Is there a download for Free Agent anywhere still? Forte's site reports that
they have discontinued it.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:52:08 +0100, Bob Phillips wrote:

Version 3.3 was the last Agent that had freeware mode available. You can
get it here: http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download-all.php

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Bob Phillips wrote in article
<FLqdnTE04vg66IbanZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@pipex.net>:

The 3.x versions of Agent could be installed and used as Free Agent;
AFAIK the 4.x versions can only be used as full $ installs.

If a 3.x version is installed for trial it will revert to free after a
trial period, but some (desirable) functions will stop working.

Many people are still using older versions, especially 1.21 and 1.93
(avoiding 2.x which had problems), but Forte no longer makes them
available. I googled a bit hoping to point you to a source, but never
came up with one.

If nobody here has a source, you might try googling or posting in
alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent.moderated or
alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent for those older versions. I'm
sure there are copies available out there, perhaps in private hands.

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:52:08 +0100, "Bob Phillips"
<bob.ngs@somewhere.com> wrote:

fa32-121.exe

http://papa.indstate.edu:8888/ftp/ma...ws95!News.html


Regards, John.

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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:52:08 +0100, "Bob Phillips"
<bob.ngs@somewhere.com> wrote:

Agent 3.3 is still available from Forte here. Reverts to Free Agent
after trial period:

ftp://ftp3.forteinc.com/pub/agent/en...enu330-846.exe

You also might want to consider 40tude Dialog (free for personal use):

http://www.40tude.com/dialog/

Very much like Agent, and (IMHO as a paid user of Agent 4.2) better
than FA 3.3 in overall features. Perhaps no longer being developed,
but then neither is Agent 3.3.

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"Yrrah" <Yrrah.spamnothere@hitmail.com> wrote in message
news:nevmh3t98g7719mmpj9f6k76933ktna6n0@isp.com...

Which are better IYO?

Thanks,

Someone else suggested 40tude, so I will look at that one.


"Yrrah" <Yrrah.spamnothere@hitmail.com> wrote in message
news:k2iph35bm4jbr4a4arbd5heaj79qknj7b1@isp.com...

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:45:48 -0700, Don Kirkman
<donsno2@wavecable.com> wrote:

time. 3.3 is really a sort of nagware, because it has menus for
disabled functions that are there only to goad you to buy the payfor
version.

In handling images it's a quite frustrating, because downloading,
saving, displaying, and deleting them requires far more work, and
takes up more disk space than in 1.93.

OTOH, it does have some convenience features lacking in the earlier
versions.
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Don Kirkman wrote:
from this year's Pricelessware List:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/200...ET.php#0295-PW
<q>
Free Agent (v 1.21)
Company: Forte Internet Software
Author: --
(Liteware) LFW (v 1.21) last uncrippled version (fa32-121.exe)
http://archives.mysteryfcm.co.uk/?f=...ews/Free_Agent
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: Free Agent is your guide to news, fun and information in
the Usenet newsgroups.
download page:
v 1.21 (2000- - )
[ fa32-121.exe (1079 KB)]
http://archives.mysteryfcm.co.uk/?f=...ews/Free_Agent
alternate download page
http://papa.indstate.edu:8888/ftp/ma...ws95!News.html
Home Page ($ware):
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/
</q>

Susan
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