Subject Re: Usng Thuderbird From Joe LeBlanc <jleblanc@lebtech.com> Date Sun, 31 May 2020 17:58:28 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 5/31/20 5:14 p.m., Joe LeBlanc wrote: > A while back, I asked about what newsgroup reader was being used to access the dBASE newsgroup. > There was an almost unanimous recommendatio for Thunderbird. > I mentioned at that time that in 2017,  I had tried to use it and I found it unusable. > > I've tried again and I still can't upload my messages to the this newsgroup. > Reading messages with thunderbird is the most cumbersome thing I've tried to do. > > You choose a message, Double Click on it and the message opens in a 2nd tab covering the message list. > The only way to read the next message is to close the 2nd tab with the X and double click on the next message. > I've found no place anywhere to go to another message withoug double click, read a message, close the 2nd tab, double click a message. > I have searched the Mozilla website, the help file and googled the web and I can't find instructions on how to set up and use the software. > > This is the problem I had in 2017 when I tried to use Thunderbird. > If I want to either answer or enter a new message, I have to write the message in notepad on my computer, > access the newsgroup through the dbase.com, and manually copy and paste my message in the newsgroup. > > SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAS FOR 5 YEARS. > > I either need to find detail instructions on setting up Thunderbird that even an imbasile can follow or find another program to use. > > Testing sending message -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com