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Newsgroup servers?
Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an
email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. |
Newsgroup servers?
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Dee Flint wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Get a shell account at Panix.com. They have a very good news server. $100. a year, includes email. www.panix.com You can do email and news by logging into your shell account and using unix tools or remotely with NNTP and IMAP access. -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L |
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"Dee Flint" wrote ...
Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Google will give you an ample list of free news servers. Many people in other newsgroups faced with the same situation are going over to news.individual.net which is actually run by the Free University in Berlin (not that the location makes any difference on the worldwide network). It costs 10 Euros per year which amounts to slightly more than 1 USD per month. They run a good operation and I have not heard any complaints about it. I have them auto charge my plastic every year and I don't even have to think about it. Highly recommended. |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:46:25 EDT, "Dee Flint"
wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. They haven't sent one to me...... :-) -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net |
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Right now I am unemployed. I need to keep the internet for my job hunting
but $100 is not reasonable to spend at this time for newsgroups. Dee, N8UZE "Rich Greenberg" wrote in message ... In article , Dee Flint wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Get a shell account at Panix.com. They have a very good news server. $100. a year, includes email. www.panix.com You can do email and news by logging into your shell account and using unix tools or remotely with NNTP and IMAP access. -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L |
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"Phil Kane" wrote in message ... On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:46:25 EDT, "Dee Flint" wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. They haven't sent one to me...... :-) -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net Here's the URL for the web page: http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ Maybe they haven't gotten to the letter K in sending out the notice or maybe they are doing it by service areas. Dee, N8UZE |
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"Richard Crowley" wrote in message ... "Dee Flint" wrote ... Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Google will give you an ample list of free news servers. Many people in other newsgroups faced with the same situation are going over to news.individual.net which is actually run by the Free University in Berlin (not that the location makes any difference on the worldwide network). It costs 10 Euros per year which amounts to slightly more than 1 USD per month. They run a good operation and I have not heard any complaints about it. I have them auto charge my plastic every year and I don't even have to think about it. Highly recommended. I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, N8UZE |
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"Dee Flint" wrote
I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, how about this one for $29? http://www.forteinc.com/agent/ |
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In article , Phil Kane wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:46:25 EDT, "Dee Flint" wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. They haven't sent one to me...... :-) Since you're posting through Panix, Comcast's actions won't affect you anyway, Phil. Same with me. I don't recall whether I got a notice from them or read about it in some of my habitual Usenet groups a couple of weeks ago, but I knew it didn't affect me anyway, because I only use my Comcast cable modem to access my *real* ISP. :-) Patty N6BIS |
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Hi everyone:
"Dee Flint" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Try http://www.open-news-network.org/ You may have to run it through Google's Translator site to get it to where you can read it properly, but they are the only ones I know offering free USENET access. Good Luck. Cheers & 73 :D Pat Cook, KB0OXD Denver, Colorado **NEW!!**Owner/Sysop - KB0OXD-L (EchoLink Node No. 39953) **NEW!!** Website - http://www.qsl.net/kb0oxd/ EchoLink Page - http://www.qsl.net/kb0oxd/echolink/ |
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Rich Greenberg wrote: In article , Dee Flint wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Get a shell account at Panix.com. They have a very good news server. $100. a year, includes email. www.panix.com Or, for USENET access only, consider news.individual.net - ten euros per year. The site "aioe.org" has a publicly-accessible USENET server - free to use, and posting is allowed. Unfortunately, The Tragedy of the Commons applies here - because the server is free, open, and (by deliberate intent) doesn't authenticate its users, it has become a server-of-choice for abusive posters and (I think) spammers, and quite a lot of sites and individuals are now just dropping all aioe.org articles on the floor. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Dee Flint wrote: Right now I am unemployed. I need to keep the internet for my job hunting but $100 is not reasonable to spend at this time for newsgroups. Dee, N8UZE Can you afford $10/month? Thats the basic rate at Panix, if you pay a year at a time, you get a $20 discount. "Rich Greenberg" wrote in message ... In article , Dee Flint wrote: Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Get a shell account at Panix.com. They have a very good news server. $100. a year, includes email. www.panix.com You can do email and news by logging into your shell account and using unix tools or remotely with NNTP and IMAP access. -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L |
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"Howard Lester" wrote in message
... "Dee Flint" wrote I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, how about this one for $29? http://www.forteinc.com/agent/ That's a program, not a content delivery service. |
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"Pat Cook" wrote in message
... Hi everyone: "Dee Flint" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Try http://www.open-news-network.org/ You may have to run it through Google's Translator site to get it to where you can read it properly, but they are the only ones I know offering free USENET access. Or try the link at the bottom of the page that says "English"! |
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:34:34 EDT, "D. Stussy" wrote:
"Howard Lester" wrote in message ... "Dee Flint" wrote I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, how about this one for $29? http://www.forteinc.com/agent/ That's a program, not a content delivery service. Forte offers Agent Premium Newsgroups (APN). http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php It's basically a front-end to Easynews. 12 GBytes $2.95 / month 25 GBytes $5.95 / month 70 GBytes $9.95 / month Unlimited $14.95 / month I don't download many binaries, so I'm happy with the 12 GBytes level. 73 de Dick, AC7EL |
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"Dick Grady AC7EL" wrote in message
... On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:34:34 EDT, "D. Stussy" wrote: "Howard Lester" wrote in message ... "Dee Flint" wrote I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, how about this one for $29? http://www.forteinc.com/agent/ That's a program, not a content delivery service. Forte offers Agent Premium Newsgroups (APN). http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php It's basically a front-end to Easynews. 12 GBytes $2.95 / month 25 GBytes $5.95 / month 70 GBytes $9.95 / month Unlimited $14.95 / month I don't download many binaries, so I'm happy with the 12 GBytes level. OK, but the URL you gave was to the program. The URL for the service is http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php and does NOT appear on the program's page. |
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Basic usenet news service from http://www.newsguy.com/overview.htm
is $7.95 per month. It's $39.95 per year if you pay up front. Jeff-1.0 wa6fwi |
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Rich Greenberg wrote:
In article , Dee Flint wrote: Right now I am unemployed. I need to keep the internet for my job hunting but $100 is not reasonable to spend at this time for newsgroups. Dee, N8UZE Can you afford $10/month? Thats the basic rate at Panix, if you pay a year at a time, you get a $20 discount. Panix is a fine service, but it's a full-service Internet facility. Service for newsgroups only is available for much less cost, and that's all that Comcast is dropping so why pay for more? My preference, as others have put forward, is individual.net. I don't like the free services for the reasons already mentioned. I find individual.net a reasonable compromise between the free services that are worth what you pay and the more expensive products that provide additional function beyond what I need. If you're just looking for a good provider for Usenet access, it fits the bill nicely. Another alternative that I don't think anyone has mentioned is access to newsgroups via the Google interface. Being able to use a real news reader is well worth 10 Euros per year to me. 73, Steve KB9X |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:01:33 EDT, "Howard Lester"
wrote: I'll check out the one you suggest. I tried google but everything listed seemed to have a charge attached to it. It needs to be very cheap or free as I'm unemployed at this time. Dee, how about this one for $29? http://www.forteinc.com/agent/ I have been using Forte Agent for quite a while. It is only a newsreader and requires an external news service. Their "in house" service, APM, runs about $15 per month. For what I pay Comcast for internet access, an extra $15 a month is not that expensive. My e-mail service costs about that much, if not more. It's just the principle of the thing, an "entitlement" so to speak. Relevance to ham radio: it's how I keep in contact with r.r.a.m news, and other hams on the two other groups, one hobby, one professional. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:46:35 EDT, Patty Winter
wrote: Since you're posting through Panix, Comcast's actions won't affect you anyway, Phil. Same with me. I don't recall whether I got a notice from them or read about it in some of my habitual Usenet groups a couple of weeks ago, but I knew it didn't affect me anyway, because I only use my Comcast cable modem to access my *real* ISP. :-) The group is hosted on panix. My domain and mail server is on NetSol, but my news server = the one I connect to - is newsgroups.comcast.net. If this affects me - I will check with Comcast next week - I will have to find another news service - perhaps NetSol has one or use the one that Forte Agent works with. Perhaps, to paraphrase the unforgettable Dr. C.T. Yang of MIT some 55 years ago - "THIS Comcast not the same as THAT Comcast....I only did that to con-fuse you..." -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net |
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:55:13 EDT, "D. Stussy"
wrote: OK, but the URL you gave was to the program. The URL for the service is http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php and does NOT appear on the program's page. Hmmmm...I got to the APN site through a link on the Forte Agent site. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net |
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On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 02:29:14 EDT, Phil Kane
wrote: On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:55:13 EDT, "D. Stussy" wrote: OK, but the URL you gave was to the program. The URL for the service is http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php and does NOT appear on the program's page. Hmmmm...I got to the APN site through a link on the Forte Agent site. Thats what I use. |
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In article , Phil Kane wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:46:35 EDT, Patty Winter wrote: Since you're posting through Panix, Comcast's actions won't affect you anyway, Phil. Same with me. The group is hosted on panix. My domain and mail server is on NetSol, but my news server = the one I connect to - is newsgroups.comcast.net. Sorry, Phil, I forgot that this was a moderated group and thus all postings appear to come from Panix. In that case, you will need to find yourself a new Usenet provider. Patty |
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Steve Bonine typed, for some strange, unexplained reason: [snip] : Another alternative that I don't think anyone has mentioned is access : to newsgroups via the Google interface. Being able to use a real news : reader is well worth 10 Euros per year to me. : : 73, Steve KB9X Hmm. Personally, I wouldn't recommend Google for newsgroup access. It's clunky to use and seems (from the posts of those I've seen in other groups) to encourage top posting and not snipping repeated text, both of which are personal dislikes of mine. I also use individual.net and it fits the bill nicely for me. 73 Ivor G6URP |
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Ivor Jones wrote:
Hmm. Personally, I wouldn't recommend Google for newsgroup access. It's clunky to use and seems (from the posts of those I've seen in other groups) to encourage top posting and not snipping repeated text, both of which are personal dislikes of mine. King of like Outlook, eh? grin Seriously, it's a matter of personal taste. Most people who have used a real news reader hold Google in contempt as a way to access Usenet, but some folks like the interface . . . just like some folks love to work contests and other folks think they're a plague. |
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"Pat Cook" wrote in message
... Hi everyone: "Dee Flint" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Try http://www.open-news-network.org/ You may have to run it through Google's Translator site to get it to where you can read it properly, but they are the only ones I know offering free USENET access. Another one that's being talked about on the alt.online-service.comcast newsgroup is Motzarella. The website to this service is @ http://www.motzarella.org/ Good Luck. Cheers & 73 :D Pat Cook, KB0OXD Denver, Colorado **NEW!!**Owner/Sysop - KB0OXD-L (EchoLink Node No. 39953) **NEW!!** Website - http://www.qsl.net/kb0oxd/ EchoLink Page - http://www.qsl.net/kb0oxd/echolink/ |
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"Pat Cook" wrote in message ... "Pat Cook" wrote in message ... Hi everyone: "Dee Flint" wrote in message . .. Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. Try http://www.open-news-network.org/ You may have to run it through Google's Translator site to get it to where you can read it properly, but they are the only ones I know offering free USENET access. Another one that's being talked about on the alt.online-service.comcast newsgroup is Motzarella. The website to this service is @ http://www.motzarella.org/ Okay I will see how this one works out. I just hope Comcast reduces their cost but I doubt that they will. I'll certainly make a fuss about it if they don't. Dee, N8UZE |
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Can anyone recommend a free newsgroup server? Comcast just sent out an email that they are discontinuing newsgroup access effective October 25th. You do know you can access many free newsgroups sources on the web, don't you? ... such as Google ... etc.... Ed |
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