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Newsreader in Win 7
"Michael Cecil" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:04:57 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote: That's you. Me, I gave up on the Thunderbird POS and went to Live Mail. Had fewer configuration, customization, and running problems with WLM (as do "lots of people"). Don't use Gmail (generally plonk Gmail users as a matter of fact), have had no problems with my ISP, and I don't know what impa is, so I'm guessing I don't use it. Since I haven't had any problems with WLM, I haven't had to uninstall it, so I've had no problems there either. The point is that there is no best. There are lots of opinions, and most of them are valid, no matter what the choice is. To me, WLM is way above Thunderbird in ease of use and stability. You feel the same way about Thunderbird. Doesn't mean that either one of us is right or wrong. Also doesn't mean that one is better or worse than the other. All it means is that neither one of us should be making statements like it's "better at email" without qualifying it as it's "better at email in my experience." Actually you lost this argument when you tried to get in the last word when you called Thunderbird a piece of ****. Don't you know that in Usenet debates the first person to start calling names is the loser? Actually, Canuck57 called WLM a POS in the post I responded to before I called Thunderbird a POS. So I reason that one POS cancels the other, therefore we're even ;-) -- SC Tom |
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Newsreader in Win 7
"Michael Cecil" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:04:57 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote: That's you. Me, I gave up on the Thunderbird POS and went to Live Mail. Had fewer configuration, customization, and running problems with WLM (as do "lots of people"). Don't use Gmail (generally plonk Gmail users as a matter of fact), have had no problems with my ISP, and I don't know what impa is, so I'm guessing I don't use it. Since I haven't had any problems with WLM, I haven't had to uninstall it, so I've had no problems there either. The point is that there is no best. There are lots of opinions, and most of them are valid, no matter what the choice is. To me, WLM is way above Thunderbird in ease of use and stability. You feel the same way about Thunderbird. Doesn't mean that either one of us is right or wrong. Also doesn't mean that one is better or worse than the other. All it means is that neither one of us should be making statements like it's "better at email" without qualifying it as it's "better at email in my experience." Actually you lost this argument when you tried to get in the last word when you called Thunderbird a piece of ****. Don't you know that in Usenet debates the first person to start calling names is the loser? Actually, Canuck57 called WLM a POS in the post I responded to before I called Thunderbird a POS. So I reason that one POS cancels the other, therefore we're even ;-) -- SC Tom |
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Newsreader in Win 7
On 20/12/2009 10:05 PM, Walter R. wrote:
Since Win 7 made me lose my news reader, as previously available in Outlook Express, I am looking for a simple newsreader. I only use it to read a few newsgroups and I am using a free news server (Eternal September). I am not into heavy downloading of binaries. This must be a common problem with the advent of Win 7. Would someone have suggestion how to fill this void? Thank you. For simplicity Thunderbird, for a power-user I recommend Gravity.. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ SD |
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SD_V897 wrote:
On 20/12/2009 10:05 PM, Walter R. wrote: Since Win 7 made me lose my news reader, as previously available in Outlook Express, I am looking for a simple newsreader. I only use it to read a few newsgroups and I am using a free news server (Eternal September). I am not into heavy downloading of binaries. This must be a common problem with the advent of Win 7. Would someone have suggestion how to fill this void? Thank you. For simplicity Thunderbird, for a power-user I recommend Gravity.. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ I liked xnews, but it is a lot like Gravity. |
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Enkidu wrote:
SD_V897 wrote: On 20/12/2009 10:05 PM, Walter R. wrote: Since Win 7 made me lose my news reader, as previously available in Outlook Express, I am looking for a simple newsreader. I only use it to read a few newsgroups and I am using a free news server (Eternal September). I am not into heavy downloading of binaries. This must be a common problem with the advent of Win 7. Would someone have suggestion how to fill this void? Thank you. For simplicity Thunderbird, for a power-user I recommend Gravity.. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ I liked xnews, but it is a lot like Gravity. Enkidu, you might be interested to know that your nym was in a question on Jeopardy! a few days ago. (For non-US readers, Jeopardy! is a very popular US TV quiz program, a twist on the usual format--it's an answer-and-question thing.) Allen |
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Allen wrote:
Enkidu wrote: SD_V897 wrote: On 20/12/2009 10:05 PM, Walter R. wrote: Since Win 7 made me lose my news reader, as previously available in Outlook Express, I am looking for a simple newsreader. I only use it to read a few newsgroups and I am using a free news server (Eternal September). I am not into heavy downloading of binaries. This must be a common problem with the advent of Win 7. Would someone have suggestion how to fill this void? Thank you. For simplicity Thunderbird, for a power-user I recommend Gravity.. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpgravity/ I liked xnews, but it is a lot like Gravity. Enkidu, you might be interested to know that your nym was in a question on Jeopardy! a few days ago. (For non-US readers, Jeopardy! is a very popular US TV quiz program, a twist on the usual format--it's an answer-and-question thing.) Not surprising . . . it's the name of a mythical wildman from the earliest known written literature. (For those really interested, it also features a prostitute and oral sex. Technomogy changes, weather changes . . . humans don't.) -- Enkidu |
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Newsreader in Win 7
On 12/23/09, SC Tom posted:
"Michael Cecil" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:04:57 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote: That's you. Me, I gave up on the Thunderbird POS and went to Live Mail. Had fewer configuration, customization, and running problems with WLM (as do "lots of people"). Don't use Gmail (generally plonk Gmail users as a matter of fact), have had no problems with my ISP, and I don't know what impa is, so I'm guessing I don't use it. Since I haven't had any problems with WLM, I haven't had to uninstall it, so I've had no problems there either. The point is that there is no best. There are lots of opinions, and most of them are valid, no matter what the choice is. To me, WLM is way above Thunderbird in ease of use and stability. You feel the same way about Thunderbird. Doesn't mean that either one of us is right or wrong. Also doesn't mean that one is better or worse than the other. All it means is that neither one of us should be making statements like it's "better at email" without qualifying it as it's "better at email in my experience." Actually you lost this argument when you tried to get in the last word when you called Thunderbird a piece of ****. Don't you know that in Usenet debates the first person to start calling names is the loser? Actually, Canuck57 called WLM a POS in the post I responded to before I called Thunderbird a POS. So I reason that one POS cancels the other, therefore we're even ;-) I think we'll have to send this one to the committe for resolution. -- Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com |
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