Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Date: 4 Jun 2014 20:09:39 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <1lmqa9p.1bzz8qm18e6fi9N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <040620141711051175%timstreater@greenbee.net> <040620141908474855%timstreater@greenbee.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net W49JZIj/ju6lBcKmyONe3gtiXQ+YAutORPYEBD1F7DFs9Hx50V Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fn9xUCZE7WnwWKlc7w+XVji3x+o= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22248 comp.sys.mac.system:60168 On 2014-06-04, Tim Streater wrote: > In article , Jolly Roger > wrote: > >> On 2014-06-04, Tim Streater wrote: >> > In article , Doc >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Earlier reply sent without comment. Sorry! >> >> >> >> For your reference, records indicate that >> >> jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: >> >> >> >> > Darrin Doc O'Leary wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > Usenet is an "also ran" for that email client (sort of like MacSOUP). >> >> > >> >> > Beg your pardon - MacSOUP's simple plain text only email client - while >> >> > outstanding for plain text mailing lists and other emails (so good in >> >> > fact, I used it as my primary email client for over a decade, till HTML >> >> > and attachment support became a must), is clearly the tacked on addition >> >> > to MacSOUP's Usenet abilities. Not the other way around. >> >> >> >> And yet the first thing MacSOUP prompts me for as a new user is a POP email >> >> account. Which I don’t have. >> > >> > Anyone know why it wants a POP or indeed any email account. >> >> So that you can forward posts and reply to posts via email. > > Hummmph. Something I never do. I've done it a few times a year or so. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR