Every few months without fail someone (on the Win Tech Off Topic mailing list) asks about replacements for Outlook Express as a NewsReader (ie the nntp protocol. not RSS/Atom) at least once a month. Here is the list of options that I'm aware of:
- Thunderbird (free; companion to Firefox)
- Omea from JetBrains (free).
- Agent from Forte ($29; also has free version)
- Xnews (free)
- Newsgator has an NNTP plugin (but no posting support)
- 40tude (free for personal use; shareware for commercial)
- NewsRover ($29.95)
Try DMOZ for more.
I currently use Thunderbird – which for my very limited needs reading/posting the eclipse mailing lists is quite sufficient.
I've not tried any of these and have no idea if they even work. Finally, I've heard warnings about the quality (both the application and the support) of "MAPILab's NNTP for Outlook".
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