"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

Also, I earlier recommended Thunderbird - I'd forgotten what
'group I'm in, and am not sure if I'd recommend it for '98.
(Not that I know there's anything wrong with any version of
TB that runs under '98, just I genuinely don't know.)

I'm sure there are older versions of thunderbird and seamonkey that run
on win-98.

I bring up seamonkey because it's closely related to firefox and
thunderbird.

This page helps explain this:

http://ilias.ca/SeamonkeyvsFirefox

I really have no idea how to benchmark the usenet capability of
thunderbird and seamonkey vs what I use (Netscape Communicator) but
anyone looking for a fresh start and is even considering thunderbird
should probably also look at seamonkey.

Although Seamonkey seems to be BOTH a browser and mail/usenet client -
something that doesn't appeal to me.

If I had no previous experience with a dedicated usenet reader, and as a
win-98 user if I had to choose a usenet reader, it's not an easy choice
nor is it easy to even know what my options are.

Most lists of usenet clients are geared toward the software's ability to
sort and download binary usenet content (music, movies, etc) - something
that a person wanting to access only text newsgroups would have no
interest for.

Even when the lists show text readers, they rarely show what I use
(netscape communicator).

Something I've been meaning to do was try out the last version of
Netscape Communicator (4.8) which was released in 2002.

Here's a link to the archive's copy of an old netscape page:

http://web.archive.org/web/200603220...archive47x.jsp

And here's a link to Netscape Communicator 4.80 English
Download: Windows 95, 98, or NT - Complete Install (128-bit encryption)

http://web.archive.org/web/200401170...ll/cc32d48.exe