I use Agent 4.2 news reader; have been using Agent for many years. I have found it to be lean and mean --- fast and easy to navigate. I am now faced with using Google Groups facility to get to alt.security.alarms, because Covad, my vendor, decided a few weeks ago to eliminate its news server because of a lack of traffic from its customers.
I do not like the manner in which Google displays the posts. Does anyone know if I can use Agent to access Google's news servers?
I don't think you can, but there are other NNTP services available, some free (with limited offerings), some pay (with broader options).
Does Agent support RSS feeds? I think Google is availabe via rss service now.
snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com Thou my lady tongue. Thou bat-fowling, beggarly most unjust knave. Ye sibilated:
individual.net, 10 euro a year.
astraweb, $10 for 25GB, take as long as you want to use it.
octanews, $8 for 8 GB, take as long as you want to use it.
forte APN, makers of Agent, $2.95/month.
motzarella.org, free.
The first four I know for sure carry the group. I recommend individual.net, but you must post with a valid email address. next would be octanews, followed by astraweb, and I'd go for forte's APN offering absolute last, and only if I were insane. Forte use supernews and it's a very tightly filtered service, almost to the point of being useless. Supernews will block your posts to alt.test if their spam filters think you're spamming.
Don't thank me; just f*ck off and die. Horribly. Thanks.
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