Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).

I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting, but
its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional newsreader such
as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?

Please post a reply and don't respond by email.

Thank you,

Bijan

Free and Public Usenet News Servers:
http://freenews.maxbaud.net/

Find a news server at:
http://www.newzbot.com/

Eternal September:
http://www.eternal-september.org/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Bijan" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why
it was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of
POLITIKAL considerations).

I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting,
but its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional
newsreader such as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?

Please post a reply and don't respond by email.

Thank you,

Bijan

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:10:26 +0330, "Bijan" wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).


You don't need a news server offered by your ISP. There are lots of
other news servers available to you--some for a charge and some for
free. Here's a well-known and very good free one that I use:
news.eternal-september.org

Alternatively, do a web search, and find others to choose from.


I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting, but
its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional newsreader such
as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?


Windows Mail, or whatever newsreader you use, is completely
irrelevant. Any newsreader can access any of the news servers (or
several of them at once).

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On 3/5/2010 8:40 AM, Bijan wrote:
Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why
it was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of
POLITIKAL considerations).

I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting,
but its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional
newsreader such as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?

Please post a reply and don't respond by email.

Thank you,

Bijan

I use Thunderbird to access Microsoft, OpenOffice, Mozilla, and AIOE
servers. Works just fine. Verizon, my ISP, dropped .alt groups a year or
so ago and later dropped all newsgroups.

Bill

Hi,

Thank you for all of you who took the time to reply. I hadn't used Usenet
for well over a decade!

Per instructions, I registered with eternal.September.org and set up Windows
mail. It works wonderful with the snail dial up account I have.

Thank you all,



"Billns" wrote in message
...
On 3/5/2010 8:40 AM, Bijan wrote:
Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why
it was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of
POLITIKAL considerations).

I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting,
but its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional
newsreader such as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?

Please post a reply and don't respond by email.

Thank you,

Bijan

I use Thunderbird to access Microsoft, OpenOffice, Mozilla, and AIOE
servers. Works just fine. Verizon, my ISP, dropped .alt groups a year or
so ago and later dropped all newsgroups.

Bill

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
:

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:10:26 +0330, "Bijan" wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).


You don't need a news server offered by your ISP. There are lots of
other news servers available to you--some for a charge and some for
free. Here's a well-known and very good free one that I use:
news.eternal-september.org

Hmm, curious name.

Is "September" some kind of inside joke?




-- Steven L.

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 02:11:57 +0000, Steven L. wrote:

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
:

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:10:26 +0330, "Bijan" wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).


You don't need a news server offered by your ISP. There are lots of
other news servers available to you--some for a charge and some for
free. Here's a well-known and very good free one that I use:
news.eternal-september.org

Hmm, curious name.

Is "September" some kind of inside joke?




-- Steven L.

No, "Eternal September" is. Something to do with what happens every
September when new students get online.

I have forgotten the details, but I recall that I learned them a few
months ago on Google or Wikipedia.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 02:11:57 +0000, "Steven L."
wrote:



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
:

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:10:26 +0330, "Bijan" wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).


You don't need a news server offered by your ISP. There are lots of
other news servers available to you--some for a charge and some for
free. Here's a well-known and very good free one that I use:
news.eternal-september.org

Hmm, curious name.

Is "September" some kind of inside joke?


Beats me. I don't know why they chose that name.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Thank you for posting this thread. It dealt with a matter that concerned me.

"Bijan" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of
POLITIKAL considerations).

I know that Google offers browser-based newsgroup review and posting, but
its interface is far from the convenience of a traditional newsreader such
as Windows Mail, Outlook Express etc.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and access a server by a
something like Windows Mail?

Please post a reply and don't respond by email.

Thank you,

Bijan

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
:

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 02:11:57 +0000, "Steven L."
wrote:



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
:

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:10:26 +0330, "Bijan" wrote:

Hi,

Sorry about cross posting, but after reading my question you'll see why it
was necessary.

Where I live, the only newsgroup which I can access is on Microsoft's
server; no other newsgroups are offered thru any ISPs (because of POLITIKAL
considerations).


You don't need a news server offered by your ISP. There are lots of
other news servers available to you--some for a charge and some for
free. Here's a well-known and very good free one that I use:
news.eternal-september.org

Hmm, curious name.

Is "September" some kind of inside joke?


Beats me. I don't know why they chose that name.

OK. I found out from Google search where that name comes from.

In September 1993, AOL offered gateway access to Usenet. And apparently
a whole lot of ignorant and rude AOLers began to invade Usenet. And
this heralded a never ending stream of such poorly behaved newbie users
to Usenet, hence "ETERNAL September."




-- Steven L.