Re: secnews.netscape.com

gwtc wrote:
> Jeffrey Zarit wrote:
> 
>> My ISP is of no help
>> and this is all messed up
>> and I do not know of how
>> to get help.
>> I have posted to several groups,
>> and all I have been told was to post to
>> the CORRECT GROUP, which I cannot post to.
>> There are instructions for ff 1.5, however,
>> I CANNOT GET THEM TO WORK .
>> There are instructions to set up a new profile,
>> but I am unable to set up a new profile.
>> I set up a new profile for secnews.netscape.com
>> and now every time I go to a group, I have to subscribe.
>> I do not understand any of this. AND I CONTINUE TO GET
>> MORE AN MORE FRUSTRATED.
>> CAN ANYONE HELP ME?
>> [email protected]
>> 2 December 2005
>>
> You think you're confused, I haven't the foggiest what you want.  Are 
> you trying to create a new Firefox profile, or are you trying to add the 
> news server secnews.netscape.com to Firefox?
> 
> If you're trying to create a new Firefox profile, close FF, click on 
> Start, Run and enter:
> 
> firefox.exe -P
> 
> This will bring up the profile manager and you can create a new profile 
> from there.
> 
> If your trying to add the news server to FF, you can't.  FF is a browser 
> only, not a news reader.  You need Thunderbird or another news reader to 
> do that.
There is no start, no run, and no exe-p on this macintosh computer.
I am using Mozilla 1.3.1 for news on both my G3 Pismo at my home and on 
my G4 Quicksilver in my office, both macintosh computers. The 
instructions you list, I think, are for windows machines.