Omelet wrote:
> In article >, "Jean B." >
> wrote:
>
>>>> Windows Live Mail will probably be just fine for you. There is
>>>> Thunderbird
>>>> which will do the job, too.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>> Thanks. Chas (my BIL) also recommended T-bird.
>> What browser do you use now? What did you use in the past?
>
> MT Newswatcher but that's strictly for the macintosh.
> Odds are, I will just continue using the mac for usenet. This computer
> won't be retired as I also use it for graphics using Photoshop CS.
> Right now I'm just web-browsing and using g-mail on the new PC as it's
> SO much faster for regular website internet access.
>
>> I
>> started with Netscape, then used Firefox as my browser and
>> Thunderbird for newsgroups (I use Eudora for email). But now I
>> use Seamonkey. If you or anyone is an oldtime Netscape user, from
>> the days when Netscape was a suite, you will find to be most like it.
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> I gave up Netscape long ago. It's ruined more than one hard drive. :-(
>
> I use firefox on both the mac and the PC for web browsing and g-mail.
> The PC does not yet have a newsreader unless I want to use googlegroups,
> which I don't. Not the least of which GG does not carry binaries.
>
> I'm still weighing my options. :-) Question is, the mac is perfectly
> functional with MT newswatcher for usenet. Do I really want to turn my
> business machine into a toy, other than installing that PC flame fractal
> program I've been lusting after that is not made for a mac? <g>
>
> The program name is "Apophysis". Odds are, I WILL install that program
> on the new toy, if it is compatible with Windows 7:
>
> <http://www.arcanefractals.com/>

Netscape ruined hard drives? Do tell. Anyway, SeaMonkey is an
offshoot of Netscape, as are Firefox and Thunderbird. All from
Mozilla.

--
Jean B.