Rick Catton wrote:

> Yep, you're not wrong there, although I use Thunderbird. What would you
> recommend as a newsgroup reading/posting app?

Just use Outlook Express but use it only for Usenet and Thunderbird for
email. That's the most similar to Thunderbird if that is what you like.
There are other free news readers, News Xpress, Pan, Xnews. For binaries
only Grabit is the best and is free.