Re: Newsgroup

From: Phil Roberts, Jr. (philrob_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:05:58 -0500 (EST)

Wirt Atmar wrote:
> Bill wrote, following me:
>
>
>>>I'm now using the newsgroup functions intrinsic to Outlook Express
>>>while subscribed to a free newsgroup server that allows both reading
>>>and posting capabilities. The server's name (which is just an IP
>>>address) is:
>>>
>>> 213.155.197.138
>>>
>>>The Outlook Express reader functions are done significantly
>>>differently than were AOL's, but they seem like something that I can
>>>get used to with a little patience.
>>
>>If you find you don't like Outlook Express as a newsreader, you might try
>>Xnews. It is a freeware program that I have been using for some time now.
>
>
> While this is a little off-topic for the subject of the group, let me
> finish up with the subject. Since my first response, I've spent the last
> two days playing with various newsreaders and newsservers. I've gotten
> to be very pleased with the standalone newsreader program that downloads
> with Netscape 7.x and the free news feed referenced above.
>
> The Netscape newsreader program does everything that I want it to do and
> better than any of the other newsreader programs that I investigated.
> Moreover, the program is quite intuitive. So intuitive in fact that it
> took me half a day to figure it out :-).
>

I've used Netscape and its newsreader for over a decade now, and one of
the benefits is that its based on Mozilla, an open source program which
many very smart programmers have collectively worked on over the years.
The result is that, at least according to my computer geek friend, it
is far more immune to viruses and the like than Microsoft programs.

PR

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