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Article #88Re: Which news reader application for OS X?
From: Patrick Navin
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:49
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:49
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Vaughan Wittorff wrote: > "JohnB" <my_name@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >>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. > > > Okay thanks for that - and thanks to the other posters who also were > surprised I said Netscape 7 didn't seem to have a newsreader. I was > looking for it on a public OS9 Mac and couldn't find it. > > But since I've already settled on using the Mail and Safari apps, I > don't really fancy installing NS7 just for news... you don't need to. You can download and install Thunderbird, the standalone Mail/News client part of Mozilla/Firebird. It seems pretty good so far (I installed it last night after a few folk here mentioned it) Patrick
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