- Comcast, Giganews, and using something other than Outlook
- Posted by derek.schott on July 24th, 2003
Is there any way to use another news reader (like Xnews) other than Outlook
express. According to Comcasts directions, only Outlook is supported and can
be used.
Talk about lame!
- Posted by Larry on July 24th, 2003
Comcrap wants you to use outlook to support the spammers hauling you
off to Comcrap's commissions.
Free Agent from:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download.php
is my reader of choice for text-based newsgroups like this one.
For binaries, there are many great downloaders, some free, some not.
I use Xnews from http://xnews.newsguy.com/ which I like because it has
an easy to mark Q field in the message list. The list is
automatically threaded so multi-part binaries all come on one single
line and when you mark it in the Q (que) field, Xnews will
automatically download, decode and assemble that file. I mark 10,000
then simply go to work or bed and Xnews does its thing.
Others many prefer are Newsbin and Newspro you can get from
www.tucows.com.....
For email I like one of the longest running programs on the net,
Pegasus, from:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194175.html
It doesn't RUN anything unless you FORCE it to....no scripts, no
virus, no spam dragging you off to some webpage full of
spyware/scripts/popup crap. Pegasus is an email client, not a
spammer. It's freeware. It supports multiple email servers, with
multiple users, in multiple databases. The whole family can have
their own email system all on ONE Pegasus. What more could you need?
UNinstalling Outlook or Outlook Express is like taking off a T-shirt
with a big KICK ME HARD sign on the back. When you uninstall it, be
sure to get rid of Outlook's address book the vbs scripts use to
propagate the worms to your friends. It takes a little effort to get
the Outlook gum off your computer's shoes. While you're uninstalling
dangerous crap in Windows, uninstall Windows Scripting Host that runs
the worms' .vbs files and ActiveX, too, so "they" cannot take over
your system with Billy's spammer tools. Love Letter worm doesn't run
if there's no VBS operating system to run it on.....(c;
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:55:11 GMT, "derek.schott"
<derek.schott@comcast.net> wrote:
Larry W4CSC
"No, NO, Mr Spock! I said beam me down a WRENCH,
not a WENCH! KIRK OUT!"
- Posted by Kimberly Murphy-Smith on July 24th, 2003
My spider-sense tingled when "derek.schott" <derek.schott@comcast.net>
wrote:
I'm on Comcast and use Agent for everything. Best $29 I ever spent.
Kimberly Murphy-Smith -- kamurphy@ix.netcom.com
http://members.aol.com/kimmurphy/
Kimberly's Barbie Collection:
http://members.aol.com/kimmurphy/barbies.html
- Posted by Tom Stiller on July 24th, 2003
In article <jWOTa.134723$Ph3.17359@sccrnsc04>,
"derek.schott" <derek.schott@comcast.net> wrote:
--
Tom Stiller
PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3
7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
- Posted by Ron Hunter on July 24th, 2003
derek.schott wrote:
unlikely, and possibly not legal. Now what they SUPPORT (that is they
can HELP you with) is up to them, but what YOU use is up to you. If it
is NOT that way, complain, sue, or change services.
- Posted by Gfretwell on July 24th, 2003
They mean that their "support" people will only talk to you about Outleak. If
you use a real news reader like Agent you will need to get your "support" from
Forte.
- Posted by Richard Ingram on July 25th, 2003
"derek.schott" <derek.schott@comcast.net> writes:
Yep, I'm using Gnus in Emacs no problem....
Richard.
- Posted by Bob Haar on July 25th, 2003
On 7/24/03 6:55 AM, "derek.schott" <derek.schott@comcast.net> wrote:
Hmm - I don't know of a version of OE that runs on a Mac. (:-)
What they are saying is they won't help you with anything other that OE. Any
newsreader that uses standard NNTP protocols should wo just fine.
- Posted by nobody@junk.comcast.net on July 25th, 2003
In <jWOTa.134723$Ph3.17359@sccrnsc04>, on 07/24/03
at 10:55 AM, "derek.schott" <derek.schott@comcast.net> said:
MR/2 for Windows works. www.mr2ice.com
Alan
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- Posted by Jay on July 26th, 2003
derek.schott wrote:
I've been using Xnews with Comcast/Giganews, and it works great for me.
When an ISP says they "support" certain applications, it's typically to
limit their support costs. Their web site and their staff don't help you
with other choices. The choices are still available, though.
- Posted by Chuck Reti on July 26th, 2003
In article <BB461009.39442%bobhaar@comcast.net>,
Bob Haar <bobhaar@comcast.net> wrote:
an older OS 9 machine in another room. OE is not available for Mac OS X,
but for those preferring an MS product, Entourage is available and
liked/used by many on OS X. The "full" Outlook 2001 (OS 8/9) client for
use with MS Exchange servers is also still available on the MS site.
A number of excellent share/free news clients with various feature sets
are available.
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chuck reti
detroit mi
