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    From Hartwig Wiesmann@hartwig.wiesmann@wanadoo.nl to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 18:49:13
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hi!

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    Hartwig
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  • From Garner Miller@garner@netstreet.net to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 17:26:00
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <44466973$0$36290$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl>, Hartwig
    Wiesmann <hartwig.wiesmann@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    Yes, there are a lots of good standalone newsreaders. You can find a
    list of many of them here:

    http://www.newsreaders.com/mac/clients.html

    Some of the more popular ones available today include MT-NewsWatcher, Hogwasher, and Unison. You'll find links to all of them on the above
    list.


    Follow-ups set to comp.sys.mac.apps.

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  • From Michael_S@hate@spam.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 13:23:48
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:49:13 +0200, Hartwig Wiesmann said...

    Hi!

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    Hartwig

    Hi Hartwig,

    There aren't many free/quality Mac newsreaders, but I might suggest MT Newswatcher (http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/) or Thoth if you can get a hold of a copy. The creator of Thoth discontinued development of the reader, but you can probably request a copy in one of the mac application newsgroups.

    Alternately you might consider one of the following readers...

    Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/download.html
    Hogwasher - http://www.asar.com/
    Unison - http://www.panic.com/unison/

    Hope the info helps, and good luck!

    Michael


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  • From Howard S Shubs@howard@shubs.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 16:28:15
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <44466973$0$36290$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl>,
    Hartwig Wiesmann <hartwig.wiesmann@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

    Hi!

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    There are tons of them. You might want to check out <http://www.newsreaders.com/mac/index.html>

    --
    We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams,
    Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams.
    from "Ode", Arthur O'Shaughnessy
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  • From Mr. Uh Clem@uhclem@DutchElmSt.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:55:50
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hartwig Wiesmann wrote:
    Hi!

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    Hartwig

    If you simply want a current (security wise) version of Netscape, give SeaMonkey a try. It should pick up your existing NS profile. (The
    paranoid will make a backup of the profile first, of course!)

    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

    --
    Clem
    "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over."
    - Fudd's first law of opposition
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  • From Eric P.@ericp06@sbcglobal.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 18:12:12
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <4447b9b2$0$17292$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>,
    "Mr. Uh Clem" <uhclem@DutchElmSt.invalid> wrote:

    Hartwig Wiesmann wrote:
    Hi!

    Is there a good standalone newsgroup reader? Currently I am using the
    one from Netscape.

    Hartwig

    If you simply want a current (security wise) version of Netscape, give SeaMonkey a try. It should pick up your existing NS profile. (The
    paranoid will make a backup of the profile first, of course!)

    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

    It is likely more efficient to use a program dedicated to the task
    than to use a browser for newsreading.

    Just a thought.
    Happy computing,
    Eric

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