Re: [OT] Eternal September question

On 2025-03-26 01:18:44 +0000, Pluted Pup said:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:55:28 -0700, rhino wrote:
 

 Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>  posted:
 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:22:13 -0700, rhino wrote:
 

 I *think* I may have solved my problem with Thunderbird but I still have one key question.
 I removed the newsreader account I had (after writing down the settings) and then re-created it. Now, when I try to manage subscriptions, I actually get a list of newsgroups which is a big improvement.
 However, the list of newsgroups I'm seeing are those that are specific to Eternal September and NOT Usenet newsgroups.
 I've seen and fixed that problem before but it's been a while and I've forgotten what I did. There's one additional step I need to do to see the Usenet newsgroups.
 Can anyone remind me what needs to be done?

 I think I need to remove every trace of Thunderbird from my
computer to reinstall it again afresh, which I have been
unable to do: Thunderbird always seems to reinstall with
a bad installation. I have no idea how to do a true removal
of the faulty Thunderbird installation I have, and I certainly
tried.

Try Mozilla's Thunderbird forum for help on that one. I think the people there are only regular users like us but they should be able to help with your problem. They haven't been that much help with mine though.

 I did and never found whatever is the secret method to
delete an installation, and I didn't see any acknowledgement
of the mass failings of Thunderbird, the Newsreader, for Apple
users, if not others, a few years ago. All I can do is
try again, and see if search is no longer broken, as it was
at google, a few years ago.
 What I use, Hogwatcher, sucks because it doesn't have a
search in it, and pointlessly hijacks the Operating
System's search function, cmd-F, so there is no text
searching.

What OS are you on? You can use the free Unison if you aren't past Mojave 10.14.6.
I've tried out Hogwatcher and would've been willing to pay for it but you're right, it does kinda suck.
I don't think I've ever used Thunderbird in any capacity and certainly not on OSX, however I'm a huge Firefox fan and (unlike Chrome) they still support my OS (just downloaded the latest auto-update as a matter of fact).