OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

Note the multi-group posting.

For 18 years, I've been reading newgroups on Unix (or Linux) machines,
first using "rn" (readnews) and later "nn" (netnews), but now my ISP
(Kansas State University) has notified me that, because their news server
is getting old and because I'm one of only a very few users, they are
dropping the service as of 28 December.

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!
--
--Myron A. Calhoun.
Five boxes preserve our freedoms: soap, ballot, witness, jury, and cartridge
PhD EE (retired). "Barbershop" tenor. CDL(PTXS). W0PBV. (785) 539-4448
NRA Life Member and Certified Instructor (Home Firearm Safety, Rifle, Pistol)

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

clifto wrote:

wrote:

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!


You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

Check out https://www.altopia.com/

"Bill" wrote in message
...
clifto wrote:

wrote:

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!


You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

wrote:
So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!

Who's your ISP? SBCGlobal.net supplies a news-server.
Google's newsgroup server is now close to real-time.
Or try: http://www.usenet-access.com/contactus.asp
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

In article , wrote:
For 18 years, I've been reading newgroups on Unix (or Linux) machines,
first using "rn" (readnews) and later "nn" (netnews), but now my ISP
(Kansas State University) has notified me that, because their news server
is getting old and because I'm one of only a very few users, they are
dropping the service as of 28 December.

If you like using the old rn, nn, and tin servers, get a shell account
from Panix. You can telnet or ssh in from anywhere in the world, type
"rn" at the shell prompt and go. And it's ten bucks a month and the
tech support is better than you've ever had from Computer Services at KSU.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

Bill wrote:
clifto wrote:

wrote:

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!



You can buy a super duper feed from Supernews. For less money, you can
get a good feed (text only IIRC) from news.individual.net.

Guess we're not in Kansas any more.

add teranews.com to the list
teranews.com is ok, free (nominal one time setup charge)
but they go up and down like a yo-yo.

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

http://groups.google.com/

wrote:

Note the multi-group posting.

For 18 years, I've been reading newgroups on Unix (or Linux) machines,
first using "rn" (readnews) and later "nn" (netnews), but now my ISP
(Kansas State University) has notified me that, because their news server
is getting old and because I'm one of only a very few users, they are
dropping the service as of 28 December.

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!
--
--Myron A. Calhoun.
Five boxes preserve our freedoms: soap, ballot, witness, jury, and cartridge
PhD EE (retired). "Barbershop" tenor. CDL(PTXS). W0PBV. (785) 539-4448
NRA Life Member and Certified Instructor (Home Firearm Safety, Rifle, Pistol)

OFF TOPIC, but how do y'all read these news groups?
 

You can access newsgroups via Google ,but I believe you then need a
gmail e-mail address ,which is free anyway.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

wrote:====================

Note the multi-group posting.

For 18 years, I've been reading newgroups on Unix (or Linux) machines,
first using "rn" (readnews) and later "nn" (netnews), but now my ISP
(Kansas State University) has notified me that, because their news server
is getting old and because I'm one of only a very few users, they are
dropping the service as of 28 December.

So I need to find an alternative way of getting my daily "fix";
I sure hope someone has suggestion(s)!