Re: Newsreader for Win2K. I have tried Forte-Agent, slrn and 40tude-Dialog

On 16 Jul 2006 07:41:01 -0500, MikeV06 wrote:

On 16 Jul 2006 19:42:37 +1200, Robert Singers wrote:

Between saving the world and having a spot of tea Vivek.M said

Hi, I am on a win2K box; I've tried Forte Agent, slrn and 40tude,
however i'm not happy with them.

Xnews

1. I want cacheing of everything that i download (headers/posts that i
view). I also want to be able to back this up and be able to restore
quickly (configuration files, newsgroups that i'm a member of).
slrn is great for backup but it does not cache stuff that i view. I'll
have to download all the news-items via slrnpull.

Are you actually talking about an Offline Newsreader?

I just got hit twice, by virii and am having a miserable time putting
everything back, so this is important.

It would actually be viri but it isn't. The plural of Virus is Viruses.
Google it or check a dictionary.

2. Filter cross posts, make invisible spam posts. Agent can't do this.
It can only mark something as read/ignore/delete. I want to make junk
posts (kill filter matches) visible or invisible at will.

Xnews

3. Should be able to block via any part of the header, not just Author
Name etc (preferably via regex matching or a perl filter which i can
customize)

Xnews

4. Should be able to kill file anyone posting within a thread.

Xnews
Robert, you have recommended Xnews and use Xnews. I have never tried Xnews
and am just wondering if you know how it compares to 40tude (which I am
using now; having used Agent and slrn before)?
Err..is it that bad? I'm not really keen on a fancy front-end and so long
as it's not a searing white..it shouldn't bother me.
.

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