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MicroSoft Setup
Windows 3.1
Windows 95/98
Windows NT4

Macintosh Setup
Fetch
Stuffit

Internet Programs
E-Mail Setup
Eudora Light
Netscape 3.x
Netscape 4.0x
Netscape 4.5x
Outlook 97
Internet Mail
Outlook Express

News Setup
Forte Free Agent
Pointcast
Outlook Express News

Internet Relay Chat
mIRC 5
vIRC

FTP
FTP from DOS-prompt
WS_FTP
Cute FTP
Netscape Composer

Configuring Forte Free Agent
Forte Free Agent is a popular free news reader program with binary attachment/multi-part message handling. The main Free Agent window:
  • The first time Free Agent runs it will prompt for
    • the news server (news.mondenet.com)
    • the mail server (mail.mondenet.com)
    • your email address
    • your full name.
  • Click ok, and Free Agent will prompt to download the list of newsgroups (if you are connected)
  • To access the preferences, click on the Options menu and Choose General Preferences
  • Click User information:
  • Click the System tab to enter the server names:
  • The Online Tab has the time-out settings:
  • Auto Dial settings are found on the Dial-up tab:
  • By default Free Agent will attempt to download all of a group's headers at once. You can go to the Online menu and choose Sample Headers From Selected Groups and download a few messages at a time:
  • You can enter the number of messages to download and/or get messages past a certain date: