On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:21:01 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

What's the advantage to an aftermarket newsreader? A perfectly good one
came free with my Windows.

Is there really an advantage, or is it just rage against the machine?

I've been using Agent since before v. 1.93--about ten years.

It's the best $29 I've spent.

You can go to www.forteinc.com and download a fully functional version of the
brand new (YAY!) Agent 2.0. You'll be able to test it for 30 days for free.

The features I have found most useful in Agent (just bought 2.0 but haven't yet
evaluated it) are these:

* Very powerful filtering capabilities, using RegExp
* Extreme ease of use
* Speed
* Decodes binary attachments seamlessly
* Has a functional email client (although I still use Eudora for email)
* Easily configured separate folders

Joe Parsons


-W

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
news

Agent has just released Version 2.0 Build 640 to the public. There
are significant improvements in this version, but it does not, yet,
incorporate many of the most desired (and promised) features. One of
the most significant features is enhanced message sorting and
threading. Personally, I find these changes quite useful in the
ongoing battle against -OT- in rec.boats.

General Information:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php

Information specific to 2.0...2.x:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/roadmap.php

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Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC.

http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/
Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/directions.asp Where
Southport,NC is located.
http://www.southharbourvillage.com/autoupdater.htm Real Time Pictures
at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide