On 10/21/2018 11:37 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/20/2018 3:37 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 10/20/2018 1:19 PM, notbob wrote:
>>> On 10/20/2018 10:57 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been trying to figure out which newsreader to put on Win10, so
>>>> why does Thunderbird aggravate you if you don't mind me asking.
>>>
>>> For one thing, it does NOT KF on one word.
>>
>> I do, all the time.* Using Thunderbird.
>>
>>> Gotta include the entire name/email addy.* Gotta click right on that
>>> > sign to open thread.
>>
>> I have all the posts listed and sort by thread if I want.* No need
>> to open threads.
>>
>>> Doesn't tell how many posts are in a given thread (like slrn does).
>>>
>>> Doesn't do a forward/back "author" or "subject" search.* If it does,
>>> I don't know how to fly it.
>>
>> Not sure what that means, I click on author or subject, once in
>> a while, to sort by that.

> Thunderbird works well for me.* Took me a while the first install,
> mostly because my ISP (comcast) didn't know what port numbers I should
> use to connect to a newsserver.* They'd never heard of Usenet or news
> servers. LOL

So helpful.

> As for no longer developed?* Don't know wrote wrote that comment.* I'm
> using T-bird v. 52.7.0.* They are still releasing updates.* If you click
> on Help you'll see what version you're running.* There's a button to
> click if you want to check for updates.
>
> I'm pretty sure Thunderbird can do all the things nb wants.

I like the Mark All Read and Mark Thread Read options, and there are
also a number of Add Ons to further get Thunderbird to work the way
you want.

nancy