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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Mail serve
Date: 21 Apr 2025 14:46:57 GMT
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:39:56 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/20/2025 4:17 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>>> I am an old-school Thunderbird user still. It allows me access to 
>>> Eternal Sept to read this newsgroup. Not even sure if news groups are 
>>> even used anymore we seem to be a bunch of crazy old cyclist.
>>> 
>>> Thunderbird is good but slow and I would possible like to go to Outlook 
>>> but it will cost $70 a year. What are you all using for your email 
>>> program and getting the newsgroup. Pretty sure Andrew is doing what I do 
>>> but maybe not for all email.
>> 
>> If thunderbird is slow on your PC it isn't an issue with Thunderbird. 
>> I'm running it on two laptops with no speed issues. The issues you're 
>> running into are more likely with ES. It's a free service (donation 
>> based) being managed by a small team for little money. The fastest/best 
>> PC and internet connectivity aren't going to help with that.
>> 
>> Also, Outlook isn't a newsreader, so you won't be able to access RBT 
>> with it, and besides a basic outlook email account is free. If you want 
>> additional cloud storage, there's a fee.
> 
> I use Eternal September with Forte Agent as a newsreader. I have no
> issues with speed, but occasionally my Eternal September connection
> simply shuts down. Usenet is not a high enough priority for me for
> that to be a problem. I've got many, many other things to do.
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman
> 

I use the News.individual.net (check link as it’s from memory) aka the
German server which is £10 a year and is fast and reliable which seems
worth not having to deal with the glitches etc for the free stuff.

Roger Merriman