Re: OT: Where to find Macintosh groups??

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <110f20vou989423@corp.supernews.com>,
 "cbmeeks" <cbm    at     s i g n a l d e v      d o t   k o m> wrote:

> Sorry to post here..
> 
> Anyway, I am looking for a newsgroup that is as active as this one but for 
> the Macintosh.
> For some reason, my stupid ISP doesn't seem to have any that I can find.

Your headers show that you're posting via Supernews, which likely means 
you're getting your usenet feed from them too. If Supernews doesn't 
carry it, there probably isn't a newsgroup for it. In other words, 
you're not looking very hard. With about 5 keystrokes, most every 
newsreader I know about can pull you up a list of all groups on a server 
containing a string you specify. I wonder what happens if the specified 
string is "mac"? Hmmm... Let's see... Open the "full grouplist" 
window... hit "command-F", type "mac" and hit return... On my server, 
there are dozens, some looking like they'll be in languages I can't 
read. And I already know that my ISP only carries a relatively small 
sub-section of the Supernews feed on their internal servers.

Even Microsoft malware usually has SOME sort of built-in help mechanism. 
Please... Use it. You wouldn't want a 16 year old who'd never even seen 
a car trying to drive, depsite the concept being legal, would you? Well, 
your post shows you to be identical to that 16 year old kid, only with a 
newsreader instead of a car. He's pulling out onto the street, you're 
pulling out onto the information superhighway. Drive carefully, and look 
out for speed bumps and sharp curves! :)

First hint: Dump "Outhouse Depress" and get a real newsreader. Why in 
god's name are you torturing yourself with that pile of crap? What 
hideous crime from a past life are you trying to atone for??? Didja 
poison a pope? Maybe you ran over a puppy? :) But seriously... Outlook  
is just inherently "wrong" on so many levels... Particularly if you're 
running a Mac! EXCELLENT newsreaders are available, and for nothing more 
than the time it takes to download them. Outlook is the radioactive 
mutant ninja zit on the nose of Usenet compared to almost any of them. 
Assuming you're using a Mac - and why else would you be asking about 
Mac-oriented groups? - MT-NewsWatcher is often hailed as being at or 
near the top of the heap. Hogwasher is another, though I personally 
didn't care for it - more a personal taste thing than any shortcoming of 
the program.

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