Forte Agent description
Forte Agent is the most powerful integrated newsreader and email program for managing your communications

Agent is the most powerful integrated newsreader and email program for managing your communications.

Agent will make as easy as possible the automation process of accessing all your news servers while reducing your connection costs.

Integrated Newsreader and Email
· Binary Newsgroups · Agent was the first major newsreader to join multi-part binaries and support yEnc encoding. Today, Agent remains on the leading edge of binary Usenet.
· Text Newsgroups · Agent's rich set of commands for search, navigation, and filtering continue to set the standard for text newsgroups.
· Internet Email · Agent allows you to seamlessly send and receive email via multiple POP accounts and SMTP servers without being exploited by viruses or trojans.
· Adaptive Junk Filtering · Agent combines advanced Bayesian statistics with identity management to remove junk messages without losing messages from your trusted contacts

Multiple News Servers and Email Accounts
· Multiple News Servers · Configure Agent to interact with all your favorite Usenet and private news servers. Get headers from one Usenet server and bodies from a different server. Agent makes it easy to reduce your download costs.
· Virtual News Servers · Tired of news servers with missing groups and missing messages? Let Agent automatically combine the content from multiple servers to fill in the missing parts.
· Multiple Email Accounts · Collect email from multiple POP accounts and send via multiple SMTP servers. Laptop users will appreciate Agent's mobility features.

Optimized for Attachments
· Image Preview · Agent lets you quickly preview Usenet and Email images. You can view images in the message body or open a separate Preview Window. Image preview is ideal for sampling newsgroups.
· Saving Attachments · Agent gives you complete control over how and where to save attachments. Store GIF and JPG files in the newsgroup. Automatically detach RAR and PAR files. Agent can event create a unique attachment folder for each newsgroup.
· Folder Schemes · Agent is easy to configure because News and Email folders are based on schemes. Agent is pre-configured with schemes for Binary and Text groups. Create your own schemes for MP3s, Pictures, or DVDs.

Identity Management
· Multiple Personas · Personalize your identity on the Internet by creating personas for email and news. Customize each persona by changing the email address, signature, and other message fields.
· Persona Protection · Agent automatically memorizes the way you use personas. As you enter contacts on a new email, Agent's will advise you of any conflicts.
· Route by Identity (RBI) · Don't write filters to route email messages based on the sender's identity. Teach Agent to route and file automatically by dragging messages to folders that are enabled for Route by Identity.

Robust Downloading
· Usenet Automation · Agent makes it simple to mark groups and messages for download. Customize the way Agent prioritizes and downloads headers and bodies. Tasks will run in parallel to fully utilize servers and connections.
· Safe HTML Downloads · Agent renders HTML messages on your terms. Agent will only downloads images for the contacts you trust.
· Maximize Connections · Agent automatically detects and utilizes the maximum number of connections available on your news server.

Limitations:

· 30 days trial