On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:30:14 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, Martin
><[email protected]> writted:
>
>>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.
>
>How often would you want to do that???

Three or four times a day.
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Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:44:39 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> writted:

>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.

Me too, but I'm on 1.92.

I have tried a number of others, but none of them offered the features
I wanted, but did offer a different interface and few benefits.
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Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:44 +0100, Martin
<[email protected]> writted:

>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.

How often would you want to do that???
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:34:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
><[email protected]> writted:
>
>>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>>chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>
>>Then go ahead and find out what you get for EUR150, when you *upgrade* your copy
>>of WinXP, that we always suspected you ran on your Mac :-)
>
>This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
>missing out on much.
>
>Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
>spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
>opportunity.

I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.
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Martin

Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
<[email protected]> writted:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>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?
>
>Then go ahead and find out what you get for EUR150, when you *upgrade* your copy
>of WinXP, that we always suspected you ran on your Mac :-)

This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
missing out on much.

Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
opportunity.
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:35:12 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:11:47 +0100, Martin
><[email protected]> writted:
>
>>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:06:20 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>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"?
>>
>>In David's case you are probably right. The Reid will like it. It has a foreign
>>sounding name.
>
>I'd like to see it, but I'm not so keen on having it!

If you run MS evaluation of your system as a platform for Vista, you will see
just how little you will get for your money. I can't imagine anybody buying the
basic upgrade package, although I am sure plenty will.
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Martin

Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:11:47 +0100, Martin
<[email protected]> writted:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:06:20 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>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"?
>
>In David's case you are probably right. The Reid will like it. It has a foreign
>sounding name.

I'd like to see it, but I'm not so keen on having it!
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Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:34:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
> >Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
> ><[email protected]> writted:
> >
> >>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> >>chancellor (*)) wrote:
[]
> >>>My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
> >>>already do?
> >>
> >>Then go ahead and find out what you get for EUR150, when you *upgrade*
> >>your copy of WinXP, that we always suspected you ran on your Mac :-)
> >
> >This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
> >missing out on much.
> >
> >Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
> >spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
> >opportunity.
>
> I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.

It's not going to cost me anything, because I'm not going to run it, and
I don't run XP on my mac either.

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Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:36 +0100, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:

>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 did too. The pay version had more features than the free version
>and didn't cost much. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
>not a service that we pay for.

I use it out of habit. Thunderbird is also excellent, and I would use
it if I hadn't hacked my old version of Agent.

I wouldn't mind paying for a better newsreader, but I haven't found
one that does just what I want, without having to learn a whole new
system.
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:29:41 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this:

... > ... 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.
...
... Me too, but I'm on 1.92.
...
... I have tried a number of others, but none of them offered the features
... I wanted, but did offer a different interface and few benefits.

Not a great difference between them; stay put. I tried others too, but always came back to
Agent. Guess I'm too used to it, after 10 years...

Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:36:20 +0000,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:34:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>> >Let is be knownst that on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:10:53 +0100, Martin
>> ><[email protected]> writted:
>> >
>> >>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:05:15 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> >>chancellor (*)) wrote:
>[]
>> >>>My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
>> >>>already do?
>> >>
>> >>Then go ahead and find out what you get for EUR150, when you *upgrade*
>> >>your copy of WinXP, that we always suspected you ran on your Mac :-)
>> >
>> >This assumed superiority of Mac users really doesn't make me think I'm
>> >missing out on much.
>> >
>> >Of course that wont stop these guys from spending £100 a year where I
>> >spend nothing, and rubbing a PC user's nose in it at every
>> >opportunity.
>>
>> I think it will cost David more than that to run Vista.
>
>It's not going to cost me anything, because I'm not going to run it, and
>I don't run XP on my mac either.

Surely there must be some Windows software you would like?
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"AB." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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.

For non-binary ng's (like this one) Thunderbird & Outlook Express both do
fine. The 1st is free, the 2nd part of windows. For binary groups (dl's of
large files, like videos, etc) I use the pay program Newsleecher

Dan

martin all excited about a nice long thread which has of course nothing to
do with the group
Vogt the manquée follows down further

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:36 +0100, B Vaughan<[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 did too. The pay version had more features than the free version
>>and didn't cost much. Note that this is software, which we purchased,
>>not a service that we pay for.
>
> David secretly runs it using Whine on his Mac.
> --
>
> Martin
>

Lol we are all glad that newsguy gives you what you miss...
martin's new name ?

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le
message de news: [email protected]...
>
>
> AB. 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.
>
> I've been quite happy with Newsguy for quite a few years, now. It's not
> free, but the subscription price is not very much - certainly not if one
> only uses their newsreader option, as I do. (Although they offer a lot
> more features, and none of them seems exorbitantly priced.)

Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:52:28 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Following up to AB. <[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.
>>
>>I pay for Agent now - for the service, rather than the client, but I used
>>to use (and still prefer) 40tude Dialog. It's free.
>>http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
>>
>>I just haven't got around to going back to it.
>
>Thunderbird s free and does most things.

I tried it when it first came out. Lasted a week. It might be better now of
course.
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