On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:48:54 GMT, [email protected] wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
>>longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying. Just
>>wondering what applications others use to access this newsgroup, and
>>if you pay or use freeware.
>>
>>Thanks!!
>>
>>Cheers,
>> AB
>>
>
>Yikes! I don't remember receiving anything from Agent about paying for
>FreeAgent. Did you get an email from them or what>

He took a 31 day free trial of Agent 4.1, when the 31 days is up it's either
buy it or go back to whatever he was using before.
--

Martin

The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
> >> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
> >>
> >> i paid for Agent.
> >
> >It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>
> because I liked the free version and so paid up. Its not much. Nobody
> pay, no software.
> I'm happy to pay if the price doesn't get silly, which it does for
> some software.

I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:46:57 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>> Tim C.:
>
>> >The Agent's server fee isn't extortionate though.
>>
>> News.individual.net is good value at EUR10 a year.
>
>Now, Martin! Keep that a secret, will ya!

Half the USA uses it already.
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Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:32:42 +0000, Keith Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
>>> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
>>>
>>> i paid for Agent.
>>
>>It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>
>I bought Agent, simply because there are a few more useful sorting
>options than on Free Agent. All for a one-off fee. Haven't updated to
>the latest version.

I don't think you would recognise it, if you did.
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Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:46:57 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Martin:
> >> Tim C.:
> >
> >> >The Agent's server fee isn't extortionate though.
> >>
> >> News.individual.net is good value at EUR10 a year.
> >
> >Now, Martin! Keep that a secret, will ya!
>
> Half the USA uses it already.

Do they? It's common for US ISP's to offer news access. My ISP's news
access is very good- but I use individual.net as it's portable.

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:44:39 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:32:42 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
> ... _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
> ...
> ... >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:59 GMT, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
> ... >> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
> ... >>
> ... >> i paid for Agent.
> ... >
> ... >It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
> ...
> ... I bought Agent, simply because there are a few more useful sorting
> ... options than on Free Agent. All for a one-off fee. Haven't updated to
> ... the latest version.
>
>Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't need bells and whistles.

Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

[]
> Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.

In a newsgroup or email?

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:29:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne,
>> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >> >I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
>> >> >longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying.
>> >>
>> >> i paid for Agent.
>> >
>> >It must be quite special if you pay for it. Why do you?
>>
>> because I liked the free version and so paid up. Its not much. Nobody
>> pay, no software.
>> I'm happy to pay if the price doesn't get silly, which it does for
>> some software.
>
>I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
>worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.

Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what Vista will do
for you.
--

Martin

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't need bells and whistles.
...
... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.

Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
[]
> >I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
> >worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.
>
> Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what Vista
> will do for you.

My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
already do?

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Martin:

> Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what
> Vista will do for you.

Did you intend to write "...will do to you"?

--
Erick

Magda wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
<[email protected]>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
need bells and whistles.
> ...
> ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
>
> Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
>


Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???

--
Best
Greg

Nice OT
This group is really people's dustbin !
You will notice, among others, martin and morrow of course !
Followed by their latest g/f frau magda the pointless poster.

"AB." <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
> longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying. Just
> wondering what applications others use to access this newsgroup, and
> if you pay or use freeware.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Cheers,
> AB
>
> To email: replace 'REMOVE' with 'b' in email address.

Pauvre crétin.

"Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected] .net...
>
> Magda wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
> <[email protected]>
>> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>
>>
>> ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
> need bells and whistles.
>> ...
>> ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
>>
>> Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
>>
>
>
> Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
>

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:42:56 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Gregory Morrow" <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... Magda wrote:
...
... > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
... <[email protected]>
... > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... >
... > ... >Same here. I stopped at version 2.0 - good enough for me. I don't
... need bells and whistles.
... > ...
... > ... Being able to see HTML messages without pissing around is nice.
... >
... > Again, for the deaf/blind - I don't need bells and whistles!!
... >
...
...
... Not even for alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.underwear...!!! ???

Not even that!