Re: Looking for USENET client recommendations for Windows

Bice Eichler wrote:

Sadly, after using Forte Free Agent for decades, the software has
stopped working on my Windows 10 computer.  I installed a bluetooth
driver for some new speakers I had bought, and that somehow killed
Agent.  I tried reinstalling it and even getting the latest version I
could find online (ver. 8) and it still won't install or run.
 
So I guess I have to find new client software.  I've spent most of
this morning trying out a few (Mozilla Thunderbird, Pan, XPN) didn't
like any of them for one reason or another. Pan probably came the
closest to being acceptable, but it's missing one key feature that
I'd like to have.
 
What I'm looking for is newsgroup reader software that:
 - runs in Windows
 - works with Eternal-September's server
 - can handle large unread message counts
 - can offload unread messages to a single text file

I have been using XanaNews for a long time. It is very configurable,
but unfortunately can't answer Q4. I tried using the Combine Messages
and Decode feature, which is meant for binary multi-part files, and did
end up with a text file of the messages, but it wasn't satisfactory.
Header information was lost and it looked like some repeats. Possibly
further experimentation would come up with a better solution


Brian