On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:39:23 +0000, Highland Ham wrote:
You can access newsgroups via Google ,but I believe you then need a
gmail e-mail address ,which is free anyway.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

wrote:====================

Note the multi-group posting.

For 18 years, I've been reading newgroups on Unix (or Linux) machines,
first using "rn" (readnews) and later "nn" (netnews), but now my ISP
(Kansas State University) has notified me that, because their news server
is getting old and because I'm one of only a very few users, they are
dropping the service as of 28 December.

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!

And, using Google, you run the risk of being killfiled by a Great Many
usenet denizens because of the gawd-awful defaults Google uses for
follow-ups in its posting configuration. But, then, you knew that...

So, you being a *nix user, I can't see you getting excited about doing
usenet 'text work' with a bloated cartoon interface. I'm a *nix user,
too, and I can recommend Individual.net ( http://news.individual.net/ ).
It's is the follow-on/re-incarnation of the free news.cis.dfn.de. It
costs 10 Euro per year and it's well worth it. I used the online sign-up
and paid via the FirstgGate ( http://firstgate.com/EU/en/info.html )
service they use.

Now, if only slrn could score on top-posters. sigh...

HTH
Jonesy
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