Overall, while several of WinVN's features match favorably with newer newsreaders, as a whole WinVN still falls just short in quantity of quality features. WinVN is a good newsreader to get started with, but the serious news junkies will likely want to move up to either News Xpress or Free Agent before long.
Pros: Easy customization, relatively quick, good on-line help, great search capabilities
Cons: Lacks features like thread monitoring, advanced kill-file, autoselect, & quick purge; dated feature-set and interface (no major updates in 7+ years), no longer developed or supported
