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On or about 08-Apr-96 14:15:55 Brian typed the following words about "Re: News
Reader!!".  My reply is thus...

 Hi Brian,


 B> on 7 Apr 1996 17:24:29 GMT, Syiad T. Al-Duri (100715.2103@compuserve.com)
 B> wrote:
 B>:
 B>: dominicc@dircon.co.uk (Dominic Clifton) wrote
 B>: in       comp.sys.amiga.networking
 B>: date:    28-Mär-96  09:16:22
 B>: subject: News Reader!!
 B>:
 B>: > EEk!  I want a decent News Reader on my amiga that can compare to Free
 B>: > Agent or Netscape 2.0 on my PC!  There must be one somewhere...
 B>:
 B>: There is! Try Thor 2.2. It's on Aminet.
 B>:

 B> --
 B> Will you guys PLEASE knock it off with the damn thor promotions!  Reading

No we won't because those of us that use it *LIKE* it! If someone asks a
question that I have an opinion on, I am going to answer it. It is your option
not to read it or disagree with it.

 B> the AMIGA newsgroups seems to be like a LONG, drawn-out info-mercial.

Maybe that is because a *LOT* of people use and like Thor!!!!!

 B> Sure, thor is great for a mostly-in-one program, but if one does not want
 B> to use a disk defragmenter after reading each newsgroup, then Thor is
 B> simply not a choice!

I don't know what your problem is but I don't have to use a disk defragmenter
every time I use Thor. I use Thor *EVERY* day and defrag my hard drives once a
month. The partition that Thor is on is no more fragmented than any other
partition that I use heavily.

 B> There is now a newsgroup for Thor, USE IT!  And only tell *newbies* that
 B> there is a choice of Thor.  Thor is EXCELLENT for beginners, but for
 B> experienced users, Thor will only be good for those poor souls who don't
 B> have a cheap internetting solution, such as unlimited time, available to
 B> them.  I do indeed feel sorry for those folks, and hope that cheap
 B> internetting soon comes their way.

Yes there is a newsgroup for Thor and I do use it. If a person who doesn't
know what news/mail reader he wants it is unlikely he will ask that question
in the Thor newsgroup.

The message you quoted was from a "newbie", maybe! The person that answered it
did *EXACTLY* what you want.

"There is! Try Thor 2.2. It's on Aminet."

So what is your problem?

I do have a cheap internet connection with unlimited time on adedicated phone
line via dialup PPP. $17 a month, unlimited time, uncensored full internet
access. I still prefer to read and reply news and mail *OFF* line. Before I
started using Thor I had TIN, ELM, SMTPd SMTPPost, POP3, NNTPXfer, NNTPSpool
NNTPPost, AmiPOP, etc. etc. It took all that to do the same thing I do with
Thor and I still needed another program to read the QWK packets I get from a
local BBS. Thor also supports most of the common BBS message packets in case
you didn't know. And if you don't need that you don't have to install it. You
don't even have to download it from the net. It is in a seperate archive.

So if this sounds like an infomercial so be it. The Thor authors are doing a
great job, are very helpful to all and provide a great program that is *NOT*
crippled in any way even if you don't register.

If you don't want to read about Thor then add it to your kill file and quit
complaining.

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