"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
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> Dan Abel wrote:
>> Time for the next step in your education, Joan. You figured out that
>> this isn't WebTV. Great. The next step is to figure out that this
>> isn't part of Google Groups either. And it's not AOL either.
>>
>> All of those three are just ways to access these groups. And most of us
>> don't use any of those three methods to access newsgroups. I have a
>> dedicated program on my Mac for nothing but accessing newsgroups.
>>
>> --
>> Dan Abel
>>
>> Petaluma, California, USA
>
>
> As has been posted here on numerous occasions, some ISP's do deliver
> these groups to some of us as part of Google. You probably like your
> dedicated program on your MAC and I have no complaints with my ISP
> delivering these groups to me through Google. I can set it up to
> deliver only the groups I am interested in and no searching. I can
> access either the newest or the oldest message, search through messages
> that are several years old, search for a specific message, etc. As
> long as we're able to read the postings, why does it matter how they
> are accessed?
>
Man I would be soo mad if my ISP DARED try to pass off GOOGLE groups as
there newsfeed. That is just so WRONG!.