This bug is similar to linux bug 6790 Build: Mac May 20 Seamonkey build installed (1999052008) on PPC 8500/150 OS 8.5.1 Problem: News message don't load in the message pane on the Mac. You can see your newsgroup(s) and retrieve the new threads, but nothing happens when you select a thread to be loaded in the message pane. Note: on Win32 May Seamonkey build (1999052008), news messages load fine in the message pane. Steps to reproduce problem: 0) Configure you prefs50.js for a newsgroup. I was subscribed to the Netscape.test on news.mozilla.org which had under 100 messages. 1) Launch Apprunner 2) Open Messenger through the Task menu It should list the news server "news.mozilla.org" 3) Double click on the new server name/icon The subscribed newsgroup should be listed 4) Select the newsgroup 5) Click on the Get Msg button 6) Wait for it to retrieve the threads. It may take a few minutes on a slow Mac 7) Select a thread The message does not load in the message pane.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6790 ***

Verified as a duplicate of 6790.