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News Readers and AT&T Worldnet Service
Extra: Access to the AT&T Worldnet news servers from another ISP is now available. Read our News FAQ for additional information.
AT&T strongly recommends that you enable Secure Login in whatever FTP client you use. See the Help Files for your client for further information.
If you're computer savvy enough to configure your software without any help, check the configuration information on the setup index page. If you think you might need a little help, we have complete illustrated instructions for configuring a number of newsreaders. You might want to print the instructions for later reference.
Agent
- Platform: Windows
- Agent is the most popular usenet news reader for Windows. It offers outstanding features for reading newsgroups as well as the ability to send and receive e-mail.
- Additional information about the program can be found at the Forté Web site.
- Setup Information
Free Agent
- Platform: Windows
- Free Agent, the freeware version of Agent, is a very popular online/offline news and mail reader product for Windows.
- Additional information about the program can be found at the Forté Web site and in Jim's Unofficial Agent Stuff.
- Setup Information
Gravity
- Platform: Windows
- Microplanet Gravity is unique in that it was designed exclusively for the 32-bit Windows 95/NT environment. This design provides excellent multi-tasking capabilities for searching, sorting and completing most newsreading tasks in the background.
- Additional information can be found at Tom's Gravity Pages.
- Setup Information
Microsoft Entourage
- Platform: Mac
- MS Entourage for the Macintosh is a complete e-mail, newsreader, and personal information management program designed specifically for Mac OS X.
- Setup Information
Microsoft Internet News
- Platform: Mac, Win
- Microsoft Internet News is the companion to Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Internet Mail programs. It is capable of on-line or off-line newsreading.
- Additional information about the program can be found at the Microsoft Web site.
- Setup Information
Microsoft Outlook Express
- Platform: Mac, Win
- Take advantage of Web-integrated e-mail and news that brings you the easiest, most complete, and most personalized Internet e-mail experience available.
- Setup Information
Mozilla
- Platform: Linux, Mac, Win
- Mozilla is an open-source Web browser and toolkit, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
- Setup Information
Netscape
- Platform: Mac, Win
- Netscape brings Web exploration, e-mail, newsgroups, and FTP capabilities together in one package, including on-line help.
- Setup Information
News Express
- Platform: Windows
- News Xpress is a Windows application for accessing articles on the UseNet.
- NewsXpress FAQ
- Setup Information
Opera
- Platform: BeOS, Linux, Mac, OS/2, Win
- Opera is a high-quality Web browser available on a wide range of platforms.
- Setup Information
Thoth
- Platform: Mac
- Thoth is a high-quality newsreader available for the Mac. Its built-in decoder for file attachments handles the usual encoding methods including yEnc. Images can be viewed inline, in a dedicated image window, or in an image catalog window. Binary posting is supported. Thoth also offers other powerful and flexible features.
- Setup Information
Thunderbird
- Platform: Linux, Mac, Win
- Thunderbird is an open-source e-mail and news reader, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
- Setup Information
WinVN
- Platform: Windows
- WinVN is a Microsoft Windows and Windows NT-based news reader. Like other news readers, it can be used to select, view, and write Usenet News articles. WinVN can also be used to send (but not receive) electronic mail messages.
- WinVN Users Guide
- Setup Information
Need Additional Help?
If you can't find the answers you need, please try:
- The help file for the application you are using.
- Our FAQs.
- The AT&T Worldnet Help Newsgroups.