Question about newsgroup reader

Posted by Renny Bosch on September 25, 2009, 8:11 pm

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I am reading this newsgroup using Google Groups and Firefox in Windows
XP. I also read the QuickBooks newsgroup. In the latter after I read
a message it keeps track of that fact and later distinguishes between
read and unread messages, but in Quicken it always shows all messages
as unread. Is this a flaw in Google Groups (I know the Usenet
community frowns on that), or something in the way I logged in? Any
ideas? Anyone else with the same experience?

Sorry for the Off-Topic inquiry.

Renny

Posted by Laura on September 25, 2009, 8:53 pm

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>I am reading this newsgroup using Google Groups and Firefox in Windows

> XP. I also read the QuickBooks newsgroup. In the latter after I read

> a message it keeps track of that fact and later distinguishes between

> read and unread messages, but in Quicken it always shows all messages

> as unread. Is this a flaw in Google Groups (I know the Usenet

> community frowns on that), or something in the way I logged in? Any

> ideas? Anyone else with the same experience?

> Sorry for the Off-Topic inquiry.

> Renny

You can access both the quicken and quickbooks news groups using
new.eternal-september.org news servers. They offer FREE access to text only
newsgroups. Many folks have gotten accounts when their ISP dropped usnet
access. http://www.eternal-september.org/

Then get Thunderbird or use Outlook express that comes with XP to access the
newsgroups.

You'll like this a lot better than using google groups and your browser to
read the messages.

Posted by Renny Bosch on September 26, 2009, 3:57 pm

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Thanks Laura for the link to the news.eternal-september.org news server. I
am now using Outlook Express to read the QB and Q newsgroups, and it keeps
track of read and unread messages just like it should.

Roadrunner does not offer a free usenet news server.

As for the Google Groups reader, I can't quite agree that it is all that
awful. It's nice that it lets me see all messages of one thread in a single
window. The fact that a lot of Googlers are spammers can't be cured by
using a direct usenet reader.

Anyway, thanks to you all.

Renny

>>I am reading this newsgroup using Google Groups and Firefox in Windows

>> XP. I also read the QuickBooks newsgroup. In the latter after I read

>> a message it keeps track of that fact and later distinguishes between

>> read and unread messages, but in Quicken it always shows all messages

>> as unread. Is this a flaw in Google Groups (I know the Usenet

>> community frowns on that), or something in the way I logged in? Any

>> ideas? Anyone else with the same experience?

>> Sorry for the Off-Topic inquiry.

>> Renny

> You can access both the quicken and quickbooks news groups using

> new.eternal-september.org news servers. They offer FREE access to text

> only newsgroups. Many folks have gotten accounts when their ISP dropped

> usnet access. http://www.eternal-september.org/

> Then get Thunderbird or use Outlook express that comes with XP to access

> the newsgroups.

> You'll like this a lot better than using google groups and your browser to

> read the messages.

Posted by XS11E on September 26, 2009, 6:44 pm

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> Thanks Laura for the link to the news.eternal-september.org news

> server. I am now using Outlook Express to read the QB and Q

> newsgroups, and it keeps track of read and unread messages just

> like it should.

Now if we can get you to stop top posting.....

> As for the Google Groups reader, I can't quite agree that it is

> all that awful. It's nice that it lets me see all messages of one

> thread in a single window. The fact that a lot of Googlers are

> spammers can't be cured by using a direct usenet reader.

But using a newsreader with proper scoring and/or killfiling abilities
allows you not to see their spam.

--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project:
http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

Posted by Renny Bosch on September 26, 2009, 7:59 pm

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>> Thanks Laura for the link to the news.eternal-september.org news

>> server. I am now using Outlook Express to read the QB and Q

>> newsgroups, and it keeps track of read and unread messages just

>> like it should.

> Now if we can get you to stop top posting.....

Have we finally come to an agreement on top vs. bottom posting? I've been
amazed that after all these years even our experts are still half top and
half bottom. I'm basing this observation mainly on the Microsoft help
groups. I would be delighted to follow the consensus standard if I knew
what it is.

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