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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by bawolff on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:38AM (#36860396)
> The clients were kind of a pain for anyone but comp.sci nerds

News clients were built into most email clients and were pretty user friendly. I dont think you needed to be a nerd to use it. Web forums were also pretty ugly in the late 90s.

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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by throwaway847t on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:39AM (#36862036)
I agree. Windows 9x included Outlook Express which had a built in news reader in addition to mail. If you could setup your mail you could also setup the news reader.

I think most of the ISPs that I used either had a setup program that configured it automatically along with mail/dns, or provided clear instructions on how to set it up manually.

I may be in the minority, but I actually liked Outlook Express.

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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:40PM (#36870697)
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