What Newsgroup reader do you use?

[ElFenix]

i use xnews. then, i haven't triend anything else. besides netscape. and netscape sucks when trying to download BoB. xnews simply works. plus its free.

 

[PliotronX]

<< xnews. >>

 

[vegetation]

I use winVN for text newsgroups, it handles that far better than any newsreader out there. Not to mention this program is very efficient -- I used to run this on my 486 system back in the early 90s without any problem. Does not handle modern binaries too well since this program is dated, nearly 10 years since the last revision.

I also use Agent for binary retrieval. It seems to handle binaries, especially multi-part attachments, quite well, but has a horrible, klunky interface so I don't use it for text reading. Not a very efficient program either. I can't believe it takes several seconds to sort through lists on a P3-700 (winVN on my 486 always sorted instantly).

 

[fr]

I used to use Netscape News until a few years ago when I moved on to IE and I've been using Outlook Express for my e-mail and news since. No complaints.

 

[cavingjan]

xnews

 

[JEDI]

THX. will try newsbin pro

 

[bugsysiegel]

I use agent 1.8, but it's really starting to pi$$ me off, constantly seeing the database full error (got one literally 10 minutes after a reinstall on a fresh hard drive.)

Might try something else soon.

 

[crypticlogin]

<< I use agent 1.8, but it's really starting to pi$$ me off, constantly seeing the database full error (got one literally 10 minutes after a reinstall on a fresh hard drive.) >>



Are you sure is was the database full error and not the 'corrupted' (I forget what the actual message says) error? If it's database full, you really need to be purging regularly, or throw your data directory onto a larger partition/drive.

edit: oh yeah, my opinion on Agent: as said above, pulling multipart binaries is definitely one of Agent's strong points as long as you're doing it correctly with the mark command. At times, I wish it would let me change the queueing order during retrieval but no real issue there. But it's not too great as a reader's reader -- there are some great reader's reader but Agent isn't one of them.