What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
On 8/11/2024 9:43 AM, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
https://www.eternal-september.org/
with Thunderbird, both free.
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
On 8/11/2024 9:43 AM, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
https://www.eternal-september.org/
with Thunderbird, both free. Thunderbird is a bit buggy though for
usenet, I'm considering paying for Agent, which at least used to be the
best for reading/posting text.
I'm not into the binaries, there's only pay services & clients for that
and from what I can tell none of those deal with text worth a darn.
I preferred using google groups as I could look stuff up easily enough,
which for some reason doesn't work in Thunderbird worth a darn
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Agent for text because its the best for that. My service is
Newsleecher and they have their own client for binaries.
On 8/11/2024 7:07 PM, Mike S. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Agent for text because its the best for that. My service is
Newsleecher and they have their own client for binaries.
I've been considering purchasing Agent. With the issues with TB I had
last week (it re-downloaded a bunch of messages, which now when I click
on it says don't exist)
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:22:16 -0500, Altered Beast
<[email protected]> wrote:
Justisaur wrote:
On 8/11/2024 9:43 AM, Danoxary wrote:I got it really good, but I've only set it up once. I'm worried that
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
https://www.eternal-september.org/
with Thunderbird, both free.� Thunderbird is a bit buggy though for
usenet, I'm considering paying for Agent, which at least used to be the
best for reading/posting text.
I'm not into the binaries, there's only pay services & clients for that
and from what I can tell none of those deal with text worth a darn.
I preferred using google groups as I could look stuff up easily enough,
which for some reason doesn't work in Thunderbird worth a darn
when my yr is up I won't be able to figure out how to get everything
going again.
One of the nice things about Usenet / NNTP is that it's a mature
standard that isn't constantly changing, so a client written decades
ago can still interface with modern Usenet without issues.
I'm using Forte Agent 2.x, dating back to 2004! I paid for it the once
and just kept using it over the years, transferring it (and all its >data-files) from computer to computer to computer as I've upgraded.
You gotta love how all its files and configuarations are stuck in one
single directory; no need to worry about registry settings or DLLs
scattered in secondary locations.
I pay for my usenet feed, but I'd be the first to admit it's not
really worth it. It has the benefit of uptime; I think that in the >however-many-years (10+) I've been a customer the number of times the
service has been down could be counted on a single hand that's been
involved in a thresher-accident. The immensely long archive of old
posts -spanning twenty+ years- is a nice feature too. But it's not
really worth the price for how I use Usenet (e.g. non-binary stuff)
and it's mostly inertia that keeps me from switching to a free
service.
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
I know I had tried xnews but had some issues with it. It might have
been no/couldn't get spellcheck working (my ability to spell seems to be >deteriorating, not that it was ever a skill I was great at.) Does agent
have that?
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:51:57 -0000 (UTC), George Musk wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Nobody's using it. You are seeing things.
it's only us mice here
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:51:57 -0000 (UTC), George Musk wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Nobody's using it. You are seeing things.
it's only us mice here
Mice? I am an ant!
On 8/13/2024 7:54 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/13/2024 7:24 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/12/2024 8:00 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:29:14 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 8/11/2024 7:07 PM, Mike S. wrote:I have no real idea what the modern versions of Agent are like. I've
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote: >>
tried their newer editions, but I just /really/ like the no-nonsense
GUI of the older versions. All the toolbars and buttons are very slim, >>>> with very little wasted whitespace. This puts the focus on the actual
content. From what I can tell, a lot of the improvements made to Agent >>>> over the years has been to binary support, which isn't something I'm
really interested in. Certainly not enough to pay for an upgrade.
I think one was Microplanet Gravity, and another Xananews.
I've tried Microplanet Gravity... it's fine. It's -from what I
remember- a fairly good clone of Forte Agent. It didn't really offer
me anything more than what I already had, though, so I stuck with my
ancient client.
So I found some posts elsewhere saying even Agent 8 was still way better
than Microplanet Gravity.� I started looking into buying Agent, and
apparently they're defunct, some people saying it's not possible to
actually get/register a version of it as of May, no response from them. :(
Looks like you can still register it if you already had a key.
I apparently have it already installed, but I don't have a key (maybe I
do buried somewhere on an old backup, but not for the latest version.)
Also found that there's an issue with it that it won't be able to handle >posts on or after 19 January 2038, so mark your calendars, 13.3... years
from now you'll need to get a different newsreader.
So even if I were to go sailing for a key, it would stop working at that >point. I don't know about some of you, but I might make it that long
and don't want to have to learn a new newsreader in 14 years. :)
Justisaur <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 8/13/2024 7:54 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/13/2024 7:24 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/12/2024 8:00 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:29:14 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 8/11/2024 7:07 PM, Mike S. wrote:I have no real idea what the modern versions of Agent are like. I've >>>> tried their newer editions, but I just /really/ like the no-nonsense >>>> GUI of the older versions. All the toolbars and buttons are very slim, >>>> with very little wasted whitespace. This puts the focus on the actual >>>> content. From what I can tell, a lot of the improvements made to Agent >>>> over the years has been to binary support, which isn't something I'm >>>> really interested in. Certainly not enough to pay for an upgrade.
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote: >>
I think one was Microplanet Gravity, and another Xananews.
I've tried Microplanet Gravity... it's fine. It's -from what I
remember- a fairly good clone of Forte Agent. It didn't really offer >>>> me anything more than what I already had, though, so I stuck with my >>>> ancient client.
So I found some posts elsewhere saying even Agent 8 was still way better >> than Microplanet Gravity.� I started looking into buying Agent, and
apparently they're defunct, some people saying it's not possible to
actually get/register a version of it as of May, no response from them. :(
Looks like you can still register it if you already had a key.
I apparently have it already installed, but I don't have a key (maybe I
do buried somewhere on an old backup, but not for the latest version.)
Also found that there's an issue with it that it won't be able to handle >posts on or after 19 January 2038, so mark your calendars, 13.3... years >from now you'll need to get a different newsreader.
So even if I were to go sailing for a key, it would stop working at that >point. I don't know about some of you, but I might make it that long
and don't want to have to learn a new newsreader in 14 years. :)
Oh noes, it's Y2K all over again.
Frankly I think I'll be dead by then so no worries.
Xocyll
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:25:28 -0400, Mike S. <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:29:14 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
wrote:
I know I had tried xnews but had some issues with it. It might have
been no/couldn't get spellcheck working (my ability to spell seems to be >>>deteriorating, not that it was ever a skill I was great at.) Does agent >>>have that?
Yes, Agent has a spell checker. You shouldn't really ever see any post
from me with misspelled words because Agent spell checks automatically
when I post. I think the only time I will have misspelled words are
words that I added to Agent's dictionary.
Even Agent 2.x has a spellchecker. It does not, however, auto-check as
I type, which is why so many typos get through in my posts (I have to >manually trigger it and I often forget).
Of course, a spelchckre is harldy necessssary in my case as I raerly
misspll wordz.
;-)
Xocyll <[email protected]> wrote:
Justisaur <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 8/13/2024 7:54 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/13/2024 7:24 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 8/12/2024 8:00 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:29:14 -0700, Justisaur <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 8/11/2024 7:07 PM, Mike S. wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote:
I have no real idea what the modern versions of Agent are like. I've
tried their newer editions, but I just /really/ like the no-nonsense
GUI of the older versions. All the toolbars and buttons are very slim, >> >>>> with very little wasted whitespace. This puts the focus on the actual >> >>>> content. From what I can tell, a lot of the improvements made to Agent >> >>>> over the years has been to binary support, which isn't something I'm
really interested in. Certainly not enough to pay for an upgrade.
I think one was Microplanet Gravity, and another Xananews.
I've tried Microplanet Gravity... it's fine. It's -from what I
remember- a fairly good clone of Forte Agent. It didn't really offer
me anything more than what I already had, though, so I stuck with my
ancient client.
So I found some posts elsewhere saying even Agent 8 was still way better >> >> than Microplanet Gravity.� I started looking into buying Agent, and
apparently they're defunct, some people saying it's not possible to
actually get/register a version of it as of May, no response from them. :(
Looks like you can still register it if you already had a key.
I apparently have it already installed, but I don't have a key (maybe I
do buried somewhere on an old backup, but not for the latest version.)
Also found that there's an issue with it that it won't be able to handle
posts on or after 19 January 2038, so mark your calendars, 13.3... years
from now you'll need to get a different newsreader.
So even if I were to go sailing for a key, it would stop working at that
point. I don't know about some of you, but I might make it that long
and don't want to have to learn a new newsreader in 14 years. :)
Oh noes, it's Y2K all over again.
Frankly I think I'll be dead by then so no worries.
Xocyll
Are you old/sick? :(
Oh noes, it's Y2K all over again.
Frankly I think I'll be dead by then so no worries.
Xocyll
Are you old/sick? :(
Both. Well oldish, near 60, bad back, arthritis in my spine, diabetes,
bad circulation and dozens of food allergies making it hard to find
stuff I can eat and not have a reaction to.
Eating out, trying those free samples at a grocery store booth, just not
an option at all, ever.
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:24:20 +0000, Ant wrote:
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:51:57 -0000 (UTC), George Musk wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Nobody's using it. You are seeing things.
it's only us mice here
Mice? I am an ant!
small animals of all taxonomies unite!
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 08:47 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:24:20 +0000, Ant wrote:
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:51:57 -0000 (UTC), George Musk wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Nobody's using it. You are seeing things.
it's only us mice here
Mice? I am an ant!
small animals of all taxonomies unite!
cute :D we need small slimes too
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
On 2024-08-11, Danoxary <[email protected]> wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
<for those who recognise my handle, yes I have been away for maybe 1
year or so, why, just life things>
I use SLRN and slrnpull running on RPi 3. I then telnet from what ever
device to the Pi to get the latest news.
candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 08:47 this Wednesday (GMT): >> > On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:24:20 +0000, Ant wrote:
kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:51:57 -0000 (UTC), George Musk wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:43:58 -0400, Danoxary wrote:
What client are you guys using to write on here? What service?
Nobody's using it. You are seeing things.
it's only us mice here
Mice? I am an ant!
small animals of all taxonomies unite!
cute :D we need small slimes too
Snails and slugs?
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