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"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote:


> 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?

It doesn't matter. I'm just anal.

:-)

Frankly, Google groups looks pretty good. You have access to the old
records, and the searching is much better. If I hadn't been using my
present newsreader since dirt was invented, I might be tempted to switch.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA