From: jtbell@presby.edu 
  
 In article , 
 Jim O'Reilly   wrote: 
 >[...]  However, when I try to use my links to the newsgroups using 
 >Safari under Mac OSX, I get the message: Cannot go to 
 >€news:comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc€, because Mac OS X doesn€t recognize 
 >addresses starting with €news: 
  
 This problem is actually a function of the particular Web browser that 
 you're using, and is not inherent in Mac OS X.  I think Safari uses that 
 error message because much of its functionality *does* in fact come from 
 an engine buried in Mac OS X, and that engine can't handle "news:" URLs. 
 Other browsers don't work that way, because they don't use the Safari 
 engine. 
  
 For example, Internet Explorer will by default fire up Outlook Express (if 
 you have it installed) when you enter a "news:" URL, and tell OE to go to 
 the specfied group. 
  
 Netscape Communicator has newsgroup functionality built in, so it can 
 handle "news:" URLs all by itself. 
  
 I don't think Firefox can handle them, at least not yet. 
  
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 Jon Bell                         Presbyterian College 
 Dept. of Physics and Computer Science        Clinton, South Carolina USA 
  
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