Access to This Newsgroup

When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?

Pat Amos wrote:
When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?

I use Thunderbird (free) and news.individual.net at approximately
$15/annual fee.

Dianne

Pat Amos wrote:
When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?

P.S. I don't mind paying the annual fee. A university in Berlin
provides the service and I'm sure it helps them, as well as a learning
experience for students.

Dianne

wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:18 -0600, Pat Amos wrote:

When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?


Try this one - it's free and is great - several people here use it.

news.eternal-september.org


So far I am happy with it. I have had it a couple of weeks, I guess.

Gillian

"Gillian Murray" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:18 -0600, Pat Amos wrote:

When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?


Try this one - it's free and is great - several people here use it.
news.eternal-september.org


So far I am happy with it. I have had it a couple of weeks, I guess.

Gillian

I've been with them for several months. Comcast was one of the first to
drop newsgroups.

Except for an occasional time when the server is down for repair, or
something quirky happens, it works quite nicely.

Lucille

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:16:18 -0600, Pat Amos wrote:

When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?


Try this one - it's free and is great - several people here use it.

news.eternal-september.org

It took me a while to get configured but it works for me also.

Fred
http://www.stitchaway.com
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.

"Pat Amos" wrote in message
...
When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?

In addition to using news.eternal-september.org, I also use
freenews.netfront.net. Both are completely free to use and I use Outlook
Express as my newsreader. Basic, but does the job.

Jinx

Originally Posted by Pat Amos

When the server thru which I access Newsgroups "dies", it
will not be replaced. The discussion in Nov 2009 on this site
on how to maintain access to Usenet groups has apparently expired.
I can't read it. Can someone refer me to a site that can tell me how to
gain access to this group when my server "dies"?

I have more experience with forums rather than newsgroups and prefer to read messages online. I first found this group on CraftBanter (http://www.craftbanter.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17) and did not even realize that it was actually a newsgroup! CraftBanter is free and has a lot of other interests represented in the groups there.


The ANG (American Needlepoint Guild - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANG_List/) and EGA (Embroiderers Guild of America - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EGA_National/) email groups are both on Yahoo Groups and I also read them online. To me, having the new and online messages accessible online with all related messages linked as a single thread makes reading and making sense of them easier.

Another plus is that if I cannot read messages for a while, I can catch up without filling my mailbox or losing messages.

Anne W.

And then there is always Google's at
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.c...ork/topics?lnk

in case any of the others die out or stop being free.

Google doesn't go in a thread to your Outlook Express (or whatever email you
are currently using that pulls down your newsgroup messsages) but accessible
via the web even when you are away from your regular computer.