Re: [OT] Newsreader and feed for Lose98
- From: Tina_Hall@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tina Hall)
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:52:00 GMT+1
Default User <defaultuserbr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tina Hall wrote:
>> Default User <defaultuserbr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> When you dial that number, your modem connecting to a modem at
>>> the ISP. The ISP has its own connection to the internet via
>>> high-speed lines.
>>
>> So (conclusion) in this case it changes with whatever company I
>> use for the connection.
> I'm not sure what you mean my "it".
The ISP. That's what we were talking about.
> Just to be clear, there are two things involved with getting
> usenet. One is a news provider or server, such as
> news.individual.net.
Yes.
> The second is a way to contact that server,
That internet access.
> that is an internet service provider. Typical ISPs are dialup
> providers and broadband providers.
Now you're confusing me. If it isn't whichever company's number is
dialled for the connecction - and it isn't because you didn't even know
what I meant by 'it', despite just that being the subject - what is it?
> You will configure your client, such as Thunderbird, to access
> the news server to get messages.
That's what didn't work, if we're still talking about the same thing.
>>> I don't know the reasons. It may have been a cost issue.
>>
>> I was joking along the line of 'Usenet posters complaining to
>> aol about their twits swamping Usenet'.
> I understood, that may have been a factor, or it may have been
> costs or some combination. The upshot was that many AOLers went
> to Grouple, further compounding THAT problem. I also suspect that
> the reason NIN went pay was because of AOL people trying to
> migrate there.
NIN has something to do with that thing (server?) in Berlin? I have some
vague memory (was reminded of that when I looked at the adress you
offered for a news feed) of someone knowing some people that have to do
with that, mentioning that on a Fido meeting, at length, but I don't
remember details, just that I agreed that 10 euro a year isn't really
worth complaining about (and that I thought the explanation on Usenet
propagation much more interesting). I don't think AOL was part of it.
I guess I could ask him. Fred (my Fido node) wanted to contact the guy,
enquiring whether he would provide newsgroups to Fido people going
internet (that guy has several of them, passing them on, afair, but I
forgot the exact terms again).
>> Is there a FAQ somewhere for all the terms? (For example, what's
>> RSS?)
> I don't know of a FAQ. Most newsreaders have some similiarities,
> but all will be specific. I would look at the Mozilla site for
> details about Thunderbird.
I poked around in Thunderbird's options again, and found that it doesn't
display all of them visibly because the screen is too small and it
doesn't add a scrollbar when the window is smaller than what it wants
displayed. The stuff just disappears below the bottom edge of the window
with no way to get at it that I can see.
I'm having a look at the XP tools now, to use that as reader/writer.
That looked easy, except for the terms I don't understand.
--
Tina
No good internet access. ('Cause there is none.)
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