Get a real news reader and dump Outlook Express for news. In fact,
you'd be well served to dump Outlook and/or Outlook Express even for
mail.

No problems with OE here... been using it for years. Filters are easy.

--Mike

"HK" wrote in message
...
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:29 GMT, Mike Harrison penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root
newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.



Get a real news reader and dump Outlook Express for news. In fact,
you'd be well served to dump Outlook and/or Outlook Express even for
mail.

In fact, house of you out there using Google Groups should make a new
year's resolution to start using a standards compliant news
reader.....



It's hard to dump Outlook if the company you work for is large and has it
integrated into its IT functions and services. But not using Outlook
Express is the way to go. It's just awful.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:09:53 -0800, "Mike" wrote:

No problems with OE here... been using it for years. Filters are easy.

I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well. Also, a lot of the better .mp3, mp4 files have
been compressed using other than those recognised by MS.

I tried a few newsreaders, but settled on Forte' Agent. I've gotten
used to it, but it does have some strange "quirks".

I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I guess
what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources, not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing is...
except for Harry of course. :-?

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:09:53 -0800, "Mike" wrote:

No problems with OE here... been using it for years. Filters are easy.

I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well. Also, a lot of the better .mp3, mp4 files have
been compressed using other than those recognised by MS.

I tried a few newsreaders, but settled on Forte' Agent. I've gotten
used to it, but it does have some strange "quirks".

Mike wrote:
I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I guess
what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources, not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing is...
except for Harry of course. :-?

--Mike


I don't bother with multi-part binaries. I don't see the point. I
download MP4s from Russia (with Love), and any movies I might want are
available from various sites in *.RAR file format. Same with MP3's.

The problem with usenet music binaries is that you never really know
what the hell you are getting, quality-wise.

HK wrote:
Mike wrote:
I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I
guess what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources,
not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing
is... except for Harry of course. :-?

--Mike


I don't bother with multi-part binaries. I don't see the point. I
download MP4s from Russia (with Love), and any movies I might want are
available from various sites in *.RAR file format. Same with MP3's.

You do know you are stealing intellectual property when you download
from those Russian sites. They DO NOT PAY royalties and have been the
bane of MPAA who are trying to close down these sites.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:09:32 -0500, HK wrote:

Mike wrote:
I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I guess
what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources, not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing is...
except for Harry of course. :-?

I don't bother with multi-part binaries. I don't see the point. I
download MP4s from Russia (with Love), and any movies I might want are
available from various sites in *.RAR file format. Same with MP3's.

Right - I'm going to give a Russian mob a valid credit card number.

Not to mention that these are non-royalty paying sites and are
essentially pirating the music and movies.

Which I would think should be a problem for you being a professional
writer and such.

The problem with usenet music binaries is that you never really know
what the hell you are getting, quality-wise.

The better groups all use the higher compression. The stuff I
download is mostly experimental/trance/ambient stuff that has never
seen a recording studio.

Most of it is junk - some of it is quite good.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:09:32 -0500, HK wrote:

Mike wrote:
I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I guess
what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources, not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing is...
except for Harry of course. :-?
I don't bother with multi-part binaries. I don't see the point. I
download MP4s from Russia (with Love), and any movies I might want are
available from various sites in *.RAR file format. Same with MP3's.

Right - I'm going to give a Russian mob a valid credit card number.

Not to mention that these are non-royalty paying sites and are
essentially pirating the music and movies.

Which I would think should be a problem for you being a professional
writer and such.

The problem with usenet music binaries is that you never really know
what the hell you are getting, quality-wise.

The better groups all use the higher compression. The stuff I
download is mostly experimental/trance/ambient stuff that has never
seen a recording studio.

Most of it is junk - some of it is quite good.


Okay. One of the sites I visit has acres of "trance" music. What the
hell is it?

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:48:03 -0500, HK wrote:

Okay. One of the sites I visit has acres of "trance" music. What the
hell is it?

You wouldn't like it.

Don't bother.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:09:32 -0500, HK wrote:

Mike wrote:
I used it for a long time, but found it didn't handle multi-part
binaries very well.

I generally don't use it for that, but when I have, it's worked ok. I guess
what I mean is that I get mp3s and whatnot, from other sources, not usenet.

I will admit though, that it aint perfect, but then again, nothing is...
except for Harry of course. :-?
I don't bother with multi-part binaries. I don't see the point. I
download MP4s from Russia (with Love), and any movies I might want are
available from various sites in *.RAR file format. Same with MP3's.

Right - I'm going to give a Russian mob a valid credit card number.

Not to mention that these are non-royalty paying sites and are
essentially pirating the music and movies.

Which I would think should be a problem for you being a professional
writer and such.


I wonder what the Russian Mob could do with a credit card with a $20,000
credit limit.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

The problem with usenet music binaries is that you never really know
what the hell you are getting, quality-wise.

The better groups all use the higher compression. The stuff I
download is mostly experimental/trance/ambient stuff that has never
seen a recording studio.

Most of it is junk - some of it is quite good.


I've got one that I downloaded quite a while ago. I think I mentioned it
before .... Sousa's "Stars and Stripes". It's an excellent performance and
was done at a very high bit rate. It sounds better than many of my CD's or
music DVD's on the Martin-Logan's. You can clearly hear every instrument in
the band.

Eisboch