[ale] Least expensive and/or Best -> Newsgroups Provider ?

[Jim Kinney]

Open a gmail account just for news and use that.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Courtney Thomas <
courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>  Michael,
>
> Eternal-september.org  disallows
> using AT&T/bellsouth/etc.... as smtp server
> as ATT [surprise, surprise] will not permit it.
>
> I'm  unsuccessful in trying to access the
> newsgroup master list for subscribing as a
> consequence.
>
> What do you use or suggest I do to access
> E-S.org's newsgroup list, since bellsouth
> is my current provider ?
>
> I know there are many 'free' smtp servers
> available, but I've tried to set them up for use
> with eternal-september.org but have not succeeded.
>
> Thank you,
> Courtney
>
>
>
>
> On 12/6/2011 12:40 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
> On 12/06/2011 11:27 AM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>
>  On 12/06/2011 04:39 AM, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
>  What is the best way to obtain newsgroups now ?
>
>  Eternal September:  http://www.eternal-september.org/
>
>  I was in a bit of a hurry to get out the door earlier, so allow me to
> now clarify:  Eternal September (formerly known as Motzarella) is free
> to use, and carries most text-only newsgroups that exist.
>
> You can use any NNTP program to connect to their services; many major
> mail programs (e.g., Evolution or Thunderbird) work with newsgroup
> servers.  You could use a dedicated program as well, such as slrn
> (terminal application), or PAN (GTK).  There are as many NNTP programs
> as there are mail readers, and then some.
>
> 	--- Mike
>
>
>
>
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