On 5 Jul 2001 02:21:02 GMT, Christopher Jahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And it came to pass that Cexy� wrote:
>
>> On 4 Jul 2001 23:54:40 GMT, Christopher Jahn
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>And it came to pass that Cexy� wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Cevpx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Ok yes when I had my PC upgraded to Win 95 OE came with the
>> program, I had no idea what a newsgroup was and at that time
>> didn't give a rats ass. However I am a curious person and
>> clicked on the newsgroups thingy and wow a whole new world
>> opened that I never knew existed. So I was happy lurking in
>> MSN's (my ISP of Choice at that time)
>
>How did you choose them? Did it have anything to do with the
>Internet Connection Wizard?
No that was almost 4 years ago, and I chose MSN because at that time IMO
they were the best as to what I wanted in a ISP. Then they started
dumping newsgroups, not adding any to Notnews and have so many POP up ads
it's like playing a game of whack the monkey. Also I do not like the WEB
Based everything direction they are using, oh I still have an account for
a backup, but using earthlink the last 2 months just shows all ISP's have
some kind of problem.
>
>
>> newsgroup, and most were using OE and God Forbid TOP POSTING
>> and using different style Fonts and colors and cool sigs
>> with little pictures and links to their Websites and I
>> learned how to use all the wonderful tools MICROSOFT
>> included in the Software I loaded on my computer.
>
>So they turned an information exchange into a way to hook users
>into bad posting habits, that - SURPRISE! - are supported
>primarily by MicroSoft products.
Oh get off the Microsoft Bashing, are you using a MAC/Apple based System?
Do you have Windows,Word, or Office software on your PC, or are you using
Linux?
>
>>
>> Now back to the subject............I have witnessed some
>> hells on wheels flame wars on the Plain Text/OE/RTF debate.
>> Again I was curious so downloaded the Free Agent Program to
>> see what all the hoopla was about.
>
>It's ALL hoopla. The most over-rated client ever.
>I think the company was founded by Moonies.
Well you are intitled to your opinion and I will agreed to disagree with
you!
>
>
>> I was very unhappy it
>> did not come with a Spell Checker as any here can
>> verify..........Spelling and Grammar are not my best
>> skills<G>. So I forked out the $29.00 or whatever the cost
>> was and now have the full version. And right off the bat I
>> was again disappointed ... It took
>> Agent 4 min to download 100 posts in this group, OE took
>> less than 30 seconds. So if time is of essence and costs
>> money to download posts to me OE is the way to go!
>
>Messenger is as fast as Outlook, but Xnews is faster still.
>But Xnews has no offline capabilities.
Well see none are perfect. If OE could get there shit together and fix
the formatting bug that IMO would be the Best newsreader.
>
>I here lots of good things about Gravity, but it's only recently
>become available at no cost. And I'm so happy with Xnews, I
>can't see how it could be an improvement. But it has a great
>reputation, as does Turnpike, tin and slrn.
>I'm suspicious of Gnus, as it started out as a Mac application.
>
>
>>
>> I agree the formatting in Agent is better than OE but what
>> the hell most of my posting is in groups that are not so
>> picky about formatting but are more interested in what I
>> have to say.
>
>I'm interested in the message. But my client doesn't parse
>HTML, so what I see is &npsb some && &npsb/ text &npsb
>interspersed *##with <npsb>lots of <aaa/&npsb> gibberish.
I Have seen that and yes it bites.
>
>If what you say is interesting, you don't need fancy fonts or
>wild colors. The MESSAGE is the thing, not the wrapping. And
>HTML is ALL wrapping. It's fine for a "present", but not worth
>much in making a point.
Well you have never seen my Bite Me gif<G> or my Cexy Sig Gif!
Take Care!
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Donna
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