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On 1/29/05 11:25 PM, in article 41FC6FC7.9000301@nospamhotmail.com, "Scott
Nelson" <treasuredude62@nospamhotmail.com> wrote:
> I agree. I started using both Thunderbird (Email/Usenet) and Firefox
> (Browser)and haven't looked back. Both are easy to use and much more
> efficient than Outlook and IE.
>
> Marvin wrote:
>> CSM1 wrote:
>>
>>> "Sam Ormes" <sormes@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:20050128221928.12925.00000232@mb-m11.aol.com...
>>>
>>>> AOL has informed users that in early 2005 that service will stop
>>>> access to
>>>> Newsgroups. Bummer. Sure, I can get to Newsgroups using the new Google
>>>> "Groups" feature or thru IE.....but the AOL format for Usenet is much
>>>
>>>
>>> easier to
>>>
>>>> read and manage. Send AOL a nasty email if this bothers you too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually, you will be very glad that AOL is making you use what the
>>> rest of
>>> the world uses. A real Newsgroup reader.
>>>
>>> You can use the Newsgroup part of Outlook Express 6. It is far better
>>> that
>>> AOL.
>>> It is what I use for this newsgroup.
>>> Outlook Express is free and comes in every Windows OS except Version 3.x.
>>>
>>> There are other (better?) newsgroup readers available.
>>>
>> I recently started using the free e-mail and newsreader program,
>> Thunderbird, from Mozilla (www.mozilla.org). It is much better than
>> Outlook Express. It includes a spam blocker that you train simply by
>> indicating which messages are junk and which ones it classifies as junk
>> that aren't. After a couple of weeks of this, it is sorting out the
>> junk efficiently. It is also easier then OE to set up sorting rules for
>> e-mail and newsgroup postings. The address book and NG lists are
>> quickly imported from OE.
Check out Wired magazine, a good article about firefox
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