Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 10/13/05 00:35

Saxman wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> Get yourself a decent newsreader and dump Google Groups. Most come with
>> filtering abilities. I switched from Thunderbird to 40tude Dialog
>> exactly because of this problem. 40tude has better filtering. In the
>> Scoring and Actions:
>
> I installed this, and it looks neat, but I found it almost impossible to
> set up, even using the wizard. I kept getting connection errors.
>
> I thought one only needed:-
>
> Newsserver ID
Port number, if different from default
--- Email address - only if you want to use it for email
--- (use a munged address for just news)
--- Incoming news address - same as newsserver id
--- Outgoing news address - only need one server name
> User name
> Password
Possible SSL is needed, depending on server

> Far too complex for a novice. I have no such problems with Thunderbird
> or Outlook Express, which is a shame. Most of the spammers cross post
> as you pointed out.

Yes, it is a full-fledged application, designed for news first, and
email second, I would suggest. Thunderbird, on the other hand, is email
first, with news as an added enhancement. Keep playing with it. <g>

I had used Gravity for several years, but moved to Thunderbird for its
better multiple server support. Now I find 40tude does that well.

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-bts
-When motorcycling, never follow a pig truck

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