"Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message news:91263fd8-ea1e-453c-94e1-1df9aee5f635@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I > find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out > soon. > > Jerry. I've found that Tera News is slow about starting to let you post anything - it takes a few days after you start an account there.
OT: My thoughts are with you
Started by ●September 16, 2008
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
Maybe that's why Google Groups is so friendly to spammers - they block the spam from reaching their own users, even though Google Groups seems to be the most frequently used newsgroups server for posting spam to the rest of Usenet. . "Martin Jensen" <hawkeye96@comcast.net> wrote in message news:YvydnZ_k9-2SY1LVnZ2dnUVZ_h2dnZ2d@comcast.com...> Jerry, I use Outlook Express to handle my newsgroups through > <groups.google.com>. It keeps track of all messages read (non-bold type) > and unread (bold type). To make the messages easier to read, Google up > "OE Quote-fix" and install it; make a desktop or task-bar icon of OE with > Quote-fix installed, and use that to start OE every time. Works great! I > have had no spam as a result of using Google Groups. > > Martin Jensen > > Jerry Avins wrote: >> On Sep 16, 11:14 am, Rune Allnor <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote: >>> On 16 Sep, 16:57, Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> wrote: >>> >>>> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I >>>> find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out >>>> soon. >>> >>> There is always groups.google.com. The downside is that you need >>> a valid email address to register, and you can't scramble that >>> address in post headers. >>> >>> Rune >> >> I posted that (and this) via Google, but I find it too hard to follow >> a thread here. It doesn't keep track of what I've already read. >> >> Jerry >
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
"Randy Yates" <yates@ieee.org> wrote in message news:m3prn4dn3d.fsf@local.localhost...> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: > >> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I >> find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out >> soon. > > Jerry - why? SuperNews has been GREAT for me. I pay $3.95/mo for > unlimited text groups. > -- > % Randy Yates % "The dreamer, the unwoken fool -. Probably because Tera News is cheaper (only one $3.95 payment for a currently indefinite use, and with a limited access to binary newsgroups included). They're somewhat slow about starting to let you post anything after you start an account there, though.
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"Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:6jaa6aF28hgcU1@mid.individual.net...> Jerry Avins wrote: > >> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I >> find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out >> soon. >> >> Jerry > > Try:- > > <http://www.individual.net/> > > I have found that my software "Kontact" handles the streams from them > reasonably well and it is easy to follow threads. > > -- > ******************************************************************** > Paul E. Bennett...............<email://Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk>. I thought about them after bellsouth.net dropped most of the binary newsgroups, but they don't offer any of the binary newsgroups bellsouth.net dropped. Looks like a cheap place to get text-only newsgroups, if you don't trust the free text-only newsgroups providers such as: http://www.motzarella.org/
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
Randy Yates wrote:> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: > >> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I >> find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out >> soon. > > Jerry - why? SuperNews has been GREAT for me. I pay $3.95/mo for > unlimited text groups.I'm happy with SuperNews, too. I use it with Thunderbird. Works great, price is right. I started with them years ago, because relying on any home ISP was no good since I travel a lot. Cheers, Elizabeth -- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310.999.6784 5959 West Century Blvd. Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90045 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications since 1973." ==================================================
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
"Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message news:91263fd8-ea1e-453c-94e1-1df9aee5f635@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I > find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out > soon. > > JerryYou did respond to that verification email didn't you? Posts won't show until you do.
Reply by ●September 16, 20082008-09-16
Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:> My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I > find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out > soon.Plenty of free servers out there. Motzarella.org Aioe.org usnet4all.com etc... -sw
Reply by ●September 17, 20082008-09-17
On Sep 16, 1:20�pm, Randy Yates <ya...@ieee.org> wrote:> Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> writes: > > My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I > > find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out > > soon. > > Jerry - why? SuperNews has been GREAT for me. I pay $3.95/mo for > unlimited text groups.I paid a $3.95 sign-up fee and no monthly at all. The server is free.teranews.com and that allows me 50 MB/day (headers don't count) download and unlimited upload. Now if I could only post! (I'm working on it.) Jerry
Reply by ●September 17, 20082008-09-17
Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes:> On Sep 16, 1:20�pm, Randy Yates <ya...@ieee.org> wrote: >> Jerry Avins <j...@ieee.org> writes: >> > My ISP no longer provides news feeds, and I switched to Tera News. I >> > find that I read but posts don't show up. I hope it gets worked out >> > soon. >> >> Jerry - why? SuperNews has been GREAT for me. I pay $3.95/mo for >> unlimited text groups. > > I paid a $3.95 sign-up fee and no monthly at all. The server is > free.teranews.com and that allows me 50 MB/day (headers don't count) > download and unlimited upload. Now if I could only post! (I'm working > on it.)Well, if you can't post, you got ripped off. -- % Randy Yates % "Remember the good old 1980's, when %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % things were so uncomplicated?" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Ticket To The Moon' %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % *Time*, Electric Light Orchestra http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●September 17, 20082008-09-17
On Sep 16, 2:42�pm, "Martin Jensen" <hawkey...@comcast.net> wrote:> Jerry, I use Outlook Express to handle my newsgroups through > <groups.google.com>. �It keeps track of all messages read (non-bold type) and > unread (bold type). �To make the messages easier to read, Google up "OE > Quote-fix" and install it; make a desktop or task-bar icon of OE with Quote-fix > installed, and use that to start OE every time. �Works great! �I have had no > spam as a result of using Google Groups. > > Martin JensenMartin, How does one use groups.google.com as a news server rather than as a web-based news program? I'm in Google right now, but in a web page where I have to use their format. Jerry
