Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-15 Thread Sean Armstrong
Try Netscape. -Original Message- From: Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader? I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online

Re: [Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?]

1999-11-14 Thread Jeanette Russo
I looked at gnus, not really sure how it installs or works? Jeanette - Original Message - From: "Jaguar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?] For Binaries I use "NewsBin&q

Re: [Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?]

1999-11-14 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette I looked at gnus, not really sure how it installs or Jeanette works? Jeanette [snip] I'm unsure how to answer this. Have you a more specific question? On installing: there are rpms for emacs and emacs-X11 from

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-13 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one Jeanette they don't thread well and two if someone puts a Jeanette hypelink in their post you can't follow it [snip] I again suggest that you visit

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-13 Thread David van Balen
tin does threads really well, if only I could get it working... no hyperlinks though but there's always cut and paste into netscape which is what I usually do anyway. DvB On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one they don't thread well

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-13 Thread Chip Wiegand
I beg to differ on the point regarding following a hyperlink in a newsreader. I us KRN 0.6.0, standard with Mandrake 6.0, and I can follow a hyperlink in a message, it opens in KFM. Sure, KRN aint Agent, but it works well enough to keep me from booting into winblows. Chip On Fri, 12 Nov 1999,

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette Joe Marcom wrote: Hello, again. I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Andrew M George
Joe Marcom wrote: Hello, again. I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe I have tried several and found that Staroffice suits me best. SO combined

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread David van Balen
Since someone brought the subject up, my favorite newsreader has always been tin. However, I can't seem to get it workin under Linux... when I run it it clears the screen, prints a message too fast for me to read it, and dies. Any ideas? DvB On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: Joe

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Chip Rose.
I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. = Linux has nothing that even remotely matches Agent/Free Agent, or the other Windows newsreaders, *PARTICULARLY* in regard

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: Hello, again. I've been using Free Agent as my NG reader in window$ for as long as I have been online. Now that I'm moving up to Linux, what do you recommend? Thanks. Joe Honestly? Probably Netscape. :-) I know...it's not NEARLY as good as Free

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: I would like to know this too, as I'm in the same predicament. Been using Agent for years. Free Agent (or perhaps Agent32) and WINE??? I know I've been told that Free Agent runs BEAUTIFULLY under WINE, and that Agent32 MAY work well... John

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Jeanette Russo
not a developer they won't even respond to you. Jeanette - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader? On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: I would like to know this t

RE: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Ken Wilson
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chip Rose. Sent: November 12, 1999 4:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader? Linux has nothing that even remotely matches Agent/Free Agent, or the other Windows newsreaders, *PARTICULARLY* in regard to handling binary

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Chip" == Chip Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Chip Linux has nothing that even remotely matches Agent/Free Chip Agent, or the other Windows newsreaders, *PARTICULARLY* in Chip regard to handling binary files (pics, mp3's). Agent just Chip downloads them and

Re: [newbie] Good Newsgroup Reader?

1999-11-12 Thread Jeanette Russo
the problem with most of the newsreaders is that one they don't thread well and two if someone puts a hypelink in their post you can't follow it Jeanette Mike Fieschko wrote: "Jeanette" == Jeanette Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeanette Joe Marcom wrote: Hello, again.