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MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> Hello all.
> 
> I am on Tiscali's DSL.
> 
> I can access Tiscali's news server (27K NGs), news.CIS.DFN.DE (less than
> 23K NGs, need registration) and news.wooow.it (40K NGs, free but
> read-only).
> 
> I use MacSoup as preferred NG reader, and it is a single-server app.; I
> would like to find a larger news server that contains the majority - if
> not all - the NGs that I can only get via the 3 different servers, using
> different apps.
> 
> So can any of you supply me the name of other free news servers where I
> can post, and that contain high numbers of NG? 

Google.

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Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:

> 
> Google.
I don't think it's a news server :-/

Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:

> > So can any of you supply me the name of other free news servers where I
> > can post, and that contain high numbers of NG? 
> 
> Google.

But Google doesn't carry alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cat-5-cable !

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In article <1fycs74.140zd7mqmc61cN%MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it>, MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Google.
> I don't think it's a news server :-/

Use a news-reader that supports multiple news-servers...

If you're looking for a free news-server to download binaries (pr0n), good luck.

Jason <matreya_nospam@currawong.net> wrote:
> 
> If you're looking for a free news-server to download 
binaries (pr0n), good luck.

well, news.wooow.it does!

But it's read-only.

Jim <jim@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > > So can any of you supply me the name of other free news servers where I
> > > can post, and that contain high numbers of NG? 
> > 
> > Google.
> 
> But Google doesn't carry alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cat-5-cable !
> 
> Jim

Bummer!

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MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Google.
> I don't think it's a news server :-/

Think again.

<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:04:21 +0100, pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD)
said:
>MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:
>> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>> Google.
>> I don't think it's a news server :-/
>Think again.
>
><http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
>mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>

That looks like a web page to me.  Think again.

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PeterD <pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote:

> Think again.
> 
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
> mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>
I don't understand what you mean; the link takes me to all the threads
in comp.sys.mac.misc (I know this feature of Google) but it's not like
having a server set up for a newsreader app.

 

In comp.sys.mac.apps David Cantrell <usenet@barnyard.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:04:21 +0100, pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD)
>said:
>>MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:
>>> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>> Google.
>>> I don't think it's a news server :-/
>>Think again.
>>
>><http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
>>mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>

>That looks like a web page to me.  Think again.

But it's a web server where you can read and post news..

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MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> Hello all.
> 
> I am on Tiscali's DSL.
> 
> I can access Tiscali's news server (27K NGs), news.CIS.DFN.DE (less than
> 23K NGs, need registration) and news.wooow.it (40K NGs, free but
> read-only).
> 
> I use MacSoup as preferred NG reader, and it is a single-server app.; I
> would like to find a larger news server that contains the majority - if
> not all - the NGs that I can only get via the 3 different servers, using
> different apps.

You can use MacSOUP with multiple news servers, but you have to create a
separate settings file (and folder) for each server, and you can only
have one file (and therefore server) open at a time. The main
disadvantage to this is that you can't tag headers or read articles from
one server while downloading headers or articles from a different
server. It also makes it awkward to reply to an article via a server
other than the one it was read from -- although I'd be surprised if the
typical news server would permit posting an article to a group that it
didn't carry. 

Neill Massello <nmassello@earthlink.net> wrote:


> You can use MacSOUP with multiple news servers, but you have to create a
> separate settings file (and folder) for each server, and you can only
> have one file (and therefore server) open at a time. 
Excellent advice, works perfectly!

Txs a lot, from Italy!


ciao,
matteo

MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:

> So can any of you supply me the name of other free news servers where I
> can post, and that contain high numbers of NG? 

Unless you're after binary groups, news.CIS.DFN.DE deals with requests
very quickly. The registration isn't so bad, and you can use a
privacy.net address if you want.

        -z-

(whooo, major geographical crosspost!)


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<tony@aplawrence.com> wrote:

> In comp.sys.mac.apps David Cantrell <usenet@barnyard.co.uk> wrote:
> >On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:04:21 +0100, pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD)
> >said:
> >>MatFox <MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it> wrote:
> >>> Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@spamcop.net> wrote:
> >>>> Google.
> >>> I don't think it's a news server :-/
> >>Think again.
> >>
> >><http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
> >>mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>
> 
> >That looks like a web page to me.  Think again.
> 
> But it's a web server where you can read and post news..

(pedant mode) But that doesn't make it a News Server (/pedant mode)

Besides, 'doing' Usenet via google in anything other than the most
casual fashion is an absolutely vile experience. That said, the google
wayback machine is loads of fun.

ck

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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:35:18 +0000 (UTC), tony@aplawrence.com said:
>In comp.sys.mac.apps David Cantrell <usenet@barnyard.co.uk> wrote:
>>On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:04:21 +0100, pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD)
>>said:
>>><http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=comp.sys.
>>>mac.misc&btnG=Google+Search&meta=>
>>That looks like a web page to me.  Think again.
>But it's a web server where you can read and post news.

Which is not the same as a news server.

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In article <1fyhmb9.50iv6y1fouwwN%charles_kooy@despammed.com>,
 charles_kooy@despammed.com (Charles Kooy) wrote:

> That said, the google
> wayback machine is loads of fun.
   
I only know of this Way Back Machine:
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

is it Google-owned??

/tommy

tommy <tommy@tommy.com> wrote:

> I only know of this Way Back Machine:
> http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
> 

That's the feller

> is it Google-owned??

Erm, no. My mistake. Before Google took over the big usenet cache it now
has it was an excellent resource for historical searches (though it
didn't go as far back as the way back machine). I got the two mixed up.
Sorry.

ck
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