"Owen Lawrence" wrote in
:

I use Outlook Express. It's a piece of crap.

It was already on my machine and I've been too lazy/busy to install
anything better. I'm watching for a concensus here...

Doubt you'll get a consensus. XNews is very good, and free (I use
it). Other popular free readers are Free Agent, Gravity, and Dialog.
Being free, you could try them all.

John