On 13-Feb-24 0:42, Sn!pe wrote:
> Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi lads,
>>
>> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
>> for a newbie is nowadays?
>>
>> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
>> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
>>
>> Electronically yours,
>> Nar,
>> a_nar@riseup.net
>>
>
> For Windows: Microplanet Gravity as maintained by Steve Gibson at GRC.
>
> <https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm> (page down)
> <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip> (download link)
>
Thanks for that.
Gravity was my preferred Usenet client for yonks - until it suddenly
stopped working, several years back, for no apparent reason. Nothing I
tried got it going again.
Thunderbird was available so...
I'm off to (re) install Gravity.

--
Sam Plusnet

In article <l31ffnF6oebU3@mid.individual.net>, chrisnd@privacy.net
says...
>
> On 13/02/2024 00:42, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi lads,
> >>
> >> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
> >> for a newbie is nowadays?
> >>
> >> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
> >> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
> >>
> >> Electronically yours,
> >> Nar,
> >> a_nar@riseup.net
> >>
> >
> > For Windows: Microplanet Gravity as maintained by Steve Gibson at GRC.
> >
> > <https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm> (page down)
> > <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip> (download link)
> >
> Me too (when in winndoze)
>

I've just dled it - seems I already had a version from playing ages back
it took a bit of wrestling to find what I wanted - (Body Font) but
looking good.

--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

In article <2JPyN.323530$7sbb.218404@fx16.iad>, not@home.com says...
>
> On 13-Feb-24 0:42, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi lads,
> >>
> >> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
> >> for a newbie is nowadays?
> >>
> >> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
> >> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
> >>
> >> Electronically yours,
> >> Nar,
> >> a_nar@riseup.net
> >>
> >
> > For Windows: Microplanet Gravity as maintained by Steve Gibson at GRC.
> >
> > <https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm> (page down)
> > <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip> (download link)
> >
> Thanks for that.
> Gravity was my preferred Usenet client for yonks - until it suddenly
> stopped working, several years back, for no apparent reason. Nothing I
> tried got it going again.
> Thunderbird was available so...
> I'm off to (re) install Gravity.

I've just dled it - seems I already had a version from playing ages back
- took a bit of wrestling to find what I wanted - (Body Font) but looking
good.

--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:58:41 -0000
Kerr Mudd-John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> In article <2JPyN.323530$7sbb.218404@fx16.iad>, not@home.com says...
> >
> > On 13-Feb-24 0:42, Sn!pe wrote:
> > > Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi lads,
> > >>
> > >> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
> > >> for a newbie is nowadays?
> > >>
> > >> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
> > >> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
> > >>
> > >> Electronically yours,
> > >> Nar,
> > >> a_nar@riseup.net
> > >>
> > >
> > > For Windows: Microplanet Gravity as maintained by Steve Gibson at GRC.
> > >
> > > <https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm> (page down)
> > > <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip> (download link)
> > >
> > Thanks for that.
> > Gravity was my preferred Usenet client for yonks - until it suddenly
> > stopped working, several years back, for no apparent reason. Nothing I
> > tried got it going again.
> > Thunderbird was available so...
> > I'm off to (re) install Gravity.
>
>
> I've just dled it - seems I already had a version from playing ages back
> -
> took a bit of wrestling to find what I wanted - (Body Font) but looking
> good.
>
>
Aha, I got through! twice.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 2024-02-13, Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
> Hi lads,
>
> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
> for a newbie is nowadays?
>
> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
>
> Electronically yours,
> Nar,
> a_nar@riseup.net
>
I use slrn because I always have since I switched to Linux. It gives
a sense of old school and displays things like html as the code not a
spam trap :-)

I am old, so is my software :-)

--
Simon

RLU: 222126

On 2024-02-13, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 00:29, Nar wrote:
>> Hi lads,
>>
>> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet
>> client for a newbie is nowadays?
>>
>> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD
>> (other than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else
>> on WLM?
>>
>
> I have been using Thunderbird for 20 years or more for both usenet and
> POP3 mail,since I gave up on Outlook Express.
>
> Agent,Gravity and a couple of others are all enthusiastically used by
> others here.
>

Is Agent Forte Agent? I did try that when I had Windows in '95 and
IIRC bought a licence. Forgot all about it, a magical application at
the time. :-)
--
Simon

RLU: 222126

On 13/02/2024 13:09, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>
> I goov this sums it up; Ye Shedde is a house of many views.
> It's no good asking for 1 recommendation!

There will always be at least n+1 opinions, where n is the number of
posters to the thread.

Simon wrote:

> Is Agent Forte Agent? I did try that when I had Windows in '95 and
> IIRC bought a licence. Forgot all about it,

Yes I bought a Trumpet Winsock licence and an Agent licence

> a magical application at
> the time. :-)

Unfortunately (in my eyes) it still looks like a program from 1994

On 13-Feb-24 19:49, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 13-Feb-24 0:42, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi lads,
>>>
>>> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet
>>> client
>>> for a newbie is nowadays?
>>>
>>> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD
>>> (other
>>> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
>>>
>>> Electronically yours,
>>> Nar,
>>> a_nar@riseup.net
>>>
>>
>> For Windows:  Microplanet Gravity as maintained by Steve Gibson at GRC.
>>
>> <https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm>    (page down)
>> <https://www.grc.com/files/GravitySetup.zip>    (download link)
>>
> Thanks for that.
> Gravity was my preferred Usenet client for yonks - until it suddenly
> stopped working, several years back, for no apparent reason.  Nothing I
> tried got it going again.
> Thunderbird was available so...
> I'm off to (re) install Gravity.
>
Follows up own post...

I installed & got Gravity to jbex, sort of.

I can download both headers and 'articles' but whilst the "Thread" pane
shows the Headers, the "Article" pane refuses to show me the post body -
which kind of defeats the whole purpose.

I haven't a clue why it's playing silly bludgers with me.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 2024-02-13, Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
> Hi lads,
>
> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
> for a newbie is nowadays?
>
> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?

Welcome to Ye Shedde.

I'm using SLRN on a Linux machine. I can connect to it from whichever
machine I'm using around the house.

On Windows I've previously used Thunderbird. Before that the late, lamented,
Turnpike.

--
Bernard Peek
bap@shrdlu.com
Wigan

On 14/02/2024 19:59, Sam Plusnet wrote:

>
> I installed & got Gravity to jbex, sort of.
>

I'm so glad. The thought of you drifting off into space to join George
Clooney concerned me.

Tone

On 15-Feb-24 0:00, Hymermut wrote:
> On 14/02/2024 19:59, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
>>
>> I installed & got Gravity to jbex, sort of.
>>
>
> I'm so glad. The thought of you drifting off into space to join George
> Clooney concerned me.

Me also as well. Clooney is not really my type.
(Or do I mean font?)

--
Sam Plusnet

On 15/02/2024 01:41, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 15-Feb-24 0:00, Hymermut wrote:
>> On 14/02/2024 19:59, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I installed & got Gravity to jbex, sort of.
>>>
>>
>> I'm so glad. The thought of you drifting off into space to join George
>> Clooney concerned me.
>
> Me also as well.  Clooney is not really my type.
> (Or do I mean font?)
>

I think I'm more font of Sandra Bullock.

Tone

In article <l34qblFonjpU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernard Peek
<bap@shrdlu.com> on Wed, 14 Feb 2024 at 21:41:09 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 2024-02-13, Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
>> Hi lads,
>>
>> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best usenet client
>> for a newbie is nowadays?
>>
>> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
>> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
>
>Welcome to Ye Shedde.
>
>I'm using SLRN on a Linux machine. I can connect to it from whichever
>machine I'm using around the house.
>
>On Windows I've previously used Thunderbird. Before that the late, lamented,
>Turnpike.
>
Turnpike 9under W7) still works with E-S. E-mule depends upon which
supplier you are using.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

In message <d2poVWAOdezlFAHT@salmiron.com>, Nicholas D. Richards
<nicholas@salmiron.com> writes
>In article <l34qblFonjpU1@mid.individual.net>, Bernard Peek
><bap@shrdlu.com> on Wed, 14 Feb 2024 at 21:41:09 awoke Nicholas from
>his slumbers and wrote
>>On 2024-02-13, Nar <a_nar@riseup.net> wrote:
>>> Hi lads,
>>>
>>> What usenet client do you use, and what do you reckon the best
>>>usenet client
>>> for a newbie is nowadays?
>>>
>>> I just use Windows Live Mail 2012 simply because it still works XD (other
>>> than the occasional glitch here and there on Win10). Anyone else on WLM?
>>
>>Welcome to Ye Shedde.
>>
>>I'm using SLRN on a Linux machine. I can connect to it from whichever
>>machine I'm using around the house.
>>
>>On Windows I've previously used Thunderbird. Before that the late, lamented,
>>Turnpike.
>>
>Turnpike 9under W7) still works with E-S. E-mule depends upon which
>supplier you are using.

Turnpike (Under W10/32) still works with E-S, and works fine with my
E-mule provider. If Turnpike is late, no one has told my installation.

Adrian
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On 15-Feb-24 1:59, Hymermut wrote:
> On 15/02/2024 01:41, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 15-Feb-24 0:00, Hymermut wrote:
>>> On 14/02/2024 19:59, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I installed & got Gravity to jbex, sort of.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm so glad. The thought of you drifting off into space to join
>>> George Clooney concerned me.
>>
>> Me also as well.  Clooney is not really my type.
>> (Or do I mean font?)
>>
>
> I think I'm more font of Sandra Bullock.

I read that double "l" as a double"t".

--
Sam Plusnet