On 11/15/2015 6:53 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Derald wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931

I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news
client
Well, your present machine didn't, either; har!

so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. My
decision is to not. I will probably stop reading here within a
month when my old PC gets retired.
Nah: Too many free Linux and Windows newsreading clients-with
flexible means of eliminating unpleasantness-as well as free servers
out there in the Zone and Mrs. Jones has you ;-) You'll be back,
even if just for the occasional drive-by, I betcha.

Most will not care which is fine.
I am not in that group.

Nor am I . There are too few here who actually post , much less useful
information . You leaving makes that one less positive contributor in the
group .
FWIW , Mozilla Thunderbird and eternal-september news server are a free
and easy to configure combination . And both are free .

It has been a long time ago since I signed up with Block.News, bought
20GB then for not much money. Just checked my account and I've only used
0.78203GB up to now. Secure system, no problems in the last many years.
Lots of places out there to get signed up. I use Thunderbird vs
Microsoft's crap.