news.software.readers

Bada bing sittingduck bada bang:
> allemannster@ wrote:
>
>> If I were to use a program to post and read on Usenet, could I use my
>> gmail address to post or would I need to pick a different name? Noob
>> question I know.
>

> I suggest you try Xnews:
> It may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it's really great, and will
> offer you much more than other readers as you use and learn more about
> Usenet.

And when you do, come back here and ask specific questions. IMO,
posting multiple questions is better than loading up one post
with several questions that could each start a valuable thread.

Put [Xnews] into the subject to get the attention of whoever
feels like answering Xnews questions,

RTFM several times, most of us do, find new stuff all the time
and will probably suggest that anyway.

Save scoring till after you catch your breath, but don't ignore
it altogether. Use the menus, Luke.

Go ahead and learn regular expressions after you catch your
breath from scoring (unless you already know this.) It shouldn't
take more than a few years to get /really good/ at it, or so I've
been told.

Mike Dee will eventually tell you about Motzarella and Blinky
will tell you about Google Groups.

Of course we leave it to Frank Slootwell to tell you what you
wrote and explain to you what you meant.

Mike "Did I mention RTFM?" Yetto
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