Re: OT: News readers

Peter A Forbes wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:43:44 -0600, amcnee <amcnee.20pcgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> There is no question that using a newsreader (even Outlook Express) is
>> preferable to a web interface. I still don't know which NNTP server to
>> point my newsreader at to find this forum. It seems that USENET are a
>> possiblity but they seem to require a subsctiption. I know that
>> newsgroups are often mirrored on multiple server with feeds coming from
>> different places including Google and RCGroups web sites. Any other
>> suggestions NNTP server mirrors?
>>
>> Archie
>
> You don't point anywhere, the newsreader will automatically load the list of
> newsgroups when you first start, and then you select which ones you
> 'subscribe'
> to, although there is no subscription per se.
>
> Usenet is a free access organisation, you pay nothing for the access.

You need access to a news server though. Most ISP deals (except AOL) include
this. Ask your ISP.

There are also a few commercial news servers. I don't have a list or
anything, sorry. They tend to charge about a fiver a month, which is
ridiculous - should be about a fiver a year for the average user.

There may even be some free ones, there used to be a few, but they tend to
be limited - few groups, and no posting - and were becoming uncommon when
last I looked (some years ago).



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