From: Phil Hobbs on
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> JosephKK wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:46:36 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:01:23 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:27:59 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> For the record I do have JRE installed and it still doesn't work with
>>>>> FF, it does work with IE.
>>>>>
>>>>> They do recommend using either IE or Netscape for the tool. The site
>>>>> does however claim to be compatible with FF.
>>>> Geez, Netscape "died" many years ago. What is in their heads?
>>>
>>> It did? Then I've not posted anything in many years.
>> And i am replying to an imaginary post.
>>
>> It is not so much that people don't keep it running, but that there has
>> been no support for years (other than switching to seamonkey or perhaps
>> firefox & thunderbird).
>
>
> I have both Firefox and Seamonkey running right now. The only
> problem with the old Netscape is that it chokes on today's bloated web
> pages.
>
>

The mailer in NS 4.75 is a lot more reliable than Seamonkey or
Thunderbird, at least for NNTP.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058
hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net
From: Grant on
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:33:01 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote:

>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> JosephKK wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:46:36 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:01:23 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:27:59 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the record I do have JRE installed and it still doesn't work with
>>>>>> FF, it does work with IE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They do recommend using either IE or Netscape for the tool. The site
>>>>>> does however claim to be compatible with FF.
>>>>> Geez, Netscape "died" many years ago. What is in their heads?
>>>>
>>>> It did? Then I've not posted anything in many years.
>>> And i am replying to an imaginary post.
>>>
>>> It is not so much that people don't keep it running, but that there has
>>> been no support for years (other than switching to seamonkey or perhaps
>>> firefox & thunderbird).
>>
>>
>> I have both Firefox and Seamonkey running right now. The only
>> problem with the old Netscape is that it chokes on today's bloated web
>> pages.
>>
>>
>
>The mailer in NS 4.75 is a lot more reliable than Seamonkey or
>Thunderbird, at least for NNTP.

NNTP seems to be the poor cousin for getting clients. I haven't found a
Linux client worth changing to yet.

Grant.
--
http://bugs.id.au/
From: Michael A. Terrell on

Phil Hobbs wrote:
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> > JosephKK wrote:
> >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:46:36 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
> >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> JosephKK wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:01:23 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:27:59 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For the record I do have JRE installed and it still doesn't work with
> >>>>> FF, it does work with IE.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> They do recommend using either IE or Netscape for the tool. The site
> >>>>> does however claim to be compatible with FF.
> >>>> Geez, Netscape "died" many years ago. What is in their heads?
> >>>
> >>> It did? Then I've not posted anything in many years.
> >> And i am replying to an imaginary post.
> >>
> >> It is not so much that people don't keep it running, but that there has
> >> been no support for years (other than switching to seamonkey or perhaps
> >> firefox & thunderbird).
> >
> >
> > I have both Firefox and Seamonkey running right now. The only
> > problem with the old Netscape is that it chokes on today's bloated web
> > pages.
> >
> >
>
> The mailer in NS 4.75 is a lot more reliable than Seamonkey or
> Thunderbird, at least for NNTP.


I've tried several different NNTP programs and always went back to
Netscape. This is the 4.8 version which I think was the last version
released. I was in a hurry when I moved to a different computer. I was
using the 4.76 for Windows 95 that I first installed years ago. This
time I just installed the software and created the user name I had on
the last computer, then overwrote all of the data files. It saved me a
couple hours, but I guess it was time for the slight change. The only
other NNTP program I use is Xnews to download the multipart files on
ABSE and ABPR newsgroups.

Don't take this the wrong way, but when I see your full name with the
'C', I think of Calvin & Hobbs. :)


--
Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Phil Hobbs on
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Phil Hobbs wrote:
>> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:46:36 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>>> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:01:23 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:27:59 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the record I do have JRE installed and it still doesn't work with
>>>>>>> FF, it does work with IE.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They do recommend using either IE or Netscape for the tool. The site
>>>>>>> does however claim to be compatible with FF.
>>>>>> Geez, Netscape "died" many years ago. What is in their heads?
>>>>> It did? Then I've not posted anything in many years.
>>>> And i am replying to an imaginary post.
>>>>
>>>> It is not so much that people don't keep it running, but that there has
>>>> been no support for years (other than switching to seamonkey or perhaps
>>>> firefox & thunderbird).
>>>
>>> I have both Firefox and Seamonkey running right now. The only
>>> problem with the old Netscape is that it chokes on today's bloated web
>>> pages.
>>>
>>>
>> The mailer in NS 4.75 is a lot more reliable than Seamonkey or
>> Thunderbird, at least for NNTP.
>
>
> I've tried several different NNTP programs and always went back to
> Netscape. This is the 4.8 version which I think was the last version
> released. I was in a hurry when I moved to a different computer. I was
> using the 4.76 for Windows 95 that I first installed years ago. This
> time I just installed the software and created the user name I had on
> the last computer, then overwrote all of the data files. It saved me a
> couple hours, but I guess it was time for the slight change. The only
> other NNTP program I use is Xnews to download the multipart files on
> ABSE and ABPR newsgroups.
>
> Don't take this the wrong way, but when I see your full name with the
> 'C', I think of Calvin & Hobbs. :)
>
>

I don't mind at all--having my name remind people of one of the cultural
highlights of the late 20th Century is all to the good.

Actually, the stripy guy is Hobbes with an 'e', as in Thomas Hobbes the
philosopher. TH was the guy who thought that natural man lived by the
law of the jungle. His most famous quote is that "the life of man [in a
state of nature] is solitary, nasty, brutish, and short."

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

[gregarious, pleasant, civilized, and tall, among other things] ;)



--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058
hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net
From: John Larkin on
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:20:19 -0400, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote:

>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> Phil Hobbs wrote:
>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:46:36 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>>>> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> JosephKK wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:01:23 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:27:59 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For the record I do have JRE installed and it still doesn't work with
>>>>>>>> FF, it does work with IE.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They do recommend using either IE or Netscape for the tool. The site
>>>>>>>> does however claim to be compatible with FF.
>>>>>>> Geez, Netscape "died" many years ago. What is in their heads?
>>>>>> It did? Then I've not posted anything in many years.
>>>>> And i am replying to an imaginary post.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is not so much that people don't keep it running, but that there has
>>>>> been no support for years (other than switching to seamonkey or perhaps
>>>>> firefox & thunderbird).
>>>>
>>>> I have both Firefox and Seamonkey running right now. The only
>>>> problem with the old Netscape is that it chokes on today's bloated web
>>>> pages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The mailer in NS 4.75 is a lot more reliable than Seamonkey or
>>> Thunderbird, at least for NNTP.
>>
>>
>> I've tried several different NNTP programs and always went back to
>> Netscape. This is the 4.8 version which I think was the last version
>> released. I was in a hurry when I moved to a different computer. I was
>> using the 4.76 for Windows 95 that I first installed years ago. This
>> time I just installed the software and created the user name I had on
>> the last computer, then overwrote all of the data files. It saved me a
>> couple hours, but I guess it was time for the slight change. The only
>> other NNTP program I use is Xnews to download the multipart files on
>> ABSE and ABPR newsgroups.
>>
>> Don't take this the wrong way, but when I see your full name with the
>> 'C', I think of Calvin & Hobbs. :)
>>
>>
>
>I don't mind at all--having my name remind people of one of the cultural
>highlights of the late 20th Century is all to the good.
>
>Actually, the stripy guy is Hobbes with an 'e', as in Thomas Hobbes the
>philosopher. TH was the guy who thought that natural man lived by the
>law of the jungle. His most famous quote is that "the life of man [in a
>state of nature] is solitary, nasty, brutish, and short."
>
>Cheers
>
>Phil Hobbs
>
>[gregarious, pleasant, civilized, and tall, among other things] ;)
>


But I'm far more fuel efficient.

John