[Info-vax] This is for the folks who get comp.os.vms via the Info-VAX mailing list

[Subcommandante XDelta]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 09:46:03 -0600, Grant Taylor
<gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> wrote:

>On 12/9/23 09:36, Chris Townley wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a half decent free (or inexpensive) newsreader for 
>> Windows?
>
>I believe Steve Gibson w/ GRC has a fork of Gravity updated to deal with 
>some date issue.  You might give that a try.  --  I'm not a Windows 
>user, so I don't have any experience.
>
>I am a long time Thunderbird user -- now mostly because I haven't found 
>an acceptable replacement.
>
>Occasionally I need to right click on a newsgroup, go to the newsgroup's 
>properties, and click repair.  That will cause Thunderbird to 
>re-download messages, or at least the last X number of messages.  That 
>usually helps when working with a specific newsgroup gets too large.
>
>Sadly, with all the spam emanating from Google Groups, newsgroups are 
>growing a lot quicker, even if things do get cleaned up after the fact.

Ah, excellent! - thank you for the Gravity tip. I use Forte Agent, for
Windows, and while still magnificent, it's showing its age, and hasn't
been actively developed and maintained for going on a decade.

I cannot say I an enamoured of the Thunderbird's Newsreader.

https://www.grc.com/discussions.htm