Re: How to post?

Thorsten Kettner wrote:

> Hi, I am rather new to this forum. I use Google Groups for reading and
> posting. Is this recommended?

I used Google Groups as a backup myself, when my local NNTP server no longer carries older articles and I think I may have missed a response or something.

There are quite a few good newsreaders out there. I recommend using them. Still, if you're behind a firewall with only port 80 open, Google Groups is likely the best way to go.

> The problem is: Google sometimes just mirrors existing newsgroups and
> when posting a question or answer through Google this is only visible
> in this mirror, i.e. only Google readers can see it and all the others
> not (this is true for example for Borland groups - and it's really
> annoying).

Interesting. Did not know that. Does not make sense though as the NNTP RFC's includes server-to-server delivery of postings... I would think that any posting on a NNTP server would be delivered to others.

FWIW, your postings on Google is reaching Africa, thus it should also reach everywhere else.

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Billy