Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:07:48 GMT From: Laura K <lauraknospamousergraphics.com> Subject: Re: AOL dumps newsgroups
Craig's C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au> wrote in news:ctrrjl$ob7$1nospam.apana.org.au: > "laurak" <lauraknospamousergraphics.com> writes: > >>I really don't like the way Google Groups works. I can't tell what I've >>read or not. > > Use a normal Unix shell account and run something like 'nn' to read > newsgroups. Does auto-management of what's been read and what hasn't. No > lame graphical interface to contend with. > > Newsgroups are after all meant to be a simple, text-based medium. > > Craig. > I've found an excellent free reader -- xnews -- that does exactly what I want using the Bellsouth link which I've got anyway. http://www.seegras.de/xnews/ Very nice piece of software. Fairly intuitive to setup if you're used to playing around with things.