Re: OT: Where to find Macintosh groups??

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Don Bruder" <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:yTNNd.5742$m31.72027@typhoon.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.

Hey Don, either be supportive, or shut the hell up.
Your derogatory remarks only detract from the kind of help
these newsgroups are perporting to provide. I sit here and
read your petty bullshit and wish you'd just go away. Please,
you're giving me a freaking headache.

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