XPost: alt.comp.software.thunderbird, alt.privacy.anon-server
On 17 Jun 2024, D <
noreply@mixmin.net> posted some news:
20240618.040754.75cd18a8@mixmin.net:
On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:36:32 -0000 (UTC), DV <dv@reply-to.not.invalid>
wrote:
D wrote:
haven't used a mac since the 1990s, but 40Tude Dialog is still the
best freeware newsreader (v2.0.15.1, 4d2b38.exe, 3.8 MB, 2005-2-7),
notably listed first in this extensive list of popular newsreaders:
(using Tor Browser 13.0.16)
http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
Thanks for reminding me of a web page I wrote. ;-)
Yes, 40Tude Dialog is a highly recommendable newsreader. But it runs
on Windows, while MacCafe is specifically designed for macOS.
yes, and for mac users, that's fine; whereas for windows users, it
seems that the current most popular newsreader, thunderbird
(betterbird, etc.) is problematic in ways that the far older classic
40tude dialog does not have any problems with . . . other newsgroups
have discussed issues with thunderbird at length, e.g. difficulties
with scoring, dns prefetch, etc. dialog is far easier to install, use
and maintain compared to any others
Thunderbird fucks up ordinary text. Explain how an ordinary capital
letter turns into unicode even when use plain text only is set in
Thunderbird.
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