Whats the best newsgroup reading program?

[Joyride]

Or is Outlook Express the best one (doubt it)

I used to have one that would search out picture files

 

[chrisjor]

Agent 1.91 is out. It is full featured, but it is slow and wastes hard drive space. supports yEnc. www.forteinc.com

 

[HappyPuppy]

I used to have one that would search out picture files

SEARCH-FILES-*.Pr0N

 

[polypterus]

Anyone know if Outlook is going to support yEnc anytime soon? I rarely use newsgroups, so I just use Outlook for convenience, but no joy when it comes to yEnc. 🙁

dc

 

[VTBigBear]

agent is the one that i use most..
but usually just to read some forsale groups...

 

[dakata24]

Xnews 😉

 

[GagHalfrunt]

If you're following text discussions Agent is fine. But for searching for and mass downloading binary files like pictures, movies, programs (not that anyone would ever download copyrighted material) it's terrible. For that sort of thing, try NewsBin Pro or News Reactor.

 

[amnesiac]

I've had no problems downloading binaries with Agent. I've been using it for years.
Maybe I'm just too set in my ways to learn how to use a new program? 😱

 

[yakko]

Agent.

 

[dukdukgoos]

Agent. Since 1.91 came out no problems with downloading yEnc stuff.

 

[Joyride]

Anyone know of any free usenet servers?

 

[MrHappyMonkey]

I use NomadNews reader. Seems to work OK.

 

[Thegonagle]

<< Anyone know of any free usenet servers? >>

Usually the one at your ISP. I'd wager that it wouldn't be worse than any free one out there. I'm sure that if you did find a free one out there not affiliated with an ISP, it doesn't retain binaries. News servers sure aren't created equal.

 

[casimec]

Newsbin Pro for files.
News Rover for text messages and searching for files.