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Re: Best newsreader?

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From: Sebastian
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00
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Hi!

"Nails" <sabnails@gte.com> wrote in de.comm.software.newsreader:

> Anyone have any recommendations on a good newsreader.

I recommend Forte Agent. It is very good and inexpensive. However, it starts
an external viewer for HTML-Code (but HTML-Code isn't wanted in the USENET
anyway, only beginners use it because of Microsoft and Co.). You can
download a freeware version with less features for free at
http://www.forteinc.com . However, I recommend the full version, because the
free version does not know character encoding for 8-Bit characters.

Sebastian

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From: Scotty@BeamMeUp.net (Sebastian)
Subject: Re: Best newsreader?
Date: 1998/01/28
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