dialog (Windows)
>   Betterbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Claws-Mail (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Evolution (Linux)
>   flnews (Linux, UNIX systems)
>   Gnus (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Gravity (Windows)
>   MacCafe (macOS)
>   MacSOUP (macOS = 10.14)
>   MesNews (Windows)
>   ModNewsreader (Android and its forks)
>   Pan (Linux)
>   SeaMonkey (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   slrn (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Sylpheed (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Thunderbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   tin (Linux / Windows / macOS)
>   Xnews (Windows)
>3.References and useful links
[end quote]

i've tested many of these extensively and still prefer 40tude dialog
over any other newsreader, including forte agent; but for "one-click"
newsgroup statistics xananews is also portable and works wonderfully

search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=windows+live+mail+usenet+newsgroups
& https://duckduckgo.com/?q=windows+live+mail+usenet+alternative+2025

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Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 SCTom <anonymous@anon.com> - 2025-04-28 15:48 -0400
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-28 16:06 -0400
    Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-28 16:57 -0400
    Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 Rick <rick@nospam.com> - 2025-04-28 18:32 -0400
      Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 SCTom <anonymous@anon.com> - 2025-04-28 22:04 -0400
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 D <J@M> - 2025-04-29 00:10 +0200
    Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 mechanic <mechanic@example.net> - 2025-05-04 12:47 +0100
      Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 D <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> - 2025-05-04 09:01 -0400
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 02:24 -0400
    Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 SCTom <anonymous@anon.com> - 2025-04-29 07:26 -0400
      Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-05-04 11:36 -0400
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2025-04-29 15:01 +0100
    Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 D <J@M> - 2025-04-29 17:22 +0200
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-29 14:52 +0000
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-29 12:34 -0400
  Re: Using Windows Live Mail with Windows 11/10 SCTom <anonymous@anon.com> - 2025-04-30 18:03 +0000

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