Richard Maine wrote:
>Craig Dedo writes:
> > BOTH your Internet Service Provider (ISP) AND your e-mail
> > application must support newsgroups.
>
>No, your email application does not have to support newsgroups; that
>is a misleading statement. I know lots of people whose email
>application does not support newsgroups....that includes quite a few
>people that I know through the newsgroups.
>
>The application that you use to read newsgroups has to support
>newsgroups (surprise). This might or might not have anything to do
>with your email application. Some applications support both; other
>applications support only one. Whether you choose separate or
>integrated applications is a matter of personal taste.
>
>So, no, you do not have to switch email readers in order to
>read newsgroups if your favorite email reader doesn't happen
>to support them.
>
>There are also alternatives to your ISP supporting newsgroups.
>As I mentioned in my other posting, my home ISP doesn't support
>newsgroups (well, not acceptably). You need service from
>someone who does support them. This might or might not be the
>same as your ISP.
>
>--
>Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience;
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> | -- Mark Twain
>
>
Thanks for the corrections. I learned a lot today.
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Sincerely,
Craig T. Dedo
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(1759)
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