If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
On Jun 9, 6:18*pm, "Pauline" wrote:
AT&T posted a message yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Usenet groups *I know there are alternate ways to access the newsgroup - Google being one of them. *Can anyone post how they are able to read & post to the newsgroup that is a cleaner route than going thru Google? Pauline Northern California Years ago, AOL dropped access to usenet newsgroup. I went to GOOGLE, clicked on newsgroups, typed in the exact newsgroup name (the second time ;0 ), bookmarked rctq on my browsers, and have had no trouble. You do have to register to post, but you can read without registering. I am using a MAC laptop with free internet at my local library or dial- up with an external modem, Safari or Firefox as my browsers . . . . w in northern ca |
Ads |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup -- what is binary ng?
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a binary newsgroup??
Sunny |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
John wrote:
On Jun 9, 11:30 pm, onetexsun wrote: I keep thinking I must be dense or something, but using Google is absolutely the easiest way of reading and responding to the posts in this list. On the side of the page is a list of all the posts with new responses. That lets me keep track of older posts that are still active. A quick glance shows me the poster, the subject and how many people have jumped into the stew. I have several other news groups that I absolutely hate because of the clunky nature of the interface. Wish they were all Google groups. Sunny I agree. I have used Google for years. I have heard others complain about it and laud their own choices. The only times I have disliked using other browsers for access, is when I was using other than my own computers. I guess it is just a case of what you get used to. John I found using Google Groups for RTCQ to be just fine. However, I also read alt.support.diabetes, and it has an incredible number of trolls that really need to be filtered out, so I use motzarella. Best regards, Michelle in NV |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup -- what is binary ng?
|
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup -- what is binary ng?
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:48:34 -0700 (PDT), onetexsun
wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but what is a binary newsgroup?? It is a way of posting pictures on usnet and other primarily text fourms. Those occasional forever long posts that are just a block of letters and numbers are most often binary format. Most newsreaders can translate them, but you have to tell them too. Back when everybody was on dial-up, specific groups were formed to post binaries to. Since binary files are huge compared to plain text, nobody wanted them in regular groups where many people were still paying for service by the minute. As many people are still on dial-up and it can take an hour or more to download a binary file on a dial up connection, non-text posts are still supposed to go to the binary groups or the newer multi-media groups. Some servers do not carry binary groups, or any other non-text groups. Some of them because of the massive amount of bandwidth they take up, some in an effort to avoid pRon. In a global community, where the age of consent is all over the map, and laws covering nude or suggestive photos are likewise all over the map, keeping such stuff legal everywhere is an impossible task. NightMist -- Legolas is my house elf |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'll be checking them all out &
hopefully prepared when & if it does happen! I had not considered that the AT & T posting to the newsgroup may have been spam. DH said he got a similar posting in a fly fishing newsgroup that he subscribes to, so I took it to be the real deal! Pauline Northern California "Pauline" wrote in message ... AT&T posted a message yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Usenet groups I know there are alternate ways to access the newsgroup - Google being one of them. Can anyone post how they are able to read & post to the newsgroup that is a cleaner route than going thru Google? Pauline Northern California |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
Comcast did this a while back. I'm paying $7.99 a month for Giganews.
Great access. No problems. Lenore "Pauline" wrote in message ... AT&T posted a message yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Usenet groups I know there are alternate ways to access the newsgroup - Google being one of them. Can anyone post how they are able to read & post to the newsgroup that is a cleaner route than going thru Google? Pauline Northern California |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
So it's all about the money, huh!!
Pauline Northern California "lenorel95" wrote in message ... Comcast did this a while back. I'm paying $7.99 a month for Giganews. Great access. No problems. Lenore "Pauline" wrote in message ... AT&T posted a message yesterday that they would no longer be supporting Usenet groups I know there are alternate ways to access the newsgroup - Google being one of them. Can anyone post how they are able to read & post to the newsgroup that is a cleaner route than going thru Google? Pauline Northern California |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Losing access to newsgroup
tools/accounts/news/add
put news.aioe.org for the server to access thru outlook express and i imagine other windows programs. free, easy, most posts seem to come thru tho nothing is full proof as all usenet posts have to go thru various servers around the world on its way back to each one of us. ya never know when one server might be offline doing maintenence or some other really important piece of garbage and your post or someone elses incoming might vanish into cyberspace. hey, its free. j. "Pauline" wrote... So it's all about the money, huh!! "lenorel95" wrote... Comcast did this a while back. I'm paying $7.99 a month for Giganews. Great access. No problems. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
OT - Newsgroup Access | TerriLee in WA | Quilting | 8 | April 13th 06 12:11 AM |
OT - Newsgroup Access | Tia Mary | Needlework | 35 | July 29th 05 09:49 PM |
losing a canine friend | [email protected] | Quilting | 19 | February 17th 05 10:22 PM |
losing my sewing room | Lisa | Sewing | 37 | October 5th 04 04:12 PM |
newsgroup access---help! | Gtinkerbelle | Quilting | 4 | February 18th 04 01:46 AM |