From:	A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject:	Easy Question
Date:	Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:05:19 +0000 (GMT)

And verily, did Ojaste,James [NCR] hastily scribble thusly...
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|Damian Robinson wrote:
|> > What is, rec.games.frp.cyber? And how do I get there? Thanks.
|>
|> its a news group.
|>
|So far, so good...
|
|> I'd tell you how to get there, but it depends on your mail program.
|>
|Huh? That's like saying that exploring the contents of your filesystem
|depends on your web browser. Sounds familiar somehow... ;-)

He means your News program.
I use TIN. Some people use PINE (which acts as both e-mail and news).

Some idiots use netscape or Internet explorer. (which are web browsers
first, and news/e-mail programs far, FAR crappier than a REAL one).

If you're using Linux/Unix, I recommend TIN.
If you're using Windross, a lot of people recommend Free Agent.
(Which, suprisingly, is free)

|> find you mail prog, and subscribe to that group.
|>
|Specifically, you need a *news* reader (ie something that understands
|NNTP). Several mailers *do* double as news readers (PINE, NS, etc),
|but they're two separate things.

NO! NONONONONO! NOT NETSCAPE! Netscape is NOT a newsreader!!!!!
NO!

:)
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