Newsgroup Reviews Blog » Forte Agent http://www.ngrblog.com Latest Usenet News, Discounts, Free Newsgroup Trials Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:57:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Latest Usenet Newsreader Updates : February 2010 http://www.ngrblog.com/newsreader-updates-feb-2010/ http://www.ngrblog.com/newsreader-updates-feb-2010/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:03:04 +0000 NGR http://www.ngrblog.com/?p=1275 While we spend a lot of time covering Usenet providers the newsreader vendors have been quite busy as well.  Let’s take a look at some of the major updates and version changes over the last few months.

Visit our newsreader section to compare and contrast all the newsgroup clients.  Then head over to the downloads page to grab the latest version of your favorite Usenet reader.

Newsreader: SABnzbd+
Latest version: 0.5.0 RC6
Release date: Feb. 7, 2010
Operating system support – Windows, Mac, Unix
Helpful links:  Free download, SABnzbd+ 0.5.0 Quick-start, Release notes

Newsreader: Unison
Latest version: 2.0.4
Release date: Feb. 2, 2010
Operating system support – Mac OS X 10.5+
Helpful links: Demo download, Unison setup guide, Unison 2 features

Newsreader: News Rover
Latest version: 15
Release date: Sept. 8, 2009
Operating system support – Windows
Helpful links:  Trial download, News Rover setup guide, News Rover 15 features

Newsreader: BinTube
Latest version: 2.8.9.3
Release date: Feb. 12, 2010
Operating system support: Windows
Helpful links:  Free download, BinTube setup guide, BinTube review

Newsreader: Forte Agent
Latest version: 6.0
Release date: Nov. 21, 2009
Operating system support – Windows
Helpful links:  Trial download, Forte Agent setup guide, Agent version 6 info

Newsreader: Thunderbird
Latest version: 2.0.0.23
Release date: Aug. 20, 2009
Operating system support – Windows, Mac, Unix
Helpful links:  Free download, Thunderbird setup guide, Thunderbird newsreader info

New to Usenet?  Take a look at our newsreader tutorial to learn more about how Usenet clients work and tips for choosing the right software for your needs.

]]> http://www.ngrblog.com/newsreader-updates-feb-2010/feed/ 0 Forte Agent 6.0 Newsreader Released http://www.ngrblog.com/forte-agent-6-newsreader/ http://www.ngrblog.com/forte-agent-6-newsreader/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:32:17 +0000 NGR http://www.ngrblog.com/?p=229 Forte has released version 6.0 of their popular Agent newsgroup reader.  The Usenet client has been around since 1995 and provides a number of premium features.  The latest iteration of Agent (6.0) supports the 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows 7.

Here are some of the enhancement in Agent version 6.0:

- Automatic server failover when downloading message bodies
- Faster Usenet header downloads (compressed headers)
- A new hide-quoted-text command
- Improved browser navigation
- New go-offline and retry-failed-tasks-now commands
- Improvements to searching

Forte offers a 30 day free trial of Agent.  The software costs $29 to purchase and then $19 for upgrades.  To learn more about the client read our Forte Agent 6.0 review or Agent setup guide.

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