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Ian Hoare > typed:

> Salut/Hi Ken Blake,
>
> le/on Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:16:43 -0700, tu disais/you said:-
>
>
>> If I'm not mistaken, one of Agent's disadvantages is that it
>> won't handle multiple newsservers. I personally prefer Outlook
>> Express, but even if I didn't, since I use five different
>> servers, that would rule it for me.
>
> Hamster solves that problem, Ken. It acts as a local news
> server,
> allowing you to link to any number of others. It integrates
> their
> feeds, creating a single newsgroup base, to which Agent then
> looks.


Thanks, Ian. I never heard of Hamster before, but it's good to
know about.

I'll still pass on Agent though. As I said, I used to use it, but
prefer Outlook Express.

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Ken Blake
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> It IS a more complex process, in that subscribing to a new
> group
> involved subscribing first in Hamster and then d/ling in Agent,
> but
> it does do the job and as I rarely find myself surfing non
> subscribed
> newsgroups, I can live with it. I agree with you, though, that
> Agent's lack of multiple newsfeed support is a major black
> mark. A
> good point on the other hand, is that one can have multiple
> instances
> running at the same time. One looks to Hamster to give perfect
> completion and the other can look to your best newsfeed, and
> give you
> a quick idea as to whether it's worth while. And of course NOT
> being
> the market leader it very rarely gets targetted by virus
> writers
> testing out the latest exploit.