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Topi Linkala

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Oct 24, 2012, 3:42:27 PM10/24/12

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Hello!

My internet provider tells me that they are gonna shut down their
news-server. So I ask if anyone here knows any free usenet server I
could use? Please don't answer "use google groups", because I want to
use news from my mail-client.

Topi
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G-Mon

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Oct 24, 2012, 3:53:51 PM10/24/12

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On 24 Oct 2012, Topi Linkala <n...@iki.fi> wrote in
news:FwXhs.33753$ck7....@uutiset.elisa.fi:

> Hello!
>
> My internet provider tells me that they are gonna shut down their
> news-server. So I ask if anyone here knows any free usenet server
> I could use? Please don't answer "use google groups", because I
> want to use news from my mail-client.
>
> Topi

When my former ISP shut down its news server, I switched to Eternal
September (at the time, named Motzarella). I've been happy with them
ever since.

http://www.eternal-september.org/
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Topi Linkala

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Oct 24, 2012, 6:29:55 PM10/24/12

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24.10.2012 22:53, G-Mon kirjoitti:
> On 24 Oct 2012, Topi Linkala <n...@iki.fi> wrote in
> news:FwXhs.33753$ck7....@uutiset.elisa.fi:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> My internet provider tells me that they are gonna shut down their
>> news-server. So I ask if anyone here knows any free usenet server
>> I could use? Please don't answer "use google groups", because I
>> want to use news from my mail-client.
>>
>> Topi
>
> When my former ISP shut down its news server, I switched to Eternal
> September (at the time, named Motzarella). I've been happy with them
> ever since.
>
> http://www.eternal-september.org/
>

Thanks.

Topi

Jonathan Ellis

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Oct 24, 2012, 8:03:34 PM10/24/12

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"Topi Linkala" <n...@iki.fi> wrote in message
news:k69q55$e2c$1...@dont-email.me...

Alternatively I'm doing reasonably well with nntp.aioe.org .

-- Jonathan.

jim in austin

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Oct 25, 2012, 6:20:07 AM10/25/12

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There's always the venerable http://freeshell.org/

rpresser

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Oct 25, 2012, 3:02:11 PM10/25/12

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On Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:20:07 AM UTC-4, jim in austin wrote:
> There's always the venerable http://freeshell.org/

I completely forgot I still have a freeshell account!

So, continuing this off-topicness, what newsreaders do you use?

In the distant past I liked Xnews. In the really distant past I
used nn.

Doug Freyburger

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Oct 25, 2012, 3:41:33 PM10/25/12

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G-Mon wrote:

> Topi Linkala <n...@iki.fi> wrote:
>
>> My internet provider tells me that they are gonna shut down their
>> news-server. So I ask if anyone here knows any free usenet server
>> I could use? Please don't answer "use google groups", because I
>> want to use news from my mail-client.

You've already loaded Thunderbird. Since you're switching NSPs consider
also switching newsreader software. There are plenty to chose from and
most have better filtering capability than Thunderbird. Every so often
I think about switching from XPN to one with even better filtering - I'd
like to be able to mark-read new threads started by posters from certain
NSPs but read their replies in existing threads.

As to Google, please consider them as a backup. It's nice to be able to
read and post through two NSPs in case one is down. I rarely post with
Goggle these days but I do keep my Google account active as a backup.
Once you've used a newsreader with filtering it's a major step back to
use Google but they do have their archive and they are web based so they
work when you're away from home on travel.

> When my former ISP shut down its news server, I switched to Eternal
> September (at the time, named Motzarella). I've been happy with them
> ever since.
>
> http://www.eternal-september.org/

Me too. It's one of many to chose from but it is one of the best ones.

jim in austin

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Oct 25, 2012, 4:08:53 PM10/25/12

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Being both lame and lazy I use Pine when I bother at all. Normally, however, I just use Google Groups...

G-Mon

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Oct 25, 2012, 6:32:40 PM10/25/12

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On 25 Oct 2012, rpresser <rpre...@gmail.com> wrote in news:4f2e367b-
cd55-4998-bb3...@googlegroups.com:

Another Xnews user here; I also sometimes look through older posts
using Google Groups (although I never post through there). Also used
Thunderbird in the past. Have been thinking about finding another news
client, though.

Jorgen Grahn

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Oct 25, 2012, 6:43:52 PM10/25/12

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I use slrn and am rather happy with it.

/Jorgen

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Jonadab the Unsightly One

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Oct 25, 2012, 7:53:08 PM10/25/12

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On Oct 25, 3:02 pm, rpresser <rpres...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, continuing this off-topicness, what newsreaders do you use?

Gnus.

Doug Freyburger

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Oct 30, 2012, 2:50:32 PM10/30/12

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Topi Linkala wrote:
>
> My internet provider tells me that they are gonna shut down their
> news-server. So I ask if anyone here knows any free usenet server I
> could use? Please don't answer "use google groups", because I want to
> use news from my mail-client.

Did you go with eternal-september.org, news.indvidual.net or one of the
many others?

Topi Linkala

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Oct 30, 2012, 3:22:43 PM10/30/12

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30.10.2012 20:50, Doug Freyburger kirjoitti:
> Did you go with eternal-september.org, news.indvidual.net or one of the
> many others?

I did sign in at news.eternal-september.org.

Doug Freyburger

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:37:25 AM10/31/12

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Topi Linkala wrote:
> Doug Freyburger kirjoitti:
>
>> Did you go with eternal-september.org, news.indvidual.net or one of the
>> many others?
>
> I did sign in at news.eternal-september.org.

Thanks. I should have known that from your default Organization line "A
noiseless patient spider". Sounds like a fun rename of an existing
early game monster.

SM

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Nov 2, 2012, 6:05:23 PM11/2/12

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2012-10-25, rpresser wrote:
> So, continuing this off-topicness, what newsreaders do you use?

In the *distant* past ForteAgent. After quaffing a blessed potion of
enlightenment (when it comes to operating systems) I've dealt with tin,
Pan, slrn and Gnus. Been very happy with slrn for years now.

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Dec 10, 2012, 3:11:04 PM12/10/12

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Thanks guys. This has been useful. Makes me pine for the days when I had Gnus running. I'll try to change :)

Cheers
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