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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Looking for USENET client recommendations for Windows
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:42:17 -0800
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On 16 Jan 2025 10:55:17 GMT, Jaimie Vandenbergh
<jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:

>On 15 Jan 2025 at 03:14:28 GMT, "Mad Hamish"
><newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:27:52 -0800, Paul S Person
>> <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:07:41 -0000 (UTC), Bice Eichler
>>> <eichler2@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> Sadly, after using Forte Free Agent for decades, the software has =
stopped
>>>> working on my Windows 10 computer.  I installed a bluetooth driver =
for
>>>> some new speakers I had bought, and that somehow killed Agent.  I =
tried
>>>> reinstalling it and even getting the latest version I could find =
online
>>>> (ver. 8) and it still won't install or run.
>>>=20
>>> Have you tried asking in alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent ?
>>>=20
>>> It has been very helpful to me and to others, and has dealt with the
>>> key problem in the past.
>>>=20
>>> Whether Forte is dead or not is an open question, apparently.
>>=20
>> Their website has disappeared along with their commercial  newsserver
>> service so it looks like it
>
>Very much still live -
>
>https://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

And [https://www.forteinc.com/] redirects to that -- today.

Apparently, the 503 Error is specific to the Periodic Update Check and
the Help menu entry Check for Updates. All the other online links on
the Help menu work.

Unfortunately, I am having trouble finding out what the Update Check
is using as a URL.=20
--=20
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