I suspect there are many/several/some others here that also do exactly that.
ok - do you have Outlook Express installed at work? this on its own is a fairly poor usenet client, but nonetheless better than g/g. most users of this app also download & install oe-quotefix for usenet.
Also,
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has the Thunderbird mail app - this is also a usenet client - 'portable' apps don't need to be 'installed', you can run them from a USB stick thingie. Of course, if your company has bolted down the desktop so that apps cannot be installed they have probably blocked access to the ports needed to use nntp. Many in this situation use a personal laptop or PDA to usenet - perhaps over GPRS or even a wi-fi link if there's one about.
right - may I gently enquire if you followed the links at the foot of the page I directed you to?
This one may help:
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btw: did you notice that the convention round these parts is to post replies beneath the text one is replying to whilst snipping(removing/editing) so that only the relevant parts of the previous post remain?
That one may actually be a google group as opposed to usenet if you see the distinction.
|Thanks for all the pointers and from reading them it appears I need to |run an application on my PC which is where it falls down. I view the |group from 3 different PC's only one of which is exclusively mine. Big |Brother at work blocks software installations, Presently I view through |GoogleGroups and have 3 daily digest emails. I am also a member of |another GoogleGroup which allows individual email downloads in its |option, I assume this is not a 'usenet' setup but Google Groups.
Neil.
Get yourself a 1-gig usb stick and install Agent onto it. You can run it from any PC you want, and take all your data with you.
Agent does not use windows registry or rely on it's own installed win system files, so it is fairly standalone application.
Try googling for "Free Agent" from Forteinc. An older version (something like 1.9) is all you really need for usenet groups.
H.
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Skype ID (instant messaging and video calls): howie10
Thats is of course assuming that corporate policy allows the use of such devices - it was a P45 offence to plug one in without my permission last place I was at
|I've got a variety of old install files for Agent around. wonder what the |legality is of passing on an old version of full agent?
I think that all versions (before 2.0) are shareware anyway. So unless you provide a reg-key it will just revert to Free Agent. Which is all the OP wants anyway. So - no problem!
2Gig stick on order, I currently have a 256MB that I run a few utilities off on all PC's
The work PC runs Lotus Notes, work Laptop runs OE & I run Firefox on my PC. GMail has been a godsend for maintaining continuity with all groups and a few weeks ago they added a bookmarks button, so now my bookmarks are all common from the web.
Will do when stick delivered.
Thanks again for all the pointers, will probably revert again next week when trying to get it installed.
|| On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:47:20 -0000, "Nige" || wrote: || ||| Lee_D wrote: |||| Nige uttered summat worrerz |||| funny about: ||||| Tom Woods wrote: |||||| On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:24:13 -0000, "Nige" |||||| wrote: |||||| ||||||| ||||||| WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too? |||||| |||||| I didnt notice any mistooks! |||||| |||||| ps. when are you going to fix your line lengths cos i can never |||||| get your whole post to fit on the screen and its a PITA having to |||||| scroll back and forth :) ||||| ||||| I'm using quotefix, I HATE all other newsreaders i have tried, ||||| tell me what to do & it will be done! |||| |||| Reads fine here but I'm using quotefix too...... Hows mine to |||| everyone else as in if you keep reading now are you going off the |||| page or have you got a 42" monitor in which case I'm highly jealous |||| and you can suffer ;-) |||| Lee D ||| || || mine was fine when i had a desktop puter with a big monitor. || || im now using a laptop and am forced to use 1024x768. || ||| Good point, I'm on a 26inch monitor & dont see any issues with ||| anyones posts! || || this line just fits in my window without any scrolling across. || ||
|| On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:42:30 -0000, "Nige" || wrote: || ||| Tom Woods wrote: |||| On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:24:13 -0000, "Nige" |||| wrote: |||| ||||| ||||| WTF happened to the spelling on that post? I checked it too? |||| |||| I didnt notice any mistooks! |||| |||| ps. when are you going to fix your line lengths cos i can never get |||| your whole post to fit on the screen and its a PITA having to |||| scroll back and forth :) ||| ||| I'm using quotefix, I HATE all other newsreaders i have tried, tell ||| me what to do & it will be done! || || ive never used quotefix, but ive googled and i reckon: || || you want the line length to be about 80 characters. || || it needs to be set in both outlook and oe-quotefix || || in outlook || || Menu>Tools>Options...>Send>
|| News Sending Format || (/) Plain Text [Plain Text Settings...] || Automatically Wrap Characters at {x} characters when sending. || [OK] || || apparently for quotefix: || || Right click the icon in your task bar and select *Show Dialog* || Then you get a box whixch lets you set the line length and quote || character. || || ive no idea if any of that will work!
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