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Tremble ye! for upon this sandbank of Apophis Tom Chaudoir
<news@clocktech.com> wrote:
> Hi Quakers,
>
> A bit off the subject here, but I think this is a good group to ask.
> I'm using Outlook Express to read news groups, and it sucks scrogg
> water. It's horrible at stiching binaries together, and just doesn't
> do a reliable job of fetching messages. My copy of Forte Agent was
> made for windows 3.x and doesn't work anymore.
>
> What are you folks using?
>

Agent is still being updated; there'll be a recent version on their
website (www.forteinc.com).
Some people use Mozilla Thunderbird (www.mozilla.com); some people use
Gravity (I forget the URL for that one though).

> Best,
> Tom

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ever."
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"Tom Chaudoir" <news@clocktech.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Quakers,
>
> A bit off the subject here, but I think this is a good group to ask. I'm
> using Outlook Express to read news groups, and it sucks scrogg water. It's
> horrible at stiching binaries together, and just doesn't do a reliable job
> of fetching messages. My copy of Forte Agent was made for windows 3.x and
> doesn't work anymore.
>
> What are you folks using?
>
> Best,
> Tom
>
>


hmm, Outlook Express is my favorite.  It never gives me a problem.  I have
never once had a problem putting binaries together.   And as far as
retrieving messages, I would attribute that to your isp news server, not the
reader.

I ain't trying to stop you from trying other readers, just commenting on
your post is all.

forte agent seems to be one of the more popular ones that people are using
though.  I would suggest looking for an updated version as Bill suggested.

-- 

Margolis
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"Tom Chaudoir" <news@clocktech.com> wrote in
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> Hi Quakers,
> 
> A bit off the subject here, but I think this is a good group to ask.
> I'm using Outlook Express to read news groups, and it sucks scrogg
> water. It's horrible at stiching binaries together, and just doesn't
> do a reliable job of fetching messages. My copy of Forte Agent was
> made for windows 3.x and doesn't work anymore.
> 
> What are you folks using?
> 
> Best,
> Tom
> 
> 

xnews is great for binaries. http://xnews.newsguy.com/

-- 
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
H.S.T.

it didn't take long to find agent
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

-- 

Margolis
http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm
http://www.unrealtower.org/faq

I use a program called "newsbin".

Tom Chaudoir wrote:
> Hi Quakers,
> 
> A bit off the subject here, but I think this is a good group to ask. I'm
> using Outlook Express to read news groups, and it sucks scrogg water. It's
> horrible at stiching binaries together, and just doesn't do a reliable job
> of fetching messages. My copy of Forte Agent was made for windows 3.x and
> doesn't work anymore.
> 
> What are you folks using?
> 
> Best,
> Tom
> 
> 

On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:54:50 +0100, "EvilBill"  wrote:


>Agent is still being updated; there'll be a recent version on their
>website (www.forteinc.com).
>Some people use Mozilla Thunderbird (www.mozilla.com); some people use
>Gravity (I forget the URL for that one though).
>
>> Best,
>> Tom
>
>-- 

Thanks to EB and all, I have a fresh copy of Agent. It looks and feels
like the old version that I was used to. I love that it assembles
multiparts on the fly. No more moving the bits around into the right
order.

Best,
Tom

Tremble ye! for upon this sandbank of Apophis Tom Chaudoir
<news@clocktech.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:54:50 +0100, "EvilBill"  wrote:
>
>
>> Agent is still being updated; there'll be a recent version on their
>> website (www.forteinc.com).
>> Some people use Mozilla Thunderbird (www.mozilla.com); some people
>> use Gravity (I forget the URL for that one though).
>>
>>> Best,
>>> Tom
>>
>> --
>
> Thanks to EB and all, I have a fresh copy of Agent. It looks and feels
> like the old version that I was used to. I love that it assembles
> multiparts on the fly. No more moving the bits around into the right
> order.
>

Cool :)
I still use OE, just because it does what I need it to.

> Best,
> Tom

-- 
-- 
"I see what the nhh-stars do, because so fair is their shape; it is
well for me with them and it is well for them. I am a nhh-star, the
companion of a nhh-star, I become a nhh-star, and I will not suffer for
ever."
EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.co.uk
My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/

"Tom Chaudoir" <news@clocktech.com> wrote in message
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> What are you folks using?

For binaries only I started using http://www.bnr2.org

BNR2. I think its great. And its free! There is a forum on the site too.
There are a lot of settings you have to check and tweak to get it to work
best.

I have a copy of forte that I use for text sometimes. Right now Im using OE
for
this post. However I dont like OE at all for binaries. I got a key for forte
in the howard stern binaires group. People post them there all the time. :)


David

"Tom Chaudoir" <news@clocktech.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:54:50 +0100, "EvilBill"  wrote:
>
>
> No more moving the bits around into the right order.


the version of OE I am using automatically arranges them in the proper order
for me.    I have downloaded agent though, I'll give it a try and see what
happens ;o)



-- 

Margolis
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