Ryan
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Attleboro, MA
| [POLL] Newsgroup Readers - 2009 Member Choice
Wikipeida: "A newsreader is an application program that reads articles on Usenet (generally known as newsgroup), either directly from the news server's disks or via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP).
There are several different types of newsreaders, depending on the type of service the user needs — whether intended primarily for discussion or for downloading files posted to the alt.binaries hierarchy. Although Usenet originally started as a message board without any file attachment ability, many Usenet users today do not participate in NNTP discussion groups and only use Newsgroups for downloading files such as music, movies, software and games."
Those interested in learning more about newsgroups should read Slycks Guide to Newsgroups. This is a beginners guide not only explaining how Usenet works, but also comparing Usenet Servers and software.
Please do not confuse Newsreaders with RSS Readers. Newsreaders or Usenet Clients are strictly for connecting and downloading from Newsgroups aka USENET.
"Other" has been omitted from the poll due to RSS Readers being voted for in previous polls.
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
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join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs: 
 ·Comcast
Host:
TV over IP
Software
RCN
Inside Insight
Team Discovery
| Excellent compilation, Ryan  .. thank you! 
Although I have utilized Opera in the past, my choice is none. |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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join:2001-08-27
Canada
 ·Bell Sympatico
·Cogeco Cable
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Great job with the poll Ryan .
I use the one built into Opera. |
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TheAnalyzer
join:2006-01-20 | reply to Ryan
Excellent poll Ryan!
I am using: Opera.
TA
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Ryan
Great Poll Ryan!
Don't use newsgroups any more, but when I did I used GrabIt.
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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jabarnut
Light Years Away
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join:2005-01-22
Galaxy M31
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Nice job on the poll Ryan!
Yikes...a lot of Newsgroup Readers!
However, I'm voting a lot of "none" these days.
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jmorlan
Hmm... That's funny.
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join:2001-02-05
Pacifica, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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Thanks for the poll!
Voted Forte Agent and currently using version 5.0. Also read some text newsgroups archived via Google Groups via the web.
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niblifar
join:2004-02-12
Ohio | reply to Ryan
When I had newsgroup access, Pan did the job. Nice poll.
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RayMorris
Microsoft Certified Systems Crasher
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join:2004-01-07
Philippines
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Been using Newsbin Pro for almost 3 years now.
The best $35 that I have ever spent.  |
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nwrickert
sand groper
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join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
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I am currently using "knode" (a GUI newsreader), and "nn" (command line plain text newsreader).
I could not find either in the poll, and there was no "other" option, so I did not vote.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.8 |
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furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA
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said by RayMorris :Been using Newsbin Pro for almost 3 years now. The best $35 that I have ever spent. Same here. |
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Jeffrey
too dark too early
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join:2002-12-24
Dix Hills,NY
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Great poll!
For years I used Agent, but left long ago for Newsleecher and haven't looked back. |
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dbarber
join:2000-07-25
West Chester, PA
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WOW!! I'm the only one using the Binary News Reaper? BNR2 does a great job for me allowing multiple feeds from multiple servers. Currently using nine feeds from three different news servers. It sure maxes out my pipe!
Donn
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neonhomer
Honoray Mythbuster
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join:2004-01-27
Edgewater, FL
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Forte Agent... Been a user of that forever..... I think back to when I first got Mindspring when I was running a old 286 IBM PS/2... |
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AnonShawUser
join:2006-06-17
Calgary, AB | reply to Ryan
Grabit and Newsreactor, here. Only because I was using NewsReactor for years before paying up, and rather enjoy how simplified Grabit's interface is (as well as built-in parity and extraction methods). |
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ZZZZZZZ
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join:2001-05-27
PARADISE |  reply to Ryan
I use the Opera reader and O.E. and also the Sage extension for Firefox.
You can export the different feeds in Opera and FF and use them in each browser.
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scarney
Bbr Team Discovery - Bbr Team Rc5
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Madison, WI
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Alt.Binz contributer ftw! :@) |
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Garvaon
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join:2004-05-27
Toronto, ON | reply to Ryan
I use Grabit for binaries and Agent for text messages. |
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StreetSpirit
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join:2002-08-13
Roslyn, NY
·Optimum Online
·Verizon Online DSL
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Excellent poll, Ryan . I was wondering what other people were using these days.
For binaries I'm using Schemes Grabit, specifically GrabIt v1.7.2 ßeta 3.
For text, I find Thunderbird v2.0.0.21 to be the easiest/most intuitive, since I already use it as a mail client.
I selected Grabit in the poll.
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Regards,
Dave
P.S. I came across an interesting article, RIP Usenet 1980-2008 ... |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to Ryan
Newsbin Pro for binaries, XNews for text here. |
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