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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Adios, for a while at least
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:57:49 -0700
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On 2024-06-18 07:53, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 2/29/2024 5:28 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-02-29 13:48, -hh wrote:
>>> On 2/24/24 6:19 PM, John wrote:
>>>> On 2/23/2024 7:42 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>>> John <nopam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/21/24 4:51 AM, Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>>>> It's been quite a ride. My first post was in the late 1990's when 
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> group was a lively MacOS vs Windows discussion forum. W95/98 and 
>>>>>>> OS 7 or
>>>>>>> 8 were still current topics. Today CSMA is a shadow of its former 
>>>>>>> self.
>>>>>>> There are only 3 of us and a few x-poster's left, arguing back 
>>>>>>> and forth
>>>>>>> about most anything but Mac vs Windows. Then there is the Wally 
>>>>>>> troll
>>>>>>> persona, making wild and false claims about Apple, the company 
>>>>>>> ,and the customers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In truth, Mac vs Windows was settled a long time ago. Today both are
>>>>>>> highly developed operating systems with significant differences, but
>>>>>>> vastly improved. Mac no longer needs advocacy. The forum became
>>>>>>> redundant a long time ago. Apple and Microsoft are doing just 
>>>>>>> fine without this forum.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So it's goodbye for a while. We leave Friday for the annual 2-week
>>>>>>> Colorado ski trip. With Google Groups becoming a history repository
>>>>>>> tomorrow the activity level has dropped. A good time to enjoy the
>>>>>>> mountains again and focus on just having fun.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apparently those remaining don't value CSMA enough to go to a paid
>>>>>>> service. NNTP will live on for a while, remains to seen how long. 
>>>>>>> It's a
>>>>>>> primitive system, long of tooth like FTP. I'll not be surprised 
>>>>>>> if it eventually dies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think I first came here to troll as a Windows person around 2001 
>>>>>> or so.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you recommend then as a Windows based Newsreader?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -hh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been using Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> Well, let's try Thunderbird on the desktop.  The iOS News app seems 
>>> to be hanging on not sending posts.
>>
>> I use Thunderbird with Eternal-September, and it works...
>>
>> ...but I need to quit and relaunch it fairly frequently to get it to 
>> send and receive.
>>
> 
> Thanks Alan. I've been a bit busy but figured out how to make this work 
> once got started. You opened Pandora's Box!

Wow.

How long did that take you, Liarboy?

Anyone of ordinary intelligence could have Googled it and had it all 
going with 10 minutes.