On 19 Apr 2004 18:00:11 GMT, [email protected] (BUB 209) wrote:
>I've always acessed newsgroups using AOL.
AOL is rubbish. Almost every service you obtain through them is either
deliberately broken in some way, or is just available better and
cheaper from somewhere else.
> Is there any way to access
>and contribute to these postings using a different service provider?
There are several ways:
http://groups.google.com
You can use this from any web browser, even through AOL.
Sign up with an ISP that runs a free new server for its customers
(these are getting rare though). As with any true Usenet service,
you'll need a Usenet client program to run on your own computer. I use
Agent, from www.forteinc.com (Good, popular, has a useful free demo
version)
Sign up with any ISP, then use a free news server from somewhere else.
There aren't many of these left, but they're still around (there's a
popular one in Berlin).
Buy an account on a paid usenet server. Not expensive, should be very
good. I use Supernews, but there's also GigaNews (amongst many others)
and even lower-priced text-only services like Gradwell.
--
Smert' spamionam
Andy Dingley writes:
>>I've always acessed newsgroups using AOL.
>
>AOL is rubbish. Almost every service you obtain through them is either
>deliberately broken in some way, or is just available better and
>cheaper from somewhere else.
>
Uh, sure, AOL isn't perfect by any stretch, but I'd like to ask when you last
used AOL?
Charlie Self
"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
pleasure." Ambrose Bierce
On 19 Apr 2004 22:53:06 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Uh, sure, AOL isn't perfect by any stretch, but I'd like to ask when you last
>used AOL?
Last Tuesday (domestic). Sometime in the next week or two
(commercially). As a web geek, I have to pay attention to just how
their b0rken browsers are mangling my content.
I can't reliably email to AOL users (which is mainly a nuisance for
eBay). My UK ISP is a big ADSL broadband provider and AOL have chosen
to implement blacklists across large chunks of their IP space,
claiming it's because of security concerns over rogue SMTP servers on
0wned home machines. Well thanks for the years of drivel and spam
coming _from_ AOL then !
AOL - where every month is September.
BUB 209 wrote:
> I've always acessed newsgroups using AOL. Is there any way to access
> and contribute to these postings using a different service provider?
> Sometimes my daughter is using the AOL account but I also have Juno.
There's always Google Groups as a backup (and as an excellent
search tool): http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rec.woodworking
Note that it can take a few hours for posts to show up there.
-Peter
[email protected] (BUB 209) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I've always acessed newsgroups using AOL. Is there any way to access
> and contribute to these postings using a different service provider?
> Sometimes my daughter is using the AOL account but I also have Juno.
Yes. Use groups.google.com. In fact, here's the link to take you
right to the wreck NG:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rec.woodworking&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en
HTH
Jim
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Sign up with any ISP, then use a free news server from somewhere else.
> There aren't many of these left, but they're still around (there's a
> popular one in Berlin).
>
That's news.individual.net - it's great. You have to sign up
and give them a valid email address, but they don't send spam,
just rare notices of maintenance outages. And you can always
give them a throwaway account like I do (www.fastmail.fm) -
check it once a week or so for the rare occasion you get a real
message on it.
There's also readfreenews.net but they may not be accepting new
members.
Neither carries binary groups - just text groups like this one.
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
You will need a newsreader. Most here use Outhouse Express. Then you need
an account with Usenet access. Juno probably does not include much if any.
In which case you can take a look at http://www.teranews.com for a free
account.
--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com
"BUB 209" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've always acessed newsgroups using AOL. Is there any way to access
> and contribute to these postings using a different service provider?
> Sometimes my daughter is using the AOL account but I also have Juno.