Re: [cobalt-users] newsgroup server

[the webthing <webthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08/19/2000 09:02:01 MDT, the forward command post of catweasel.org
intercepted a message from Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Sold! I'm all in favor.

Ditto

> However, I must ask (out of ignorance): while I would be much happier
> using news on a daily basis, several times already my 2000 stored
> messages from this list have functioned as my personal archives when I
> was offline and helped me more quickly diagnose a problem. Is there any
> easy way to do this? Otherwise, I personally would be much happier using
> *both* methods... reading news but having another computer/account
> download all the mail messages and store them.

The best news client I've found for Windoze is Agent.  Free Agent is
nearly as good, and free.  Either makes it easy to keep messages and
access them while offline.  I still have usenet messages from four years
ago that I can access at will.  Or could if I could remember which drive
or CD they are on!


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