On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:44:04 -0600, Chemiker
> wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:15:42 -0500, KLS > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:34:51 -0600, Chemiker
> wrote:
>>>Agent 5.0/32.1170
>>
>>I'm running Agent 3.3 right now and am debating whether to upgrade. I
>>understand Agent 5.0 doesn't kill crossposts, which was the main
>>reason I would consider the upgrade. True? Is the new version that
>>much better than the old?
>
>I upgraded from 4.2, which was OK. THe original 5.0 has a couple of
>glitches in it, so the newer build is supposed to be better.
>
>I'm still getting used to it, but my experience so far is:
>
>Pro: You can nest folders. That's nice feature.
>
> There's a nice "fix/repair folders" feature. Is that
> new? I don't recall seeing it in 4.2.
>
> You can handle multiple NG servers and email accts.
> I think that's new.
>
> You can handle multiple personas, condifentially.
> I haven't tested this.
>
> It's Vista compliant (Yeah, right!)
>
>Con: If you create a new desk (e.g. Usenet) It still tries to
> duplicate your folders in the original desk, to what purpose
> I can't tell.
>
> It is oblivious to RAR files.
>
> If you're downloading binaries in parts (music,video) it will
> join the parts only while they are in the NG window. If you
> save the parts, say to Extract RAR files, you can't go to the
> desktop and join the exracted parts into a whole again. I'm
> still trying to figure what's up with that.
>
> It's Vista compliant (Yeah, right!)
>
> If there's a way to lock in a sig for repeated use, I haven't
> found it. I't like to use rotating sugs, but it seems not to
> be able to do that eitiher. It's a PITA selecting the sig
> over and over message by message.
>
>I've used both earthlink webmail and Thunderbird for email, and
>years ago, Eudora. The first two are, in some ways, more feature
>rich. I'm sure there's a learning curve problem here, and I'm
>on the wrong side of it.
>
>HTH
>
>Alex, with Agent since version 0.99

Thanks, Alex. Your report is not convincing me to upgrade as I'm
still with WinXP and have no intention of moving to Vista until/unless
my employer forces me to (which has not yet happened). I appreciate
the report and will save my $20 and stick with 3.3 for a while longer.