OT newsreader questions
01-15-2007, 08:02 AM
#131
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Re: OT newsreader questions
rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** is the name of the group
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
01-15-2007, 08:02 AM
#132
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Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** is the name of the group
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
01-15-2007, 08:02 AM
#133
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** is the name of the group
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
Your newsgroup server is the server your ISP uses for news.
You can contact your ISP for the server name, of go to their website,
it should be listed under support or in the FAQs.
It's somthing live: news-server.aol.com
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
01-15-2007, 10:24 AM
#134
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Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
Well, you could be screwed. My ISP decided to just up and drop the
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
01-15-2007, 10:24 AM
#135
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
Well, you could be screwed. My ISP decided to just up and drop the
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
01-15-2007, 10:24 AM
#136
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
Well, you could be screwed. My ISP decided to just up and drop the
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
01-15-2007, 10:24 AM
#137
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
Well, you could be screwed. My ISP decided to just up and drop the
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
newsgroup feed and still charge the same flat rate for the internet and
long distance. I threatened to quit them for the competition, so they
found me a 'deal' that turns out $15.00 cheaper a month which is what I
now have to pay a 3rd party to hook up to their newsfeed.
You are going to have to contact your ISP to see if they have a feed or
not. Google must be doing a great business because all the big Canadian
ISP's dumped newsgroups so people use the HTML feed as bad and as slow
as it is.
At least with the pay feed, I get pretty instant posts and updates.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
The Merg wrote:
> OK, I'm gonna look like a retard - I'm trying to switch from google
> groups and start using Thunderbird, but I don't know what newsgroup
> server to type in. I tried putting rec.autos.maker.jeep+****** - that
> didn't work, so I tried looking through all the info on google but only
> came up with the google feed.
> I'm not computer illiterate, I'm just new to usenet. So somebody
> please help me out so I can stop feeling like an idiot.
>
01-15-2007, 07:16 PM
#138
Guest
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Re: OT newsreader questions
"ufatbastehd" <ufatbasted@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
01-15-2007, 07:16 PM
#139
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
"ufatbastehd" <ufatbasted@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
01-15-2007, 07:16 PM
#140
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: OT newsreader questions
"ufatbastehd" <ufatbasted@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
> I really liked google groups through the browser,
You should be aware that a lot of long time Usenet people automatically
killfile anyone posting from GG.
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html