Recommended USENET newsgroup access

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Lava wrote:

msg wrote:
Bryce wrote:

snip

My ISP dropped usenet recently and I
have been using (including right now) news.motzarella.org, which is
free with registration. For free without registration, there's
news.aioe.org.

Search the archives of this N.G. before recommending 'aioe.org';
recent unfortunate activity from its users resulted in that
serivce dropping sci.electronics.repair.

Michael

Hmm, this is a test posting to sci.electronics.repair from aioe.org due
to the above claim.


AIOE blocked it for a while after complaints about hundreds of forged
messages were posted through their servers. In fact, all of the
sci.electronics.* groups were blocked.


AIOE blocked alt.support.ocd after a certain dumbfuck, Stephany Alexander,
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sent several posts in a short period of time.
--
http://improve-usenet.org/index.html

If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in
your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm

Sporadic E is the Earth's aluminum foil beanie for the 'global warming'
sheep.
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"Kendra Weissbein" <kweissbein@lvhcc.com> wrote in message
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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Lava wrote:

msg wrote:
Bryce wrote:

snip

My ISP dropped usenet recently and I
have been using (including right now) news.motzarella.org, which is
free with registration. For free without registration, there's
news.aioe.org.

Search the archives of this N.G. before recommending 'aioe.org';
recent unfortunate activity from its users resulted in that
serivce dropping sci.electronics.repair.

Michael

Hmm, this is a test posting to sci.electronics.repair from aioe.org due
to the above claim.


AIOE blocked it for a while after complaints about hundreds of forged
messages were posted through their servers. In fact, all of the
sci.electronics.* groups were blocked.


AIOE blocked alt.support.ocd after a certain dumbfuck, Stephany Alexander,
sent several posts in a short period of time.
--
http://improve-usenet.org/index.html

If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in
your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm

Sporadic E is the Earth's aluminum foil beanie for the 'global warming'
sheep.
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Fuck Kendra Weissbein. She is a motherfucking chickenfucker.
 
"Stephany Alexander" <womansavers@womansavers.com> wrote in message
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"Kendra Weissbein" <kweissbein@lvhcc.com> wrote in message
news:g57c8q$4h3$1@aioe.org...

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:xM2dnfOGWqzyGffVnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

Lava wrote:

msg wrote:
Bryce wrote:

snip

My ISP dropped usenet recently and I
have been using (including right now) news.motzarella.org, which is
free with registration. For free without registration, there's
news.aioe.org.

Search the archives of this N.G. before recommending 'aioe.org';
recent unfortunate activity from its users resulted in that
serivce dropping sci.electronics.repair.

Michael

Hmm, this is a test posting to sci.electronics.repair from aioe.org due
to the above claim.


AIOE blocked it for a while after complaints about hundreds of forged
messages were posted through their servers. In fact, all of the
sci.electronics.* groups were blocked.


AIOE blocked alt.support.ocd after a certain dumbfuck, Stephany
Alexander, sent several posts in a short period of time.
--
http://improve-usenet.org/index.html

If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in
your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm

Sporadic E is the Earth's aluminum foil beanie for the 'global warming'
sheep.


Fuck Kendra Weissbein. She is a motherfucking chickenfucker.
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Go wash your pussy, you fucking stinking cunt.
 
On Jul 1, 10:45 am, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
OK, a bit off topic but may apply to others at universities as they
upgrade their computer
systems.

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers.  I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.

Thanks!

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 Repair | Main Table of Contents:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
        | Mirror Sites:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header
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FAQs.
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Why not use Google Groups. It's just an ordinary web site that you
can see with an ordinary browser so I know you'd be able to get it at
your university. It has several advantages over others I've seen.
There is a search engine built in so that you can search just that
group, or all groups, going back to 1994. Very handy. Plus you can
sort by date or relevance. Also it lets you display newsgroup
messages with the reply tree shown on the left so you know what
messages were responses to which other messages. It also has a bunch
of other options for displaying various selected information (e.g.
headers) in various different ways (titles only or short summary, with
or without tree, etc.) Plus, when you sign in, at the bottom of the
lists of all groups you've chosen to monitor, it will give you a list
of those of your message threads that have had new responses. That's
good so you don't forget a thread that you replied to and you can see
what others have added - otherwise you might forget about it.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
 
ImageAnalyst wrote:
On Jul 1, 10:45�am, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
OK, a bit off topic but may apply to others at universities as they
upgrade their computer
systems.

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers. �I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.

Thanks!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/
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Why not use Google Groups. It's just an ordinary web site that you
can see with an ordinary browser so I know you'd be able to get it at
your university. It has several advantages over others I've seen.
There is a search engine built in so that you can search just that
group, or all groups, going back to 1994. Very handy. Plus you can
sort by date or relevance. Also it lets you display newsgroup
messages with the reply tree shown on the left so you know what
messages were responses to which other messages. It also has a bunch
of other options for displaying various selected information (e.g.
headers) in various different ways (titles only or short summary, with
or without tree, etc.) Plus, when you sign in, at the bottom of the
lists of all groups you've chosen to monitor, it will give you a list
of those of your message threads that have had new responses. That's
good so you don't forget a thread that you replied to and you can see
what others have added - otherwise you might forget about it.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
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That's what I am using now. But although GG will email links to new
postings
on a daily basis, it's definitely a lot less convenient and more time
consuming to
read them than emacs/gnus. In particular, the links don't display the
lastest
posting, only part of the original, additional steps are needed to
even know if
it's of any interest. Grrrrrr - Progress! :)

And then there's the really annoying "convince us you're a human". I
can't read
half the stuff they put there!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header
above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is
included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the
FAQs.
 
On Jul 11, 7:55 pm, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
ImageAnalyst wrote:
On Jul 1, 10:45�am, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
OK, a bit off topic but may apply to others at universities as they
upgrade their computer
systems.

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers. �I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.

Thanks!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/
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Why not use Google Groups.  It's just an ordinary web site that you
can see with an ordinary browser so I know you'd be able to get it at
your university.  It has several advantages over others I've seen.
There is a search engine built in so that you can search just that
group, or all groups, going back to 1994.  Very handy.  Plus you can
sort by date or relevance.  Also it lets you display newsgroup
messages with the reply tree shown on the left so you know what
messages were responses to which other messages.  It also has a bunch
of other options for displaying various selected information (e.g.
headers) in various different ways (titles only or short summary, with
or without tree, etc.)  Plus, when you sign in, at the bottom of the
lists of all groups you've chosen to monitor, it will give you a list
of those of your message threads that have had new responses.  That's
good so you don't forget a thread that you replied to and you can see
what others have added - otherwise you might forget about it.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst

That's what I am using now.  But although GG will email links to new
postings
on a daily basis, it's definitely a lot less convenient and more time
consuming to
read them than emacs/gnus.  In particular, the links don't display the
lastest
posting, only part of the original, additional steps are needed to
even know if
it's of any interest.  Grrrrrr - Progress! :)

And then there's the really annoying "convince us you're a human".  I
can't read
half the stuff they put there!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/
 Repair | Main Table of Contents:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
        | Mirror Sites:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html
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I agree - that sounds like a big pain. I'm glad I don't use Google
Groups in that way. Doing it through email sounds like a definite
last resort way of doing it. I don't have them email me anything.
When I want to see groups, I just go to groups.google.com. It lists
what's new in the list and lists which threads I've participated in at
the bottom. I don't need any email alerts because I visit every day
and I see what's new on the web site. Why don't you just visit the
web site?
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
 
ImageAnalyst wrote:
On Jul 11, 7:55 pm, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
ImageAnalyst wrote:
On Jul 1, 10:45�am, s...@ece.drexel.edu wrote:
OK, a bit off topic but may apply to others at universities as they
upgrade their computer
systems.

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers. �I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.

Thanks!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------­-
Why not use Google Groups. It's just an ordinary web site that you
can see with an ordinary browser so I know you'd be able to get it at
your university. It has several advantages over others I've seen.
There is a search engine built in so that you can search just that
group, or all groups, going back to 1994. Very handy. Plus you can
sort by date or relevance. Also it lets you display newsgroup
messages with the reply tree shown on the left so you know what
messages were responses to which other messages. It also has a bunch
of other options for displaying various selected information (e.g.
headers) in various different ways (titles only or short summary, with
or without tree, etc.) Plus, when you sign in, at the bottom of the
lists of all groups you've chosen to monitor, it will give you a list
of those of your message threads that have had new responses. That's
good so you don't forget a thread that you replied to and you can see
what others have added - otherwise you might forget about it.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst

That's what I am using now. But although GG will email links to new
postings
on a daily basis, it's definitely a lot less convenient and more time
consuming to
read them than emacs/gnus. In particular, the links don't display the
lastest
posting, only part of the original, additional steps are needed to
even know if
it's of any interest. Grrrrrr - Progress! :)

And then there's the really annoying "convince us you're a human". I
can't read
half the stuff they put there!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ:http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html


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I agree - that sounds like a big pain. I'm glad I don't use Google
Groups in that way. Doing it through email sounds like a definite
last resort way of doing it. I don't have them email me anything.
When I want to see groups, I just go to groups.google.com. It lists
what's new in the list and lists which threads I've participated in at
the bottom. I don't need any email alerts because I visit every day
and I see what's new on the web site. Why don't you just visit the
web site?
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
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I have links set up also but the email sort of seemed easier. But
maybe
your're right. It sounds like you have more options set up though.
What
are they?

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header
above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is
included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the
FAQs.
 
David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> writes:

sam@ece.drexel.edu writes:

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers. I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.


Get a Panix account <http://www.panix.com/shell.html
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That's something to consider.

Thanks!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.
 
dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:

In article <ljzk2sqx.fsf@seas.upenn.edu>,
Samuel M. Goldwasser <sam@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> writes:

sam@ece.drexel.edu writes:

So UPenn and Drexel have pulled the plug on their USENET news
servers. I'm looking for recommendations on newsgroup access,
preferably via GNUS, which many consider antiquated, as far as I can
tell, it is 10 times faster to read and post than using the fancy GUI
"modern" alternatives.


Get a Panix account <http://www.panix.com/shell.html

That's something to consider.

Thanks!

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/

And then use "trn4" as your newsreader.
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What's wrong with emacs? :)

--- sam | Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/
Repair | Main Table of Contents: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
+Lasers | Sam's Laser FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm
| Mirror Sites: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_mirror.html

Important: Anything sent to the email address in the message header above is
ignored unless my full name AND either lasers or electronics is included in the
subject line. Or, you can contact me via the Feedback Form in the FAQs.
 
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