In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Boris 'pi' Piwinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Mike Hearn wrote: > >> You didn't say what Forte Agent is, so I'll assume you mean this: >> http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php >> ie, a newsreader. > >You are right. I heard that it would be very popular under >Wine so I falsely assumed it is well known. > >> As you're new to Linux I'll point out that you can use >> several good native newsreaders, like Pan or KNode. Is there any reason >> you want Forte in particular? > >Sure, it is really great:-)) > >Thanks for your suggestions. > >pi > > I had always (naively ?) understood that Agent was rather similar to Turnpike (a mailer/newsreader from the UK ISP Demon, with a similarly dedicated following); and that it was fairly straightforward to get running under wine (this was certainly true of the v3, 4 & 5 versions of TP - TP6 is based on Explorer, alas)
(Haven't tried for a bit - tend to use Win4lin) Bob -- robert w hall
