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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by rocky1138 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:22PM (#14698945)
Recommendations on a good Windows client?
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by pera on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:28PM (#14698968)
I use Thunderbird for both email and usenet.
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by kazinator on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:39PM (#14699005)
Whatever you use, make sure it's a dedicated NNTP client and not some e-mail client that also "does" NTTP as a side stint.
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by lsh on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @12:08AM (#14699919)
how come?
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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by randcraw on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:22PM (#14704333)
Because Thunderbird sucks, as do other email clients that claim to also support news. As an email app it's below average, but as a newsreader it's downright horrible.

A good newsreader needs to be able to thread and block and filter and preview binaries. Few apps ever did this well, and many that did have since become obsolete (Pan2, Unison, etc).

With the rise of Windows and the decline of Usenet, the demand for newsreaders faded fast, leaving few or no supported freeware newsreaders alive today. Even commercial newsreader apps are increasingly rare.

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