Can anyone recomend a free newsgroup reader? | The Coffeehouse

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

I've been trying to use Windows Live Mail's built in reader for accessing connect newsgroups, but I'm having problems. Anyone able to suggest a good free newsgroup reader?

alashcraft

I agree that Forte Agent is well worth the $29.

sakisp wrote:

If you want something free, try one of the next three.

Xnews
XanaNews
Sylpheed

...or invest $29 for the excellent Forte Agent.

Harlequin
http://twitter.com/TrueHarlequin

http://www.newsrover.com

Not free, but good for downloading and other things. Well worth the money, and it doesn't cost much. I use it for music and stuff.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

What are the issues that you have with Vista Mail? I use it for newsgroups and it works fine.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

littleguru wrote:

What are the issues that you have with Vista Mail? I use it for newsgroups and it works fine.

Vista Mail != Windows Live Mail.

Vista Mail works well with newsgroups; live mail, somehow, under XP is a slow heap of crapola that doesn't perform well at all

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

blowdart wrote:

littleguru wrote:
What are the issues that you have with Vista Mail? I use it for newsgroups and it works fine.

Vista Mail != Windows Live Mail.

I thought it was called "Windows Mail", aka Outlook Express 7.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

W3bbo wrote:

blowdart wrote:
littleguru wrote:
What are the issues that you have with Vista Mail? I use it for newsgroups and it works fine.

Vista Mail != Windows Live Mail.

I thought it was called "Windows Mail", aka Outlook Express 7.

Well yes it is; but I was trying to make the distinction clear. Pedant.

Wa
Condense fact from the vapor of nuance.

I'd recommend FeedDemon from News Gator. News Gator has only recently began offering FeedDemon as a free product. I've never used it personally, but I hear very good things. Enjoy! Smiley

+Wa

JChung2006

Google Groups is good.

Stoo
"your mom goes to college", Kip, Napoleon Dynamite(2004)

http://reader.google.com is great. Ive used many "offline" readers which were ok, but Google's implementation is pretty solid !

ps. Using the service DOES require you having a google account though!

CannotResolveSymbol
Microsoft: Who do you want to execute today?

JChung2006 wrote:
Google Groups is good.

Doesn't work for private newsgroups like the Connect groups, though.

sakisp
C/C++ and a cup of coffee...

If you want something free, try one of the next three.

Xnews
XanaNews
Sylpheed

...or invest $29 for the excellent Forte Agent.

All the above work much better than Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express.

PS: When Microsoft will implement NNTP in Office Outlook?

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

sakisp wrote:

If you want something free, try one of the next three.

Xnews
XanaNews
Sylpheed

...or invest $29 for the excellent Forte Agent.

All the above work much better than Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express.

PS: When Microsoft will implement NNTP in Office Outlook?

Thanks - trying XanaNews.

@some of the above replies - I was talking about NewsGROUPS not RSS NewsFEEDS.

Ion Todirel
buuu

Wa wrote:
I'd recommend FeedDemon from News Gator.

+1 for FeedDemon, I'm using it, and I'm a very happy reader

Ray6

alashcraft wrote:
I agree that Forte Agent is well worth the $29.

sakisp wrote:
If you want something free, try one of the next three.

Xnews
XanaNews
Sylpheed

...or invest $29 for the excellent Forte Agent.

Another vote for Forte Agent.

I think they do a cut down version for free ...

ahinson

Ray6 wrote:

alashcraft wrote: I agree that Forte Agent is well worth the $29.

sakisp wrote:
If you want something free, try one of the next three.

Xnews
XanaNews
Sylpheed

...or invest $29 for the excellent Forte Agent.

Another vote for Forte Agent.

I think they do a cut down version for free ...

Yep, it's called Free Agent.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

ahinson wrote:

Yep, it's called Free Agent.

They haven't done that for a while.

ahinson

blowdart wrote:

ahinson wrote:

Yep, it's called Free Agent.

They haven't done that for a while.

Forte may not offer it as a download anymore but there are many free download sites that have cached versions of the free version. Type Download "Free Agent" into your favorite search engine.

Yggdrasil
Pour me a cab, 'cause I can't drink no more.

RSS Bandit also supports NNTP newsgroups. Haven't done much with it, but it seems to work. Don't know about features other than basic reading.