What newsreader do you use?

[Chaotic42]

For newsgroups, of course.

Outlook Express kind of sucks. Forte Agent looks cool, but it's expensive. It needs to be something that supports yEnc, because every file, from drivers to music to any other legal binary seems to be encoded in yEnc, which OE can't handle.

What are your thoughts?

No one seems to talk about newsgroups anymore... :frown:

 

[Joker81]

Newsbin Pro

 

[Christoph]

I use Pan, there is a win32 version (requires gtk for windows).

You might also try some of the free newsreaders on this list.

 

[austin316]

grabit

get it from http://www.shemes.com/ its awesome and its free.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

I use Grabit

Newsbin Pro is better, but it isn't free.

 

[neutralizer]

I use Binary News Reaper 2.

 

[BillGates]

GrabIt is definitely best. (Note: Make sure you have a higher-end PC if you plan on checking out a lot of the huge binary groups)

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
For porn, of course.

Outlook Express kind of sucks. Forte Agent looks cool, but it's expensive. It needs to be something that supports yEnc, because every file, from drivers to music to any other legal binary seems to be encoded in yEnc, which OE can't handle.

What are your thoughts?

No one seems to talk about "newsgroups" anymore... 😉

Here, I fixed your post. No need to thank me. 😉

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Here, I fixed your post. No need to thank me. 😀

Newsgroup porn sucks.

It used to suck, anyway. Maybe I should check it out.

It would help if my computer could download stuff without me having to click on hundreds of webpages to wake the connection back up.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Here, I fixed your post. No need to thank me. 😀

Newsgroup porn sucks.

It used to suck, anyway. Maybe I should check it out.

It would help if my computer could download stuff without me having to click on hundreds of webpages to wake the connection back up.

wake connection back up?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
wake connection back up?

Yes, after about 30 seconds, if I don't do anything, such as visit a new website, any download or anything will drop.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: neutralizer
wake connection back up?

Yes, after about 30 seconds, if I don't do anything, such as visit a new website, any download or anything will drop.

Uhhh... run a stay alive program maybe?

Oh and as for the original question... Grabit it is fine for simple usenet usage... if you're a heavy user, muiple servers etc etc BNR2 is the way to fly for sure.

Theres more to usenet than porn (albeit there is alot of porn).... seems to me there are countless 15MB and 50MB files laying around.

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
For newsgroups, of course.

Outlook Express kind of sucks. Forte Agent looks cool, but it's expensive. It needs to be something that supports yEnc, because every file, from drivers to music to any other legal binary seems to be encoded in yEnc, which OE can't handle.

What are your thoughts?

No one seems to talk about newsgroups anymore... :frown:

download a program called yproxy it allows OE to use yEnc

 

[optoman]

Agent 2.0

 

[Boogak]

XNews!

 

[MustISO]

Newsbin Pro and GigaNews Binary Newsreader (the best IMO).

 

[WHipLAsh13]

Newsgrabber

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Uhhh... run a stay alive program maybe?

Does it do anything besides ping? I've tried that, and it doesn't work.