hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile news servers and read and posting?

thank you all

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Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm

hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile news servers and read and posting?

thank you all

i have always used xnews.
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Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: MRO to Internetking on Sat Apr 19 2025 09:03 pm

Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm

hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile news servers and read and posting?

thank you all

i have always used xnews.

I use slrn. You have to use a command line parameter to ues a different new

s server, but it does work. For graphical newsreaders, Thunderbird is actually a good option that allows multiple accounts and posting.

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Hey Boraxman!

On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:51:40 -0500, you wrote:

i have always used xnews.

I just looked at the website for this, and it definitely looks like work on it was discontinued 20 years ago (the GUI is terrible to look at these days, but maybe wasn't so bad in it's heyday when everything else looked like that, too). ;)

I use slrn. You have to use a command line parameter to ues a
different news server, but it does work. For graphical newsreaders, Thunderbird is actually a good option that allows multiple accounts
and posting.

slrn is great for console (my personal favorite, also). So is tin and neomutt. They do the job and do it well. They all use iconv for character set translations without issue, and you can use whatever external editor you want with them.

As for graphical, Thunderbird (what I'm currently using to write this) and Claws Mail are probably your best options for both Windows and Linux, and then Pan is a good one for Linux (there has been Windows ports but it seems support has stopped for that, and the latest one isn't usable).

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Internetking wrote to All <=-

hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup
mulipile news servers and read and posting?

I recommend Pan.



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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to PHIGAN on Wed Apr 23 2025 09:12 am

Hey there Phigan, the ones I 'lurk'
are...

Thank you for the list!

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Cougar428 wrote to MORTAR <=-

Yeah, it's mostly junk there now. I do use the ebook binary floods
though. There's not much conversation other than requests. I still use Agent, but Newsbin Pro seems to work faster at downloading the headers.

I admit, I don't post much.

I have a couple of newsgroups on my BBS. Alt.slack, just because. It's
not about the collaboration tool. alt.smokers.pipes, although most of
the posters have passed on, it seems. alt.bbs.ads, to post my BBS ads. alt.folklore.computers, lots of discussions of the big iron days. alt.sysadmin.recovery for therapy.



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alt.smokers.pipes, although most of the posters have passed on,

I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes...

Just kidding! (I think)

Not sure if that's an actual group or not. ;)

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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Cougar428 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17:56

I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes...
Not sure if that's an actual group or not. ;)

Wouldn't surprise mr. There were sooo many alt groups back then. It was the largest category on Usenet.

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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Mortar to Cougar428 on Sat Apr 26 2025 03:47 pm

I think it's the same in alt.smokers.cigarettes... Not sure if that's an
actual group or not. ;)

Wouldn't surprise mr. There were sooo many alt groups back then. It was the largest category on Usenet.

I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate? With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream, not "alternate". :P

Nightfox

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Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate? With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream, not
"alternate". :P

They were meant as an alternative to the moderated newsgroups in the
various non-alt hierarchies. comp.dcom.telecom begat
alt.comp.dcom.telecom when the moderators started taking their
responsibilities a bit too personally.



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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Nightfox to Mortar on Sun Apr 27 2025 17:29:40

I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate?
With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream,
not "alternate". :P

It's up to Usenet's maintainers to decide which newsgroup a subject falls into. The more esoteric the subject, the more chance it has to fall in te alt catagory.

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I noticed that too. Wasn't "alt" supposed to mean alternate?
With so many of them, I feel like they were basically mainstream,
not "alternate". :P

It's up to Usenet's maintainers to decide which newsgroup a subject falls into
The more esoteric the subject, the more chance it has to fall in te alt catagory.

IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say,
a comp group.


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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on Wed Apr 30 2025 08:32:00

IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say, a comp group.

The bbs scene these days is so much err . . . smaller.

CaptainJ

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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Dumas Walker to MORTAR on
Wed Apr 30 2025 08:32:00

IIRC, the alt groups were also a lot less likely to be moderated than, say, a comp group.

The bbs scene these days is so much err . . . smaller.

It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would imagine you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.



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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Boraxman to Captainj on Fri May 02 2025 08:34 am

It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would imagi you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.

It was pretty big here (Phoenix). There were a LOT of different BBSes, each with their own group of callers that were pretty different crowds. You still get that today if you hop around between different types of systems.

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Boraxman wrote to Captainj <=-

It was never too big though, was it? Each BBS was "local", so I would imagine you would get to know whos who on your local BBS's.

I was part of a local othernet back then, and we had boards that were
laid out with the hub "in the middle", roughly. I could call the hub,
the other sysop could call the hub and it was a free call. Calling from
one BBS "area" to the other was a toll call - so we ended up with
exclusive user groups.

We had gettogethers a couple of times a year, it was nice to see
have different user groups on the local boards, share with them on the networked boards and still be able to meet up.



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It was pretty big here (Phoenix). There were a LOT of different BBSes, each with their own group of callers that were pretty different crowds. You still get that today if you hop around between different types of systems.

In later years, the Programmer's Workshop West (home of the GT Power BBS software) was located in Phoenix. ;)


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I used Agent exclusively, from day one 'til newsgroups were no longer a thing. <sigh>...I miss the old Usenet.

That was like 25-30 years ago, the prime of that.

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El 19/4/25 a las 23:03, MRO (VERT/BBSESINF) escribió:

Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Internetking to All on Sat Apr 19 2025 05:50 pm

> hi all.. what newsreader recomend use in 2025? that allow setup mulipile
> news servers and read and posting?
>
> thank you all

i have always used xnews.
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I use Thunderbird
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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 03:35 pm

i have always used xnews.
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I use Thunderbird

i also used that other one that someone else mentioned.
I never liked thunderbird, even for an email client. it just seems to buggy to me and i don't like the interface. I have claws running just to keep all my email accts active.
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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 15:35:50

I use Thunderbird

Beats drinking it.

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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Ragnarok to All on Sat May 10 2025 15:35:50

I use Thunderbird

Beats drinking it.

Yeah, I like MD 20/20 better...

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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: MRO to Ragnarok on Sat May 10 2025 07:20 pm

i also used that other one that someone else mentioned.
I never liked thunderbird, even for an email client. it just seems to buggy to me and i don't like the interface. I have claws running just to keep all my email accts active.

I despise Thunderbird. I think it is too big for its own good. That said, if you want a solution in which you can integrate Carddav contacts and Caldav schedules at cheap/zero cost then you don't have many options.


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Re: Re: newsreaders in 2025
By: Arelor to MRO on Wed May 14 2025 08:26 am

I despise Thunderbird. I think it is too big for its own good. That said, if you want a solution in which you can integrate Carddav contacts and Caldav schedules at cheap/zero cost then you don't have many options.

i've been using that microsoft shit at work for years so i have no need.
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