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| From | Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: "Trendy" Greeting |
| Date | 2018-12-18 23:51 +1100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pvaqfv$24b$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <knmf1e1a50tg0pqhru5on0n7fvtg1hl85d@4ax.com> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> <slrnq1g5sb.14qj.g.kreme@jaka.local> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-nIXgedMQNB5r@localhost> <slrnq1h2p3.1rjp.g.kreme@jaka.local> |
On 18/12/18 16:52, Lewis wrote: > In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-nIXgedMQNB5r@localhost> John Varela > <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis >> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > >>> Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this >>> decade. >> >> You have something against OS/2? > > Not specifically, but your newsreader was last updated (minorly) in > 2006 and appears to have last had a significant update in around > 2001. > > Complaining about how an outdated programs fails to read valid posts > is something I definitely am against. > >> If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good >> *for my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've >> checked a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere >> near as good *for the way I work* as ProNews/2. > > For certain values of "works". > > I use slrn, which is a text based reader, on Mac OS. slrn is also available for OS/2. I used it for some time, but didn't like its poor choice of character sets. I gather that this has since been fixed, but by now I'm so used to Thunderbird that it's not worth switching back. -- Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Re: "Trendy" Greeting Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2018-12-18 23:51 +1100
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