Re: newsreader that doesn't require ISP account?

On 2008-01-01, gearhead <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use Google Groups to read and post to newsgroups, because I don't
have my own internet service; I have to use the wi-fi at libraries,
cafes and the like.
But the sporging is getting worse, so I'm looking for a way to filter
it out. I can't filter/killfile with Google Groups, so I need to
find another way to access usenet. I can't use one of the
conventional newsreaders, like Agent, because they require an ISP
account.
I haven't found much. I tried news.interbulletin.com but it doesn't
seem to have any filtering capability.
I'd gladly pay a few dollars a month for a service not tied to a
particular ISP but works everywhere, coffee shops, the public library
etc. Looking for suggestions or advice.

See 'Feed Services' and 'Public News Servers' at
<http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/>. I can recommend Individual.net
which charges only 10 Euros a year <http://www.individual.net/>.
Datemas.de is a well-established free service <http://news.datemas.de/> -
their filtering out of garbage is rather less efficient than that achieved
by Individual.net.

You do not need an ISP account to use any news-reader, as far as I'm
aware; just an internet connection and an account with a News Service
Provider (NSP).

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