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  • Re: the best freeware newsreaders

    From D@21:1/5 to 1megameter@meme-protocol.click on Fri Jul 26 21:36:59 2024
    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.)
    is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not
    have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat";
    no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

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  • From Oriole@21:1/5 to noreply@mixmin.net on Sat Jul 27 18:35:30 2024
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.)
    is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not
    have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat";
    no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Oriole on Sat Jul 27 20:03:36 2024
    Oriole <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.)
    is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not
    have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with
    thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc.
    dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others,
    especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat";
    no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    And if you are on iOS or iPadOS, NewsTap is very nice.

    <https://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/>

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?U2FtdWVsIFPDtmRlcmJlcmc=?@21:1/5 to Oriole on Sun Jul 28 10:19:29 2024
    On 27 Jul 2024 at 20:35:30 CEST, "Oriole" <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:

    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.)
    is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not
    have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with
    thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc.
    dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others,
    especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat";
    no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    Yes, I use it myself!

    It is not freeware however, as you have to buy a license after the seven day trial.

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  • From wibble@bibble.com.invalid@21:1/5 to alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid on Sun Jul 28 13:29:07 2024
    On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:03:36 -0000 (UTC), Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Oriole <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.) >>> is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not >>> have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with >>> thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. >>> dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, >>> especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat"; >>> no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    And if you are on iOS or iPadOS, NewsTap is very nice.

    <https://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/>
    Hardly comes under freeware though!
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    NNNN

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to wibble@bibble.com.invalid on Sun Jul 28 16:18:23 2024
    On 2024-07-28, wibble@bibble.com.invalid <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:03:36 -0000 (UTC), Alan B
    <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Oriole <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.) >>>> is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not >>>> have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with >>>> thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. >>>> dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, >>>> especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat"; >>>> no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity >>>
    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    And if you are on iOS or iPadOS, NewsTap is very nice.

    <https://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/>
    Hardly comes under freeware though!

    True but it costs a pittance ;-) However slrn is free and can be made to run on Macs.

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From DuffBeerGuy@21:1/5 to Alan B on Mon Jul 29 07:55:48 2024
    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
    On 2024-07-28, wibble@bibble.com.invalid <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:03:36 -0000 (UTC), Alan B
    <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Oriole <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.) >>>>> is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not >>>>> have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with >>>>> thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. >>>>> dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, >>>>> especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat"; >>>>> no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity >>>>
    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    And if you are on iOS or iPadOS, NewsTap is very nice.

    <https://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/>
    Hardly comes under freeware though!

    True but it costs a pittance ;-) However slrn is free and can be made to run on Macs.


    +100 on NewsTap. Really enjoy text groups from iPad or iPhone. Yes, you
    pay, but with the flexibility.

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  • From Oriole@21:1/5 to alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid on Mon Jul 29 22:07:55 2024
    On Jul 27, 2024 at 16:03:36 EDT, "Alan B"
    <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Oriole <oriole@myemail.invalid> wrote:
    On Jul 26, 2024 at 16:36:59 EDT, "D" <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:23:31 +0200, 1megameter
    <1megameter@meme-protocol.click> wrote:
    On 2024-07-22 03:47, Silver Skull wrote:
    Anything is better than the perpetually buggy Thunderbird !
    What is wrong with Thunderbird?

    seems the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird (betterbird etc.) >>> is problematic in ways that the far older classic 40tude dialog does not >>> have any problems with . . . other newsgroups have discussed issues with >>> thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. >>> dialog is far easier to install, use and maintain compared to any others, >>> especially because it uses hamster scoring and an editable "filters.dat"; >>> no other news reader is that user-friendly, not even mesnews, or gravity

    If you are on a Mac, Usenapp is very nice.

    And if you are on iOS or iPadOS, NewsTap is very nice.

    <https://mobile.clauss-net.de/NewsTap/>

    Looks like one of the better iOS options out there but not promising that it hasn't been updated in 3 years.

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