Newsgroups diminishing

[Dead Nuts]

My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were alt
binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server was
Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless. What
can I
do? Any & all suggestions accepted.

DD

[Ian Bell[_2_]]

Dead Nuts wrote:
> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were alt
> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server was
> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless. What
> can I
> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>
> DD
>
>
>


try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.

Cheers

Ian

[Fred[_8_]]

"Ian Bell" > wrote in message ...
> Dead Nuts wrote:
>> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were alt
>> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server was
>> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless. What
>> can I
>> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>>
>> DD
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian

Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they
don't do binaries like abse.

Fred

[Ian Bell[_2_]]

Fred wrote:
> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message ...
>> Dead Nuts wrote:
>>> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were alt
>>> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server was
>>> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless. What
>>> can I
>>> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>>>
>>> DD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ian
>
> Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they
> don't do binaries like abse.

Yes and yes.


Cheers

ian
>
> Fred
>
>

[Bob Eld]

"Fred" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
...
> > Dead Nuts wrote:
> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were
alt
> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server
was
> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless.
What
> >> can I
> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
> >>
> >> DD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Ian
>
> Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they
> don't do binaries like abse.
>
> Fred

Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do alt.binaries.
The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay services. I have
good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for now. No binaries
though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like alt.binaries.midi and several
of the joke groups but most are so full of spam as to be totally worthless
and certainly not worth paying to get. The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of
its former self.

[Don Pearce[_3_]]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:09:27 -0700, "Bob Eld" >
wrote:

>
>"Fred" > wrote in message
m...
>>
>> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
...
>> > Dead Nuts wrote:
>> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were
>alt
>> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server
>was
>> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless.
>What
>> >> can I
>> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>> >>
>> >> DD
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Ian
>>
>> Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they
>> don't do binaries like abse.
>>
>> Fred
>
>Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do alt.binaries.
>The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay services. I have
>good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for now. No binaries
>though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like alt.binaries.midi and several
>of the joke groups but most are so full of spam as to be totally worthless
>and certainly not worth paying to get. The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of
>its former self.
>

Are binary groups even necessary any more? As far as I am aware, every
Internet account comes with at least some web space, which is a far
more convenient way of distributing a file than a multipart binary on
a news group.

d

[mick]

On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:09:27 -0700, Bob Eld wrote:

> "Fred" > wrote in message
> m...
>>
>> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
> ...
>> > Dead Nuts wrote:
>> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used
>> >> were
> alt
>> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My
>> >> server
> was
>> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless.
> What
>> >> can I
>> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>> >>
>> >> DD
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Ian
>>
>> Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they don't do binaries like
>> abse.
>>
>> Fred
>
> Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do
> alt.binaries. The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay
> services. I have good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for
> now. No binaries though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like
> alt.binaries.midi and several of the joke groups but most are so full of
> spam as to be totally worthless and certainly not worth paying to get.
> The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of its former self.


If you filter out everything from googlegroups over 90% of that spam
magically disappears! OK, you'll miss a few posts, but you'll probably
spot more that would otherwise have been lost in the noise.

For anyone needing binaries access I can recommend astraweb. You can buy
a block of data then use it whenever you want. I set up at least 2 news
servers, a free text server (or 2) as the main server(s) and astraweb as
a secondary server. That way I get free access for most of the groups
that I use. It works really well.

--
Mick (Working in a M$-free zone!)
Web: http://www.nascom.info
Filtering everything posted from googlegroups to kill spam.

[Engineer[_2_]]

On Sep 6, 3:22*am, mick > wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:09:27 -0700, Bob Eld wrote:
> > "Fred" > wrote in message
> m...
>
> >> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> > Dead Nuts wrote:
> >> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used
> >> >> were
> > alt
> >> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My
> >> >> server
> > was
> >> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless..
> > What
> >> >> can I
> >> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>
> >> >> DD
>
> >> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>
> >> > Cheers
>
> >> > Ian
>
> >> Would that be albasani.net? *Their faq says they don't do binaries like
> >> abse.
>
> >> Fred
>
> > Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do
> > alt.binaries. The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay
> > services. I have good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for
> > now. No binaries though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like
> > alt.binaries.midi and several of the joke groups but most are so full of
> > spam as to be totally worthless and certainly not worth paying to get.
> > The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of its former self.
>
> If you filter out everything from googlegroups over 90% of that spam
> magically disappears! OK, you'll miss a few posts, but you'll probably
> spot more that would otherwise have been lost in the noise.
>
> For anyone needing binaries access I can recommend astraweb. You can buy
> a block of data then use it whenever you want. I set up at least 2 news
> servers, a free text server (or 2) as the main server(s) and astraweb as
> a secondary server. That way I get free access for most of the groups
> that I use. It works really well.
>
> --
> Mick * * * * * * * * * * *(Working in a M$-free zone!)
> Web:http://www.nascom.info
> Filtering everything posted from googlegroups to kill spam. * *

Well, I hope people don't do this! I use google groups so you'll miss
my pearls of wisdom, such as they may or may not be! :-)
Actually, the google groups screen presentation is very good, beats
Outlook Express by a country mile.
Of course, Mike won't see this! Pity.
Cheers,
Roger

[Engineer[_2_]]

On Sep 7, 11:11*am, Engineer > wrote:
> On Sep 6, 3:22*am, mick > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:09:27 -0700, Bob Eld wrote:
> > > "Fred" > wrote in message
> > m...
>
> > >> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> > Dead Nuts wrote:
> > >> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used
> > >> >> were
> > > alt
> > >> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My
> > >> >> server
> > > was
> > >> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless.
> > > What
> > >> >> can I
> > >> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>
> > >> >> DD
>
> > >> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>
> > >> > Cheers
>
> > >> > Ian
>
> > >> Would that be albasani.net? *Their faq says they don't do binaries like
> > >> abse.
>
> > >> Fred
>
> > > Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do
> > > alt.binaries. The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay
> > > services. I have good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for
> > > now. No binaries though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like
> > > alt.binaries.midi and several of the joke groups but most are so full of
> > > spam as to be totally worthless and certainly not worth paying to get..
> > > The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of its former self.
>
> > If you filter out everything from googlegroups over 90% of that spam
> > magically disappears! OK, you'll miss a few posts, but you'll probably
> > spot more that would otherwise have been lost in the noise.
>
> > For anyone needing binaries access I can recommend astraweb. You can buy
> > a block of data then use it whenever you want. I set up at least 2 news
> > servers, a free text server (or 2) as the main server(s) and astraweb as
> > a secondary server. That way I get free access for most of the groups
> > that I use. It works really well.
>
> > --
> > Mick * * * * * * * * * * *(Working in a M$-free zone!)
> > Web:http://www.nascom.info
> > Filtering everything posted from googlegroups to kill spam. * *
>
> Well, I hope people don't do this! *I use google groups so you'll miss
> my pearls of wisdom, such as they may or may not be! *:-)
> Actually, the google groups screen presentation is very good, beats
> Outlook Express by a country mile.
> Of course, Mike won't see this! Pity.
> Cheers,
> Roger

Oops, Mick, that is... but since he's not seeing it he won't be
offended!
Cheers,
Roger

[GregS[_3_]]

In article <4aa3d6d7.214148578@localhost>, (Don Pearce) wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:09:27 -0700, "Bob Eld" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Fred" > wrote in message
m...
>>>
>>> "Ian Bell" > wrote in message
...
>>> > Dead Nuts wrote:
>>> >> My news server stopped carrying lots of news groups. Groups I used were
>>alt
>>> >> binaries schematic electronics, alt astronomy and many more. My server
>>was
>>> >> Verizon. My tech support was usually from India and totally cluless.
>>What
>>> >> can I
>>> >> do? Any & all suggestions accepted.
>>> >>
>>> >> DD
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > try albasini.net it is free and works fine for me.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers
>>> >
>>> > Ian
>>>
>>> Would that be albasani.net? Their faq says they
>>> don't do binaries like abse.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>
>>Yes, as far as I can find, none of the "working" freebees do alt.binaries.
>>The poster would have to pay for those on one of the pay services. I have
>>good luck with news.eternal-september.org, at lest for now. No binaries
>>though. I used to enjoy the binary groups like alt.binaries.midi and several
>>of the joke groups but most are so full of spam as to be totally worthless
>>and certainly not worth paying to get. The Usenet is dying, a tiny shell of
>>its former self.
>>
>
>Are binary groups even necessary any more? As far as I am aware, every
>Internet account comes with at least some web space, which is a far
>more convenient way of distributing a file than a multipart binary on
>a news group.


Right and my Comcast furnishes 1 GB for free. All you have to do
is uplink using FTP and associated the index to a URL.
It helps if you learn a little web authoring if you
want to make pretty web pages. I pay about $140 per two years
on my paid web space and get 300 GB.

greg