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kushal bhattacharya
Mar 18, 2017, 5:52:14 AM3/18/17
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Hi,
How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
Jens Thoms Toerring
Mar 18, 2017, 11:20:02 AM3/18/17
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kushal bhattacharya <bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample
> example about this
They (eternal september( already distribute comp.lang.c++.
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample
> example about this
All you need to do is to make your newsreader show it to
you - it probably is set up not to show it at the moment
like hundreds of other newsgroups that are available but
which you're rather likely not interested in. Perhaps
your newsreader has some option to show all avaialble
groups and then allows you to "subscribe" to some of
them.
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kushal bhattacharya
Mar 18, 2017, 2:41:58 PM3/18/17
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On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 3:22:14 PM UTC+5:30, kushal bhattacharya wrote:
> Hi,
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
hi,
> Hi,
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
Could you please show me a snapshot
about how to get that .
I have trying for hours looking for it.
Thanks,
Kushal
Jens Thoms Toerring
Mar 18, 2017, 3:33:00 PM3/18/17
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kushal bhattacharya <bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could you please show me a snapshot
> about how to get that .
Sorry, I have no idea which newreader you're using. And
> Could you please show me a snapshot
> about how to get that .
I'm using a text-only reader (tin) where I press 'y' to
get a list of all available newsgroups and press 's'
when the cursor is on the one I want to subscribe to.
But I guess that's not very relevant for you... Per-
haps if you write what you're using as a newsreader
(or try to use, at the moment you seem to be posting
from Google groups) someone using the same one may
be able to help out.
Regards, Jens
kushal bhattacharya
Mar 18, 2017, 3:39:57 PM3/18/17
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I am using eternal.september.org newsreader
Paavo Helde
Mar 18, 2017, 4:33:03 PM3/18/17
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eternal.september.org is a news server, not a news reader. And you are
not using it, your post is coming from groups.google.com.
not using it, your post is coming from groups.google.com.
Jens Thoms Toerring
Mar 18, 2017, 5:30:22 PM3/18/17
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Seems like you're new to the newsgroup stuff, we all were
once upon a time! Since you're posting via Google groups
you may think that newsgroups are just something like web
sites. But they aren't, the whole system of newasgroups
predates the WWW by many years.
What you see from Google groups is just kind of a "window"
into it (and a half-way broken one), translating from "real"
newsgroups to a web interface. But "under the hood" it's
something completely different! And 'eternal.september.org'
isn't another web front end, but a real newsservers (i.e. it
stores messages for others to read, and accepts messages
from you to be distributed to others all over the world).
In order to interact with a newsserver (i.e. to get and
read and post to newsgroups) you need to obtain a program
that "understands" how to news works, i.e. how to "talk"
to a newsserver. That's called a newsreader. (Like your
browser knows how to "talk" to webservers, so you could
call it a "webreader"). As you'll probably prefer some-
thing with a graphical user interface, but, prefering
text-only myself, I can' make any recommendations.
Others here will have better advice.
Once you have it installed you will have to tell it where
to get messages from (and where to send your own ones to).
That's where 'eternal.september.org' comes in - that's
one of the (free) newsservers you can use. And they
carry thousands of newsgroups, so you will have to pick
the ones you're interested in. Then you're ready to go;-)
once upon a time! Since you're posting via Google groups
you may think that newsgroups are just something like web
sites. But they aren't, the whole system of newasgroups
predates the WWW by many years.
What you see from Google groups is just kind of a "window"
into it (and a half-way broken one), translating from "real"
newsgroups to a web interface. But "under the hood" it's
something completely different! And 'eternal.september.org'
isn't another web front end, but a real newsservers (i.e. it
stores messages for others to read, and accepts messages
from you to be distributed to others all over the world).
In order to interact with a newsserver (i.e. to get and
read and post to newsgroups) you need to obtain a program
that "understands" how to news works, i.e. how to "talk"
to a newsserver. That's called a newsreader. (Like your
browser knows how to "talk" to webservers, so you could
call it a "webreader"). As you'll probably prefer some-
thing with a graphical user interface, but, prefering
text-only myself, I can' make any recommendations.
Others here will have better advice.
Once you have it installed you will have to tell it where
to get messages from (and where to send your own ones to).
That's where 'eternal.september.org' comes in - that's
one of the (free) newsservers you can use. And they
carry thousands of newsgroups, so you will have to pick
the ones you're interested in. Then you're ready to go;-)
Jorgen Grahn
Mar 19, 2017, 6:09:46 AM3/19/17
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On Sat, 2017-03-18, Jens Thoms Toerring wrote:
> kushal bhattacharya <bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am using eternal.september.org newsreader
>
> Seems like you're new to the newsgroup stuff, we all were
> once upon a time! Since you're posting via Google groups
> you may think that newsgroups are just something like web
> sites. But they aren't, the whole system of newasgroups
> predates the WWW by many years.
>
> What you see from Google groups is just kind of a "window"
> into it (and a half-way broken one), translating from "real"
> newsgroups to a web interface. But "under the hood" it's
> something completely different! And 'eternal.september.org'
> isn't another web front end, but a real newsservers (i.e. it
> stores messages for others to read, and accepts messages
> from you to be distributed to others all over the world).
>
> In order to interact with a newsserver (i.e. to get and
> read and post to newsgroups) you need to obtain a program
> that "understands" how to news works, i.e. how to "talk"
> to a newsserver. That's called a newsreader. (Like your
> browser knows how to "talk" to webservers, so you could
> call it a "webreader"). As you'll probably prefer some-
> thing with a graphical user interface, but, prefering
> text-only myself, I can' make any recommendations.
> Others here will have better advice.
I think that's what prompted the questions: David Brown recommended
> kushal bhattacharya <bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am using eternal.september.org newsreader
>
> Seems like you're new to the newsgroup stuff, we all were
> once upon a time! Since you're posting via Google groups
> you may think that newsgroups are just something like web
> sites. But they aren't, the whole system of newasgroups
> predates the WWW by many years.
>
> What you see from Google groups is just kind of a "window"
> into it (and a half-way broken one), translating from "real"
> newsgroups to a web interface. But "under the hood" it's
> something completely different! And 'eternal.september.org'
> isn't another web front end, but a real newsservers (i.e. it
> stores messages for others to read, and accepts messages
> from you to be distributed to others all over the world).
>
> In order to interact with a newsserver (i.e. to get and
> read and post to newsgroups) you need to obtain a program
> that "understands" how to news works, i.e. how to "talk"
> to a newsserver. That's called a newsreader. (Like your
> browser knows how to "talk" to webservers, so you could
> call it a "webreader"). As you'll probably prefer some-
> thing with a graphical user interface, but, prefering
> text-only myself, I can' make any recommendations.
> Others here will have better advice.
Thunderbird in and around <oaha6j$ift$1...@dont-email.me>, and Kushal
agreed to try to upgrade from Google Groups.
I use slrn myself, so I can't really give advice here.
/Jorgen
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Alf P. Steinbach
Mar 19, 2017, 6:36:26 AM3/19/17
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On 18-Mar-17 10:52 AM, kushal bhattacharya wrote:
> Hi,
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
>
I found this:
> Hi,
> How do i get this group into the newsserver.PLease show me some sample example about this
>
<url: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.usage.english/NgImZXOS8oM>
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If you are having no luck with usenet and newsgroups, you can get free
access to this news server:
news.eternal-september.org
Free registration is available at:
http://eternal-september.org/
I just successfully configured Thunderbird 3.1.11 for this server.
Here's how:
When you register you will be given a password which you will need at
step 15 below
1. In Thunderbird, click File/New/Other Accounts
2. Click the button to select "newsgroup account"
3. Click "Next"
4. Enter your choice of displayed name
5. Enter an email address other users can see
6. Enter the name of the newsgroup server: news.eternal-september.org
7. Enter your choice of name to describe the eternal-september account
8. Click Finish, or Back to make corrections, then Finish
9. Click on the name of the account now listed in the left pane in
Thunderbird
10. Click on View Settings. Your chosen name and email address are shown.
11. In the left window below the new account name, select Server
Settings. Important: be sure you are selecting the Serve Settings for
the account you just created and no other.
12. Check the box: "Always request authentication"
13. Important: do not change any outgoing server settings. Use the same
outgoing server settings as you use for email
14. Back in Thunderbird, make sure your new account is selected and
click on "Manage Newsgroup Subscriptions". In the window, click on
Current Group tab. If no groups appear, click "refresh".
15. Be very careful at this point to respond with the correct
information. Don't enter the password when it's asking for your
username. The server will ask for your username first. You must enter
only the username you registered with at eternal-september. Then it will
ask for your password, which you received in an email from
eternal-september (or your current one if you changed it).
16. If you make or have made a mistake at Step 15 (wrong username or
password), close Thunderbird, reopen it and repeat from step 14.
17. If you receive the message "invalid credentials", check that you
have carefully and accurately followed Steps 1-13. If not, repeat from
Step 6.
18. Back in the Subscribe window, you should still be in the Current
Groups tab. If no newsgroups are listed, click "Refresh.".
19. Select the news groups to subscribe to, making you sure do two
things. Check the box next to the group you want and click on
"Subscribe" in the window.
20. Follow the prompts to choose how many messages to download for each
group The default of 500 will get you started. If you want more later,
click on the newsgroup in the pane at the left in Thunderbird (not the
account name) and then click File/Get Next/500 messages
21. Use the View menu to customise how your messages are displayed
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