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

[Clark G]

Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote in
news:ul21ic$28j03$1 at dont-email.me: 

> Can anyone recommend a half decent free (or inexpensive) newsreader
> for Windows?
> 
> I currently use Eternal September and Thunderbird, and find
> Thunderbird flaky at best. With all the spam about I have to close and
> reopen it multiple times to actually read messages that are there.
> Setting up filters is fiddly as well. Most of the stuff around seems
> to be aimed at binary downloads - I just want something for reading,
> and posting. 
> 
> I tried Pan yesterday, no documentation, and I could only get it to
> work partially

I have been using XNews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xnews
It is pretty old and not supported but it has done what I need. It is
working in Windows 10 fine. I like that I can read by using single key
commands and not have to use the mouse at all. There is an addition I
found to allow it to properly display non-English characters. I can't
remember right now how that was done. 

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Clark G
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