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Re: Multi-server news client?

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From: -=Spudley=-
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:36
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"Je�us" <none@all.org> wrote in message news:4850c1d9@news.x-privat.org...
> Je�us wrote:
>> Cerberus wrote:
>>> Je�us <none@all.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any suggestions for a decent Windows news client that can be set up to 
>>>> use multiple servers BUT also using the one already downloaded set of 
>>>> existing headers? (I hope that made sense...)
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure there are a couple but I can't recall which ones they were.
>>>> (Hopefully not X-News...)
>>>>
>>>> Tnx
>>>>
>>>
>>> G'day Je�us, long time since our last chat. My headers will no doubt 
>>> reveal that I prefer the dreaded X-News for this sort of funtionality. 
>>> Have you considered running your own spool/proxy? Hamster might be of 
>>> use to you, it may be old, but it's stable and used to be very popular.
>>>
>>> http://home.arcor.de/tgl70/misc/hamster_en.html
>>>
>>> Here's a quick how-to;
>>>
>>> http://news.individual.net/configuration/hamster-2.1-win-en.php
>>>
>>> Alternatively there might be a plugin for Thunderbird...
>>
>> Thanks, yes I did think about Hamster but due to extreme laziness I did 
>> wonder if there were some clients that had this sort of ability built in. 
>> Newsman Pro does, apparently... I just need to get around to actually 
>> trying it some day!
>>
>> I've been rather busy lately, I moved to Tassie in April and in fact only 
>> this arvo made an offer on a property. I hope they accept :)
>>
>> **Jesus... just realised I never even checked if the local exchange has 
>> broadband either. I better go do that now.
>
> Ohhh shit.
> Oh well, satellite time I guess.


Don't they have Broadband of power lines in Tasmania?
> 
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