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newsreaders in 2025
From
Internetking@VERT/TIME to
All on Saturday, April 19, 2025 17:50:37
hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile news servers and read and posting?
thank you all
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From
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Internetking on Saturday, April 19, 2025 21:03:35
Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm
> hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile
> news servers and read and posting?
>
> thank you all
i have always used xnews.
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From
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MRO on Sunday, April 20, 2025 18:51:40
Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: MRO to Internetking on Sat Apr 19 2025 09:03 pm
> Re: newsreaders in 2025
> By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm
>
> > hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile
> > news servers and read and posting?
>
> > thank you all
>
> i have always used xnews.
I use slrn. You have to use a command line parameter to ues a different new
s server, but it does work. For graphical newsreaders, Thunderbird is actually
a good option that allows multiple accounts and posting.
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From
Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to
Boraxman on Sunday, April 20, 2025 07:17:08
Hey Boraxman!
On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:51:40 -0500, you wrote:
>> i have always used xnews.
I just looked at the website for this, and it definitely looks like work on it was discontinued 20 years ago (the GUI is terrible to look at these days, but maybe wasn't so bad in it's heyday when everything else looked like that, too). ;)
> I use slrn. You have to use a command line parameter to ues a
> different news server, but it does work. For graphical newsreaders,
> Thunderbird is actually a good option that allows multiple accounts
> and posting.
slrn is great for console (my personal favorite, also). So is tin and neomutt. They do the job and do it well. They all use iconv for character set translations without issue, and you can use whatever external editor you want with them.
As for graphical, Thunderbird (what I'm currently using to write this) and Claws Mail are probably your best options for both Windows and Linux, and then Pan is a good one for Linux (there has been Windows ports but it seems support has stopped for that, and the latest one isn't usable).
Regards,
Nick
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From
Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to
Internetking on Sunday, April 20, 2025 10:13:56
-=> Internetking wrote to All <=-
In> hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup
In> mulipile news servers and read and posting?
I recommend Pan.
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From
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Accession on Monday, April 21, 2025 09:57:22
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Accession to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:17 am
> Hey Boraxman!
>
> On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:51:40 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >> i have always used xnews.
>
> I just looked at the website for this, and it definitely looks like work on
> was discontinued 20 years ago (the GUI is terrible to look at these days, bu
> maybe wasn't so bad in it's heyday when everything else looked like that, to
> ;)
>
> > I use slrn. You have to use a command line parameter to ues a
> > different news server, but it does work. For graphical newsreaders,
> > Thunderbird is actually a good option that allows multiple accounts
> > and posting.
>
> slrn is great for console (my personal favorite, also). So is tin and neomut
> They do the job and do it well. They all use iconv for character set
> translations without issue, and you can use whatever external editor you wan
> with them.
>
> As for graphical, Thunderbird (what I'm currently using to write this) and
> Claws Mail are probably your best options for both Windows and Linux, and th
> Pan is a good one for Linux (there has been Windows ports but it seems suppo
> has stopped for that, and the latest one isn't usable).
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
I didn't know neomutt
could read NNTP. I would have used tha tinstead, as I use it for mail as well.
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From
MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to
Accession on Sunday, April 20, 2025 23:11:15
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Accession to Boraxman on Sun Apr 20 2025 07:17 am
> Hey Boraxman!
>
> On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:51:40 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >> i have always used xnews.
>
> I just looked at the website for this, and it definitely looks like work
>
> on
> it was discontinued 20 years ago (the GUI is terrible to look at these days,
> but maybe wasn't so bad in it's heyday when everything else looked like
> that, too). ;)
well i wouldn't call it terrible. it's functional.
https://i.imgur.com/sqxA5bx.png
and quit acting like you're not old!
There's something about thunderbird in it's gui that's always been a turn off for me. claws is just too wonky for me. i would say the gui is crummy and outdated, also.
i would recommend xnews to anybody that wants a compact program that works well and is easy to setup.
also.
You can set it up and view msgs or grab binaries in seconds.
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From
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ACCESSION on Monday, April 21, 2025 11:23:03
-=> Quoting Accession to Boraxman <=-
>> i have always used xnews.
I use Forte Agent 8 which is looks pretty dated, and I also use Newsbin Pro 64
which looks more modern in the UI. Both work great.
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From
MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to
Cougar428 on Monday, April 21, 2025 13:22:30
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to ACCESSION on Mon Apr 21 2025 11:23 am
> -=> Quoting Accession to Boraxman <=-
>
> >> i have always used xnews.
>
> I use Forte Agent 8 which is looks pretty dated, and I also use Newsbin Pro
> 64 which looks more modern in the UI. Both work great.
>
i used newsbin pro back in the day. it was great for downloading binaries.
do people even write in newsgroups anymore? i think it might be even more dead than bbsing and fidonet
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From
Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to
Cougar428 on Monday, April 21, 2025 15:26:35
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to ACCESSION on Mon Apr 21 2025 11:23:03
> I use Forte Agent 8 which is looks pretty dated...
I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
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From
Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to
MRO on Monday, April 21, 2025 16:04:23
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MR> do people even write in newsgroups anymore? i think it might be even
MR> more dead than bbsing and fidonet
There are a few newsgroups in the alt.os.linux family that still have
some useful content. Certainly not like it used to be though.
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From
Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to
Boraxman on Monday, April 21, 2025 17:00:56
Hey Boraxman!
On Sun, Apr 20 2025 18:57:22 -0500, you wrote:
> I didn't know neomutt could read NNTP. I would have used tha
> tinstead, as I use it for mail as well.
It does. And it's not too bad at it, either!
I have it setup on another VM, configured to switch between two email addresses as well as NNTP via F1-f3 keys. It works pretty good, considering the developer told me the NNTP code needs an overhaul (that he's not interested in doing). ;)
Regards,
Nick
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From
Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to
Mortar on Monday, April 21, 2025 20:06:40
-=> Mortar wrote to Cougar428 <=-
Mo> I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a
Mo> thing.
They're still a thing, to a lesser extent. Just like BBSes.
Mo> <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
So do I.
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From
Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to
Gamgee on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 08:26:00
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Ga> @MSGID: <6806B2D7.36947.dove-general@palantirbbs.ddns.net>
Ga> @REPLY: <68068CE6.14839.dove-gen@bbses.info>
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MR> do people even write in newsgroups anymore? i think it might be even
MR> more dead than bbsing and fidonet
Ga> There are a few newsgroups in the alt.os.linux family that still have
Ga> some useful content. Certainly not like it used to be though.
Usenet is part of my daily correspondence routine. Definately still alive,
though certainly not as active as it used to be.
Some of the Linux groups are active (a lot of political spam though), as is the
action games group. Politics is active, but mostly about US Politics and
Trump,
so pretty horrid and lowbrow. The eternal.september groups have a few
messages,
as does the rocksolid areas. There are some BBS groups, occasional messages
there. Philosophy sees some activity.
The busier groups probably have close to the same levels of activity as Dovenet
and fsxNet. Usenet is still worth a look, whether its worth staying is another
matter. I do need to find a good discussion forum with intelligent people,
thats
kind of hard to get now. Social Media sucks as a format, and places where
people
use their phones to access are also not that great.
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From
Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to
Accession on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 23:36:42
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Accession to Boraxman on Mon Apr 21 2025 05:00 pm
> Hey Boraxman!
>
> On Sun, Apr 20 2025 18:57:22 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > I didn't know neomutt could read NNTP. I would have used tha
> > tinstead, as I use it for mail as well.
>
> It does. And it's not too bad at it, either!
>
> I have it setup on another VM, configured to switch between two email addres
> as well as NNTP via F1-f3 keys. It works pretty good, considering the develo
> told me the NNTP code needs an overhaul (that he's not interested in doing).
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
Now I'm interested. How
do you get it to change configurations on a keypress? I know how with mutt to
do it by a command line parameter, but while its running?
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From
poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to
Mortar on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 08:00:22
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Mo> I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a
Mo> thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
Oh, those days - getting on the computer and running out of space,
finding out Agent needed to clear out old binaries because it took up
most of my 30 gb hard drive...
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From
Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to
poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 09:44:36
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Tue Apr 22 2025 08:00 am
Mo>> I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a
Mo>> thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
PF> Oh, those days - getting on the computer and running out of space, finding
PF> out Agent needed to clear out old binaries because it took up most of my
PF> 30 gb hard drive...
I used Forte Agent in the mid-late 90s for newsgroups.. Forte Agent's article list is what mainly inspired me to make my message lister for Synchronet years ago (which is now the 'message list' feature in DDMsgReader).
Nightfox
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From
Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
MRO on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 15:33:25
-=> Quoting Mro to Cougar428 <=-
> I use Forte Agent 8 which is looks pretty dated, and I also use Newsbin Pro
> 64 which looks more modern in the UI. Both work great.
Mr> i used newsbin pro back in the day. it was great for downloading
Mr> binaries.
I mostly use it for the binaries. Photos and ebooks, I guess I'm a
lurker there.
Mr> do people even write in newsgroups anymore? i think it might be even
Mr> more dead than bbsing and fidonet -!-
I do see messages but mostly for requests in the groups. I am probably
part of the problem since I don't really post there.
It is pretty dead, but there are tons of flood posts with ebooks and
such.
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From
Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
MORTAR on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 15:33:25
-=> Quoting Mortar to Cougar428 <=-
Mo> I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer
Mo> a thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
Yeah, it's mostly junk there now. I do use the ebook binary floods
though. There's not much conversation other than requests. I still use
Agent, but Newsbin Pro seems to work faster at downloading the headers.
I admit, I don't post much.
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From
Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to
Boraxman on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 18:05:15
Hey Boraxman!
On Tue, Apr 22 2025 08:36:42 -0500, you wrote:
>> I have it setup on another VM, configured to switch between two
>> email addres as well as NNTP via F1-f3 keys. It works pretty good,
>> considering the develo told me the NNTP code needs an overhaul
>> (that he's not interested in doing).
> Now I'm interested. How do you get it to change configurations on a
> keypress? I know how with mutt to do it by a command line
> parameter, but while its running?
Yeah, you'd have to add mappings for your F-keys to switch accounts, source your accounts in .neomuttrc and use 'folder-hook' commands. It's a bit extensive to be trying to describe here in a message, though. ;)
https://neomutt.org/test-doc/bestpractice/multiprofile
.. and a better explanation of what you need even though this guy missed something that he figured out later:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/578945/neomutt-multi-account
Unfortunately, I left my setup alone for too long, and now something is broken. I can confirm it worked at some point, though! I just tend to prefer slrn and mutt, separately. They do their own specific things very well. And, don't expect the neomutt developer(s) to update the NNTP code, if you find anything quirky:
"A lot of NeoMutt has been re-engineered, but the NNTP part got left behind. It needs a good overhaul, but unless someone volunteers, it's pretty low priority." - Richard Russan
Regards,
Nick
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From
MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to
Cougar428 on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 21:06:28
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to MRO on Tue Apr 22 2025 03:33 pm
> -=> Quoting Mro to Cougar428 <=-
>
> > I use Forte Agent 8 which is looks pretty dated, and I also use Newsbin
> > Pro 64 which looks more modern in the UI. Both work great.
>
> Mr> i used newsbin pro back in the day. it was great for downloading
> Mr> binaries.
>
> I mostly use it for the binaries. Photos and ebooks, I guess I'm a
> lurker there.
>
> Mr> do people even write in newsgroups anymore? i think it might be even
> Mr> more dead than bbsing and fidonet -!-
>
> I do see messages but mostly for requests in the groups. I am probably
> part of the problem since I don't really post there.
>
> It is pretty dead, but there are tons of flood posts with ebooks and
> such.
i just use torrent sites. when i was using newsgroups i'd have to donate to an indexer site and do other stuff to get what i wanted. with torrents it's just so easier.
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From
phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to
Cougar428 on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 20:28:03
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Tue Apr 22 2025 03:33 pm
> use the ebook binary floods
What group(s) for that?
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From
Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
MRO on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 09:12:00
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Mr> i just use torrent sites. when i was using newsgroups i'd have to
Mr> donate to an indexer site and do other stuff to get what i wanted.
Mr> with torrents it's just so easier. -!-
Thanks for the tip. I'll have to see what I can find in that arena!
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From
Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
PHIGAN on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 09:12:00
-=> Quoting Phigan to Cougar428 <=-
> use the ebook binary floods
Ph> What group(s) for that?
Hey there Phigan, the ones I 'lurk' in are...
a.b.e-book.flood *
alt.binaries.e-book-flood
alt.binaries.e-books *
alt.binaries.e-books.flood
alt.binaries.ebooks
alt.binaries.ebooks.flood
alt.binaries.ebook
There are probably others, but these are the ones I follow.
Have a great day!
Cougar
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From
Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to
phigan on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 08:27:22
-=> phigan wrote to Cougar428 <=-
ph> Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
ph> By: Cougar428 to MORTAR on Tue Apr 22 2025 03:33 pm
> use the ebook binary floods
ph> What group(s) for that?
alt.binaries.e-book
alt.binaries.e-books
Are two that I know of.
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From
phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to
Cougar428 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 10:16:35
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to PHIGAN on Wed Apr 23 2025 09:12 am
> Hey there Phigan, the ones I 'lurk'
> are...
Thank you for the list!
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From
poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to
Cougar428 on Thursday, April 24, 2025 20:19:39
-=> Cougar428 wrote to MORTAR <=-
Co> Yeah, it's mostly junk there now. I do use the ebook binary floods
Co> though. There's not much conversation other than requests. I still use
Co> Agent, but Newsbin Pro seems to work faster at downloading the headers.
Co> I admit, I don't post much.
I have a couple of newsgroups on my BBS. Alt.slack, just because. It's
not about the collaboration tool. alt.smokers.pipes, although most of
the posters have passed on, it seems. alt.bbs.ads, to post my BBS ads.
alt.folklore.computers, lots of discussions of the big iron days.
alt.sysadmin.recovery for therapy.
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From
Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Saturday, April 26, 2025 08:17:56
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PF> alt.smokers.pipes, although most of the posters have passed on,
I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes...
Just kidding! (I think)
Not sure if that's an actual group or not. ;)
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From
Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to
Cougar428 on Saturday, April 26, 2025 15:47:06
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17:56
> I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes...
> Not sure if that's an actual group or not. ;)
Wouldn't surprise mr. There were sooo many alt groups back then. It was the largest category on Usenet.
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From
Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to
Mortar on Sunday, April 27, 2025 17:29:40
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Mortar to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 2025 03:47 pm
>> I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes... Not sure if that's an
>> actual group or not. ;)
Mo> Wouldn't surprise mr. There were sooo many alt groups back then. It was
Mo> the largest category on Usenet.
I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate? With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream, not "alternate". :P
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From
poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to
Nightfox on Monday, April 28, 2025 10:26:31
-=> Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-
Ni> I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate? With so
Ni> many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream, not
Ni> "alternate". :P
They were meant as an alternative to the moderated newsgroups in the
various non-alt hierarchies. comp.dcom.telecom begat
alt.comp.dcom.telecom when the moderators started taking their
responsibilities a bit too personally.
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From
Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to
Nightfox on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 14:22:10
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Nightfox to Mortar on Sun Apr 27 2025 17:29:40
> I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate?
> With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream,
> not "alternate". :P
It's up to Usenet's maintainers to decide which newsgroup a subject falls into. The more esoteric the subject, the more chance it has to fall in te alt catagory.
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From
Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to
MORTAR on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 08:32:00
> > I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate?
> > With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream,
> > not "alternate". :P
> It's up to Usenet's maintainers to decide which newsgroup a subject falls into
> The more esoteric the subject, the more chance it has to fall in te alt
> catagory.
IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say,
a comp group.
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From
Captainj@VERT/TRANSPO to
Dumas Walker on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 18:57:18
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Wed Apr 30 2025 08:32:00
> IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say,
> a comp group.
The bbs scene these days is so much err . . . smaller.
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From
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Captainj on Friday, May 02, 2025 08:34:00
-=> Captainj wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
Ca> @MSGID: <6812AACE.5.dove-general@corsysystem.org>
Ca> @REPLY: <68122AA9.68683.dove-gen@capcity2.synchro.net>
Ca> Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
Ca> By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on
Ca> Wed Apr 30 2025 08:32:00
> IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say,
> a comp group.
Ca> The bbs scene these days is so much err . . . smaller.
It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would imagine
you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.
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phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to
Boraxman on Friday, May 02, 2025 03:47:09
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Boraxman to Captainj on Fri May 02 2025 08:34 am
> It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would imagi
> you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.
It was pretty big here (Phoenix). There were a LOT of different BBSes, each
with their own group of callers that were pretty different crowds. You still
get that today if you hop around between different types of systems.
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Boraxman on Friday, May 02, 2025 07:30:18
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Bo> It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would
Bo> imagine you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.
I was part of a local othernet back then, and we had boards that were
laid out with the hub "in the middle", roughly. I could call the hub,
the other sysop could call the hub and it was a free call. Calling from
one BBS "area" to the other was a toll call - so we ended up with
exclusive user groups.
We had gettogethers a couple of times a year, it was nice to see
have different user groups on the local boards, share with them on the
networked boards and still be able to meet up.
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Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to
PHIGAN on Friday, May 02, 2025 09:26:00
> It was pretty big here (Phoenix). There were a LOT of different BBSes, each
> with their own group of callers that were pretty different crowds. You still
> get that today if you hop around between different types of systems.
In later years, the Programmer's Workshop West (home of the GT Power BBS
software) was located in Phoenix. ;)
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Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to
MORTAR on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 19:36:00
-> I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.
That was like 25-30 years ago, the prime of that.
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All on Saturday, May 10, 2025 15:35:50
El 19/4/25 a las 23:03, MRO (VERT/BBSESINF) escribi¢:
> Re: newsreaders in 2025
> By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm
>
> > hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile
> > news servers and read and posting?
> >
> > thank you all
>
> i have always used xnews.
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I use Thunderbird
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Ragnarok on Saturday, May 10, 2025 19:20:30
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 03:35 pm
> > i have always used xnews.
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> I use Thunderbird
i also used that other one that someone else mentioned.
I never liked thunderbird, even for an email client. it just seems to buggy to me and i don't like the interface. I have claws running just to keep all my email accts active.
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Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to
Ragnarok on Sunday, May 11, 2025 02:03:23
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 15:35:50
> I use Thunderbird
Beats drinking it.
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Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to
MORTAR on Sunday, May 11, 2025 21:35:56
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Mo> Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
Mo> By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 15:35:50
> I use Thunderbird
Mo> Beats drinking it.
Yeah, I like MD 20/20 better...
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Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to
MRO on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 08:26:42
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: MRO to Ragnarok on Sat May 10 2025 07:20 pm
> i also used that other one that someone else mentioned.
> I never liked thunderbird, even for an email client. it just seems to buggy
> to me and i don't like the interface. I have claws running just to keep all
> my email accts active.
I despise Thunderbird. I think it is too big for its own good. That said, if you want a solution in which you can integrate Carddav contacts and Caldav schedules at cheap/zero cost then you don't have many options.
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MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to
Arelor on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 14:20:15
Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Arelor to MRO on Wed May 14 2025 08:26 am
>
> I despise Thunderbird. I think it is too big for its own good. That said, if
> you want a solution in which you can integrate Carddav contacts and Caldav
> schedules at cheap/zero cost then you don't have many options.
>
i've been using that microsoft shit at work for years so i have no need.
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