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Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which bits do
you like the best)

Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
alternatives

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Southern Kiwi
southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com
Word of wisdom from high in the mountains....you know...like a Guru...but
not as old....or mystic......or wise....or high...

"Southern Kiwi" <southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why?
> (which bits do you like the best)

Xnews for newsreader.
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

I couldn't stand OE for decoding multipart binaries, and Xnews
handles them with ease.

It handles text posts very very well, but I couldn't really tell you
what is better than OE.

Good keyboard to command mapping (user definable).
Space bar selects threads for download.
Good kill-filter and reg-exp filtering ('scoring').
Handles multiple newsservers.
Handy stuff like 'reconstruct thread'.
Macros.
Can use external editor for composing replies.
....

Mark

Try mozilla thunderbird. It is free and has a clean interface.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/


Southern Kiwi wrote:
> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which bits do
> you like the best)
>
> Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
> alternatives
>
> --
> -- Cheers
> Southern Kiwi
> southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com
> Word of wisdom from high in the mountains....you know...like a Guru...but
> not as old....or mystic......or wise....or high...

aldrin fabricius wrote:
> Try mozilla thunderbird. It is free and has a clean interface.
>
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>
>
> Southern Kiwi wrote:
>> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which bits do
>> you like the best)
>>
>> Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
>> alternatives
>>
>> --
>> -- Cheers
>> Southern Kiwi
>> southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com
>> Word of wisdom from high in the mountains....you know...like a Guru...but
>> not as old....or mystic......or wise....or high...
>
Thanks, I am

aldrin fabricius wrote:
> Try mozilla thunderbird. It is free and has a clean interface.
>
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
>

Agreed, clean and simple

aldrin fabricius wrote:
> Try mozilla thunderbird. It is free and has a clean interface.
>
> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/



Only thing I hate about Thunderbird is when you start it, it seems to
randomly choose some thread and expand that thread out and display some
message from it. This bug(undocumented feature) seems to have existed
for ages and is quite annoying.

Anyeone else see that? I am sure I saw someone else writing about it a
long time ago but yet still seems to exist in the latest version.

In article <>, southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com
says...
> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which bits do
> you like the best)
>
> Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
> alternatives
>
>

Latest version of Pegasus Mail is very very nice. Even comes with it's built-in
self training spam filter (but you can also write your own filters, down to
sorting the read mail into different mail folders).

-P.

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Peter Huebner wrote:
> In article <>, southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com
> says...
>> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which bits do
>> you like the best)
>>
>> Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
>> alternatives
>>
>>
>
> Latest version of Pegasus Mail is very very nice. Even comes with it's built-in
> self training spam filter (but you can also write your own filters, down to
> sorting the read mail into different mail folders).
>
> -P.
>
But it doesn't do newsgroups

Flintstone wrote:
> Peter Huebner wrote:
>> In article <>,
>> southern_kiwi@*spamsucks*hotmail.com says...
>>> Currently using OE, 'tis ok, but what is better...and why? (which
>>> bits do you like the best)
>>>
>>> Rabid MS bashing for the sake of it ignored, I'm more interested in
>>> alternatives
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Latest version of Pegasus Mail is very very nice. Even comes with it's
>> built-in
>> self training spam filter (but you can also write your own filters,
>> down to sorting the read mail into different mail folders).
>>
>> -P.
>>
> But it doesn't do newsgroups

I'm trialling Thunderbird for a while, feels good after some tweaks.

Things I like:

Newsreader customisation, (ability to track/filter threads easily)
Hotmail support (using add-ons)
Built in spell checker
Trainable spam filter
Default bottom post

Cheers
Southern Kiwi

Southern Kiwi wrote:

> I'm trialling Thunderbird for a while, feels good after some tweaks.
>
> Things I like:
>
> Newsreader customisation, (ability to track/filter threads easily)
> Hotmail support (using add-ons)
> Built in spell checker
> Trainable spam filter
> Default bottom post
>
> Cheers
> Southern Kiwi

Where did you find the Hotmail add on?