Re: [Nottingham] USENET news servers

From: Ted <ted(a)nowtsfree.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu 02 Mar 2006 - 02:50:40 GMT

Alan Pope wrote:
> On 3/1/06, Michael Erskine <msemtd@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> ...
> > Hi Ted,
> > Google Groups carries probably all of the groups you require. e.g. : -
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux/
>
> But that's not NNTP, that's HTTP, which is no good over dial up.

Yes. :-(

> I know there are lists of free and non-free nntp servers, but I don't
> use them because a) I have broadband and b) my ISP has nntp servers.
> Sorry.

Most of the free nntp servers dont allow posting (to avoid abuse, I guess)
or only offer specialised groups. However, I've settled on nntp.idg.pl
because it was one of the few to offer alt.os.linux.mandriva, even
though I cannot post via them. I'm hoping to upgrade to broadband soon
anyway.

Thanks,
Ted.

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