Forte agent

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.

I've used Agent for years. Currently at version 8 which has been the
latest version since 2014. Not a lot of updates these days.

Drew wrote:
Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.

There are free and paid versions of Agent.

Free versions might include version 2 (used by jokers),
and version 3 or so (the last free version maybe).

The paid version is up to around version 8 or so.

If you're using a free server, and doing text-only posting,
it probably doesn't matter which one you use. Check their
web site to see if the newer version has "features" for
the binaries crowd.

There is a 30 day trial available if you want to try 8.

http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php

Paul

Drew wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.


I've been using Agent for about 18 years, it's by far the best
software I've seen for accessing Usenet (on any OS), both for text and
binary groups.

--
Joel Crump

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

8 here.

To be honest, I prefer Thunderbird but refuse to use it because
Mozilla has become a social justice company which donates to Antifa.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

Stick to Thunderbird if you don't hate Mozilla. Agent is really not
very good IMO.

Drew wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people
are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at
least 3 others that do not have email accounts associated
with them really. I have never really used Forte agent but
hear a lot about it. Any recommendations here? It gets old
leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of
at least 16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least
3gig. I doubt that makes a difference but just in case.

I have version 8. I started with version 4 when they included
"ignore thread branch" / "ignore subthread".

But I usually use Xnews.

The main requirement for me is that the reader include ignore
thread branch.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

Agent 1.8. From 2000?

Regards

M.

On 10/01/2018 01:08, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

8 here.

To be honest, I prefer Thunderbird but refuse to use it because
Mozilla has become a social justice company which donates to Antifa.


You /prefer/ Thunderbird? I've always toyed with the idea of Forte, but
find the integrated ('lazy') approach of TB for both email and usenet
more convenient. I have always wondered about the advantages (if any) of
a dedicated newsgroup tool like Forte. I normally stick to text only
posts, avoiding binaries or warez.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.


Agent 8.00 for Usenet.
And Thunderbird 52.5.2 for email.


Both are 32-bit programs, which means each one will only use
up to 2GB of your 16GB RAM.


--
Kind regards
Ralph

Paul wrote:

Thunderbird is hosted at Mozilla, but they're trying to find
another home for it.

I know they were looking to "lose" TB, but have they changed their mind
now? Taking on new hires ...

https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2017/12/new-thunderbird-releases-and-new-thunderbird-staff/

would be nice to have some definitive info ...

On 10/01/2018 05:48, John Doe wrote:
Drew wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people
are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at
least 3 others that do not have email accounts associated
with them really. I have never really used Forte agent but
hear a lot about it. Any recommendations here? It gets old
leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of
at least 16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least
3gig. I doubt that makes a difference but just in case.

I have version 8. I started with version 4 when they included
"ignore thread branch" / "ignore subthread".

But I usually use Xnews.

The main requirement for me is that the reader include ignore
thread branch.

Its there in Thunderbird (plus an option to ignore sub-threads), as well
as filters (to ignore specific posters).

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:


Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.




I use Agent 6.0 on 64-bit Windows 10 with 16GB of RAM. I've never
upgraded past 6, since I've seen no real improvements I wanted in 7 or
8.

I use Agent only as a newsreader. I use Microsoft Outlook for E-mail.

I've used Agent for many years and I've been very happy with it.
Every now and then I've tried another newsreader, but I've never found
anything I liked better than Agent.

Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

Thunderbird is hosted at Mozilla, but they're trying to find
another home for it.

I know they were looking to "lose" TB, but have they changed their mind
now? Taking on new hires ...

https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2017/12/new-thunderbird-releases-and-new-thunderbird-staff/


would be nice to have some definitive info ...


The information is weirdly missing any mention of "strategy" :-/

Randumbly hiring people doesn't tell me anything.

It kinda smells like a "linkage to community" strategy,
in other words, preparing for project separation from
the mother ship, without any mention of who is doing
the core design. A minimal team is required to deliver the
project, and maybe that small team is it. And the community
contributors will be driving the actual coding effort.

And they got their "thunderbird.net" domain.

All it will take is a small sum of money, a couple million a
year, to keep their "independent" effort alive. The downloads
will cost them a bit, per year.

Paul

On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 08:18:26 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 14:01:52 -0800, Drew
wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

I of course use Tbird on this machine but I am also on at least 3 others
that do not have email accounts associated with them really. I have
never really used Forte agent but hear a lot about it. Any
recommendations here? It gets old leaving one to check another.

All these systems run windows10 64. all high ram count of at least
16gigs and all decent processor speed of at least 3gig. I doubt that
makes a difference but just in case.



I use Agent 6.0 on 64-bit Windows 10 with 16GB of RAM. I've never
upgraded past 6, since I've seen no real improvements I wanted in 7 or
8.

I use Agent only as a newsreader. I use Microsoft Outlook for E-mail.

Ditto. Even though Agent can do email, I only use it as a newsreader. I
use Outlook for email. My version of Agent is 2.0 from 2004, but Usenet
hasn't changed since then so it works fine.

I've used Agent for many years and I've been very happy with it.
Every now and then I've tried another newsreader, but I've never found
anything I liked better than Agent.

Ditto.

To the OP, Agent has a free trial, so I'd encourage you to check it out.
Heck, check out several newsreaders so you can see what's out there,
then decide for yourself which suits you best.

https://www.forteinc.com

Drew wrote:

Curious to know which of the Forte agent versions people are using here.

Version 7. I didn't update to 8 because that update addressed
binaries, which I use very little. Now, if they had implemented
Unicode support...

--
Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com