Free News Servers?
Peter D Bakija
(which they did a month ago, really, and I just figured it out now, as
I thought something was just broken, and eventually, after it wasn't
fixed for a few weeks, did some searching and discovered that they
just no longer provide usenet access). Which makes me cranky, as I'm
paying them the same money, and getting less service.
In any case, all the news servers I can find access to cost, like,
$10.00 a month or so. Which I don't really wanna pay for usenet
access, as I was getting it for free up until very recently (and am
still, in effect, paying for it). So in any case, anyone have any
lines on free news servers I can access?
Thanks,
-Peter
James Coupe
s.com>, Peter D Bakija <pd...@lightlink.com> writes:
>In any case, all the news servers I can find access to cost, like,
>$10.00 a month or so. Which I don't really wanna pay for usenet
>access, as I was getting it for free up until very recently (and am
>still, in effect, paying for it). So in any case, anyone have any
>lines on free news servers I can access?
I can't help with that but https://news.individual.net/register.php is
10 Euros for a year.
--
James Coupe
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Janne Hägglund
I use and recommend this: http://www.aioe.org/
It's free (but asks for donations) and has good quality. I started using it
after my ISP's Usenet server went all wonky and started dropping articles
from the alt.-groups.
HG
Peter D Bakija
h...@iki.fi (Janne Hagglund) wrote:
> I use and recommend this: http://www.aioe.org/
>
> It's free (but asks for donations) and has good quality. I started using it
> after my ISP's Usenet server went all wonky and started dropping articles
> from the alt.-groups.
Huh. That seems to have worked quite nicely. Thanks!
Although I'm a little freaked out by all the security warnings and
references to Italian courts...
Peter D Bakija
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http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6/vtes.html
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
-Gaff
Peter D Bakija
James Coupe <ja...@zephyr.org.uk> wrote:
> I can't help with that but https://news.individual.net/register.php is
> 10 Euros for a year.
Cool--thanks! I'm currently trying out the free "stick it to the man"
news server, but I'll see how that goes...
Janne Hägglund
> In article <m3wsjcx...@nothung.homelinux.net>,
> h...@iki.fi (Janne Hagglund) wrote:
>
> > I use and recommend this: http://www.aioe.org/
> >
> > It's free (but asks for donations) and has good quality. I started using
> > it after my ISP's Usenet server went all wonky and started dropping
> > articles from the alt.-groups.
>
> Huh. That seems to have worked quite nicely. Thanks!
>
> Although I'm a little freaked out by all the security warnings and
> references to Italian courts...
I'm glad it worked. :-)
And about the references to Italian courts: I think it's there because of
clueless individuals, who do not understand the concept of jurisdiction.
So what they're trying to say is: "Please don't complain that we're breaking
the laws of your country. We don't *have* to obey the laws of your country.
We're not there."
HG
Peter D Bakija
h...@iki.fi (Janne Hagglund) wrote:
Yeah, that makes sense. SO I was looking around for a link to donate
some money and couldn't find one. You know where there is info on that?
Janne Hägglund
> In article <m3sktzy...@nothung.homelinux.net>,
> h...@iki.fi (Janne Hagglund) wrote:
>
> > I'm glad it worked. :-)
> >
> > And about the references to Italian courts: I think it's there because of
> > clueless individuals, who do not understand the concept of jurisdiction.
> >
> > So what they're trying to say is: "Please don't complain that we're
> > breaking the laws of your country. We don't *have* to obey the laws of
> > your country. We're not there."
>
> Yeah, that makes sense. SO I was looking around for a link to donate
> some money and couldn't find one. You know where there is info on that?
Ah, I found it. It's "cleverly" hidden in their front page,
http://www.aioe.org/
The last sentence reads: "Those who are satisfied by these service[sic]
should make a donation to this project."
The phrase "make a donation" is a link. If you look very very carefully,
you'll see it's a link - because it has a teeny tiny amount of bluish tinge
compared to the other text... :-P
HG
Peter D Bakija
h...@iki.fi (Janne Hagglund) wrote:
Ah, fair enough--I just looked for a "donation" link in the sidebar. And
didn't find one. And gave up.
Thanks again!