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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Mail serve
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:30:07 -0400
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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