From: joreilly@panix.com 
  
 Jon Bell wrote: 
 > 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: 
 > 
 > 
 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. 
 > 
 > 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. 
 > 
  
 Thanks for your reply. 
  
 Does this mean that we can no longer link to newsgroups? Evidently, only 
 visitors using lynx or links (text based) or MS IE with Outlook Express 
   will be able to view the news links.  I don't have Outlook Express.  I 
 just tried my Mozilla Navigator with no action. 
  
     Jim O'Reilly 
  
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