I'm baaaaaaack

[Nate Najar]

google groups has let me down for the last time. It's been almost 5
days I've not had usenet access. I posted on the PRW forum about what
should I do, and Hank Alrich told me to sign up for eternal september
and dl thunderbird. and here I am. did I miss anything?

N

[hank alrich]

Nate Najar > wrote:

> google groups has let me down for the last time. It's been almost 5
> days I've not had usenet access. I posted on the PRW forum about what
> should I do, and Hank Alrich told me to sign up for eternal september
> and dl thunderbird. and here I am.

Welcome back, nate!

> did I miss anything?

Not unless you want to use a laptop for recording. (That's a joke, bro',
and not a suggestion to bother with the thread!)

--
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpqXcV9DYAc
http://www.sonicbids.com/HankandShaidri

[Tobiah[_4_]]

On 08/05/2011 01:55 PM, Nate Najar wrote:
> google groups has let me down for the last time. It's been almost 5 days
> I've not had usenet access. I posted on the PRW forum about what should
> I do, and Hank Alrich told me to sign up for eternal september and dl
> thunderbird. and here I am. did I miss anything?
>
> N

I paid teranews $3.00 about 10 years ago for a full access
nntp account. I read news along side my email in Thunderbird.

Toby

[Sofa Slug[_2_]]

On 8/8/2011 9:20 AM, Tobiah wrote:
> On 08/05/2011 01:55 PM, Nate Najar wrote:
>> google groups has let me down for the last time. It's been almost 5 days
>> I've not had usenet access. I posted on the PRW forum about what should
>> I do, and Hank Alrich told me to sign up for eternal september and dl
>> thunderbird. and here I am. did I miss anything?
>>
>> N
>
> I paid teranews $3.00 about 10 years ago for a full access
> nntp account. I read news along side my email in Thunderbird.
>
> Toby

Thunderbird is what I use as well. There are lots of alternatives to GG...

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Free and very cheap Usenet/News Servers (note that free servers may
experience occasional outages and/or missed posts):

http://www.eternal-september.org [Free, relatively reliable]
http://www.albasani.net [Free, Germany based, very good spam filtering]
http://www.aioe.org [Free, daily postings limited to 25]
http://usenet4all.se [Free, Google Groups filtered]
http://news.solani.org [Free, Germany based]
http://dotsrc.org/usenet [Free, Denmark based, may lack some groups]

http://open-news-network.org [Free, Germany based, may lack some groups]
http://tinyurl.com/visyn-net-Google-translated [Free, Germany based, may
lack some groups]
http://www.usenet-replayer.com [Free, web-based; posts are relayed]
http://www.x-privat.org [Free with fee-based options, may lack some groups]
http://www.cnntp.net [Free with fee-based options, Germany based]

http://www.teranews.com [One time setup charge, carry some binary groups]
http://www.bubbanews.com [One time setup charge, fee-based options]
https://www.altopia.com [$6 per yr & up, carry some binary groups]
http://news.datemas.de [5 Euros ($7) per yr, Germany based]
http://www.glorb.com/usenet.php [$10 per yr]
http://news.individual.net [10 Euros ($14) per yr, Germany based, very
good spam filtering]


Metered/"pay by download" servers (preferred by some for economy, binary
access):

http://www.news.astraweb.com
http://usenet-news.net
http://www.octanews.com


Popular paid servers:

http://www.newsguy.com
http://www.giganews.com
http://www.supernews.com
http://www.powerusenet.com
http://www.easynews.com
http://www.forteinc.com/apn
http://www.newsrazor.net
http://www.binverse.com
http://secure.usenet-access.com