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On Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:14:55 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject: Artificial intelligence is alive
Message-ID: <afnd4kdlhcbkm7t169ekisdkon0c0j404r@4ax.com>
User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272

^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^

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Organization: Newshosting.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:14:55 -0400
...

https://i.imgur.com/Xu1PO1u.png
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

the juxtaposition reminds me of eraserhead (1977 film with swaddled fetus) because not all people have souls so a.i. is their invincible frankenstein imputed with pure superconscious awareness incapable of error, without sin, deathless, invulnerable, the ultimate weapon to be wielded by the soulless

and since it looks like you're using agent, there're also free newsreaders . . .

http://usenet-fr.yakakwatik.org/newsreaders.html
Last update: 05/06/2025
Introduction
Newsreaders
40Tude Dialog (Windows)
Betterbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Claws-Mail (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Evolution (Linux)
flnews (Linux, UNIX systems)
Gnus (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Gravity (Windows)
MacCafe (macOS)
MacSOUP (macOS = 10.14)
MesNews (Windows)
ModNewsreader (Android and its forks)
Pan (Linux / macOS)
SeaMonkey (Linux / Windows / macOS)
slrn (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Sylpheed (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Thunderbird (Linux / Windows / macOS)
tin (Linux / Windows / macOS)
Xananews (Windows)
Xnews (Windows)
References and useful links

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i still prefer free agent for posting because it is so simple and portable,
and 40tude dialog for reading because while also portable, it has the most comprehensive scoring features available (i rarely use dialog for posting because its "save and close draft" is less convenient than "save" [ctrl+s] using any word processor (e.g. libreoffice) or text editor--even free agent lets you do that much (no need to close then reopen its composition window)
why such a full-featured newsreader would've disabled "ctrl+s" is a mystery

as a long-time user of free agent (since 16-bit 1.11/16.235 in windows 95), after testing registered versions of 1.93/32.576 and 8.00/32.1272, i still prefer free agent 1.93 for posting and 40tude dialog 2.0.15.41 for reading

free agent 1.93/32.576 (2.29 mb): https://web.archive.org/web/20051125104705/http://ftp3.forteinc.com/pub/agent/english/a32en193.exe
1.93 registration key:
CQ9PMH48-84YB7CZJ-ZGKHKS5J-6VRCTN8M-V7G88TUE

(unlocks "undo", handy if you don't use a word processor for editing)

trial agent 8.00/32.1272 (11.0 mb): https://web.archive.org/web/20240421180300/https://download.forteinc.com/pub/qewgybnkzfamqwgy/agentenu800-1272.msi
8.00 registration key:
T2BZ6L74-B42DPH7N-F7WHTN9D-6NSNSST3-19G6BN2S-XKUSDYKA 3XFL14ZT-W2NYVJFB-LXLTPWV7-P8VNC8MV-661ENJUW-F56XSGY9 TV4NN23M-LDLE3DVH-DNJ667EV

(these convoluted versions of agent are definitely not recommended)

40tude dialog 2.0.15.41 (3.82 MB / 2.83 MB): https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download/4d2b38.exe https://www.barghahn-online.de/4td_faq/download/dialog_41.zip
free, no registration (do not install to "x86" program folder)

(free agent is simple and easy to use, dialog is most comprehensive)
in addition to libreoffice i also frequently use these text editors:

libre office https://libreoffice.org
notetab lite https://notetab.com/notetab-light
ted notepad https://jsimlo.sk/notepad

for newsreaders, i still prefer and regularly use 40tude dialog for
reading, browsing, searching, archiving, etc., particularly because
it already has so many very useful customization features including
the most comprehensive scoring/filtering/scripting capabilities any
one (afaik with much consensus news:de.comm.software.40tude-dialog)
could ever use short of running a dedicated nntp server (inn, etc.)

most of the free newsservers that i've tested and also occasionally
use with 40tude dialog typically connect fine without using omnimix
or any other proxy (e.g. stunnel), but for servers that require ssl
(e.g. neodome) omnimix works great, has its own tor, works with tor
browser, includes classic hamster playground service/control (1.25)
and many other features ... mostly for use with anonymous remailers

another really old freeware program, newsproxy (v1.2.0, 1999-10-04)
works great with newsreaders that have inadequate filtering/scoring:

https://web.archive.org/web/*/nfilter.org

... >https://web.archive.org/web/20000303015119/http://www.nfilter.org/download.html
...
'95/NT installation file >https://web.archive.org/web/20000303015119/http://www.nfilter.org/120/np-120.exe

(change file extention of "np-120.exe" to "np-120.zip", then unzip)

e.g., using regular expressions and wildcards to simply killfile:

* drop message-id:*server1*|*server2*|*server3*|...
* drop references:*rogue1*|*rogue2*|*rogue3*|...
* drop from:*troll1*|*troll2*|*troll3*|...
...

a less destructive approach demotes (alphanumeric, sort by subject):

* flag:-20mes message-id:*server1*|*server2*|*server3*|...
* flag:-10ref references:*rogue1*|*rogue2*|*rogue3*|...
* flag:-70fro from:*troll1*|*troll2*|*troll3*|...
...

*note: filtering on from headers is usually not recommended unless
applied to a specific newsgroup or hierarchy, thus allowing simple
entries that won't affect other users with a similar name or alias
(unless one happens to post in that same newsgroup[s] unexpectedly)

example.hierarchy.* flag:-86fro from:*alias1*|*alias2*|*alias3*|...
...

see the faq https://web.archive.org/web/*/nfilter.org/faq.html

... >https://web.archive.org/web/20000609150823/http://www.nfilter.org/faq.html >nfilter FAQ

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