# Newsreaders

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsreaders/119849>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsreaders/119849 "2002-07-19T17:58:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ice1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsreaders/119849/1 "2002-07-19T17:58:42Z")

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Can anyone point me to good newsreaders? I’m having trouble with MS Outlook and am looking for alternatives.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsreaders/119849/2 "2002-07-19T19:17:16Z")

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My favorite free reader is “Free Agent”, available from Forte.

[http://www.forteinc.com/agent](http://www.forteinc.com/agent)

-B

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsreaders/119849/3 "2002-07-19T19:44:07Z")

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Xnews has a slightly steep learning curve, but once you figure it out, you’ll never go back.

It’s free.

[http://xnews.newsguy.com/](http://xnews.newsguy.com/)