Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: "Ed Federmeyer" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.internet Subject: Windows Newsreading software wanted Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 12:45:18 -0500 Organization: Ed Federmeyer Lines: 26 Message-ID: <6rpk8l$1qh9@scea> NNTP-Posting-Host: charlie.cns.iit.edu X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Arch! I just downloaded some latest-greatest patch to Internet Explorer 4.0, and suddenly I'm using "Microsoft Outlook Express" as my Usenet newsreader software. It's not all *that* bad, but when it gives me the list of groups I'm subscribed to, it doesn't REFRESH them! In other words, I need to go into each group one-by one to see if there are any new posts! As it's bringing the list up, it should check each group to see if there is unread news, so I can completely skip groups with nothing unread in them! Just before this patch, I was using the built-in newsreader from IE4.0, and that was okay. Any idea how to get that back? It seems that everytime I download a new patch to IE or Netscape, they feel compelled to change their newsreaders! Not always for the better! What are all of you using to read news? (I'm especially interested in Windows users!) At this point, I'd prefer to get a standalone (not plugin) newsreader, so that changes to my web browser won't effect my newsreading! Any suggestions? EdF