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Subject: BEST NEWS SERVER
Category: Computers
Asked by: herman499-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 27 Jun 2003 14:56 PDT
Expires: 27 Jul 2003 14:56 PDT
Question ID: 222550
I HAVE ACCESS TO MS AND ROADRUNNER FOR NEWS SERVERS AND, SO FAR, LIKE
NEITHER. WHAT IS THE BEST NEWS SERVER?

Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 27 Jun 2003 19:39 PDT
For text or binary groups?  Pay service or free?  If you're
considering a pay service, what is the maximum you're willing to spend
per month?

Clarification of Question by herman499-ga on 28 Jun 2003 10:28 PDT
PRIMARILY TEXT. IF I USE A DIFFERENT SERVER, CAN I USE GOOGLE?

Clarification of Question by herman499-ga on 28 Jun 2003 10:31 PDT
I MEANT DIFFERENT CLIENT.
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Subject: Re: BEST NEWS SERVER
Answered By: missy-ga on 28 Jun 2003 12:05 PDT
 
Hi Herman,

Unfortunately, Google Groups does not support the use of a
freestanding news client - you must use the web interface:

"Can I use a newsreader (e.g., Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger) to
access Google Groups?

No. Google Groups provides web based access to Usenet. You cannot use
a regular newsreader to access our service. You can, however, access
Google Groups from any web browser."

Google Groups Help
http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/help.html#newsreader

A terrific news server for text newsgroups is offered by the Freie
Universität Berlin:

news.fu-berlin.de
http://news.fu-berlin.de/

You have to register with a valid e-mail address to receive a user
name and password, and it takes about 24 hours to be given access, but
registration is free and the server is very dependable.

I've been using "the German server" (as it's called in the newsgroups
I frequent) for about four years, and have had very few difficulties.

Hope this helps!

--Missy

Search terms: None.  Personal knowledge, I'm a Usenet junkie.
Comments  
Subject: Re: BEST NEWS SERVER
From: funkywizard-ga on 27 Jun 2003 15:38 PDT
 
Some friends of mine use easynews.com and they like it a lot. It costs
$6 a month though. It's optimized for easy acquisition of content from
the binaries newsgroups, and it goes really fast for my friends. It
works for all the newsgroups but it's designed primarily for people
who like the binaries.
Subject: Re: BEST NEWS SERVER
From: datavortex-ga on 28 Jun 2003 02:16 PDT
 
I work for Earthlink, so I am biased, but I think we have one of the
best news farms provided by just about any national ISP.  We keep all
binaries for a couple weeks often now.  We peer with a ton of people.

Of course, if you're not hooked on your nntp client, then:
http://groups.google.com/   :)

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