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Re: Which news reader application for OS X?

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From: JohnB
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:11
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In article <vww20-8D53FC.04253023082003@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> , Vaughan 
Wittorff <vww20@nospam-cam.ac.uk>  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have up until yesterday used Netscape Messenger 4.79 on a Windows 95
> machine to read news (sorry).
>
> It looks to me that Netscape 7 does not allow for reading of news, nor
> does OS X's Mail (which immediately has become my preferred mail tool),
> and nor does Safari (which immediately has become my preferred browser).

Netscape 7 does have a newsreader.  You set it up from the mail interface -
i.e. click on the envelope then set up your news server as usual.

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From: "JohnB" <my_name@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Which news reader application for OS X?
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:11:41 +0100
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