Re: Comp.Sys.Apple2

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3d976307$1_1@news2.newsgroups.com>,
Scott Alfter <salfter@salfter.dyndns.org> wrote:
 
> In article <an63if$sek$1@node21.cwnet.roc.gblx.net>,
> Dan Foster <dsf@globalcrossing.net> wrote:
>> In my case, approximately 100% of the time with a trn v4 UNIX client
>> to a local news server.
> 
> So someone else out there uses trn! :-)
 
I do too... :-)
 
But do you really need to ask this question?  Why don't you instead
just examine the headers of the posts here?  The header of your post
contained this line:
 
    X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001)
 
and the header of another post contained this line:
 
    X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
 
By examining this, you'll get to know also which VERSION of the
newsreader they use -- and also for people who wouldn't respond to
your post.
 
 
> I was using it through nntpcache for a while, but now I just pull
> news through a remote server...my Internet connection is fast
> enough for that.
 
My news server is available to me only through a dial-up modem.  It
works but is a little bit slow.  I also have an ADSL connection
where my host has no news server.  So I'm looking for a remote
news server somewhere -- any ideas or suggestions?
 
> I read mail and news over an ssh connection to a Linux server
> stashed away in a closet here.  (It beats losing the message-read
> pointers, killfiles, etc. when Windows decides to eat itself, plus
> I don't have to deal with the numerous security holes in Lookout Express.)
 
I fully agree with Lookout Express -- avoiding that program is
probably the single action which will enhance the security of your
own computer the most.  However, even as a Windoze user, you're not
forced to use Lookout Express -- yes, it's there and lazy people
don't bother to look further, but there are alternatives (Netscape
mail/newsreader, Eudora, Pine, Agent, to name just a few).
 
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