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From: rrohan@eskimo.com (Rebecca Rohan)
Subject: Information about News mailservers, please?
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 23:49:00 GMT

Hello.

This may seem really stupid, but I wonder from the name of this group if
you're all getting this News in mail, rather than through a Newsreader.

I'm writing an article about alternate services you can use when your
normal options aren't available.  If someone has mail access and their
News server is down, I understand there are News mailservers they can
use.  I have the address of only one, and it has an .su address (former
Soviet Union?).  I was hoping to find one or two popular News mailservers
closer to a United States audience.

I'm including information on DejaNews Usenet searcher, which is pretty
handy, in the article.

        http://dejanews3.dejanews.com/

Thank you for any help you can give.

--Rebecca

PS -- Can you configure a Newsreader to read from another site?  Mine is
set up for my local BBS as eskinews.eskimo.com.  What form would the
address take if it were reading News from a neighboring BBS like
escargot.com (if this is possible)?

Many thanks.