Windows newsreaders


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  • Agent: by Forte, Inc does news and mail.
  • AllNews: by Mike Read. Newsreader for Win3.1, Win95, and WinNT.

  • Alpine is the replacement to PINE.

  • Barca from Poco Systems (makes of PocoMail) is a news and mail client, as well as a PIM (Calendar, Tasks, Planner, Notes, Diary, Contacts, Junk Mail filter and more)

  • Becky! version 2 beta mail program supports news with the BkNews Plugin

  • Dialog by 40tude, an offline newsreader (frequently described as an "Agent Clone" due to look), includes scripting ability.

  • Gemini is the multi-platform version of Messenger Pro by intellegit.

  • GNUS mail and newsreader for EMACS.

  • Gravity. MicroPlanet Gravity (originally shareware) is an open source, on-line/off-line reader using PCREs, scoring, rules and filters. SourceForge development (SF Project "mpgravity") development is active and there are numerous fixes and additions to the original 2004 open-source version. Newer SourceForge versions are compiled for newer Windows operating systems and can be installed as a multi-user application.

  • Mahogany by Karsten Ballüder and the M-Team is an OpenSource cross-platform mail and news client. It is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide range of protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP and full MIME support.

  • MesNews: for all version of Windows (95, 98, NT, on 2000 and XP). Supports multiple servers, Xfaces, and binary decoding.

  • Mozilla Group newsreaders:

  • MR/2 ICE: news and mail client for Windows or OS/2.

  • MyNews (sourceforge)

  • NewsMan Pro by Daniel Cumpian is a "Usenet newsreader for Windows 2000/XP. Supports text and binary groups with Yenc, UUE and Mime decoding. Handles multiple servers seamlessly as well as importing Newszbin (NZB) files."

  • NewsPro: by Alexander Birj. A Win95/Win98/WinNT newsreader with strong multiserver support.

  • NewsRover by S&H Computer Systems handles regular and binary newsgroups. Win 95/98/NT. Has a password protection feature.