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Boost wrote:
> In message <3htrecFimulkU1@individual.net>, sophie 
> <sophie_usenetNOSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
> 
>> I have just changed from pc to mac (hooray! hooray!) and the one fly 
>> in my ointment is thta I can't take turnpike with me. I loved 
>> turnpike. I loved the interface, the limitless mailboxes and 
>> personalities, and most of all I loved the newsreader, which was 
>> absolutely perfect in every respect. can anyone recommend a similar 
>> program for mac? I'm using the mozilla suite at the moment, which is 
>> ok, but not a patch on turnpike.
>>
>> any help will be very gratefully received...
>>
>> many thanks,
>>
>> sophie
> 
> 
> Hi Sophie,
> 
> I have been a MacOS supporter (professionally) for about 5 years now, so 
> nice to see others changing over. Strangely I don't have a Mac of my 
> own, and one reason could be the lack of Turnpike.
> 
> Have a look at Thunderbird as an alternative. I haven't used this 
> program myself, but a lot of people have said that it is really good.
> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/all.html
> 
> If you want, I can check with some of my Mac colleagues at work and see 
> what they are using for Mail/News.
> 
> Kevin.


I'm actually using thunderbird at the moment, and it's ok, but it's 
_not_ turnpike by any stretch of the imagination. I like mozilla 
generally (I use firefox and before that firebird); and I suspect 
Thunderbird is pretty good compared to much email and newsreader 
software, but it hasn't got Turnpike's infinite flexibility with mail, 
and I've never come across a newsreader that isn't far too like outlook 
around the edges, Turnpike's newsreader is in a class of its own. I'm 
going to trial Unison next I think; after that I can see that running 
Turnpike on Virtual PC (if at all possible) might be my only option...

In every other way I much prefer the mac - I haven't been able to afford 
one before, but the old pc finally died and the mac mini has come out. 
I've been wanting one since college (art & design) & my other half is 
evangelical about them (music technology), but I hadn't realised how 
much I like Turnpike!

thanks for the response, I appreciate it.

Sophie