I use Outlook Express, for both email and usenet. Get my
usenet service from eternal - september (dot org). Works,
for me. Reasonably dependable, too. Virus magnet properties,
no extra charge.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Higgs Boson" wrote in message
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Straight question.

What is the purpose of paying for a newsreader? Is it to
access news
groups? For that purpose, is Google really so awful? Esp,
for
people who visit only a few NGs?

(Note: I had one of the BEST email clients for years --
Forte Agent.
Swift, powerful, sophisticated.
But when they discontinued NG access, I went to a Web-based
email
client. I guess I could still use Agent just for email, but
now I'm
sot in me ways.

Or do people pay for a newsreader to follow the news,
period. If the
latter, why not just go to news sources on-line?

Have been puzzling about this for some time.

Enlightenment, anyone?

HB
HB