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

You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

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my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.

clifto wrote:

wrote:

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


You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list

Check out https://www.altopia.com/

"Bill" wrote in message
...
clifto wrote:

wrote:

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


You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list

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)!

My ISP still provides usenet, but you can always go to google groups,
and read and post for free. There are other free news providers that
have web portals as well.

-Chuck

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

Who's your ISP? SBCGlobal.net supplies a news-server.
Google's newsgroup server is now close to real-time.
Or try: http://www.usenet-access.com/contactus.asp
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

In article , wrote:
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.

If you like using the old rn, nn, and tin servers, get a shell account
from Panix. You can telnet or ssh in from anywhere in the world, type
"rn" at the shell prompt and go. And it's ten bucks a month and the
tech support is better than you've ever had from Computer Services at KSU.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Bill wrote:
clifto wrote:

wrote:

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



You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list
teranews.com is ok, free (nominal one time setup charge)
but they go up and down like a yo-yo.

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)!

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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