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  • Re: Free Newsreaders?

    From Matti Haveri@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.system on Fri Jun 27 19:28:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Rene Kint <[email protected]> wrote:

    I also use eternal-september, but with MT-Newswatcher as reader (om
    MacOS 9.2, iMac G3)

    Ditto for news.eternal-september.org. I use MT-Newswatcher 3.5.3b3 via
    Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8 via VMware Fusion 13.6.3 via Sequoia 15.5 on
    Mac mini 2018 Intel. Or via Sequoia Terminal via tin.
    --
    Matti
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  • From Alan@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.system on Fri Jun 27 10:18:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2025-06-27 09:28, Matti Haveri wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Rene Kint <[email protected]> wrote:

    I also use eternal-september, but with MT-Newswatcher as reader (om
    MacOS 9.2, iMac G3)

    Ditto for news.eternal-september.org. I use MT-Newswatcher 3.5.3b3 via
    Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8 via VMware Fusion 13.6.3 via Sequoia 15.5 on
    Mac mini 2018 Intel. Or via Sequoia Terminal via tin.


    That seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through just for a
    newsreader...
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  • From Matti Haveri@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.system on Fri Jun 27 20:54:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <103mjod$852q$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    That seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through just for a newsreader...

    nah, it takes just 20 seconds from Sequoia. About the same time with tin
    once once I remember to start it with 'tin -rA'.
    --
    Matti
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  • From Alan@[email protected] to comp.sys.mac.system on Fri Jun 27 11:17:19 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2025-06-27 10:54, Matti Haveri wrote:
    In article <103mjod$852q$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    That seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through just for a
    newsreader...

    nah, it takes just 20 seconds from Sequoia. About the same time with tin
    once once I remember to start it with 'tin -rA'.


    OK, but...

    ...is Thunderbird really so terrible for you?

    :-)
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