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   Anybody to mr@sandman.net   
   Re: Did the prequels kill the fans?   
   14 Aug 07 19:03:46   
   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article , Sandman   
    wrote:   
      
   > In article <130820070849193889%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com>,   
   >  Anybody  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article , Sandman   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > In article   
   > > > ,   
   > > >  "usher"  wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > > "Anybody"  wrote:   
   > > > > > Sandman  wrote:   
   > > > > >>  Jill Marie Fritsche  wrote:   
   > > > > >> > I guess I'm just an old dog...I like usenet better.   
   > > > > >>   
   > > > > >> As do I... Web forums suck. :)   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Me too, and not only because I'm on a dial-up connection so graphic   
   > > > > > heavy forums like Force.net take far too long to load. It's much   
   > > > > > easier   
   > > > > > and quicker to see new messages here and there's a KillFile to get   
   rid   
   > > > > > the idiots.  :-)   
   > > > >   
   > > > > I need a free newsreader with a killfile. Any suggestions? One that   
   > > > > also   
   > > > > does image downloads would be nice, too.   
   > > >   
   > > > Get a Mac and download MT-NewsWatcher, best usenet reader on the   
   > > > planet. And free. :)   
   > >   
   > > I'm using YA-NewsWatcher. I didn't like the MT version when I was   
   > > looking at them years ago.   :-)   
   > >   
   > > I think the YA version later became "Thoth" and may have stopped being   
   > > made now.   
   >   
   > Yep. MTNW is still being developed. Just not at a blazing pace :)   
   >   
   > I really would like to like newsreaders like Unison, but I can't stand   
   > the limited filtring options.   
      
   I've never used them since I'm still on Mac OS 9, but Hogwasher has a   
   bit of a following, and I see Thoth is still being worked on according   
   to MacOrchard.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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