From: mark.powell@eds.com (Mark D Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc
Subject: Re: public news group servers
Date: 6 Jun 2001 08:04:12 -0700
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"andrew_webby at hotmail" <spam@no.thanks.com> wrote in message news:<991648626.26479.0.nnrp-10.c30bdde2@news.demon.co.uk>...
> try:
> http://www.wsindex.com or http://freenews.maxbaud.net/ or
> http://www.feist.com/~pranav/freenntp.html
> 
> Google: "free news servers".
> 
> Most won't allow you to post (well, they are free...)
> 
> "old car" <oldcar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3B1A4A61.E11F962E@hotmail.com...
> > I can't access this news group at work since the company does not have a
> > news server. Is there a public news server that I can use to read Oracle
> > news groups?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob
> >

http://www.newsone.com is free and allows posting.  They send you an
id and password via email but if you check to have these saved the
first time you post via a cookie then it is easy to use.

Unfortunately neither newsone or google track your posts so you can
find them easily again.

-- Mark D Powell --