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Skriven 2005-03-13 11:42:44 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
     Kommentar till en text av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: no more usenet via compuserve
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From: Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>

Well, for now I made a yahoo address and posted via Google.   But I like
Agent much better for newsgroups (not least because I can save posts on my own
machine with one click), so I guess I still need to make some kind of change.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:01:35 -0500, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote
in message <42343950@w3.nls.net>:

>Yes read only means no-post. There are free servers out there that you can
>post on. There are some sites that attempt to keep track of them. A search
>on Google will give you more. As with many things free you may or may not
>like what you find
>
>http://freenews.maxbaud.net/
>
>http://www.newsservers.net/FreeNewsServers.php
>
>
>"Ellen K." <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
>news:7ep731l1knio0d0q96bdf7fkcmc3o12do6@4ax.com...
>> "read only" meaning you can't post?
>>
>> On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:23:49 -0500, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>
>> wrote in message <4233dc0c$1@w3.nls.net>:
>>
>>>For a free read only ( non binary )  usenet server I use
>>>freenews.netfront.net. For the microsoft stuff I just use
>>>news.microsoft.com
>>>
>>>
>>>"Ellen K." <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
>>>news:p5m7311dl0n2ngm9sa369qdhmq1i1fhbea@4ax.com...
>>>> Get this, if you know the name of the real usenet group you want, you
>>>> can still get there with Google.  But web-based is clunky, they show
>>>> like the latest 10 messages or something.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:30:39 -0800, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>
>>>> wrote in message <39j731lduobp188j4jqgg0raqs6dftvkgv@4ax.com>:
>>>>
>>>>>This sucks, compuserve no longer includes usenet.   Supposedly since
>>>>>about two weeks.   (I discovered this the hard way last week.  And the
>>>>>first customer service person didn't even know what a newsserver was.
>>>>>The one I got the next day said the service was discontinued about two
>>>>>weeks ago.)
>>>>>
>>>>>Meanwhile I think Google Groups isn't usenet any more, but rather their
>>>>>own groups.
>>>>>
>>>>>So...  Maybe this means it's time to change my ISP finally.   Which, if
>>>>>I'm already doing, I may as well finally get broadband, it will make
>>>>>working from home a lot easier.  So, I guess ideally I need an ISP which
>>>>>a.  provides RELIABLE broadband in SoCal
>>>>>b.  includes usenet
>>>>>c.  has dialup numbers across the country so when I travel if the Sprint
>>>>>wireless signal isn't strong enough I can still connect.
>>>>>
>>>>>And then I guess I need to decide on an email client.  I want to get my
>>>>>mail as plain text but to be able to see the full headers.
>>>>>
>>>>>Suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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