On 10/21/2018 11:52 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> 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

I use those options frequently. I just clicked (as I mentioned) Check
for Upgrades. Now I'm running v. 52.9.1. And there is a link for
release notes. So someone is keeping up with this Mozilla product.
Just as they're maintaining Firefox as a browser.

Jill