Mike Tullett wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:44:52 -0000, Rob Overfield wrote in

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To add a positive angle to the discussion, what other newsreaders do
people use? FreeAgent and OE are most common but what other
programs do people recommend?

I too have used both of those as well as Gravity, but have finally
settled for Dialog. It is extremely powerful, allowing scripting to
be used to personalise the settings. I can associated different
sounds with various posters, colours along the same lines and
different signatures for different news groups. It really is very
flexible, but I wouldn't recommend it for the beginner.

For those using Outlook Express, a most useful addition is Quotefix.
It fixes many of the problems associated with posting with OE. Here
is a site where it is explained:

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

It may be obtained he

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software.../downloads.php

Thanks for that Mike, looks good.
will give it a try.

Regards,

Rob
Chester, UK
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather

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Rob Overfield wrote:

To add a positive angle to the discussion, what other newsreaders do people
use? FreeAgent and OE are most common but what other programs do people
recommend?

I use Thunderbird (which offers options on quoting, posting position,
position of sig., etc. etc.)

Bottom posting is standard in most ngs, and its meaning isn't at all
confusing ... means add your post at the bottom ... hardly complex (-:


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The top posters need to be aware, however, that the majority consensus
of usenet users is for bottom posting, top-posting makes threads
difficult to follow, and top posters will often be seen as either
usenet neophytes, trolls or mavericks.

Or Microsoft set it up this way so it must be gooders.


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Michael Mcneil wrote:
"JPG" wrote in message


The top posters need to be aware, however, that the majority
consensus of usenet users is for bottom posting, top-posting makes
threads difficult to follow, and top posters will often be seen as
either usenet neophytes, trolls or mavericks.

Or Microsoft set it up this way so it must be gooders.

I hope that was said with tongue firmly in cheek.....

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Rob Overfield
Hull
http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/