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On Sat, 4 May 2024 22:41:00 -0400, August Abolins -> Nicholas Boel wrote:

 AA> UTF-8 isn't everything though. For the most part, english,
 AA> french, german, swedish, finnish are supported in the basic
 AA> char set, I believe.

You're right, it's not. However, it's definitely something I look for (among
other things) in a reader and editor. To each their own, of course.

 AA> That was *my* link!  ;)  I created that table of pros and cons.
 AA> Yes.. since the release of Winpoint 415, the table is much
 AA> outdated now.

Looks like you've got some updating to do. ;)

 AA> Yes.. Abandonware for Apoint is disappointment.  It wasn't a
 AA> bad point system at all.

I will take your word for it.

With that said, OpenXP also has an extra nod from me because of it's NNTP
functionality. That seems to be the only one out of the three that you don't
have to use as a point, since you can access your original message base. Add
UTF-8 support in both directions and you have a clear winner there (IMO, of
course).

If WinPoint had NNTP I probably would have kept it installed. But I don't need
point software (especially storing another message base only utilized by one
program) at the moment, I just wanted to see what was out there and give it a
test run.

Great stuff, though! If either of them continue development, I will definitely
keep my eye out.

Regards,
Nick

... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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