From: pj@jostle.com
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:59:34 -0500, "Mary" wrote:
>"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
>news:h387eald9jgaslfkdhcm4kluutod9qf0pj@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:53:25 -0500, "Mary" wrote:
>>
>>>"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
>>>news:lp67eatdgs76kke582mb4bsic7ubsno1bh@4ax.com...
>>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:42:31 -0500, "Mary" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"S Viemeister" wrote in message
>>>>>news:ckgqtvFqoneU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> On 2/16/2015 11:57 PM, Mary wrote:
>>>>>>> "S Viemeister"
>>>>>>>> On 2/16/2015 7:51 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
>>>>>>>>> It just goes to show how a lack of Trolls spells the death of a ng.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Many posters have moved to FaceBook to avoid the trolls.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I still drop in here sometimes, but everybody has disappeared trolls
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> all. I don't care much for Facebook. I liked it here better, but
>>>>>>> maybe
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> will go to Facebook sometime.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I liked it here, too, but...
>>>>>> I've thought about starting an scs group on Facebook.
>>>>>
>>>>>It might be a good idea, but if it has a horrible editor as Soupdragon
>>>>>says,
>>>>>I don't know. You could try it and see how it works out I suppose. I
>>>>>don't
>>>>>have a problem with posts from trolls on SCS. I put posters whose posts
>>>>>I
>>>>>didn't want to see on my blocked list and most times never see their
>>>>>posts.
>>>>>Most mail/news readers block out posts you are not interested in. I've
>>>>>used
>>>>>Outlook express and I never see most of the posts from trolls or others
>>>>>who
>>>>>are semi-trolls :) I use Win XP for my mail and news, but for Win 7 and
>>>>>up
>>>>>you could use another mail/news reader such as Firefox or others.
>>>>>
>>>> Firefox isn't an e-mail client/newsreader. Are you thinking of
>>>> Thunderbird ?
>>>
>>>Yes, Charles. My mistake.
>>>
>> Forte Agent has a similar appearance but isn't free any more; I think
>> one of the other free newsreaders isn't too different but I can't
>> remember which one. One thing to watch for nowadays is that a
>> newsreader/mailreader doesn't open attachments by default. Some of the
>> older ones still available might not run on Windows 7 or newer.
>> SeaMonkey is another newsreader associated (like Thunderbird) with
>> Mozilla but also seems to be a browser.
>
>I've used Outlook express since it came out in Internet Explorer 4-6 bundled
>with Win 95 up to Win XP. Vista had Windows Mail, which was not the same as
>Outlook express but quite similar. I used Vista for a while, and I liked it
>OK.
>I mostly use Win XP on my desktop and win 7 on my laptop for newer
>programs.. I've never opened attachments in OE from the time I first used
>it. I've never used the address book as it caused problems for a lot of
>people, more in the beginning of Outlook express. its not as convenient not
>to use an address book, but it's saved me a lot of problems. Also, what I
>like about OE is the mail and newsreader is all on the same page, so you can
>download both at the same time. I haven't tried win 8 and don't know if I
>ever will.
>
>With win 7, there is no mail reader, so sometimes use Yahoo on win 7. But I
>don't like the setup of it.
>I've never used Mozilla or Thunderbird. For newsreader, I've used Aioe for
>many years and found it to be very good. Also a good newsreader is Eternal
>September except now many Usenet groups have died out. I always thought they
>were a good idea, but I guess lots of people didn't.
>
>Mary
>
>
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