Lester,

> BUT - NNTP requires a network connection - what we want is
> something that works mainly local, and updates in one hit
> when the network connection is available. Current eMail
> download takes 'minimum call charge' and I can read at
> leasure.

never heard about off-line readers? NNTP and SMTP are really the same
thing in this matter.

> I do monitor some of the Borland lists, but its a pain so
> they don't get much of my attention <g>

What is painful, precisely?
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