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Old January 17th 06, 09:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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I am a Mac user who is trying to help a PC (IBM) friend get on the
newsgroup circuit. I would like your advice on what is the best
newsgroup reader/uploader software for him to use. After all, you guys
are the real experts. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Old January 17th 06, 10:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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"bigb" wrote in message
news:2006011712291650073%spudman@potatocom...
I am a Mac user who is trying to help a PC (IBM) friend get on the
newsgroup circuit. I would like your advice on what is the best newsgroup
reader/uploader software for him to use. After all, you guys are the real
experts. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Outlook Express works perfectly well for most groups - and the Help files
are better than the average! (and it comes for no extra charge with every
copy of Windows since Win98)


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Old January 17th 06, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

"bigb" wrote in message
news:2006011712291650073%spudman@potatocom...
I am a Mac user who is trying to help a PC (IBM) friend get on the
newsgroup circuit. I would like your advice on what is the best
newsgroup reader/uploader software for him to use. After all, you
guys are the real experts. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Outlook Express works perfectly well for most groups - and the Help
files are better than the average! (and it comes for no extra charge
with every copy of Windows since Win98)


Additionally...

If the friend is to use this for file transfers in the alt.binary groups or
wants easy yEnc support then there's a chunck of software called GrabIt
available free from: http://www.shemes.com/ I've found that when doing
multi-part downloads it's simply the easiest way to go.

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which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes


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Old January 17th 06, 10:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Galen wrote:

Additionally...

If the friend is to use this for file transfers in the alt.binary
groups or wants easy yEnc support then there's a chunck of software
called GrabIt available free from: http://www.shemes.com/ I've found
that when doing multi-part downloads it's simply the easiest way to
go.


Personally, rather than Grabbit, I'd recommend NewsBin Pro 5.05
(www.newsbin.com) for multi-part binary downloads including yenc support.
I'm aware of several recent instances where Grabbit had major problems
with certain postings that NewsBin Pro took in its stride. Nevertheless
each to their own. Other news readers the poster may wish to consider
include Forte Agent (www.forteinc.com) and XNews
(http://www.slyck.com/xnews.php).
--
Mike Maltby



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Old January 18th 06, 04:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Mike M had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Galen wrote:

Additionally...

If the friend is to use this for file transfers in the alt.binary
groups or wants easy yEnc support then there's a chunck of software
called GrabIt available free from: http://www.shemes.com/ I've found
that when doing multi-part downloads it's simply the easiest way to
go.


Personally, rather than Grabbit, I'd recommend NewsBin Pro 5.05
(www.newsbin.com) for multi-part binary downloads including yenc
support. I'm aware of several recent instances where Grabbit had
major problems with certain postings that NewsBin Pro took in its
stride. Nevertheless each to their own. Other news readers the
poster may wish to consider include Forte Agent (www.forteinc.com)
and XNews (http://www.slyck.com/xnews.php).


I've never played with NewsBin and will take a gander though. Thanks for the
link. g As for the Forte Agent, it was decent enough but not intuitive in
my opinion. XNews is a fantastic piece of work at my last usage but not fit
for common every-day usage. It was handy as all snot for running from a
floppy back in the day though. Forte did have a free option, I am guessing
they still do, but I'll take a gander at NewsBin because, well, I don't
really have much else to do with my life. g

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes


 




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