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Raqueeb Hassan wrote:
hmm.

okay, guys! another [OT] here.

you are lucky to use killfile in your news reader ... but, what will
happen to us using google groups as news reader? well, my net provider
blocks everything but http. so, no nntp access. do you guys know any
news reader using http proxy? and better public nntp host which allow
posting too?

Some of the news service providers (NSPs) allow nntp access on port 80,
the usual http port. Try the free news (read only, and text groups
only) site at news.readfreenews.net. I know they allow access on port 80.

You have to figure out how to specify an nonstandard port in your news
reader. It may be something like news.readfreenews.net:80 or there may
be a seperate "Port" specified in the setup. (The default is 119).

Mark Zenier Washington State resident