Re: Accesses News Group
From: Álvaro G. Vicario <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX_at_demogracia.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:28:41 +0200
Message-ID: <h1fi9n$dqs$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>
Dereck L. Dietz escribió:
>> I just received an email informing me that my internet provider is not
>> going to support newsgroups starting the middle of next month though they
>> said some would be "for a fee".
>>
>> I think these groups can also be accessed from the web but I'm not
>> familiar with the URL. Can anybody point me to the appropriate URLs?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:28:41 +0200
Message-ID: <h1fi9n$dqs$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>
Dereck L. Dietz escribió:
> "Dereck L. Dietz" <dietzdl_at_ameritech.net> wrote in message > news:Ddc_l.72$kA.49_at_nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I just received an email informing me that my internet provider is not
>> going to support newsgroups starting the middle of next month though they
>> said some would be "for a fee".
>>
>> I think these groups can also be accessed from the web but I'm not
>> familiar with the URL. Can anybody point me to the appropriate URLs?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> > I tried looking into ohttp://www.eternal-september.org but it seems that > AT&T is blocking access to newsgroups.
Eternal September has a couple of news servers that use non-standard ports (80 and 443). If AT&T are merely blocking ports, it might be an option (esp. if you stablish an encrypted connection).
> So it seems that I either change ISPs (which I really can't because of > old genealogy queries I still get replies to) or going the google > groups method.
Ah, ISP e-mail addresses... At first they always look like a good idea.
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