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On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:00:16 -0700, Pluted Pup wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:32:16 -0700, Pluted Pup wrote:
>
> > On 3/25/25 6:18 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:55:28 -0700, rhino wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>  posted:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:22:13 -0700, rhino wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I *think* I may have solved my problem with Thunderbird but I still have one key question.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I removed the newsreader account I had (after writing down the settings) and then re-created it. Now, when I try to manage subscriptions, I actually get a list of newsgroups which is a big improvement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However, the list of newsgroups I'm seeing are those that are specific to Eternal September and NOT Usenet newsgroups.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've seen and fixed that problem before but it's been a while and I've forgotten what I did. There's one additional step I need to do to see the Usenet newsgroups.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can anyone remind me what needs to be done?
> > > > >
> > > > > I think I need to remove every trace of Thunderbird from my
> > > > > computer to reinstall it again afresh, which I have been
> > > > > unable to do: Thunderbird always seems to reinstall with
> > > > > a bad installation. I have no idea how to do a true removal
> > > > > of the faulty Thunderbird installation I have, and I certainly
> > > > > tried.
> > > > Try Mozilla's Thunderbird forum for help on that one. I think the people there are only regular users like us but they should be able to help with your problem. They haven't been that much help with mine though.
> > >
> > > I did and never found whatever is the secret method to
> > > delete an installation, and I didn't see any acknowledgement
> > > of the mass failings of Thunderbird, the Newsreader, for Apple
> > > users, if not others, a few years ago. All I can do is
> > > try again, and see if search is no longer broken, as it was
> > > at google, a few years ago.
> >
> > That was not needed, I only had to update thunderbird
> > after a couple years or so.
> >
> > Two white spaces here ? I could not do that with
> > Hogwatcher. The one space rule seems corporate-speak,
> > where sentences run into each other.
>
> And I forgot one great feature of Hogwatcher: you can read through
> to the next article with just an arrow key!

But not as good as Unison, which can be optionally
selected to produce an entire thread as a single article,
no need to page through articles, if I remember right,
but is missing header display, if needed.