On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:26:45 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On 1/4/2008 9:44:12 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:59:21 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:12:29 GMT, Short Wave
Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of
rec.boats:

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:55:17 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

I know this to be a faked version, since I
am on the Forte Agent beta team.

So this over priced junk program I'm using is YOUR
fault?

I'd pay more, if I got features I would *use*.

Figures. :)

No.... I refuse to take credit. In fact, I've become so
disenchanted
with the direction Forte is taking with Agent (whatever
that is) that
I am looking at alternatives.

Out of curiosity, what's the diff between the newer
versions and the
1.93 I'm using? I stopped at 1.93 because an upgrade
would have
cost, and I've been happy with it anyway.
I'm thinking I'm missing something about newsreaders,
having stuck
with Agent for more than a decade.

--Vic


Apparently, there will be no further 4.x versions.
With Version 5.x "Forté will offer an array of news + email
software and services." Let me know, if you have a clue
what that means.....
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/roadmap.php
http://www.forteinc.com/news/bulletin.php?id=agent50


Here are the release notes from the Forte web site:

30-Jan-07 Agent 4.2 NZB, database performance and
smart abbreviation...

14-Oct-06 Agent 4.1 Performance enhancements and bug
fixes to Agent 4.0...

18-Aug-06 Agent 4.0 Ignore subthread, image preview, junk
detection, route by identity, improved Usenet task
scheduling, and more...

09-Mar-06 Agent 3.3 Database recovery tool,
improvements to secure communications (SSL), and fixes
to issues raised by Agent users...

31-Jan-06 Agent 3.2 Multiple POP accounts, multiple SMTP
serviers, multiple personas, and SSL...

15-Sep-05 Agent 3.1Performance enhancements, better
header joining, and bug fixes to Agent 3.0...

03-Aug-05 Agent 3.0 Support for multiple news servers,
multiple connections to news servers, task management,
and more...

06-Feb-04 Agent 2.0 Major upgrade to Agent's underlying
architecture and user interface...
http://www.forteinc.com/release/index.php

Thanks, Gene. Since 1.93 fills all my needs, I guess
it was foregoing 2.0 that kept me satisfied with Agent.

--Vic