Hi Ralf -

Monday, January 10, 2000, 4:27:15 PM, you wrote:

RB> How is it different? I can't see much of a difference between my TBUDL
RB> folder and a news group (I'm using Fort� Agent, BTW). Of course, various
RB> commands like "Reply to all" would have a different meaning ("post to all
RB> news groups" in this case), but that's something to get used to.

RB> Or are you talking about the "offline news reader" problem? Of course,
RB> this is something the developers need to take care of. It should be
RB> possible to download headers only, mark for retrieval and then download
RB> bodies of marked messages.

Yep.  I've used Agent for several years, and I agree that offline reading is the
only way to go.

I've never really considered using anything else for newsgroups than Agent, but
if Ritlabs can get it right, I'd switch in a minute.

-- 
Mark Worsham                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plano, TX  USA



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