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

[David Wade]

On 10/12/2023 01:45, Clark G wrote:
> 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 found that if I refreshed the message list from the server it worked

>>
>> 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.
>