R Sampson wrote:
> wizywyg wrote:
>
>> I know how to set it up
>>
>> The only question I have for the browser is how to "combine and decode"
>> binaries in the binaries news groups (when binaries are split among
>> several
>> posts)
>
>
> I don't know how to make Netscape do this but there is another, better
> alternative.
>
> Netscape and IE both follow the browser paradigm which is really not
> appropriate for newsgroups, especially if they contain binaries of other
> large messages.
>
> Instead, try a dedicated newsreader program like Agent, available from
> http://www.forteinc.com. They also have a very good freeware version
> called FreeAgent and there are a few others available whose name i can't
> recall of the top of my head. A real newsreader doesn't start retrieving
> messages as soon as you click on them. Instead, you go through the list
> of headers and click the one(s) you're interested in. When you finish,
> it goes off and retrieves all the messages you selected. If it takes all
> night, you can go to bed and see the results in the morning
I've tried FreeAgent, and I can say that Xnews is much better that
FreeAgent.
It's available from the person who has developed it, at
http://xnews.3dnews.net/ and is only a 570kB download. It is a *full*
featured dedicated Newsgroup Reader. and has not once crashed on me!
What it does not have in looks it more than makes up for in
functionality and ease of use!
TTFN
D.
