please recommend USENET newsreader program

I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of
such a program?

TIA Bill S.

On 5/26/2012 5:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
> a program?

Thunderbird I use on my Windows 7 machine for Gmail, Earthlink mail,
Usenet, and using the NNTP Bridge program so that I can access MS Web
forms using a NG reader with Thunderbird. It's free.

On 5/26/2012 4:59 PM, Big Steel wrote:
> On 5/26/2012 5:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
>> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
>> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
>> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
>> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
>> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
>> a program?
>
> Thunderbird I use on my Windows 7 machine for Gmail, Earthlink mail,
> Usenet, and using the NNTP Bridge program so that I can access MS Web
> forms using a NG reader with Thunderbird. It's free.

Oh man! I have been using Thunderbird since v1.5 and it is just terrible
for newsgroups. Light duty stuff it is okay, but if you want to get
serious, it is just awful. It is nothing as good as Outlook Express for
newsgroups.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP2

bilsch wrote:
> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of
> such a program?
>
> TIA Bill S.

SeaMonkey, if you want the entire suite.

On 5/26/2012 6:33 PM, BillW50 wrote:
> On 5/26/2012 4:59 PM, Big Steel wrote:
>> On 5/26/2012 5:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
>>> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
>>> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
>>> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
>>> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
>>> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
>>> a program?
>>
>> Thunderbird I use on my Windows 7 machine for Gmail, Earthlink mail,
>> Usenet, and using the NNTP Bridge program so that I can access MS Web
>> forms using a NG reader with Thunderbird. It's free.
>
> Oh man! I have been using Thunderbird since v1.5 and it is just terrible
> for newsgroups. Light duty stuff it is okay, but if you want to get
> serious, it is just awful. It is nothing as good as Outlook Express for
> newsgroups.
>

I have had no problems with Thunderbird, and I don't live on Usenet either.

Hello, BillW50!

"BillW50" <> wrote in message:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:33:20 -0500:

> serious, it is just awful. It is nothing as good as Outlook Express for
> newsgroups.

Agreed!

I use OE + Fidolook.

--
-gufus
Thou Shalt NOT excessively annoy others or
allow Thyself to become excessively annoyed

Message-ID: jprlnh$dnn$ Sent at 17:27

Hello, bilsch!

"bilsch" <> wrote in message:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:54:37 -0700:

> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
> a program?

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Softwa...lients/Usenet/


--
-gufus
Thou Shalt NOT excessively annoy others or
allow Thyself to become excessively annoyed

Message-ID: jprjeu$1h2$ Sent at 17:36

On 05/26/2012 04:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
> a program?
>
> TIA Bill S.

Try XanaNews out. It is available at:
http://xananews.techtips.com.br/

XanaNews has many more bells and whistles than Thunderbird in terms of a
newsreader...
--
tb

On 5/26/2012 4:59 PM, Big Steel wrote:
> On 5/26/2012 5:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
>> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
>> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
>> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
>> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
>> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
>> a program?
>
> Thunderbird I use on my Windows 7 machine for Gmail, Earthlink mail,
> Usenet, and using the NNTP Bridge program so that I can access MS Web
> forms using a NG reader with Thunderbird. It's free.

Thanks for the info. I now have Thunderbird up and running

Bill S.

On 5/26/2012 8:01 PM, bilsch wrote:
> On 5/26/2012 4:59 PM, Big Steel wrote:
>> On 5/26/2012 5:54 PM, bilsch wrote:
>>> I have been using WinXP for years and have been using Outlook Express
>>> for mail and news groups. Now I'm using Win7 woithut Outlook Express.
>>> I'm now using Gmail web mail for email but I haven't yet looked for a
>>> newsreader program. Can anyone here recommend a USENET newsreader for
>>> use with Win7? Anyone have a link to a free hassle-free download of such
>>> a program?
>>
>> Thunderbird I use on my Windows 7 machine for Gmail, Earthlink mail,
>> Usenet, and using the NNTP Bridge program so that I can access MS Web
>> forms using a NG reader with Thunderbird. It's free.
>
> Thanks for the info. I now have Thunderbird up and running
>
> Bill S.

It's nice to be able to switch to each medium with ease with one
program. You can't beat it for diversity.