"ed" <ed[at]edcosoft.com> wrote:

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Of course, that's not a solution if you're researching past posts.

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and the dream will never die."

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Victor Roberts wrote:
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If one doesn't want the full Mozilla suite, one can download
Thunderbird. It is the email/news application for Firefox
browser users. It is built on the same engine as Mozilla.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

In addition, I also would recommend an excellent freeware
application called 40tude Dialog. One nice thing about it,
is that it supports multiple servers and identities, has
filtering/scoring support, integrated email functionality
and binary support including support for multiparts. There
is no spyware, malware, etc. associated with it.
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/

Personally, I find the Thunderbird product to be very user
friendly with a simple interface.

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Alan
http://taxtopics.net

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Bob Sandler <bob_usenet[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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The free Mozilla browser, available at www.mozilla.org, has
an excellent newsreader, though like you, I prefer to use
Agent.

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Vic Roberts
Replace xxx with vdr in e-mail address.

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You can't get rid of the sponsored links, but you might be
able to stop them from obliterating the posts. If you are
using Internet Explorer, try changing the text size. On the
View menu select Text Size, then select a smaller size than
what is currently selected. I normally keep mine set to
Smaller and I don't have the problem. If I set it to Larger
then the sponsored links overlap the posts.

As the moderator said, this is a Google-induced problem.
You can send feedback to Google at the following link.
http://groups-beta.google.com/support/bin/request.py

The other solution, as the moderator suggested, is to give
up on Google Groups and access the newsgroup directly on a
news server using a newsreader program. Your ISP probably
provides a news server. You can find out the name of it on
their web site or by calling support. One of the most
popular newsreaders is Agent. That's what I use and I am
very happy with it. Another popular one is Xnews. You can
also use Outlook Express as a newsreader.

Here are links for Agent and Xnews.
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
http://xnews.newsguy.com

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ed wrote:

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Well, I finally figured it out. click on "options" and
then "show original". what a pain just so they can
ADVERTISE ON MISC.TAX.MODERATED that supposedly allows no
advertising!!!. ed

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Does anyone know how to get rid of the "sponsored Linkes"
advertising that obliterates the initial posts in each
thread?

ed

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MODERATOR:
That is a Google-induced problem. The only solution of
which I am aware is to use a different news-server.
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