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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: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:21:31 -0800
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:56:01 +0100, "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:14:10 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> Actually, what he should want is the Upgrade form ... but that's not
>> actually available at last report.
>
>He doesn't need 8.00. II just posted a test message with 1.93:
>
>| > From: "s|b"
>| > Newsgroups: be.test
>| > Subject: test - ignore
>| > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:52:16 +0100
>| > Message-ID: <lva56fF2g0lU1@mid.individual.net>
>| > X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American)
>
>It still works, even on W11.
>
>As for the upgrade form: the website was offline for a long time. It's
>up again, but buying 8.00 doesn't seem possible. Some consider Agent to
>be abandonware, so I've seen license keys being shared, even in auorfa.

Well, it certainly /looked/ like it for a while.
--=20
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