On Mar 11, 2:18*am, Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , Ian Jackson
writes

Nope. Demon posts don't appear. Back E-S.
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Ian

I hear your pain... I used to have a good newsgroup server provided by
my ISP (news.gil.com.au)... however that stopped talking to me a while
ago, and I've since resorted to Google Groups, which while usable, I'd
much rather use NNTP directly.

Anyone know of a decent newsgroup server that is open-access?

In message
,
Stuart Longland VK4MSL writes
On Mar 11, 2:18*am, Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , Ian Jackson
writes

Nope. Demon posts don't appear. Back E-S.
--
Ian

I hear your pain... I used to have a good newsgroup server provided by
my ISP (news.gil.com.au)... however that stopped talking to me a while
ago, and I've since resorted to Google Groups, which while usable, I'd
much rather use NNTP directly.

Anyone know of a decent newsgroup server that is open-access?

Well, Eternal September (was Motzarella) and AIOE are my 'backup' news
servers. Both are free. With E-S, you simply sign up. With AIOE, you
don't even have to do that - just change the name of your news server to
'nttp.aioe.org' (at least in Demon's 'Turnpike' news client). However,
neither allow binaries so, for NGs like
alt.binaries.schematics.electronic, I have to stick to Demon's own
server.
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Ian

Stuart Longland VK4MSL wrote:
On Mar 11, 2:18 am, Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , Ian Jackson
writes

Nope. Demon posts don't appear. Back E-S.
--
Ian

I hear your pain... I used to have a good newsgroup server provided by
my ISP (news.gil.com.au)... however that stopped talking to me a while
ago, and I've since resorted to Google Groups, which while usable, I'd
much rather use NNTP directly.

Anyone know of a decent newsgroup server that is open-access?


Open access ones often become spam sources and are then blocked by other
news servers, especially those still run by ISPs. Then posts don't show
up, or only some people can see them. That can become frustrating.

After my ISP dropped Usenet (hurumph ... grumble ...) I signed up with
news.individual.de and all was well again. Ok, not free but it costs
only 10 Euros per year. It's in Germany yet they signed me up even
though I live in the US. No binaries though. This is their registration
page in English:

http://news.individual.net/index.php

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:05:27 -0800, Joerg wrote:

After my ISP dropped Usenet (hurumph ... grumble ...) I signed up with
news.individual.de and all was well again. Ok, not free but it costs
only 10 Euros per year. It's in Germany yet they signed me up even
though I live in the US. No binaries though. This is their registration
page in English:

http://news.individual.net/index.php

Recommeded. I've been with'em for just shy of ten years now.

Jonesy
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