On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:35:23 -0800 (PST), Roy >
wrote:

>On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 1:08:30 PM UTC-7, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 1:57:37 PM UTC-6, graham wrote:
>> > I use Thunderbird for newsgroups. When I try to post, I keep getting a
>> > "You are not allowed to post" message. I have to re-subscribe to the
>> > newsgroup each time before the message posts. Damned annoying!!!!!!
>> > It's not the provider.
>> > Has anyone else had this problem?
>>
>> Thunderbird is an email clinet program that tries to pretend it's also purports itself to be a Usenet newsreader program, and does not know the differences between SMTP email and Usenet newsgroups! POS software!! Run away.
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>John, you are so full of baloney, its coming out of your ears. Thunderbird when set up properly is great...I've used it for years.
>====

He might be full of baloney - but not on the question of Tbird being a
good Usenet client. It's quite crappy for that task, actually.