Newsgroups and reader programs

On 01/03/11 18:52, Alex Clayton wrote:
> On 3/1/2011 10:37 AM, Gordon wrote:
>> On 01/03/11 18:05, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
>>>> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
>>>> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
>>>> especially free ones?
>>>
>>>
>>> test
>>>
>>
>> Alt.test is this way ============>
>
> Had to give the professional whiners something else to cry about. After
> all why else would they get out of bed in the morning?
> I have also been looking for someplace to ask about help with T-Bird but
> figured if I did that here I would get a lot of “T-bird sucks, use my
> reader” along with a lot of “ this is not the place to ask that”, often
> coming from the same person.
> So I decided to try the XanaNews since it was said to be more like OE,
> which is what I know best. It seems to have no trouble talking to my
> feed so I tried one response. My name never changes even though I am
> using 3 news readers now, so I am sure someone can teach you how to
> filter me, or point you to a reader that will allow this if I make life
> hard for you.
>
>

What are you gibbering on about?

On 01/03/11 18:43, RustY © wrote:

> Thunderbird can't handle multi-part files
> and it doesn't recognise Y-enc either.


That's because it's a REAL newsreader not a porn file downloader...

On 01 Mar 2011, James Silverton <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

>> Try news.software.readers
>>
> I don't see that on eternal-september? Has it much activity?

It's there.

Fairly active... at least 70 posts in the past week.

On 3/1/2011 11:04 AM, Gordon wrote:
> On 01/03/11 18:52, Alex Clayton wrote:
>> On 3/1/2011 10:37 AM, Gordon wrote:
>>> On 01/03/11 18:05, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
>>>>> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
>>>>> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
>>>>> especially free ones?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> test
>>>>
>>>
>>> Alt.test is this way ============>
>>
>> Had to give the professional whiners something else to cry about. After
>> all why else would they get out of bed in the morning?
>> I have also been looking for someplace to ask about help with T-Bird but
>> figured if I did that here I would get a lot of “T-bird sucks, use my
>> reader” along with a lot of “ this is not the place to ask that”, often
>> coming from the same person.
>> So I decided to try the XanaNews since it was said to be more like OE,
>> which is what I know best. It seems to have no trouble talking to my
>> feed so I tried one response. My name never changes even though I am
>> using 3 news readers now, so I am sure someone can teach you how to
>> filter me, or point you to a reader that will allow this if I make life
>> hard for you.
>>
>>
>
> What are you gibbering on about?

Well all 3 newsreaders I am using right now seem to show all of what I
responded too, even the much maligned WLM, so either a class in reading
comprehension or a better news reader I guess? Can't help you more than
that.

--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."

[Lazarus Long]

On 01/03/11 19:15, Alex Clayton wrote:
> On 3/1/2011 11:04 AM, Gordon wrote:
>> On 01/03/11 18:52, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>> On 3/1/2011 10:37 AM, Gordon wrote:
>>>> On 01/03/11 18:05, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
>>>>>> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
>>>>>> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
>>>>>> especially free ones?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> test
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alt.test is this way ============>
>>>
>>> Had to give the professional whiners something else to cry about. After
>>> all why else would they get out of bed in the morning?
>>> I have also been looking for someplace to ask about help with T-Bird but
>>> figured if I did that here I would get a lot of “T-bird sucks, use my
>>> reader” along with a lot of “ this is not the place to ask that”, often
>>> coming from the same person.
>>> So I decided to try the XanaNews since it was said to be more like OE,
>>> which is what I know best. It seems to have no trouble talking to my
>>> feed so I tried one response. My name never changes even though I am
>>> using 3 news readers now, so I am sure someone can teach you how to
>>> filter me, or point you to a reader that will allow this if I make life
>>> hard for you.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What are you gibbering on about?
>
> Well all 3 newsreaders I am using right now seem to show all of what I
> responded too, even the much maligned WLM, so either a class in reading
> comprehension or a better news reader I guess? Can't help you more than
> that.
>

I think you are replying to the wrong person....

James Silverton wrote:
> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
> especially free ones?

Mozilla has news groups for Firefox and Thunderbird.

Here is a starting link.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Joining_newsgroups

Happy reading :-)

On 3/1/2011 1:34 PM, XS11E wrote:
> James Silverton<> wrote:
>
>> On 3/1/2011 11:46 AM, Nil wrote:
>>> On 01 Mar 2011, James Silverton<> wrote
>>> in alt.windows7.general:
>>>
>>>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the
>>>> useless Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is
>>>> there a better group than this to find out about and discuss
>>>> news and mail readers, especially free ones?
>>>
>>> Try news.software.readers
>>>
>> I don't see that on eternal-september? Has it much activity?
>
> It is on eternal-september, maybe you need to refresh the list?
> There's a fair amount of activity.
>
>
>
>
There's something strange about the list :-) If I ask for
news.software.readers after refreshing I get no response but if I use
software.readers it appears.

Thanks again, anyway!

--


James Silverton, Potomac

"Not": obvious change in "Reply To"

On 01/03/2011 19:05, Gordon wrote:
> On 01/03/11 18:43, RustY © wrote:
>
>> Thunderbird can't handle multi-part files
>> and it doesn't recognise Y-enc either.
>
>
> That's because it's a REAL newsreader not a porn file downloader...

I actually put 'porn file downloader' into google but it too has no
better suggestions. No, for any larger files that are split into
multi-parts, Tbird is a waste of time [even IE6 can handle them] and
Y-enc is just alien to it.

On 3/1/2011 11:25 AM, Gordon wrote:
> On 01/03/11 19:15, Alex Clayton wrote:
>> On 3/1/2011 11:04 AM, Gordon wrote:
>>> On 01/03/11 18:52, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>>> On 3/1/2011 10:37 AM, Gordon wrote:
>>>>> On 01/03/11 18:05, Alex Clayton wrote:
>>>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
>>>>>>> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
>>>>>>> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
>>>>>>> especially free ones?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> test
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alt.test is this way ============>
>>>>
>>>> Had to give the professional whiners something else to cry about. After
>>>> all why else would they get out of bed in the morning?
>>>> I have also been looking for someplace to ask about help with T-Bird
>>>> but
>>>> figured if I did that here I would get a lot of “T-bird sucks, use my
>>>> reader” along with a lot of “ this is not the place to ask that”, often
>>>> coming from the same person.
>>>> So I decided to try the XanaNews since it was said to be more like OE,
>>>> which is what I know best. It seems to have no trouble talking to my
>>>> feed so I tried one response. My name never changes even though I am
>>>> using 3 news readers now, so I am sure someone can teach you how to
>>>> filter me, or point you to a reader that will allow this if I make life
>>>> hard for you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> What are you gibbering on about?
>>
>> Well all 3 newsreaders I am using right now seem to show all of what I
>> responded too, even the much maligned WLM, so either a class in reading
>> comprehension or a better news reader I guess? Can't help you more than
>> that.
>>
>
> I think you are replying to the wrong person....

<Shrug>
Maybe you could look up some CC classes?

--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."

[Lazarus Long]

On 3/1/2011 11:36 AM, jvalh wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>> Having recently started using Windows 7 and giving up on the useless
>> Live Mail, I am fairly satisfied with Thunderbird. Is there a better
>> group than this to find out about and discuss news and mail readers,
>> especially free ones?
>
> Mozilla has news groups for Firefox and Thunderbird.
>
> Here is a starting link.
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Joining_newsgroups
>
> Happy reading :-)

I tried a couple times to find one and so far no luck. May just be my
newsfeed does not carry one. I have found a web forum for it, but it
seems to be kind of hard to use. When I try to search for something it
can’t seem to find it. I suspect I am not asking the right way.

--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."

[Lazarus Long]